Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: August 2012

  • Conventions. Why We Need Them.

    1) Unintentional Hilarity. You don’t want to miss surreal theater like this. Clint Eastwood speaks disrespectfully to an empty chair purported to contain the President of the United States. Just when I gained control of my jaw and got on to Twitter to see if I was hallucinating, this popped up: 2. Clarification of One’s…

  • Best Convention Moment Ever

    Given that I spent my day sleeping, urping, and Doing a Noisy Version Of A Quiet Thing, all I have for you is my favorite convention moment: the infamous “Go Balloons Go!” live mic snafu of 2004.

  • Birthday Month Fail

    The plan for last Saturday was to go to the International Festival in Tower Grove Park. This was an attempt to do something new, see new things, eat new foods (smoked meatloaf at the Shaved Duck right by Tower Grove). Bored! Bored! New! New! New! No, no, no. I didn’t think it through. We started…

  • Medicine Withdrawal

    1) One Pervy Dream. 2) One Sleepless Night. 3) Many On-Line Purchases. That’s an old photo. Since this morning I’ve also bought another sweater and a jacket. Foot cream is scratched off because it has arrived. And after I typed that sentence I resisted the urge to order an emery board on-line. The flour, incidentally,…

  • Bathroom Etiquette

    I was in the bathroom at work. Like many of us, I am a First Stall Girl. No mincing around with studies on what is the least germy stall (middle). I go in the first stall I see. If someone’s in the first stall I leave a buffer stall, as you do, and go there.…

  • Naked Harry: The Disappointment (Full of Links, Not Photos. SFW.)

    Prince Harry got “naked” in Vegas. Thanks to TMZ and their proud American disrespect of foreign sovereigns, you can see the photos here. Granted, the photos are blurry, and when I saw them on E! I must not have had my glasses on, because I credited Harry for the girl’s butt and thigh. I thought…

  • Mrs. Science Reports: A New Trend in Prescription Dosage

    When I went to the neurologist back in January, he mentioned there might be a new clinical trial to assess efficacy of a 50% dose of my current medication. I asked, “Will it cost $2,000 instead of $4,000?” and the answer was no. (I wondered why they would like to cut the dose in half,…

  • Rest In Peace, Phyllis Diller

    See, here’s a nice photo of Phyllis Diller. She lived in Webster Groves while she was starting in comedy. At times (infrequently), I’ll ask Gary before I put some humiliating information about him on the blog. He sighs and says, “Sure, I’ll be your Fang.”

  • I Have NEVER Been So Excited About Voting for Senator!

    I have questions. Possible follow-up by the interviewer, Charles Jaco: “What doctors?” Actual follow-up: “Okay, let’s talk about the economy.” My follow-up: I gave $25 to his opponent, my buddy Claire McCaskill.

  • Must See TV and Radio

    My weekend centers around in-house entertainment. CNN – Usually the weekend includes an hour of feeling guilty for not watching Fareed Zakari GPS. I start to watch, I want to be an educated member of the global community, but it is so boring. Not the subject matter so much as Fareed and his soothing voice.…