Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: September 2024

  • Cap

    I love almost everything about my all-electric Mini Cooper. Except for the paint job, which is as durable as butter, and this nonsense below. That is a photo of the charging port. To charge, I need to open the hinged door (open in the photo) and then I must take my hand (shown) and remove…

  • Weekly Paint Progress: 10/19

    This week Cartoon Cat went from this: … to this. Overcorrected the contrast, I think.

  • A Transition of Sorts

    Well, this past week was the first year since 2001 that I did not listen to the 9/11 reading of the names or watch any 9/11 documentaries. I suppose that makes this the year that 9/11 becomes like Pearl Harbor. It will be interesting to see if I watch any JFK information at the end…

  • Barenaked Ladies – not this year

    I think I’ve been to about thirty Barenaked Ladies concerts, in a variety of states and countries, and now they are playing sixteen miles from my house, and … I’m not going. It’s just not going to happen. Gary absolutely cannot go. He can barely stand with a cane with everything this allergy is taking…

  • Gary’s skin: part 876

    Gary will test a theory for a maximum of 24 hours. Then he forms an opinon and the opinion trumps the scientific method. He is now convinced that the answer to his skin problem is not drywall allergy, but is nightshade allergy. He cut tomatoes and bell peppers out of his diet and felt better.…

  • TWIL: Interior door locks

    I complained about how Gary has twice burst into the bathroom while I was occupying it. “Why don’t you lock the door?” he asked. “Because I don’t expect my husband to charge about like an uncivilized animal,” I said. “Besides, that’s dangerous. I could fall and you couldn’t get to me if the door was…

  • Yard Sign: 2024 Edition

    So, in the last few election cycles, Gary and I have disagreed on the subject of yard signs, both in 2020 and in 2016. This year we are in agreement. He purchased this cryptic Blue-dot-in-a-Red-state sign. And yes. That’s the entire sign. It’s a blue dot. Additionally, he bought two T-shirts, one cryptic … ……

  • Opening the marriage with Gary

    As I say, I have really been enjoying the How to Do It sex advice column on Slate plus. Such a variety of people and situations I could never have imagined. Also, as the most technical of technical virgins, it has made me appreciate the variety of definitions of sex. So many questions. “If I…

  • Weekly Paint Progress: 9/12

    This week? Cartoon cat went from this: … to this. This is kind of nice, because there’s no way things will line up.

  • Gobsmacked at the Doctor

    This seems impossible, but the doctor says that the two biopsies came back and indicate that Gary doesn’t have psoriasis or skin cancer (which is excellent news). Instead, he most likely has an allergic reaction that just looks exactly like the distinctive cheese-pizza-psoriasis plaques. (I know. I heard the news and asked for a written…