Raquel: I plowed through pretty much every Koontz book written up until '91 during one summer of much exercise-biking. I will never ever ever forgive him for using the phrase "his well-oiled piston of lovemaking."

Amych: Eww, eww, eww! What is wrong with these writers today? Why can't they just speak plainly? Why the need for these euphemisms? What, I ask you, is wrong with just coming out and saying "his throbbing manhood"?

Aw, Betsy beat me to it.

context is for wussies

erika: lj is so excited by it, it went down on me.

In Natter,

Phill: Did you know today was National Kick An Old Lady Day? Well, it is cuz I just made it up.

billytea: In that case, I declare tomorrow to be Festoon A Gnome With Bacon Rind Day.

tina f. in Music:

So. I just went out and bought the Go-Betweens Before Hollywood based solely on Buffista-rec. And I was nervous. It's not cheap. It felt like a commitment. So I go up the counter and the owner of the CD shop goes bezerk on me. He can't believe I am buying this album: Oh, I'm gonna love it. I know it's 2-discs right? A re-issue with previously unreleased material? What, I haven't heard them before? How did I hear of them? Hey, other guy - this girl's never heard the Go-Betweens and she is buying Before Hollywood! I'm gonna give you three dollars off just because that is so cool. Come back and tell me how you liked it!

Jeez, secret handshake band - no kidding. I have been in this guy's store every other day for the last 7 years or so and have gotten no more than a nod from him.

Raquel, in Natter:

Does Hallmark have a greeting card for "I'm sorry your team has choked in the first round of the playoffs like 8 times in a row?" It's not that I know how Game 5 is going to turn out for the A's, but my DH is teetering on the edge of fanrage.

Yay Cubs tho. Wouldn't a Cubs/Red Sox series be weird? Either one team would have to break the curse, or the world will end during the series.

In an editorial aside to the last bit, the last time the Cubbies won the World Series was in the same year that a comet smacked into Tunguska, Siberia. Let the world take note.

billytea, in Natter:

Huh. The neverending torrent of spam to my work account has just offered me "a free puppy starter kit". Wouldn't that be, like, two mature dogs?

amych in Bitches:

My thin, blonde, elegant, and possessed of a sick sense of humor sis once dressed as Grace Kelly -- vintage 1950s-era New Look party dress, heels, seamed hose, and a steering wheel around her neck.

shrift in Natter:

Rage, rage against -- nah, rage takes too much effort, dude.

I shall fight the darkening of the light by blinking at it lazily, and then asking it to get me more coffee.

Tep, in Bitches, summarizing her appeal. It's not my scintillating wit or my physical beauty--it's my inability to be disgusted that keeps them lining up. I am a goddess.