Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: August 2022

  • Space Logo

    I was watching something about the “Gateway Project” to build a space station orbiting the moon. I did a little double-take when I saw the logo. At first it looked like every logo you see here in Saint Louis, there’s the arch, gotta have the arch, and then I remembered NASA isn’t like a Saint…

  • Hat Box Therapy

    The big hats have room to stretch out in the Rubbermaid Hat Bin, because each of my smaller hats now has its own hat box labelled with its photo. Well, to be honest, I tucked all the costume hats in the box on the upper left. I just couldn’t stand my tiara rattling around in…

  • Not Finishing Any Basements

    Weeks ago, when I fully believed the drainage company would easily resolve our basement issue, I let myself imagine what a finished basement might look like. I had cunning bookcases concealing our support and sewage pipes. The air conditioning duct became an architectural feature. I decided on painted black beams, not a drop ceiling. And…

  • Weekly Paint Hiatus and Home Improvement Stasis: 8/18

    Well, I am still steamed that the basement drain is only half done, but still holding out hope that the half that’s done is sufficient. Gary did what he considers due diligence, which for him is learning how to do the job himself before speaking with a vendor. He learned the other approaches if the…

  • Visible Man Is Feeling Friendly

  • Rewriting the Novel: Back on the Horse

    Okay, last weekend I almost took up the novel again. It’s been four months, more than enough time to forget what I was thinking and to view it with fresh eyes. What I should do is print it out, double-spaced, and mark it up. I don’t know if I’m there yet, though, that would make…

  • Celebrity Hat Rides Again

    One of my oldest friends called on my birthday and said, “I need to borrow a hat for a tea party.” She brought over some dresses: a blue floral and a pink floral. She tried on two blue hats at first, then she gathered the nerve to go Big. (Rare photo of Celebrity Hat from…

  • Time Capsule

    Part of switching from cable to fiber is the email address transition. I understand Spectrum will cut off the email address associated with their old company name. I’m switching all contact information and logins to a gmail account. (The time it has taken to do that almost equals the amount of time I spend deleting…

  • Russian Update

    I haven’t even finished Checkpoint One of DuoLingo Russian, and let me tell you, it is getting way harder. My plan to learn Russian as a natural Russian child would is crawling along. Well, I suppose I speak a little better than a nine month old orphan who only hears Russian 15 minutes a day.…

  • New Toy 3 in Action

    I used the Bug-a-Salt gun yesterday to kill a fly on the counter. It was just lounging there, so I snuck off to get the gun, struggled to pump it, stood a yard back, aimed, and shot. Hit the fly dead on. At first I thought he had been vaporized, because he vanished the instant…