Monday, 8 February 2010
Life, the universe, pies, hot-pink bunnies, world domination, and everything
According to popular belief, “may you live in interesting times” was an ancient Chinese curse. As far as we know, there’s no documented proof that that’s true. China has long been an interesting place, however, and it is February’s destination for our random threads’ yearlong excursion through history.
(By the way, the Chinese New Year falls on February 14. Happy Year of the Tiger!)
(Users’ Manual: Obey The Rules. Consult The Guide. Have fun!)
If you’re new on the blog, please stop by this thread and say pie — er, hi
Use the comments here to swap tips about outstanding, little known, and/or underutilized parts of Museblog. (In four years, we’ve accumulated an amazing number of chasms, subterranean passages, sunken cities, and fossiliferous formations.) Be sure to include the URL (Web address) so others can share your finds.
Date: September 1, 2009
Categories: At the Top of the Blog, Fan Page / MuseBlog business
Date: September 30, 2009
Categories: At the Top of the Blog, Muse Academy, Nonrandom Craziness, The Musiverse
She turns 15 14 today (Monday, February 8). Her colors are red and black but, oddly, not cerulean (too obvious, she says). The February birthday thread awaits your pies.
As you may have noticed in the sidebar, the Administrators can now create links that fling you randomly to who-knows-which threads on the blog.
Sound like fun? Try it by clicking here, and then come back and report where you wound up.
Date: February 6, 2010
Categories: Experiments, Fan Page / MuseBlog business, Random craziness
Tess turns some age or other today (Thursday, February 4). Please fling her some four-dimensional pies on the February birthday thread.
Both turn 5,000 days old today (Wednesday, February 3).
Where have they been lately, anyway?
Many of your favorite books, movies, and TV series take place there. Meanwhile, in the here and now, America’s space program is about to make a sharp change of course. This seems a good time to talk about what James T. Kirk called “the final frontier.”
[Note: We had an earlier space thread in 2008.]
WARNING! Will definitely contain spoilers!
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NO SPOILERS, please. There’s another thread for discussing the issue.
White: Keiffer. Black: Errata. May the better player win!
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Groundhog (formerly groundhog22) has been posting on MuseBlog for almost four years.
She turns 21(!) today (Tuesday, February ). Please assemble your marmot pies and proceed speedily to the February birthday thread.
MuseBlog Novel Writing Month lasts from February 1 through the end of March 2. (It spills over into March because February is such a short month.)
MBers who couldn’t take part in National Novel Writing Month, or who have unfinished business from that month, or who are gluttons for novelistic punishment are welcome to take part and report on their progress here.
Known Muser birthdays and “K Days” this month*:
02-01 Keiffer’s birthday (1997 – *confusion* purple, black, and gold
02-02 groundhog22’s birthday (1989 – denim blue)
02-02 Shadow Gallery’s birthday (1993 – psychedelic)
02-03 Miss Swann and Sequoia turn 5,000 days old
02-04 Tessera Rose’s birthday
02-04 Der Wachtelschlag (Queenie J) turns 6,000 days old
02-08 Birthday of Cerulean Pyros (1996 – red and black)
02-11 jammin j turns 6,000 days old
02-12 Dot Keet’s birthday (1991 – bright orange)
02-15 Eli Romley and taekwondogirl turn 5,000 days old
02-16 cromwell’s birthday (1996)
02-21 Karrdash’s birthday (2000 – red)
02-26 Ötzi’s birthday (1993 – cerulean)
02-26 KaiYves’s birthday (1993-purple)
You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between May 26 and June 22, 1996.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between August 30 and September 26, 1993.
You turn 7,000 days old this month if you were born between December 4 and December 31, 1990.
*Note: Listed MBers who have been inactive for several months won’t appear on next year’s birthday calendar unless they show up again.
The Skipper Nancy Blackett* turns 18 today (Saturday, January 30). All hands to the January birthday thread for an 18-pie salute!
A thread on which Musers who have written, are writing, or want to write books can share excerpts and bounce ideas off others.
Continued from v. 2009.2.
Round Robin ‘Riting for those who don’t know. Old hands can explain further, or use the search box to see past examples.
We’ll leave the topic open to discussion until consensus emerges.
By popular request. How could we say no to such creative entreaties?
Continued from Triangular Sentences, v. 2007.2
Before Ancient Greece drifts from sight, there’s still time for another Random tune…. Read more »
Define the undefinable, you say? We wouldn’t be Muserly if we didn’t try from time to time. Below the fold, a compendium of quips in quest of the MuseBlog quintessence, a celebration of those moments when je ne sais quoi almost spake its name.
[This thread inspired by Princess_Magnolia's comment about KaiYves's sketch: "I have to admit I’ve never ever thought about 'personified space stations' before. You have officially brought a whole new dimension to my thinking.]
The idea is to start with an image and each person writes about it as en sees it, in the writer’s choice of style. See the original thread for clarification and inspiration.
(You may continue to write about a prompt that is no longer current.)
Current prompt: a city whose streets are built on ancient ruins
Next up:a crumpled piece of paper, the ink run so much that you can only read one word
Previous:
a mirror
a starless sky
a pile of mail on the countertop
These are not RRRs (or RPGs) but solo writing projects which share the same thread. Start your own, or just stop by and read your fellow MuseBloggers’ creations.
Continued from Muse Fanfiction, v. 2008.4.
NOTE: This thread is reserved for actual writing. If you want to cheer on the author or otherwise comment directly, use the “reply” button, so as not to interrupt the flow of the story.
Please use the Planning Thread for all planning and general discussion.
As the Random Thread sets off on its year-long voyage of historical discovery (still in the era of Ancient Greece), throngs of well-wishers turn out to wish us fair winds and a following sea. Some of them even seem to be trying to blow a little extra wind our way… Read more »
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