Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: December 2025

  • UPDATED: Rainbows

    The previous back door had beveled glass and would cast rainbows on the back wall in the morning. As I thought might happen, when we upgraded the door the new bevels were different somehow and we no longer saw the prism effect. I can report that the new door is like Stonehenge and will only…

  • Calling on Bill Clinton

    The Epstein files have not dropped yet, but I imagine we’ll hear a chorus of “Doctored photos” and “I have no recall,” but I think this is a prime opportunity for Pres. Clnton to say, “I completely remember having sex on that island!” He is the only one who can do it. We already know…

  • Weekly Paint Progress: 12/18/2025

    This week Tulips 2025 went from this: … to this. It was originally this.

  • I become even less sophisticated in my drinking habits

    I looked through the drinks menu at the Symphony bar. There was “Irish cream,” which sounded Christmassy (no doubt due to some late 1970’s ad campaign). I was served some Five Farms Irish Cream, and I steeled myself for a slug of dessert followed by a shuddering turpentine finish of whiskey. That’s how Baileys and…

  • New wig specifically for high-heat events

    As you may recall, it is all too easy to pull a batch of cookies out of the oven and singe a synthetic wig, as wigs are essentially nylon. The flames at the Zoo last week made me think I need an inexpensive human hair wig in case I was going to be in the…

  • Plain vs Vain

    I have been on an uncharacteristic campaign to improve my appearance. Usually I’m content with my state. I’m average, plain, unremarkable. Not particulary ugly. Not particularly pretty. That’s fine with me. I’ve seen the life of pretty women and I’d rather not have strange men chatting me up. Plus, I haven’t had good experiences with…

  • TWIL: How to make tea

    I think anyone who drinks tea knows the English have scorn for the way Americans make tea. “BOILING,” they grumble. “The water must be BOILING!” And I do boil the water. Up until this week I have dutifully used a pot and boiled the water to a rolling boil which I pour directly over the…

  • Messiah 2025: Traditions

    As is tradition, they did dress up Powell hall, and the new addition as well. I wondered which decorations had been in storage the past two years and which wre new. I don’t remember there being a giant nutcracker by the grand staircase positioned just so for a photo op. In fact, I don’t remember…

  • Review: [SPOILERS] Death by Lightning

    I’ve been enjoying the Netflix series Death by Lightning. It’s about [SPOILER] the assassination of President Garfield [/SPOILER]. I’ve enjoyed it so much that I feel the need to analyze why. Somehow the writers manage to ratchet up the tension even though you know the outcome. I don’t know how they do it. The committee…

  • Weekly Paint Progress: 12/11/2025

    This week Tulips 2025 went from this: … to this.