Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: May 2018

  • Oil Painting

    As you know, my usual hobby cycle is: Spend startup money. Fail. Fail. Fail. Succeed a little. Spend lots of money on professional materials. Drop it immediately after. The oil painting hobby seems to be a little different. I won the oil painting starter kit at trivia, so I skipped a good part of step…

  • Gary Remains a Mystery to Me

    Last month, Gary must have heard Baby Got Back for the first time. I don’t know how he missed it six years ago. There was even a piece on NPR. Do you remember how we used to watch at least part of The Music Man every single damned day? Now every day ends with Gary…

  • Naked Chicken Chalupa Review

    We were driving home from the movie theater, and Gary said, “Where do you want to eat dinner?” “At home,” I replied. “I want to eat out.” “Where, then?” “I don’t know. Where do you want to eat?” AT HOME, I thought loudly. But what I said was, “Anywhere. I don’t care.” Suddenly we were…

  • Shopping with Alexa

    Evidently Amazon Alexa is the new iPad, in that Gary feels he must buy all models. He got one for him, then one for me, then another two for him, then one for his parents, then a better one for him, which then went to his parents so that meant another even better one for…