I've realized what makes the Pandagonians so unique in their presence on the net. It's not their age -- there are a lot of 21-year-olds out there writing -- it's their amazing implementation of Parody.

That and this: I understand that I'm risking conservative blogger charges of treason (which rank up there with teenagers' charges of gayness in the realm of things that matter).

I have come back from the dead to -- wha'? oh! holy crap! mouse-over "characters".