Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: October 2023

  • TWIL: Doctors can call you / murder

    I did get an odd phone call this week. It was from the allergist I was supposed to call to schedule an appointment to discuss the possibility I might not be allergic to penicillin. Sadly, I did not answer the call, and they didn’t return my return call, so that’s an outstanding mystery in my…

  • Work Advice

    TeddyJ employees are complaining about being asked to return to work (albeit be-jeaned, and only for three days a week). In response, Powers That Be seem to be indignant about the employee indignancy, and they hijacked the monthly diversity meeting to talk about gratitude. They tried to be subtle. We were advised to stop saying…

  • Fox Chase

    Skunk chases fox! In the next video they were standing next to each other, eating peacefully.

  • I Shouldn’t Have Said Anything

    Remember three weeks ago, when I wrote a little post about how Gary is so generous with saying “I love you?“ At the time, I read it to him, and he interrupted to say, “So, you like it when I say that?” I suspected he didn’t know how short the post was and wanted me…

  • Work at Home Update

    Well, that was fast. I got the okay from TeddyJ to work from home in a week and a day. There will still be days I have to come in: once every few months, I believe. And if my absence will inconvenience anyone, like if they would need to schedule a special meeting room with…

  • Flat

    I had my credit card in hand, ready to hand it to the young girl at the Mcdonalds drive-through. Instead of taking my card she pushed a device at me. I held my card, looking for a spot to swipe or shove the card. Shove still seems foreign to me. I had just received a…

  • TWIL: Another area code

    This from Wikipedia: “In 1999, the North American Numbering Plan Administration allocated telephone area code 321 (as in a launch countdown) to the Cape Canaveral area in homage to its spacefaring heritage.” So now 666 and 321 have been assigned. With the knowledge that the ubiquitous 555 fictional area code is also used for directory…

  • What’s the Appeal of this Show?

    The most recent icebreaker at work was, “What is your favorite reality show?” I begged for and got an exemption to include the Great British Baking Show as a reality show, because I hate reality shows. Every other meeting participant agreed that The Amazing Race was their favorite reality show. Unanimous. Meeting devolved into “What…

  • Rewriting the Novel: Changes in the works.

    Well, I sorted and re-arranged, and now the first half is more compelling. It’s going to require some careful editing, because the main male character now vanishes a full 25% earlier, putting the woman in a tight spot that she’s probably going to ignore progressively for the next 25%, until the midpoint and she has…

  • Weekly Paint Progress: 10/12

    This week the Basic Shapes went from this: … to this. Yes, those extra lines are not helpful. They’ll be gone soon.