Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: April 2026

  • Back on the counseling horse

    Gary is determined to stay put in his current misery. Not interested in an appointment with the dermatologist because it’s the same dermatologist he spoke with last year. I spent some time last weekend wondering how he’d react if I moved out. Not forever. Just like a month. Or until he consents to see the…

  • TWIL: the fate of the Tivoli

    Well, sad news from Saint Louis. The Tivoli theater on the Delmar Loop has not only closed its doors but has been bought by a church. This would be sad news on its own, but the Tivoli is where generations of kids participated in the midnight showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. If the…

  • More yearly physical nonsense

    The kidney stones may be coming for me. Recently my right kidney area hurt before bed and I woke up to some pink in my panties (she said, daintily). The physical urine sample showed no blood but did show some microscopic red blood cells. I went in for a retest three days later and the…

  • Yearly Physical

    Look at this nonsense from my yearly physical! My physical report still says I have Class I Obesity! I mean, sure, my obesity is First Class (ONLY THE BEST OBESITY FOR MOI) but still. According to their own page it says the lowest BMI for First Class Obesity is 32. I’ve read other things that…

  • Weekly Paint Progress: 4/16/2026

    So this is the previous … This is the progress … And this is the goal. More contrast on the flowers and I am done.

  • Review: Marty Supreme

    Martin Scorcese said that Casino was “all story, no plot.” I liked Casino a lot, though, I think because I didn’t need to hear the “why” behind any of the narrative. I just assumed that life in the Mafia is violent and chaotic and random. Life in table tennis is violent and chaotic too, who…

  • Review: Merrily We Roll Along

    8:00 pm Monday night: I am watching the credits to the 2025 recorded version of Merrily We Roll Along and I am astonished to see it was based on a 1934 play by Kaufman and Hart. And then I am gobsmacked to read that K&H’s 1934 version was told with the same backward narration. 6:00…

  • Tomorrow the teeth are unfettered

    Well, tonight is the last night my teeth will spend in the aligners. It was just a four-month process and they feel like all-new teeth. I mean, cosmetically they’re still too close to the ivory edge of the paint sample card. And my front teeth are still shorter than my canines (just like Mom’s). But…

  • TWIL: Nautical vs statute miles

    I think I am not the only one this week to wonder about mileage. (Because of Artemis, of course, not gas prices.) Evidently measuring statute miles in feet and inches is deficient. I suppose that’s why we ended up with terms like “a country mile” and “as the crow flies.” If you’re navigating huge expanses,…

  • Garden mishap: Spring 2026

    When my neurologist asks me if I’ve fallen in the last six months, and I say yes, and he says, “What were you doing,”I say “Gardening,” because I often fall while I’m gardening. I’m tired, the ground is uneven, and I’m often too hot. Gary’s never around, so it isn’t a crisis, and frankly, I…