slash satisfies an urge to see a romance of equals that can't be satisfied by straight pairings.

That's why I like slash, but it's more because in stories men are perceived to be equals to start with, and there are specific men I want to see interacting romantically. I'm happy with strong women being the equal of the guy, I've written that stuff. It's just that most recently I'm all about the guys not being so tough and macho that they can't get a little giddy about getting to touch the other guy.

YSlashM (and will) V

Am I reading the wrong stories? Half the time in SPN slash they aren't equals, depending on who tops and who bottoms. You're more likely to get emotional parity out of the relatively rarer het fics than a lot of the slash in the fandom.

But seriously, I didn't think there was a big deal in the canons with the women being subordinate to the men. Except, in some explicit situations like SG1, but that was made big deal of. Certainly not emotional or social inferiors. It's 2010. It's pretty easy to avoid that stuff.

I love chicken skin like whoa too, but a sandwich of just chicken skin is overdoing it.

In related me-me-me dinner for the next two nights: stew of pork loin, turnip greens, finely diced zucchini, onion, kidney beans cooked in salsa, wine, lime juice, garlic with brown sugar. Question: if this were fan-fiction, would it be x-over or fusion?

As a long-time chicken skin fan, I have to say "Yuck," to the all-skin sandwich. What is up with KFC and the icky sandwiches lately?

A few weeks back, I went through the KFC drive thru just for a grilled chicken sandwich (no tomato), and they kept trying to sell me the double-down. Ewww, no!!

That gawker article didn't sound right AT ALL. Not to say that a gay guy can never credibly explain why certain women and straight guys are into what they're into, but that gay guy sure can't.

Skin sandwich may be fake, but what about pizza burger? [link]

We had pizza burgers at my college hangout back in the '80s, burger with mozzarella cheese and pizza sauce.

I hate waiting for the UPS dude. I had an Amazon return to make so they sent a call tag. But all morning I worried I'd not hear the doorbell so I wasn't allowing myself to go swim or do anything. He just arrived. Phew.

And pointed out there's a wasp's nest under the front porch eaves. Hmm.

I also got two Amazon pkgs that were mistakenly sent to my old address (by me, who didn't check carefully enough when ordering). Our realtor kindly ran interference on that one. They were expensive packages so I'm very relieved to have them in hand.

I never did taste a Double Down, but I wanted to. For me, it's healthier to have two pieces of chicken than two pieces of bread. Not that KFC is healthy overall but if you're talking relative evils...

I don't think my tomatoes are going to ripen and grow before frost... not one has ripened yet.