Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: October 2021

  • Baseball

    Well, last week the Cardinals were on the cusp of the playoffs, and then, ex-Cardinal Albert Pujols came up to bat as a pinch hitter in the bottom of the ninth inning, and everything fell apart. You will notice I blame Pujols, not the unfortunate Cardinals pitcher swapped in moments earlier, who then almost immediately…

  • Coricidin

    Months ago: Gary: “My nose is stuffed up. I need some Co-RICE-uh-din.” Me: “You need what?” Gary: (louder) “CO-RICE-UH-DIN.” Me: “Well then buy some?” Last Week: Gary: “We need to buy more Co-RICE-uh-din. We are almost out.” Me: “Show me.” Even after I showed him numerous commercials in which it is pronounced “co-ruh-CEE-din,” he will…

  • Britney vs Her Father

    Big news last week was that Britney Spears is “free” from the conservatorship her father controls. People are compassionate. They empathize with Britney. They know how they’d feel in her situation. I empathize with her father. At least, I can see what’s motivating him. Let’s re-cast this. Let’s say it’s Bill Gates, drop-out, fresh out…

  • Esteem

    I think it speaks well my my former boyfriends that each year I go through the list of MacArthur genius grant recipients looking for their names. I never find them, but I still look.

  • Weekly Paint Progress: 10/7

    This week the Buffalo went from this: … to this:

  • It Made Sense at the Time

    I had a toothache (technically a gum-ache) and I could not find our OraJel or Anbesol. No tooth pain goo anywhere. But I did find this: We use Neosporin anti-bacterial gel all the time, especially because it has a little pain-relief additive in there. So it was quite sensible to apply it to my upper…

  • Alexa Shopping

    Earlier this month when I checked the Alexa shopping list, I found this request: I laughed, and mentioned it on Facebook. Someone speculated I had said, “Alexa, add [something] syrup to the shopping list.” I haven’t wanted any syrup. I kept it in case I remembered later. That was last week. This week I saw…

  • Lupoid Sclerosis

    My brother spent a stint in the hospital recently, for a stent. He came out without a stent but a tube connecting his liver to a bile drain tube outside of his body. My job was to read his diagnostic tests off the hospital web site and report back to him the state of his…

  • The Vatican Top 45

    The IMDb for The Lavender Hill Mob sent me to this most Eminent List, the High Holy List of the Vatican’s Most-Favored movies. The Vatican’s List of Top 45 Films is divided into three categories: Religion, Values, and Art. RELIGION Andrei Rublev (1966) … never heard of it in my state of sin Babette’s Feast…

  • Reviews: Lavender Hill Mob / M

    The Lavender Hill Mob. Last week I watched the The Lavender Hill Mob, which I have often refused to see, thinking it was The Ladykillers, because I have only one neuron available for Alec Guinness movies beginning with L. I didn’t guffaw all the way through, but I laughed often. The characters are very appealing,…