Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: May 2022

  • Ruffles!

    Well! This was a bit of good news. I opened up the Amazon toilet paper delivery and found a surprise. It’s the wavy-edged toilet paper I was so enchanted by in 2021. I just had to wait a year and it came to pass. I’ve used it every two hours and it still delights me.

  • In Which I Do Nothing

    Someone I know subscribed to Masterclass, and given that I may not be leaving the house for the foreseeable future, I went ahead and paid out for my own subscription. It seems pretty expensive, especially if you feel knowledge is free. But, I got a license that lets Gary use it too. So he might…

  • Personal Work Idiocy

    I was put on a team at work, we were given new software, and tasked with making a little practice project. We put about four hours of work into it. Toward the end, I was just playing with the software. I added our new project to my list of preferred projects in my new workspace,…

  • Seducible Moments

    Someone at work introduced a new term, “seducible moment,” the moment when you might gets users to commit to what you want. Everyone giggled, but by the end of the day even modest young ladies were using the term. It enraged me. What I want to do now is to use the term in our…

  • Russian Progress

    I am proud to say that if any Russians try to speak with me on the topics of: eating apples, drinking milk, and the locations of the subway, the square, and the horses, I will be able to keep up my side of the conversation. Well, as long as my side of the conversation is…

  • Fitted Sheet

    There must be some reason this hasn’t become the standard for fitted sheets everywhere. These are fitted sheets you put on your mattress, and then when you need to change them, you just zip off the top. The video is vague, but I picture a fitted sheet installed upside down, so the elastic is visible,…

  • Weekly Paint Progress: 5/5

    This week the Blue Heeler went from this: … to this. On further analysis I see I have misinterpreted the dog’s two paws. Easy fix.

  • Wildlife Takeover Update

    Well, I need to decide between the two men who came out to deal with with our concerns. My concern is the animal skittering at dusk and dawn, Gary’s concerns are the intermittent rain in the bathroom and the attic access. Both men agreed that: One of them, Mr. A: The other, Mr. B: I…

  • Party in the CIA

    Weird Al Yankovic. Contemporary. Genius. The car Alexa, (inspired by my love for BNL and their peppy tunes and dark lyrics, and Boothby Graffoe and his sad songs with fluffy lyrics) served up a completely unprovoked Best of Weird Al playlist. I had heard most of his songs, starting with My Bologna on the Dr.…

  • Not Missing Much

    Work officially re-opened last week. I retired my bra-free denim shirt to conform to the revived dress code. You wouldn’t think they would care what I wear on a Zoom call, but they say they do. And then I steeled myself for the phone calls. “Ellen, where are you, it’s a party and everyone’s here…