On the trans* and genderqueer discussion, here is one person's post about ou's* experience. [link]
* preferred pronoun
Glory: Lesson number one, Vampires equal impure! Spike: Damn right I'm impure, I'm as impure as the driven yellow snow!
'Dirty Girls'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
smonster - Oct 15, 2011 2:37:45 pm PDT #1771 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Jessica - Oct 15, 2011 2:45:39 pm PDT #1772 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
ou's*
That's a wonderful blog post, but this pronoun hurts my eyes.
Dana - Oct 15, 2011 2:58:02 pm PDT #1773 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Jesus Christ, we're trying to make pumpkin curry, and the ordeal of cutting into the giant CSA pumpkin has been...ordealful. This is totally going on the list of vegetables that are not worth it.
JenP - Oct 15, 2011 3:01:14 pm PDT #1774 of 30001
One of the messages for the runners going through my 'hood: [link]
Ha! That is awesome. Needs to be added to that whole, "Dance like no one's looking," thing.
I am Occupying the Comfy Chair. And trying to figure out how to pronounce "ou." Going with "ow" like in Portuguese. Now to read the blog post.
We didn't come up with any conclusions at lunch. But I did end up describing this place as, "... yeah, but now it's more a place where a bunch of people who know each other hang out," in response to "Is that the Buffy message board?" And I said something like, "Sometimes I wish we (indicating our larger group of friends) had a place like it. It would be very convenient!" And that led to their suggesting I create a FaceBook group. Point being - none, really. Just funny how the board often pokes into 3D world.
Jessica - Oct 15, 2011 3:09:42 pm PDT #1775 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My CSA pumpkin-opening kit is a santoku knife and a wooden rolling pin. (A Chinese vegetable cleaver and a rubber mallet would probably work even better, but I don't have those things in my kitchen.)
Dana - Oct 15, 2011 3:14:11 pm PDT #1776 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Our plan involved the concrete garage floor.
beth b - Oct 15, 2011 3:14:58 pm PDT #1777 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Squash of all kinds is why I have a rubber mallet in my kitchen
aurelia - Oct 15, 2011 3:20:47 pm PDT #1778 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
That blog post pretty much ensures that I won't try to get into any discussions about gender identity just because I have no idea what term might be a land mine. The only trans person I know (in meat-space) uses the blogger's hated term all the time.
sarameg - Oct 15, 2011 3:46:21 pm PDT #1779 of 30001
Reading through the coverage, I found this article: [link]
Dude, I high-fived that kid. He was LOVING the cheering. Beautiful kid. (There's a video report here at the top: [link]
Cass - Oct 15, 2011 3:52:36 pm PDT #1780 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Time to research squirrel repellant. Does such a thing exist? Stupid little squirrel both wants to hang in my outside storage room and wants to mock the not-so-smart Puppycat. Squirrel's also not really scared of me. It's not YOUR territory to defend, Squirrel, it's mine.