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I heartlessly mock my loved ones.
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Weekly Paint Progress: 10/6
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This week the third dog went from this: ... to this. Dang, the expression is out of the eyes now. I'll get it back. The right eye is in the right place now but needs more work. The edge of... Continue reading
Posted 11 hours ago at Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia
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Wig Week: The Impending Reveal
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Well, last week I made a zoom background. It was designed to surround my head and to make it clear that I was wearing a wig. I tested that background during a little Zoom meeting I had by myself. Suffice... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia
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Wig Week: Winners
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As we do in all beauty contests, let's announce the winners by first announcing the losers. The only human hair wig, Moe, was knocked out in the early rounds. Gary suggests I use it as a merkin. The ponytail may... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia
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Wig Week: Reviewers
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There are two kinds of people who review wigs. Real people in comments The sales websites post reviews from purchasers, satisfied or not. The dissatisfied people say great things like, I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY SOLD ME THIS MOP IT LOOKS... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia
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Wig Week: Missed the Mark
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Several attempts at hair missed the mark. This hair looked cute from the side but very egg-like from the front. I think I could have done aubergine and brown, or red and brown, but not aubergine, red, and brown. In... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia
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Wig Week: Hair Hunt Update
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Here's an update on highlights from the wig hunt. I bought a used wig, 60% off, so I could check the color and construction of an Ellen Wille wig. That brand is are supposedly the most natural and least bulky... Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia
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Not Enough Info for a Full Review: Excelsior
Last week there was an online listening party for the new Steven Page album, Excelsior. I believe it's out today. That was a new experience for me -- getting to hear the music before it comes out. But, with that,... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia
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Weekly Paint Progress: 9/29
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This week the third dog went from this: ... to this. Continue reading
Posted 7 days ago at Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia
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Candy Corn Recall
I have been preparing for this all my life. Here I am, with the egg intolerance, but I wisely thought ahead and developed an aversion to Candy Corn. Candy Corn Recall Over Potentially Deadly Egg Mishap Continue reading
Posted Sep 28, 2022 at Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia
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Agile Artemis
Well, I see NASA has delayed the Artemis launch again, this time because a hurricane is coming. Did they not watch the Gregory Peck movie Marooned? Do they not know it is possible to launch a space rocket during a... Continue reading
Posted Sep 27, 2022 at Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia
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Forgetful
I was asked to give a status on my current work projects. These are my thoughts, in order: Well I had a meeting yesterday. What was it? It was for that project with that woman with the tall hair. The... Continue reading
Posted Sep 26, 2022 at Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia
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Big Slide
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The pebble-dash elementary (Graham elementary, corner of Graham and 270, I need to drive by and see if it still exists) made me think of other dangerous buildings of my youth. The most dangerous was the Catholic church we briefly... Continue reading
Posted Sep 25, 2022 at Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia
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Pebbledash
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I was watching the most recent episode of The Great British Baking Show, in which people are tasked with portraying their childhood homes in cake, and they joked there might be a lot of buildings covered in "pebble-dash." I looked... Continue reading
Posted Sep 24, 2022 at Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia
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Zen of the Landline Number
It has now been since 18 business days since the twenty-fifth of August in this the Year of Our Lord 2022. I still cannot get incoming calls on the telephone number I have had since the Year of Our Lord... Continue reading
Posted Sep 23, 2022 at Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia
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Weekly Paint Progress: 9/22
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This week my brother's third dog went from this: ... to this. The dog's face can't match the carpet that exactly: it looks like he has holes. Continue reading
Posted Sep 22, 2022 at Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia
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Elvis! Elvis! Elvis!
Three Elvis-related movie reviews in one. Movie 1: Elvis (2022, the Baz Luhrmann version) We started our Elvis evening with the recent biopic. I did love how inventive the direction was. So fanciful. I wished they had warned me that... Continue reading
Posted Sep 21, 2022 at Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia
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Wig
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Well, I took a step toward covering my dreadful hair. I purchased what my mother would call a "wiglet." Just a little mammal to perch on top of my head and cover my now-significant bald spot. Sadly, it also has... Continue reading
Posted Sep 20, 2022 at Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia
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New MS-related News
MS people - This article discusses a new treatment for our cousin lupus. "The therapy involves modifying a patient’s T cells, a key component of the immune system, and turning them into assassins to efficiently seek out a specific target... Continue reading
Posted Sep 19, 2022 at Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia
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New Toy
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At night when the house is silent, the fan on Gary's new laptop roars like a typhoon. I let Gary know. I don't think he listened to the laptop before purchasing an extra cooling fan for the laptop to sit... Continue reading
Posted Sep 18, 2022 at Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia
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2022 Fox Visitation
Every few years the raccoon buffet will draw an aged and sickly fox. 2018 was the last year with a sickly fox, and now we have another. Like the 2018 sickly fox, this one gets hungry enough to venture out... Continue reading
Posted Sep 17, 2022 at Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia
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Rewriting the Novel: Regression
I was hand-editing the printed draft and discovered that when cobbling the full draft out of the individual chapter files I inadvertently copied one chapter twice. That means my 190 page draft is really only 170 pages. It's still 55,o00... Continue reading
Posted Sep 16, 2022 at Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia
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Weekly Paint Progress: 9/15
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This week my brother's third dog went from this: ... to this. Continue reading
Posted Sep 15, 2022 at Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia
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Vacation Result
Well, I had to spend a good part of labor day week on the queen's deathwatch, and family obligations, so I didn't have nine full days. But, here's an update on all my plans for the week off: I added... Continue reading
Posted Sep 14, 2022 at Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia
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Gary Suddenly Becomes Elderly: Part the Second
The Packet The next day we were setting up the two televisions to use AT&T's facsimile of live TV, and when we ran into a hitch Gary said, "WELL WHAT'S IT SAY IN THE PACKET?" "Packet?" "THE PACKET. THERE'S GOT... Continue reading
Posted Sep 13, 2022 at Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia
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Gary Suddenly Becomes Elderly: Part the First
It didn't worry me when Gary's hair turned grey. Older men are hot. I was fine when he started losing his hair. Happens to all of us. However, just this last week he has exhibited two signs of aging that... Continue reading
Posted Sep 12, 2022 at Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia
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