Can we insert Jacqueline's mighty peeps riff above David's reply?

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Am-Chau, in UnAmerican--

Who needs a dictionary of porn slang when you have the Buffistas?

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billytea, in Natter:

I'm guessing that in the Greek Orthodox church (or G'Orth for short, because more religions should sound like they're invading Earth at the helm of a battle cruiser), a little thing like dates and proximity to other celebrations is never a sufficient argument against your own hootenanny (or, as they would call it, hootenannou).

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Rio:

I finally made my best friend into a Buffy fan. She is totally obsessed now. The bad news is, seeing and falling in love with Spike made her realize that she's not really in love with her husband of one year. And now she is thinking of divorcing him. And I feel kind of responsible for leading her to Spike. But I totally understand where she's coming from. Spike is a good standard to keep in mind when picking a husband.

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Madrigal Costello, in Previously, on why Buffy's birthday was wrong in 'I Robot, You Jane':

... the more insidious fanwank would be that it was Willow practicing her hacking skills by making slight alterations in her classmates' records - changing birthdates, middle names, allergies to water, etc.

Though to prove that they'd either have to have her admit it, or have some mention of the fact that the records list Cordy's middle name as Slutzilla.

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DavidX2: Hec and Knut, Together Again:

Knut: I remember telling you when I saw you in July that things had to get better. You may wish to smack me now,

Hec: Yeah! You had me filled with the creamy goodness of Hope, and then life stepped on my crueller. You bastard!

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In Firefly:

p.m. marcontell -

She'd (River) be the perfect one to operate the Doomful Salad Shooter

Rob -

RIVER: Can't cook, can't cook, can't cook.

River aims the Doomful Salad Shooter and with three quick shots creates three perfectly composed Salads Niçoise.

Gleebo (the rookie comes through) -

MAL: Give us the finely crafted kitchen utensil dear

JAYNE: I'll be in my bunk...eating one of these salads

BOOK: Well, that was unexpected

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Susan W. on a rich fantasy life:

DH and I have had a running joke about my secret boyfriends coming over to clean the house ever since I remarked on there being no sexier sight than a man doing housework without grumbling. Spike is always the one who gets to wash the dishes in this scenario. I make sure the blinds are carefully shut. Edgar Martinez and Bret Boone clean the bathroom (I don't really have a crush on Boonie, but DH persists in thinking I do because I admire his play at second and have often noted that he gives good interview). Sean Bean-as-Sharpe and Russell Crowe-as-Maximus handle the yard work.

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An exchange in the Angel topic, started by a gossip-column item explaining how Asia Argento is pregnant by JT Leroy:

Burrell:

Okay, this may be a dumb question, but how does one get pregnant with a trannie's child? Because I'm thinking that, post- surgery, it's a little hard to find the wee buggers. In other words, isn't pregnancy a very deliberate thing, involving doctor visits, cryobanks, etc?

p.m. marcontell:

Transvestite, I'm assuming. Not transsexual.

Burrell:

Ah. I had always used it to mean transsexual.

Jon B:

Trannie can also mean transgender which includes a range of possibilities.

Theodosia :

I know a pre-operative male-to-female transexual who self- identifies as a lesbian and has no intention of ever being post- operative. (Serious fears of major surgery, as well as reluctance to give up working equipment in favor of surgically-altered genitals that look correct but don’t work nearly as well. I don’t blame her.) But then she gets mad at the regular lesbians who, unsurprisingly, have a small problem accepting her as a bona fide member of their community....

connie neil :

I love the Buffista worlds I get to visit by proxy.

Daniel C. Jensen:

The Buffistas "...walk in worlds the others can't begin to imagine."

DavidS:

JT Leroy was a transvestite prostitute at truckstops in the south. Raised there by his hoor of a mother. I love his writing.

Daniel C. Jensen :

Can my point have been better made than by that last post? Hee.

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Damn. DX beat me.

Also, I've always absolutely read "trannie" as transsexual or transgendered.

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