Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: July 2021

  • Gary Drives

    Gary had not yet embraced the Mini, so Friday afternoon I took him down quiet country roads and busy city streets to a spot ten miles away so he could drive back, only, per Gary, “I am not taking the Mini on this dusty podunk two-lane country road” and “I am not taking the Mini…

  • Campsite

    I apologize if I have mentioned this image before, but if I have, I cannot find it on the blog. I recently ordered a duplicate of my Junior Girl Scout guide to connect with it again. The image below is all I remember of being a Junior Girl Scout. It’s the image of the ideal…

  • Review: The Heiress

    I campaigned enthusiastically to watch this movie with Gary as part of his effort to find a movie his mom will like. I had fond yet vague memories of loving it, particularly the ending when – well – I didn’t quite remember. [spoilers, with additional spoilers for scenes that exist only in Gary’s imagination] So,…

  • Weekly Paint Progress: 7/8

    This week the morning went from this: … to this: The noon went from this: … to this: The evening went from this: … to this: This is the scut work. No fun.

  • Ding!

    My mom had this sundial, and as she did not grow old along with me, nor did either of her husbands, it is mine now. See the shadow-caster, the triangular pointy thing … I looked it up, it’s called a “pointer” … see where it hits the 12:00 hour (represented by a 0 not an…

  • Scratch!

    How new is my car? When I get in I still smell “that” smell. It has been on the road less than t5 times. Last weekend it let me know that one tire was two psi less that the other tires, and that I could continue driving, but if you care to know, here is…

  • Fantastical Facebook Posts

    Two Facebook friends re-post images from some place named Amazing Nature. I posit the site should be named Amazing Photoshop. Am I right?  

  • Glad We Have the Pet Model of Roomba

    Evidently I only clean on national holidays. This is Gary’s hair loss since Memorial Day: The bin was completely jammed full. I have no idea why I didn’t get the “Please remove and clean Roomba’s brushes” message. Perhaps it sensed that my Pet paid for the Roomba.

  • More Local Bear News

    Someday I will tire of hearing of bears roaming my area, but today is not that day. Two bits of bear news. Last Tuesday’s bear evidently did indeed swim as the crows flies, crossed the river, and opted for a trash bin dinner 20 miles away instead of our healthy vegetarian offering. The Bear of…

  • Review: The Petrified Forest

    I have long wanted to watch The Petrified Forest, because it stars the elegant, languorous Leslie Howard, he of the high forehead, the foregone front-runner for Ashley Wilkes. Gary has been on a Humphrey Bogart kick lately too, so this was all up in our demographic. Sadly, I hated it. I might have enjoyed it…