Daily Archives: July 8, 2012

6 posts

QOTD: How to Tell If It’s a Date

This might end up being a very short post. I’m an old married lady, and it’s been a long-ass time since I was on a date.

Let’s see what I can remember.

Generally, a date involves two persons, right? If there are three or more, it’s less likely to be a date. Is “threesome” or “foursome” a date category? Could be, I suppose, but for the sake of the discussion, let’s say a proper date involves two people. Let’s call them Sally and Harry, since writing gender-free is very difficult and awkward. I tried, and got into all sorts of Person A and Person B nonsense with a lot of clunky they/their interspersed. Continue reading

Ermahgerd! Crasstalk COW!


Happy…whatever day it is, Crasstalkers! It was a quietish week here, but I have your roundup of the week’s posts and Comment of the Week — I’m just a bit behind schedule. First, though, let’s conduct some business. As usual, your weekly PSA: If you wish to nominate a comment or comments for Comment of the Week (COW), please take a screenshot of your nomination and email it to me: crasstalkcow at gmail. If it’s several comments long, it’s okay to only send me a screenshot of the first comment or two, but! *puts on broken record* Always remember to tell me what post or OT the comment comes from. Now, the next piece of business: Continue reading