Susan on Motherhood: Oh, and I saw this documentary on feral children that included a comparison of the brains of normal and neglected toddlers. The neglected kids' language centers are actually stunted or absent. And even though I rationally know Annabel is getting all the language exposure she needs just by being a wanted child in a reasonably loving family, I catch myself just pumping her brain full of English every time I'm holding her. Which includes singing my way through the old Baptist Hymnal I salvaged when my high school church got new ones, and reading the Aubrey/Maturin and Hornblower novels to her.

Kid's gonna have an odd and bloody vocabulary.

fun and games in Bureaucracy

Nutty

But be vigilant, people! We'll only continue to exist as long as enough of us persist in the shared fiction. If your attention lapses, suddenly we might all be stranded in Mongolia or something.

Deena

At least we'd be together.

Nutty

Yeah, in MONGOLIA!!

(No offense to Mongolians. I have a yurt-avoidance issue.)

DXMachina

Check, no yurts for Nutty.

Mongolia seems like it might be fun for a short while. They have horses. Okay, all I actually know about Mongolia is what I saw in PBS special starring Julia Roberts.

Noise Design in the F2F thread:

Does Scarred Baptist taste anything like blackened catfish?

In Minearverse, a newbie proves to be a true Buffista:

The Partyman: Ooh. Might have to try and get to see that!

PaperDragon: You should replace 'might' with 'I', 'have' with 'am', 'to' with 'definitely', 'try' with 'going'. Switch the 'to' with the 'and', finally deleting the 'get'.

Polter-Cow in Bureaucracy:

If nothing we post matters, then all that matters is what we post.

ita in Movies:

What gets RIGHT up my nose about Terminal is that it looks like Hanks is doing Forrest Gump again, except foreign instead of developmentally delayed.

He's going to put the Negroes out of work if he keeps being this magical!

NoiseDesign in f2f:

I am so deeply and utterly in F2F withdrawl now. It's like getting the porn version of the bends.

Kate P:

The bendovers?

In Angel, spoilery for absolutely nothing, except Allyson's Green Lantern hate:

Strega: I fear the guac.

Allyson: The guac is green, so it can apparently be foiled with yellow.

The Angel thread was cracking me up last night. First, a shout-out from TWoP:

Strega: Angel is lurking in a coffee shop, no doubt supporting Allyson in email.

Then, more on Allyson's Green Lantern feelings:

PMM

Even the worst of the K*tten stuff seems sane and tame compared to the Green Lantern Wars.)

Allyson

Doesn't that lametard fight crime with yellow?

WTF?

"Behold! This is my banana of DOOM!"

"Back off, Osama! I'm driving a SCHOOL BUS!"

Polter-Cow

No, yellow is his weakness, which is even lamer.

"Aaaach, Big Bird, get away from me!"

"I ordered pink lemonade, dammit! Are you trying to kill me?"

Allyson

dies

So, this is the only superhero who can be killed by a golden shower? We all pee and he's DONE FOR.

I hate the Green Lantern. Doesn't a small boy ride on his back for no apparent reason?

And more dissing of the Green Lantern....

Allyson: Fucking Green Lantern. His enemies piss in the snow while he's bound in Crime Scene Tape and the guy is toast. Why is this a superhero?