I'm just the setup, in Natter:

Kate P.: I have a question: if it's the 21st named storm, how come it starts with the 23rd letter of the alphabet? Shouldn't it be Hurricane Uma?

Dana: They skip some letters.

Calli: I believe they skip U, X, Y, and Z. And possibly Q. Pity. If we had to have this many hurricanes in a season, the least they could do would be to name one "Xena". Or "Zod". I'm not picky.

amych: They skip q, u, x, y, and z in the naming scheme.

(Hugely x-posty, natch. Or should that be alpha-posty, since the alphabet ends after W.)

(Leading me to wonder, does the world?)

Prognosticatey in Firefly:

Kevin:
The week of Serenity mudslinging begins tomorrow! From the theatre counts it looks like Serenity is going to almost completely disappear in the US on Friday.

Allyson:
I'm not sure why that triggers mudslinging.

brenda m:
Oh! I know! Cause we can all blamey on each other, and this time, we can back it up with data! Rock on.

Unrelatedly, does Google have a site yet where I can get specific by-theatre attendance numbers for theatres near people I don't like anyway, so I can start throwing some rocks? Just asking.

Allyson in GWW:

I mean, I could have come up with the name Lance Steelcock somewhere, but I have no recollection of it and don't want to take credit for anyone else's phallus.

Two in a row...Context? What context?

Allyson in Firefly:

Minearverse is soaps, crafts, feminism, and pictures of dogs.

In Bitches on the dangers of crockpotting:

beth b

The worst thing about dinner in a crockpot -- it starts smelling so good....

and I have to wait ....

ita

Never crock when you're at home! It's slow torture.

beth b

now she tells me ...

The fact that this quote came from Bureaucraxy makes it even better.

Ginger: I'm kind of in the mood for a fresh bout of torture.

In Natter:

msbelle: I know George is adorable, but would anyone who watches the show really date a George in real life?

sumi: It's not as if the character is dating either.

In F2F:

Aimée: Do you have mice in the back yard for the Dread Beast to pounce on?

Jilli VoiceOfReason: No. And Dread Beast probably couldn't be bothered to pounce on *anything*. But he does like going outside and eating grass.

Aimée: I had friends like that in college.

ita in Natter:

Does anyone here watch SOAPnet? There's a promo for one of their themed shows which shows two guys in bed with one woman, and I'm wondering when soaps got that porny. Also, which soap, and when it airs.

meara, in Bitches:

My grandmother used to say "Everybody's weird. If you don't think they're weird, you just don't know them well enough". My father added "If you think you know them and they're still not weird, talk to them about money"