Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: September 2025

  • New Toys

    Gary has been feeling more like himself the last two months. As opposed to the last two years, during which I barely recognized him. He has been playing his drums for five minutes at a time, making jokes, and actually finished a truly hideous yard project he’s been promising for years. He’s also bringing toys…

  • It’s the End

    Well, Farewell TypePad. Feedblitz says that on TypePad I had 40 or so people who came by regularly, and this morning I had 20 visitors. And now at the very last minute I have 40 or so. Hello! I’m working next on a blogroll for the right side with an extra link for blogs that…

  • AI has learned, but only a little

    I visited ChatGPT again, just to stop in and check on the Dave Barry situation, because, frankly, it’s embarrassing to Dave Barry. I started a new conversation, because I wanted a fresh take, and asked the same question: “Who is Queen Mediocretia,” and it returned a claim that she is someone who denies being Dave…

  • TWIL: A little more about WordPress

    Well, last week I thought I knew enough about WordPress to get by, but it seems WordPress is like a Baptist church, it was the right size when the congregation started but then they had to expand it and now you have to go three steps up to get from the vestibule to the sanctuary,…

  • Evidence

    Gary: “LAST NIGHT I WAS LOOKING OUT THE BACK DOOR AND A RACCOON STARTED CLIMBING UP ON THE OTHER SIDE AND IT GOT ALMOST ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP AND IT LOOKED AT ME AND CAME BACK DOWN.” I needed to see if he’d been hallucinating (or if alternatively, a Mission Impossible Raccoon had…

  • Etiquette

    I found this delightful.

  • Blog’s not done

    I still need to add a link to recent comments and a blogroll. I’m still including blogs that haven’t been updated for years, because this isn’t a newspaper. I suspect all self-referential links are broken. Image files seem as sketchy as before. There are about 10 audio files that should return. The scariest part was…

  • AI comes directly at me this time

    I know AI can’t be trusted, but usually it isn’t personal. Dave at Blogography asked AI about his blog, and was dismayed by its misinterpretation. I went to AI (specifically, ChatGPT) and asked, “Who is Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia?” What follows is our exchange. AI: “Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia” isn’t a historical figure — it’s…

  • Coconut water parts 1 and 2

    You may have seen this entry. This new director’s cut entry has parts 1 and 2. I might throw in a dividing line between the two. Oh, and I thought AI doesn’t know anything about recent events. Looks like the Google AI is up to speed.   Gary began having leg cramps at night. He deduced…

  • Find the two pre-pandemic things I thought were no longer an option

    The obvious one is the Diet Orange Crush I thought was off the market. The less obvious choice are the pre-pandemic blue jeans. They only recently began to fit again.