Hec and Aimee, in Natter:

We should have one of the actuaries post the most likely ways to die for the average Buffsita demographic

My vote goes for "TiVo falling onto head" for #1 cause.

Anne on keeping track of Bureaublahblah (© msbelle):

It's a bit like herding cats. Teleporting, time-traveling cats.

From UnAmericans

Sue:

I just can't deal with Connor's hair. When I was stranded at the bus station last Friday, there were several college-aged guys also waiting who had the same floppy hair. I wanted to go up to them and say, "In the name of Vincent Karthieser, cut your hair!"

Trudy:

Ah, first you confuse the college boys and then you POUNCE!

Sue:

It's all about the misdirection, Trudy.

Gudanov In Natter:

My most recent movie viewing was "Piglet's Big Movie". Which was okay, but I thought Tigger was just sort of mailing it in. Eeorye brought it strong though, best performance since 'Dude Where's my Tail'.

In BBaBB, on the Phoenix Error Message:

Betsy HP: It's the Best. Error Message. Ever.
Liese: It is. It makes me happy every time I see it. Which isn't often. Which makes me happy. Buffista conundrums of joy.
I even quoted it to my SO, and was startled to note that I did actually have it memorized. And not like the other death messages that I have memorized because I see them so damn often. I have it memorized because I never see it. See what I mean about the conundrums?

Because it's both funny and true. And I just love the expression "Buffista conundrums of joy".

USA Night in Natter:

Trudy: <Trudy tip-toes into thread with pin. Drops it. Hears it.>
Perkins: Perkins tiptoes in, still hears the echo of the pin dropping.
Trudy: Trudy winks at Perkins, causes virtual hurricane on other side of internet.
Perkins: Perkins giggles at the thought of an internet hurricane, and hopes it wakes up the board.

connie in Bitches (context? Pfah.):

So now I don't have to mumble as I'm rocking along with this bunch of wildeyed Dutchmen with their guitars and strangely significant lyrics.

The inimitable BHP in Great Write Way:

Anybody, no matter how distinguished, who tells you "If you don't X, you can't write" is wrong. Unless "X" is "write".

Because it's truuue.

Victor, in Spoilers, speculating about The Last Episode. Because it needs to be shared with the unspoiled.

Disclaimer: Unless he knows something and isn't telling, this is pure speculation.

The world ends, and Angel wakes up in a cold sweat, screaming. Lindsey, lying next to him, rolls over him, holds him tenderly and says, "what's wrong honey." Angele replies that he had a bad dream, that he was a vampire, and that the world ended, and that he... he... was in love with a girl.

Next season, AtS becomes Queer as Folk.

Madrigal, I think

So now I'm wishing they'd had Dawn trash-talking the Joel Grey demon to try to get him to just kill her instead of doing the shallow cuts. "You're not scary! Your resurrection spells are crappy - the Charmed sisters could do better. And your daughter is a sucky actress and the nose job didn't help her appearance any. Also you smell like evil ass."

Bitches, weaving the silly, the strange, and the serious into one seamless fabric:

connie neil, quoting from a science article:

Human sperm become excited when exposed to the scent of lily of the valley

juliana:

Wierd.

I mean all of it, the fact that different people react so differently to the same medication, and the fact that we still have no idea how or why we work, and ESPECIALLY that sperm, apparently, has a reaction to odor.

Also, abuse of commas.

Cindy:

If sperm abuse commas, do you think that's just a display of poor self-esteem/hatred of self?

Jess PMoon:

I think the comma is the favored punctuation mark of the sperm because they look so much alike.

Cindy:

Then why the comma abuse. The sperm must be made to stop it. I'm thinking we get our girls to invade them for a change.

juliana:

I was thinking the semicolon, because it diagrams their ultimate goal.

Cindy:

Orientationist! I mean sure it does for the straight sperm. But what about the poor gay sperm?

Cindy:

cereal...

(quoting juliana) I was thinking the semicolon, because it diagrams their ultimate goal.

Although this is true for the straight sperm, you just know they think they're more like question marks.

juliana:

Orientationist! I mean sure it does for the straight sperm. But what about the poor gay sperm?

Damn it! There I go with my auto-sperm-assumptions again. I must think long and hard about the poor gay sperm's plight.

Cindy:

Oooh - here's one for the gay sperm: "

Only we need the bendy kind of " instead of the straight kind of "

And the lesbian ova is

:

sarameg:

punctuation porn?

juliana:

Only we need the bendy kind of " instead of the straight kind of "

Finally! A use for SmartQuotes!

Cindy:

punctuation porn?

Heavens, no. We just refuse to accept punctuation without representation any longer. That we've tolerated it this long is a national shame.

All we are saying, is give ,:;"'.?!`/-|^ a chance.

brenda m:

~~?

Cindy:

Whatever floats your boat, brenda. We're a very open group.