Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: December 2025

  • Wisdom delayed

    None of the cliches apply. It does bring in some retrospection, always, and I confess that something happened this year that makes me look forward to old age. It’s these odd flashes of long-delayed realization that continue to show up. The first happened in 2023 (on the cusp of Hot Matron Summer Part I), when…

  • Best cure for what ails you

    Are you sick? I recommend these practices to make you feel better.

  • Tooth upgrade begins at a bad time

    So, I have embarked on the effort to straighten my teeth. They showed me a video of how the adjustment shall progress and it looks like I shall end up with the same tiny pointy hamster teeth that are not as askew. It really looked the same to me, but as long as parts stop…

  • TYIL: 2025

    This year I learned lots of things. The most notable in each category are below. Let me know via anonymous comment if you knew any of these things already. (There was going to be a poll, but then the illness overtook me.)

  • Oh god I am so sick

    Not Covid. Not flu A or B. Must be RSv. God I am siiick.

  • Gary’s new personality

    I don’t know what to tell you, but I find myself married to a completely different man these last few months. This new Gary vacuums compulsively, up to three times a day. Last week at five am I was awakened by the sound of a tambourine in the “library” room next door, because he was…

  • Merry Christmas 2025

  • Odd GLP side effect

    Usually, after I take my Zepbound shot on Saturday, it’s pretty hard to eat on Sunday. I’ll do it, but everything looks pretty unappetizing. That is the point, of course. Generally on Sunday I’ll force down a protein bar and some fiber until I hit 400 calories, anyway. By Monday I’m back on track. Oddly,…

  • In Which I am Wrong and Gary is Right

    “YOU ARE NOT SEEING DRAIN FLIES IN YOUR ROOM,” Gary bellowed. “ALL THE DRAIN FLIES ARE DEAD.” “Well, no,” I said mildly. “NO WHAT YOU ARE SEEING ARE FUNGUS GNATS FROM THE POTTED PLANT IN YOUR ROOM.” “Well, no,” I again said mildly. “I WILL PROVE IT TO YOU.” Damn it. You can even see…

  • TWIL: What John Hinckley has been up to

    Watching Death by Lightning has made me wonder about mentally ill assassins, so of course, I needed to check in on John Hinckley Jr., Ronald Reagan’s attempted assassin. The last I heard he was out of the asylum and living with his mother, heavily medicated, I assumed. And he did, and he had to track…