In Natter:

tommyrot: It was obvious this would happen, but perhaps this might be a good story to forward to those opposed to the "ground-zero mosque":

“By preventing this mosque from being built, America is doing us a big favor,” Taliban operative Zabihullah tells NEWSWEEK. (Like many Afghans, he uses a single name.) “It’s providing us with more recruits, donations, and popular support.”

Jessica: I hate to say "We told you so," but...

Gudanov: I'm sure the people opposing the mosque could say they the extremists are just saying that so that we'll be tricked into building the mosque. Of course, then the other side could say they know we know they are trying to trick us so they are just telling the truth. Of course they may know we know they know...

Steph L.: The Taliban built up a tolerance to iocaine powder.

Jessica: So you're saying we should build TWO mosques?

smonster in Natter, context be damned:

Won't someone think of the hungry pregnant demons?

in Natter, megan walker's solution to pesky fruit flies:

Step 1: Open a bottle of wine, red or white.

Step 2: Drink wine (leaving about 1/2 an inch at the bottom of the bottle).

Step 3: Leave open bottle of wine out near where flies congregate.

Step 4: Be amazed at how little flies get trapped inside and can't get out. Aaaawww, poor flies.

Step 5: Laugh.

Step 6: Profit?

More of a warm smile at than anything spewed on.

-t: I am the cat who walks alone and all places are the same to me.

Amych, on introversion:

It's like your shields in a video game -- you have a certain number of hit points you can take (or other humans or units of interaction or stresses or embarrassments or whatever) before your defense goes critical and you have to withdraw to repair/recharge/whatev. And the thing is, some people can have pretty badass shields and go in swinging and not really care, and even really truly *like* the interaction, but when they reach that point, gotta make repairs. And some people don't have a lot of defense at all, but they're good at picking their tactics and engagements and make it through. And... okay, I'm a big dork, am'n't I?

Jessica, in Natter:

In my experience, People Who Don't Get Computer Stuff just want to know what buttons to press. This person probably can't even see their monitor because it's covered in post-it notes listing key-sequences for complicated tasks like Opening A Word Document and Getting To A Web Page.

Stephanie, in Natter re: Ayn Rand:

I wouldn't take dating advice from her either.

Daisy Jane, in Music, no context needed:

Knowing may be half the battle, but knowing buffistas will win it!

In Bitches, summing us up nicely.

Jessica: Being a Buffista means never having to say "Am I the only one who misread that?"

Daisy Jane: And yet, saying it anyway.

billytea in Bitches:

If I were ever to get a Hanzi tattoo, it would be 有仁 ('Yŏu Rén'). It means 'benevolent'. It's also Ryan's Chinese name. I'm pretty confident I haven't mistranslated it or missed any "Ich Bin Ein Berliner" wackiness (unless Wallybee's parents are in on it, and I wouldn't entirely put it past her father). It is, however, phonetically identical to "This toilet is occupied".