This was hilarious... but only because I can't tell you how many times that damn gnoll killed me when I was trying to solo him.

Do I get any points at all for having since canceled my WoW account?

Tangent? Yes. Even so? Fabulous. Made me laugh my ass off!

I know I'm always personally curious what kind of mpg other Prius owners get, especially when that "48 in the city" is tossed around, so I'm sharing my mpg here.

We bought a Prius at the end of March 2008 and have since put 4400 miles on it driving around a flat, sprawled city and taking it on two 800+ mile road trips as well as several smaller trips (150-200 miles round trip) to nearby cities. According to the Prius' onboard mpg calculator, we consistently get 44.6 mpg in the city and 46.3 mpg on the highway.

(Take that, hybrid Tahoe that only gets 23mpg in the city!)

This post reminded me of when I was Vladimir in the summer of 1996. Dandelions, as you well know, are the bane of all lawnkeepers in America, but in Russia I saw entire hills of yellow (and later, white fluff) and they were simply gorgeous. Especially beautiful was the Cathedral of St. Demetrius, completely surrounded by little sunbursts. I never looked at a dandelion the same way again, and it sounds like neither will you.

I can't tell you how glad I am the pink has bit the dust. I don't like pink as a color, and to have it constantly thrown at me just because I'm a woman is so very frustrating. Huzzah for no more pink!

I'm not so hot for a three-column, rigid layout, however. I like to increase the type when I sit down to read anything of length on the computer, so the new three-column format across Salon means that I can only see 4-5 words per line. As I am a very fast reader, that means a lot of scrolling down. Have I mentioned that I get motion-sick easily? You can see how that makes a bad combo for me.

I do web design for my day job, so I know it's possible to create something that looks "normal" for most users but still is graceful for users who have accessibility issues. Being able to up the font by a few sizes without adversely affecting layout is a very basic accessibility level, and I can't imagine why Salon's designers didn't take it into account. I know it's not Broadsheet's fault--someone somewhere decided to change the format and it's being implemented bit by bit, but I am rather disappointed.

Denise, your background story sounds exactly like mine, down to the season 1 of Buffy. I exclusively watch TV shows either on DVD (hail Netflix, and hail Mac dual boot so I can use Netflix Instant Play) or online with little-to-no ads.

I just wish the people who produce/create/distribute the programming would realize that I am perfectly happy to give them money for their content, eliminating advertising middlemen. This is how I watch Ugly Betty (via iTunes). This is how I watch Torchwood (also via iTunes). This is how I watch anything by Joss Whedon (purchased DVDs and iTunes; he's a demigod).

I think the concept of a "network" or "channel" are already outdated and the media moguls don't yet realize it. We just need a central download location with genre listings. Who cares where the creative team comes from so long as they produce a show so long as the end product is actually good? (Or at least popular. Heh.)

And don't let me start on the whole "paying for cable when you are getting advertised to" thing. Hell, I don't even go to movie theaters anymore because if I'm going to pay $7+ for a ticket and another $100 for popcorn and a drink, I sure as hell don't want to watch ads for Nike, Coke, or some pop star's new album before the show starts.

Hello? TV-making peoples? Are you listening?

What to think?!?

As a woman, I'm a little horrified that the female candidates seem to be fair game for sexual speculation. (Yes, even Hilary, to a degree: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYjhFjvw5gk)

As a woman who's ok with porn, I'm glad this one at least has entertainment value via camp factor.

As a person who graduated with a degree in Russian, I'm just impressed as hell that they managed to say "прувет" at the beginning, even though since they are strangers a "здравствулте" would have been more appropriate. They won't be strangers for long, though, eh?

As a Broadsheet reader, I'm amused that y'all just spent so much time and energy actually reviewing a porno. Did you ever think that your jobs would come to this?

"Привет" not "прувет" – I should know better than to look at the keyboard when I type.

(An English "u" looks like a Russian "i" but on a phonetic keyboard you get a Russian "y" because it sounds like an English "u".)

There's nothing more fun than to throw a fetus in the mix and watch people react. Consider the following on my web zine:

http://theanticraft.com/archive/beltane07/fetus.htm

Now what if the woman who designed it was a midwife?

What if I had an abortion?

What if there was a matching uterus+vagina+vulva purse?

Oh my.

:D