In Firefly re: FF DVD viewage at a yarn spinning retreat ...

Anne W: I find it amusing that Firefly has entered the crafting community.

Theodosia: It's all those stencils in the dining room set. And Jayne's hat. Crafters! In! Space! Where No Crafter Has Gone Before....

Insights into the childhood play of Buffistas in Natter:

Gudanov:

I made a huge Millenium Falcon out of cardboard and masking tape for my Star Wars action figures.

tommyrot:

See, as a child I never would have gone through all that trouble, unless my ultimate goal was to set it on fire.

sarameg:

We subjected ours to duststorms, avalanches, explosions and monsoons in the tractor tire sandbox we had. We liked simulating natural and unnatural disasters. Of course, sometimes this meant limbs were lost. One Han Solo had to have his head reattached with superglue and went on to a stellar career in modelling telescopes- he was just to scale.

shrift in Natter:

Were I actually driving right now, my posts would read less whiny and more overeducated Eminem with an anxiety disorder.

kat perez: I actually ran across From Justin to Kelly. Horrifyingly, frighteningly bad. And since I have this compulsion when it comes to teen movies, I watched the whole thing.

The greatest thing you'll ever learn/Is to COMM and be COMM'ed in return.

Noise Design (a brave, brave man) in Natter:

If it would get him out of office I'd blow Dubya on National Television. I'd even swallow.

connie neil: Calling billytea!

Giant mutant ant colony found in Australia

MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) - A huge ant colony measuring 100 kilometres (62 miles) across has been found under the southern Australian city of Melbourne, scientists said.

Monash University researcher Elissa Suhr said the supercolony of Argentine ants was threatening native biodiversity in Australia's second largest city.

Suhr said the introduced pest's natural aggression kept numbers under control in its native country but the genetic make-up of the ants found in Australia had mutated allowing them to cooperate to build the supercolony.

Giant mutant ants. Australia needs billytea.

-t: I'm sure it's a serious problem for Melbourne, but I am finding the idea of mutant ants whose superpower is cooperation quite charming

ita: Can you imagine getting bitten by one of them and turning into a (ptui) team player?

How incredibly disappointing.

They have a sister colony under my house. (grrrr)

Continuing the antly fun:

Robin: I heard that colony of ants is beleived to be awaiting an event of some sort--that their unprecedented cooperation is geared towards one end. Scientists have decoded a series of sonar beeps from the colony and they seem to be saying "Billytea, Oh Antly Lord, all is prepared for your return"

Lilty Cash: I can't help but picture them in little ant sneakers and drinking red Kool Aid.

Natter:

Trudy: Cindy, now you have me all sniffy. I'll never hear that song again without seeing your dance.

Cindy: Trudy, when you're picturing it, please remember all my flaws. My cheekbones are just a little too high, my waist is just a little too small, and my breasts may be too pert! And when my brilliant green/blue eyes flash in anger, they still manage to convey the hidden depths of my sorrow and vulnerabilty masked in strength.

Sue: Hey we haven't had a Nilly report today. Has she gone all Hollywood and forgotten about us?

Allyson: Yes. Today she purchased go go boots and a halter top while eating a pork chop and dancing with a statue of Mary.

Or, she's doing her morning prayers and getting ready to go get some kosher bread for seder.

Gah, I hope it's the latter, her parents know where I live.