you'll get a lot of blank looks when you say that your favorite TV programme is Angel, or Firefly or Wonderfalls

Heh. That happens in the U.S. too.

Welcome, Val! Nice to have another quarter of the globe checking in. We don't have any Kiwis, do we? Too bad, as I'm gonna be in New Zealand in February, it would be cool to meet up with Buffistas.

I seem to recall some pins in New Zealand on Gus's Buffista map, but I don't have that bookmark anymore. You might leave a post in Un-Americans and see what response it generates.

So I was playing with googlism.com and decided to put Tim's name in to see what I got. Some of the results were predictable; others, just friggin' funny. How much do I love the last one? Soooo much.

Googlism for: tim minear

tim minear is a popular writer for angel and fast becoming a fan favorite
tim minear is an executive producer on the show
tim minear is responsible for writing most of the best episodes of angel
tim minear is going to be leaving angel to work on the new series
tim minear is a co
tim minear is a very talented writer and i do think the show is better for having him behind it
tim minear is still working just as hard on it
tim minear is like that too
tim minear is running firefly and angel
tim minear is the man when it comes to dark and disturbing
tim minear is just give out ideas when it comes to
tim minear is
tim minear is a writer for it so it does have an l&c connection
tim minear is in actuality dean cain
tim minear is good
tim minear is chaplain/deputy director
tim minear is god
tim minear is finally giving him his big shot
tim minear is really good at drama
tim minear is da man
tim minear is also director
tim minear is david greenwalt's replacement on angel
tim minear is leaving angel
tim minear is ever so talented at feeding the audience wild
tim minear is the best thing "angel" has got going for it
tim minear is leaving
tim minear is having a busy day

tim minear is in actuality dean cain

I totally didn't recognize him with the glasses.

Oh god. Just did David Fury. Bwahhahahahahahaha.

david fury is also the author of kings of the jungle
david fury is considered the master of the first row victory
david fury is a loudmouthed bastard
david fury is spike’s best friend
david fury is singing in the high street about his dry cleaning
david fury is truly the writer of the season
david fury is to be commended for an offering that could easily have lacked focus but yet it doesn't
david fury is a sledgehammer man
david fury is much better at dramatic stuff
david fury is quickly becoming one of my favorite buffy writers
david fury is happily praising the miracle that is today's dry cleaning at the top of
david fury is next to me about to post
david fury is the "good" buffy writer
david fury is not a real person
david fury is overrated
david fury is a "blake's 7" fan?

Yep, those were my favorites, too!

There are some good Joss ones, too:

joss whedon is a shibby bitch
joss whedon is the greatest thing since sliced bread with marmite
joss whedon is half the man we all thought he was
joss whedon is a great guy
joss whedon is a huge fan of the movie the wild bunch
joss whedon is evil
joss whedon is on crack
joss whedon is not just evil
joss whedon is not accurate
joss whedon is the one you should ask that question to
joss whedon is a feminist
joss whedon is a beacon of good story telling in an entertainment fog that has forgotten how to tell the simplest tale
joss whedon is one funny bloodsucker
joss whedon is the god who created buffy
joss whedon is god
joss whedon is a writing god? actualy i think
joss whedon is a workaholic
joss whedon is ;
joss whedon is ticked
joss whedon is in the process of submitting a script
joss whedon is a genius
joss whedon is arguably television's jack kirby

and my favorite:

joss whedon is een van hollywoods gelievde schrijvers

I just did Jon Stewart's googleism over in Bitches.