Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: September 2018

  • Health News Bullets

    Miraculous News: I got my scheduled MRI and the doctor messaged me later that day, “Great news! Your MRI is unchanged.” Great news? I say miraculous. Vein News: While getting the MRI, I found out that my right elbow vein is “scarred” from too many punctures. Like a heroin addict! So flamboyant! Drug News: Miraculous…

  • United Way Trivia … Again

    Various friends and I returned to the TeddyJ United Way trivia match this year. This is the match where we placed third last year. It’s the biggest in Saint Louis. It was a bit smaller this year: only 72 tables of ten. There’s always a theme. This year it was “Seasons.” Initially we were going…

  • Cowboy Mouth / Lyle Lovett Concerts

    I went to two concerts in the last two weeks, both with Friend #2, because she rocks. Cowboy Mouth Concert Friend #2, aka Hot Mom, is a big Cowboy Mouth fan from way back. When her intended date bailed on her at the last minute I was glad to step in. We stood right against…

  • How Would You Even Do That

    I sat in a group of four people. One was twisting and writhing and complaining he couldn’t “crack” his back. “I’ve never done that,” I said. “Never cracked my back. Never cracked my knuckles.” I was expecting – I don’t know. Acclaim? Envy? What I got was a horrified pause, and then “What … what…