Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: October 2015

  • Good and Faithful Servant

    For twenty-seven years we’ve had the same refrigerator: It has served us well. But then, Gary started cooking and the fridge that was plenty big enough for two people is now too small. (“WE CAN’T HAVE A SALAD ELLEN THERE ISNT ENOUGH ROOM IN OUR RERIGERATOR FOR A BIG SALAD BOWL.” “Make a small sal…

  • The Most Awkward Social Gaffe You Can Imagine, or, My iPhone is Evil

    I’m going to have to bore you with minutiae before I tell you about the most horrifying faux pas I have ever inflicted upon my friends. Today I was in a text conversation with three of my friends. There was a pause in the conversation and I put the phone back in my purse without…

  • A Pictorial

    Last week I was tucked in bed at one end of the house. Gary was going out back to check the wildlife camera to see what’s been moving the bricks. Every morning last week Gary had to re-arrange the bricks around the peanut feeder box, because every night something scattered them. He suspected the squirrels…

  • Geocaching Post Ferguson

    We had another eventful weekend. Watched The Martian Friday night at the ten o’clock show. My review of the film? I was awake the entire time. As always, we stayed for the credits. There’s a nice extra bit of musical humor there. Then, at the very very end, when it occurs to you that you…