(That’s Round-Robin ‘Riting, for the uninitiated.)
RRR, v. 2007.3 (Captain Pye & Co.) — Part 1
Continued above.
Month: March 2007
School Projects
Including home-school projects. By special request of iwanttobeamuffin, who is working on a project about Tornado Alley.
Ask the GAPAs, No. 2
It’s been more than a year since we started the first “Ask the GAPAs” thread. Since then the number of Administrators on the blog has doubled, and we’re sure your questions have more than kept pace. So fire away. As before, we promise to answer entertainingly, or not at all.
March Medley, Part 4
Alliteration
Posted per the plea of Piggy the Proud Patholic, um, Catholic.
April 2007 Muse Discussion
A place to, yes, discuss the April 2007 issue of Muse. Spoilers allowed–and, indeed, inevitable.
April 2007 Muse Roll Call
Tell us (and the world) when your issue arrived. No spoilers, please.
Kokonventions
MuseBlog does not encourage non-virtual meetings. If you’re going to organize them, be careful. The best way to plan them is for your parents to communicate with one another by e-mail. We’ll put them in touch with one another if they will e-mail us (gapa @ musefanpage.com). Meanwhile, you can use this thread for headcounts and other preliminary planning.
Chicagoland crowd: We’ve asked people at Muse headquarters about a possible tour for you. Stay tuned…Sorry–not this spring break!
GOOD NEWS! The people at Carus Publishing say they can give a tour. If you stop by on Tuesday or Thursday after 10 and before 4, you can meet the magazine’s art director and designer. If you come in the morning, the photo researcher will be there, too. Just let us know if and when, and we’ll pass the word on to them.
Things of Which We Are Unreasonably Fond
You know what we’re talking about: things that, for no good reason, you enjoy having around, being around, or doing. We thought this thread would make a nice antidote to all the kvetching on the discussion thread.
Dodecahedron (curious and questioning)’s Math Team
They’re champs! You can see them below the fold.
c+q photographed this item from her local newspaper. Team members are in grades 6 through 8. The Curious One herself is at far right, wearing her MuseBlog sweatshirt (from Musery Loves Company, of course).
GO, TEAM!
Pie Isle, Part 1
An uncharted island has been discovered by Museicians: Pie Isle.
Here’s a place to tell what’s happening there.
Help Needed Again!
All caught up, for now!
The Fan Page maintains a list of contents of back issues of Muse. We’ve let it fall ‘way behind, though, because blogging is so time-consuming (and, to be honest, a lot more fun).
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All caught up, for now!
The Fan Page maintains a list of contents of back issues of Muse. We’ve let it fall ‘way behind, though, because blogging is so time-consuming (and, to be honest, a lot more fun).
Last summer, in response to a call for help, some stalwart MBers pitched in and recorded the contents of all issues up to July/August 2006. We’ll be posting those soon (honest!). Meanwhile, we’ve slipped behind again and need your help in recording the following issues for Muserly posterity:
September 2006 [thanks, Davidude!]
October 2006 [Davidude again]
November/December 2006 [Davidude yet again]
January 2007 [also Davidude]
February 2007 [looks like an all-DD series]
March 2007 [yep!]
April 2007 (coming soon!)
Wheelbarrows full of hot-pink-bunny points to any and all who come to our aid.
Many thanks,
Your disorganized GAPAs
Music, v. 2007.2
Making it, listening to it, appreciating it–just not hating it, please. Let’s try to keep this thread upbeat (so to speak).
Continued from version 2007.1.
Life on the Pieceful Pie Planet, Part 5
Life on PPP right now seems to consist of a vigorous and exciting Soccopelli game. You can review the game so far on Life on PPP, Part 4.
Kokopelli for President, v. 2007.1
The 2008 campaign kicks off with a couple of posters by Cat’s Meow. (Click below.) Continued.
(In case you have trouble reading the second one on your monitor, here’s what it says.)
1. Because everyone would get free pies.
2. Because everyone would have to be stick figures.
3. Because everyone would have to shave their head except for 6 black hairs.
4. Because there would be free pie throwing contests every day.
5. Because his head would look so cool on a coin.
6. Because he would give up all nuclear weaponry in favor of pies.
7. Because it would be funny to see who he’d choose as a first lady (Aeiou? Mimi? URANIA?)
8. Because he would make sure that music programs weren’t cut from schools.
9. Because he’s black, a cartoon character, and skinny. Minorities, people!
10. Because I said so.
Made by Cat’s Meow.
Books in Progress
Prarilius Canix’s idea. His description:
GAPAs, will you make a thread for Musers who have written/are writing/want to write books? It would be a good place to bounce ideas off of other people who share that interest.
Happy Spring 2007!
According to the U.S. Naval Observatory, the vernal equinox (beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere; of autumn, on the other side of the equator) takes place at 0007 Universal Time on March 21. That’s 7:07 p.m. MuseBlog time (= United States Central Daylight Time). Europeans, New Zealanders, and residents of other North American time zones will have to figure the local time out for themselves.
Anyhow, it’s spring on half the planet, and the other half has a nice season to celebrate, too. Rejoice!
The Kokonspiracy
Continued above.
Sometimes spelled “Ko-konspiracy,” with an optional hyphen. By special request of kt the gr8.
Sometimes spelled “Ko-konspiracy,” with an optional hyphen. By special request of kt the gr8.
Muse Math(s) Columns
Muse‘s mathematics columnist, Ivars Peterson, has started copies of his columns on his new blog. He’s also gradually adding older columns there. You can read the March 2007 Math Page on Picture Games by clicking this link.
There’s a fairly complete list of previous Math Pages on the website of Science News for Kids.
Religions, v. 2007.2Hot Topics, v. 2007.3
We’re changing the name of this thread. You could have talked about comparing beliefs, building hospitals, feeding the hungry, housing the homeless, feeling better, and getting along. But noooo…
A hot topic, still going strong.
See also v. 2007.1 and last year’s religon threads.
March Medley, Part 3
March Discussion Thread Incredible Morphing Chameleon Thread, Part 2
Current topic:
Risk (the board game)
Pet peeves
The Chronicles of Museica, Part the Fourth
The continuing history of MuseBlog’s own lost (and found) continent. Basically unfathomable by now, but those foolish enough to try will find maps and clues in/on/at Part the Third.
Improving Muse
Not long ago, one MBer said other kids at school tease her about the magazine’s name. Another said she regularly left magazines at home if the covers showed embarrassing images such as (oh, the horror) babies.
We’re sure this is not what the editors have in mind. They want readers to flaunt Muse proudly, not hide it like a shameful secret. And other kids who see it should react the way they would to a new, skinnier, flasher, larger-capacity, higher-resolution iPod: by exclaiming, “I must have it!”
So, what can the folks in Chicago do to make the magazine more like that? (Apart from printing more Muse for less money–not an option, we fear.) You’re all experts, and we know you’re highly opinionated. Let’s have some ideas.
Saint Patrick’s Day
By one MBer‘s insistent request. We’re not sure just what there is to be said about this topic, but this group is capable of talking about anything.