Kristen, in Tech, on mysterious ability to read articles:

See this is the source of my puzzlement. In the two weeks since I got the new powerbook, I can guarantee to you that I had yet to visit the Chicago Tribune's website. Until last night.

DXMachina:

Huh. I wonder if it works on other sites requiring a password? Maybe Apple is now shipping Powerbooks with some sort of double secret password avoidance algorithms installed.

Ita:

Aha! That totally explains Independence Day.

Emily in Bitches:

I'm multi-bored. That's what happens when you're multitasking, but there's a blank spot in the cycle of things you're doing, so when you hit that phase of the cycle you're bored.

In the voting thread:

ita: I guess we're pretty clear on why we're together.

Strongly felt opinions on a) shows and b) grammar/spelling.

Sure, they aren't the same views, but that's the fun part, huh?

Susan: There's a product I usually refer to as a "candle pistol" because you pull a trigger and it produces a flame. But it's much bigger than a cigarette lighter. What's its real name?

juliana: Bic calls it a utility lighter

Jilli: In our house, it's called the clicky fire thing, and is usually taken away from me.

Shrift:

It went something like this:

Betsy: ...the rhetorical term for the part used to represent the whole.

Me: I know that word. It's -- <mem-fault>

Word: <poof>

Me: Crap. Okay. It sounds like... Mnah mnah?

A Mighty Fortress Is Our Google: Metonymy

Me: Closer than the Swedish Chef, yet not quite the thing with the thing what means the thing. Bork bork bork!

A Mighty Fortress Is Our Google: Synecdoche.

Me: My English degree is ashamed to be seen in public with me now, isn't it.

From the Minearverse:

Someone or Other: Does anyone know what gender is trying to save Enterprise?

Allyson: Hermaphodites. I dunno. Is someone trying to save it? Why?

On the serface, it's just a wholesome conversation about veggies. But then, it is Bitches...

Hec (continuing his crusade to get us to eat more veggies, to meara): The chart indicates that if you continue this trend, and Sean continues on his trend...you're going to be the Least Healthy Eater Here.

Sean: It probably helps that the gf is a vegetarian.

t /gf likes carrots

Teppy: Ladies and gentlemen, witness the first known legitimate use for "[person] likes carrots"!

Sean: Seriously. She's big on the tubers.

Teppy: You've been *waiting* to say that, haven't you?

Hec: The question is...yams or fingerlings?

Teppy: It's not the size of your tuber; it's how you serve it.

(Not mashed, one would hope.)

Sean:

You've been *waiting* to say that, haven't you?

What? No. No. No.

Yes.

The question is...yams or fingerlings?

That's a bit personal, don't you think?

Hec: You're the one who said she liked carrots. We're just trying to determine if she's a nibbler through a bag of baby carrots, or somebody who prefers a hearty, organic root vegetable that could really flavor a stock.

I was the someone or other, victor.

...and an oldie but goodie makes a return to natter:

Shrift:

I have a depressingly huge amount of work to do today. And yet, here I am, posting.

DX:

Well, yeah. We've got homosexual duck necrophilia here. What's better than that?

Shrift:

Well, the homosexual necrophiliac duck could answer my voicemail, for starters.

tommyrot:

"Aflac! Got any dead ducks?"

eta:

Your search - "gay Aflac duck" - did not match any documents.

From over in Bitches:

Aimée: You are so vanilla. :)

connie neil : Best flavor in the world, baybee. Subtle and rich and complex and doesn't need any caramel sauce, whipped cream, and nuts, etc., to give it flavor. It's out there in the world saying, "Trust me, you're not up to me."