Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: December 2023

  • TYIL: Lots of things

    This year I learned … that anthrax can be white or brown, pre-made pie crust heats up in an air fryer, unfilled teeth are referred to as “virgin”, illnesses know what year it is, dishwashers have filters, Barbara Jordan had MS, Richard Pryor did not die from MS, lightning goes both directions, RSV shots are…

  • What is wrong with these pictures?

    Why is hairspray in the Deals on Pets category? I didn’t understand why the bottom edge of my sleigh bed had faded until I realized that’s where my foot goes every morning. There are no words for what is wrong with the picture below.

  • Sex Toy Throwdown

    Pink Puff, the sucking device, has won me over and now decidedly holds the position of Most Favored Sex Toy. It has even made me question the jokes about men, because, you know what? Sometimes the precise location of a certain part IS really hard to find. But once you find exact dead center, well,…

  • Weekly Paint Progress: 12/28/2023

    This week the mandolin went from this: … to this.

  • Conversations

    One way I’ve kept sane over Covid is by revisiting pleasant conversations from my past. I have a good auditory memory, and at the end of the day, if I’ve had a memorable conversation, I replay it in my head until it’s been stored for later use. Then, on a day I need to feel…

  • My Dad / Good Behavior Review

    Gary and I were just wasting part of my vacation by binge-watching Good Behavior again. It’s a show about … I’d say fifty percent crime, fifty percent fraught family relationships. As we started watching, my own dead family filed into my subconscious like they were entering a green room, ready to come on stage. When…

  • Merry Christmas Post

    Usually, I tidy up the Christmas chaos and take a photo of the tree. This year there is too much chaos. There is post-construction dust chaos and new cat chaos and Gary can’t get comfortable sleeping anywhere so he’s moved every chair in the house. This is our current Christmas landscape. No tree. Random HEPA…

  • TWIL: Recycling

    The boxes were still piling up in the garage a few days ago. Friend Anne said, “Why not just recycle them?” “Well, our trash vendor doesn’t have recycling service.” “Take them to the recycling center.” And it was then that I learned there are indeed centers where you can put your recycling, and one is…

  • NPR Recommendation

    As a programmer, I really enjoyed this NPR story about a man named Null who tried to game the system. Enjoy.

  • Back to More I Love Yous

    Gary was particularly difficult yesterday. He would not swerve from the topic of the particulate matter the recent construction left behind. He claimed that all mitigation attempts just kick up more of the dread gypsum dust. I begged him to change the subject. He changed to politics, the other topic he wont let go, then…