Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: February 2025

  • Weight loss drug update

    Nausea: At the end of week three, the nausea is minimal. I can eat slowly, and as long as I don’t eat anything after seven, I’m okay. Hunger: Lord, I am so, so hungry now that I’m not as nauseated. I also know I’m a stress-eater, and this week has been pretty stressful on all…

  • The intimacy of handwriting

    How many people can you identify by their handwriting? I could look at a letter today and tell you if my mother wrote it – which is odd because she had perfect handwriting. Perfection by definition means conformance. You’d think all the perfect ones would be indistinguishable. But there was something about the weight of…

  • Daffodil Countdown 2

    This is so discouraging. My dadfodils are always up by the end of February. It’s been a run of 2 days of spring weather. There is no way I see yellow in three days. No way. Honestly, this has not happened in 36 years.

  • Review: Still Life

    Brief Encounter came up in conversation lately, and I realized, I’ve never seen the original Noel Coward play it was based on: Still Life. Here’s the script. It’s problematic. (Not as problematic as another of his works that was produced at the same time, which was staged once and then never saw daylight again.) The…

  • TWIL: Moon landing in a few days

    There’s going to be a moon landing a week from now. I stumbled across a SpaceX launch video, otherwise I would not have known. It’s a supply payload, but it is going to land on the moon. One thing they’re sending on ahead is a device to suck up samples. It’s called the “PlanetVac”. It…

  • [SPOILERS] The Fascinating Horror You Tube Channel

    I have mentioned this before: my new nightly ritual is to lull myself to sleep with a few episodes of this Fascinating Horror YouTube channel. It’s just so soothing. It’s all these stories of disaster, incidents, crashes, and the like delivered in a very factual, pleasant English voice. No drama. Just a soothing gentleman stating…

  • Daffodil Countdown

    The maintenance man just arrived at the house and announced, “It’s stupid cold.” I disagree. It’s seven degrees. I don’t get mad about the cold until it’s below zero. You’ve got seven; be glad about that. You know who should be mad? The daffodils. This is the time of year I report on the daffodil…

  • Alexa does not approve of my language

    Gary was supposed to go to the dermatologist Tuesday and, hopefully, progress to the next step, which I hoped was to see an allergist. He cancelled the appointment because, “the doctor won’t do anything anyway.” This meant that — when I calmed down — I needed to cancel the sick day I was taking from…

  • Air Flip

    I was all set to get things done on Monday, and then the story about the plane flipping over and lying on its back on the Toronto runway trapped me on the couch all evening. I want to know all the details. First, I want a digitally enhanced video that shows exactly what happened when…

  • Dear God, this is my life now

    I’m starting week 2 of the Zepbound now. Ignore all anecdotal evidence your friends tell you. Listen to me, your one true friend. Or listen to my sources who have more than one week of experience. We are unflinching. What your friends say: You will lose ten pounds a month. What I say: Factor in…