Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: January 2016

  • Brrrr

    We saw The Revenant this afternoon. I have been in flannel pajamas under a down comforter for three hours and I am still cold.

  • Friday Freakout: Errands

    A few days back I posted about a conversation Gary and I had about getting the Mini fixed. What I haven’t told you about is the conversation from the day before, Tuesday. I had to save that for this week’s Friday Freakout. (It occurs to me now that Menopausal Mondays might have been a better…

  • What Is This Woman’s Crime?

    Yesterday evening Anderson Cooper was wrangling three or four pundits. They were all talking at the same time, and he shook his head and sighed, “no one listens when you all speak at once.” I was listening because I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. They were arguing about what personal attacks are acceptable. One…

  • Things I Never Thought I’d Say

    Gary and I were talking today about the Mini, and the Fit, and our future car situation. I’m a big believer in fixing cars until the metal wears out; he thinks cars turn into pumpkins at ten years old. The Mini is ten. It’s the one sitting in the garage with the blinky dashboard lights.…

  • Vole

    Gary’s morning chore is to fill the box of nuts we leave out for the squirrels, raccoons, opossums, skunk, and deer. This morning he picked up the box to reveal a wee little blind vole, snorfling around for any spare nuts the above animals might have left. He reports that he screamed like a little…

  • Worst News Ever

    Seriously? I diet myself back down to normal sizes AND THIS HAPPENS? Jones New York shuts down? There is no way I’ll ever find my trusty single button black blazer again. Women with tiny thighs running around in jackets that hit at the navel will be set, but we voluminous ladies will be out of…

  • Show Tunes

    My parents had a very limited music collection. Two Pete Seeger albums, a Four Tops album I never listened to, two Christmas albums (Burl Ives and Goodyear), Debussy’s La Mer, and the soundtrack for My Fair Lady. No one ever had to out My Fair Lady on the turntable because I whenever I was alone…

  • Friday Freakout: Nothing!

    My mood has been stable. No tears this week. At least, no sobbing. Seven whole days without freaking out!

  • UPDATE: New Planet

    NPR reports scientists found another planet in our solar system west (or sometimes east) of Pluto. They called for potential names. How can it be named anything but Persephone? She’s Mrs. Pluto, if you jump between Greek and Roman names. And then we can again be unsure if Mary’s violet eyes make Jack stay up…

  • Wow. Palin Endorses Trump

    Why would Trump want Palin’s endorsement? She’s a loser. Evidently she wants to be Secretary of Energy. So, how about a whole reality show cabinet? This is who I think Trump would choose: State – Paris Hilton. Her name is foreign. She’ll get along with foreigners.Treasury – anyone from Hoarders. Defense – any American Ninja…