I am unsure of my lurkerhood. People in the Gaming thread may recognize me, and I post about once every Natter thread, so I'm not a consistent member. I also post little enough that I don't know the quick-edit letter for quoting, so I have to do this:

Fred Pete - "I think I'm the only Fred around here. Doesn't make for a very powerful name bloc, but it's easy to come to consensus on anything."

A silly yearly parade that happens near where I live has a regular section that's just "the March of the Freds", and anyone named Fred is welcome to come out of the crowds and join.

So. My name is Thomas and I don't actually follow any of the associated fanverses of this site (never saw Angel or Firefly, had had enough after S1E1 of Buffy), but the witticisms keep me coming back. Camped on the BRQG for a while before starting to follow the site (was originally linked to that by a friend, who has gone by a couple of different names on here, the most recent of which that I know of is StolenCubicle), and don't have much of a presence here even now. I'd like to think I'm fairly friendly and simply don't contribute, like Ice claimed, because of a lack of things to say.

Thank you for supplying this shiny new thread with which to procrastinate from doing my Lit paper.

I love this fucking thread!

Welcome lwa!

Hi! I'm Rayne. I haven't posted here in ages, but I lurk all the time, so figured this would be a good time to delurk.

I used to provide super secret underground scripts for Buffy, Angel, Firely and Wonderfalls.

I moved to Los Angeles from Ohio a couple years ago and recently moved from Westwood to El Segundo (right next to LAX... go airplanes!) I need a job.

I mostly lurk in the tv threads (you guys got me addicted to BSG and SYTYCD!) literary, etc. I'm oddly addicted to the gaming thread.

Now that I've delurked, maybe I'll actually start posting in the threads I read!

Hi Rayne! I remember you from back in the day, or at least you being referenced.

And I recogonize ThomasW, who is NOT the TomW who is married to Nora.

Happy re-de-lurking to Rayne and ThomasW (both of whom I remember but haven't seen in way too long)

Rayne, Still dig that tagline...

Thomas, Seriously? We're funny enough without L'amour Buffy? And I thought I was the group's unlikeliest member what with all the "Bodies? Cool! and the fact that I thought I would have to apply for asylum for being non-geeked about Star Trek 3.0. Wanna hug it out?(I still must lobby for the next BUreau being "Bitches Hug It Out..." it's a long shot, but I'm compelled to ask.)

Rayne! I also remember, Thomas W. I think. The memory is not what it used to be. I'm also high on cough syrup.

I came to the board in late 2002 by following some kind of Firefly-related link. I had been hooked by Buffy since Cordelia said, "I see you've seen the softer side of Sears." The warmth and comradeship of b.org was something I needed very much at that time, and I will be forever grateful.

I have been a writer, magazine editor and Web designer for many years, mostly for electricity-related companies. In 1998, I had a terrible vision of the decades of staff meetings ahead of me and left my job to start my own company. These days I write a column about energy for a local utility; do some Web design and content; and look for new clients, since my old ones have been heavily affected by the dismal economy. I live in the Atlanta area with thousands of books in a house run by a Jack Russell-Corgi mix named Mr. Peabody.

I was a moderately active in SF fandom in the '70s and '80s and my first online fandom was rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.

I am a terrible procrastinator, which is why I have an ABD and not Ph.D. in English literature. My area of study was late 19th century American, and I have been known to go on at length about Hawthorne, Melville and my personal obsession, Henry Adams, as well as about my loathing for Henry James. I have written to AP Style since my writing was done on a Royal Standard, and I am therefore unable to use the serial comma.

I am found mostly in Bitches, Great Write, Literary, Jossverse, Minearverse, Tech and Procedurals. My current state of not enough work means I'm currently caught up in Natter.

Oooh, welcome lw, ThomasW and Rayne! New peeps to me!

Aw, Rayne! Man, it's been an age.