shrift in Firefly 2 and the context makes it better... (tiny - not plot spoiling spoiler whited out at end)

Dear Santa,

I hate to say this, but you have to take some of the blame for kids figuring out you're not real. I mean, jolly all the time? Red velvet suit? Lives at the North Pole?

Elves? Dude, we gotta talk about those elves. And Rudolph having a glowing red nose is patently ridiculous, Santa, even you have to admit that.

The flying sleigh is just stupid. Anybody with an Aerospace Engineering degree could tell you just how non-aerodynamic a sleigh is, not to mention the fact that 8 reindeer aren't going to give you enough horsepower to pull a sleigh weighted down with presents for children the world over. Why don't you lay off claiming that magic stuff, too? I mean, it only makes you look silly.

So here's my advice: buy a fleet of Concord jets, subcontract everything (and make sure those contractors sign them forms, yo), and go spend some quality time at your vacation home in the Bahamas with Mrs. Claus.

P.S. I want a Jayne action figure for Christmas, complete with *

Hey, you can be fast, or you can be pretty. Your choice.

flutters eyelashes. licks lips. takes breath and begins to shape double entendre. thinks better of it.

Re: USian afternoon CAPSLOCK silliness in Natter:

I'm really missing reading Natter now.

And--

I may be fucking adorable, but I am also very SCARY and MEAN. OK????? Like a RACCOON!!

tagging this! With no context, and no credit, because I'm all evil that way.

Kathy: From Ebert's review:

Frodo, the nominal hero, spends much of his time peering over and around things, watching others decide his fate, and occasionally gazing significantly upon the Ring.

Does this man not understand ACTING?!! Jeez, with all the movies he has seen in his life, you think he would know that the best of all acting is in the eyes, and to follow what EW is doing, you have to look for it, but it's all there. Grrrrrr...

FayJay: Oh fer feck's sake. What would he make of Hamlet?

Hamlet, the nominal hero, spends much of his time peering at his mother and his step father, watching others decide his fate, and occasionally gazing significantly upon the skull of the old court jester.

From Previously

connie neil:

Saw a story in USA Today about how story arcs are out of fashion for dramas, that the hypothetical audience and studios want standalones that won't confuse people when the shows go to syndication.

ita :

Kevin Sorbo must have that article framed and hung over his bed.

Sue:

It's USA Today. Kevin Sorbo was probably their source.

In Natter:

PMM on Holmes/Yoda slash:

If try anything he does, kill him Watson will.

And Kiba Rika on Buffistas:

You people scare me, so very much. I love you.

Kiba Rika:

I think my cat is secretly moonlighting as a circus cat. There is no other explanation for his ability to stand on his hind legs for abnormal lengths of time.

askye:

Apparently, I can read Gay Vampire Snuff Porn and Gay Underage Alien Porn at work without blinking an eye, my current work desktop is a big picture of Ewan McGregor and Jude Law in bed together in purple pajamas, yet I'm embarrassed that the teenage cashier at Borders will think less of me for buying Maxim. I am continually surprised by my own embarrassment threshold.

I'd love to take credit for that, but it wasn't me.

I think that was amyth.