Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: July 2025

  • Update to testosterone

    So there is free testosterone and bound testosterone (depending on if it is bound to protein). As reported earlier, the bound testosterone was fine, but Dr. ChatGPT says my free testosterone of “0.58 ng/dL … equates to 58 pg/mL [or] significantly elevated … roughly 20x the usual free testosterone level for a woman your age.”…

  • TWIL: Hey Jude

    I had no idea that Hey Jude has an F-bomb in the recorded track. It’s at 2min and 58sec in, barely audible, and it happened because either Lennon or McCartney thought he screwed up and said “fucking hell.” I was excited to put in my earbuds and try to summon my hyperacusis. I might have…

  • Monthly summer health roundup

    Me, Gynecologist. Good lord. Six years since my last visit to the crotch doctor. That was for the fasiculations in my pelvis. I forgot all about the pelvic banjo. That did go away. Certainly didn’t think that there would be a pelvic timpani four years later. Anyway, it was the most painful exam I have…

  • Loaner car: opportunity missed

    When I dropped off my loaner I saw THIS loaner in the bay, just parked and waiting for someone else. Look at the sticker on the passenger door. Seriously. How did I not get the MS branded loaner?

  • Weekly Paint Progress: 7/17/2025

    So this was the 2019 toy dog bank: This was the 2021 toy dog bank, much improved on the bank front but the ball and glass jar could be better. I think it’s time for another toy bank, only this time with more muted colors and more accuracy in the base, the ball, and the…

  • Loaner car realized

    Well, good. The loaner car from the dealer is not the vinyl-tarted-up embarassment I dreaded. It is a pretty green gas-powered Mini. Only a little tarty.

  • Art Museum: Roaring

    In a few weeks the Saint Louis Art museum will close a very popular exhibit called Roaring, about fashion and vehicles. This was my favorite car: half wood / half metal. It was remarkable not only for the vehicles but also for the security. I believe there was a docent, a security guard, and a…

  • Zoo: Baby elephant

    Finally! He is cute. It was a long trek to see him, though. I have a YouTube Short of him wandering about and attempting to eat a rock here: https://youtube.com/shorts/CEmkGNXReNc?feature=shared

  • TWIL: Gary knows a lot about turtles

    Two neighbors were outside, the guy across the street and his next-door neighbor. One waved at me as I was walking from the back yard to the front. I was happy that I was embracing a huge basket full of weeds because I had neglected to add a bra under my t-ahirt. “Are you missing…

  • Foreign food

    I have aged out of food. I was looking for foods in the Clayton area, and found a place full of foods I don’t recognize. It’s the Ivy Cafe in Clayton. First off, they sell lots of tartines. Loads of them. I was perplexed, because I don’t know what that food is. Evidently it is…