Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: September 2023

  • Urologist

    After three months of the oxybutynin, I give it a C minus. When I rely on it to give me total relief, it works quite well 50% of the time, while at the same time it only lets me digest the first 50% of lunch or dinner. I told the doctor I wanted to keep…

  • Breaking Bear News

    I was going to report on the urologist, but then A BEAR WENT TO DISNEYWORLD. She climbed a tree right in the middle. Searching for food. How are there no photos? I want to see the bear in the tree snacking on a Mickey Waffle of some other expensive WDW food.

  • Area Code

    Did you know there’s a 666 area code? Text messages for the clinical trial use that area code. How should I add them to my contacts? Satan The Beast AntiChrist

  • TWIL: Cans of Worms

    7:05 am. I am mentally rehearsing a touchy work conversation. In my imaginary apology, I use the term “can of worms.” 7:06 am. “Alexa, what is the origin of the term ‘can of worms’?” Alexa: “Here is what I found: The exact origin of the phrase is not completely known, but general consensus traces it…

  • Dentist 2023

    I was dreading the dentist, given that the previous buccal filling was so miserable, because it answered the question, “What happens if the pain-killers wear off?” However, this time wasn’t bad at all. This visit answered these questions: What happens if I have to pee while I am at the dentist? The dentist had me…

  • Zoom Rules

    I notice that Zoom work conversations are more intense than in-person conversations. (Or at least, what I remember of in-person conversations.) Rude people are ruder, for one thing. I suppose they sense no one is going to bop them in the nose. (Or possibly, “we” sense no one is going to bop “us” in the…

  • Weekly Paint Progress: 9/14

    This week the Basic Shapes went from this: … to this. I am breaking my promise to avoid Photoshop, but just for the cylinder.

  • Driveway 2023

    I knew girls in high school who never left for a date without a quarter to call the parents, in case the boy in question got too handsy. I could never understand how this would work. Were the girls supposed to bail out of the car from whatever isolated location they were in and walk…

  • WWI

    I wondered aloud if a relative might have been of the right age to fight in World War One. I should have tried to do the math in my head first. Gary rolled his eyes and snapped: “Ellen, don’t talk about things when you know nothing. ” I braced myself for the mathematical ridicule. He…

  • Review: Anything Sarah Millican Has Ever Done

    Facebook’s demographic programmers decided I might like the naughty comedienne Sarah Millican, and they are right. I love her, love her accent, love the pantomimes, love love love. Good pick, Facebook. On the other hand, they were wrong about this.