Random Cool Stuff

When the weather is hot, where better to keep cool than MuseBlog’s monthly random thread?

(Users’ Manual: Obey The Rules. Consult The Guide. Have fun!)

251 comments June 30th, 2008

July 2008 Incredible Morphing Chameleon Thread

Unlike the random thread, this discussion thread stays on topic until the topic changes.

Newcomers should read The Rules and The Guide before plunging in.

Current topic: crazy ways MBers decorate their rooms

65 comments June 30th, 2008

Welcome, Neophytes! (July 2008)

“Neophyte” comes from Greek roots meaning “newly planted.” If you’ve landed on the blog and think you might want to put down roots here, stop in for a friendly welcome and some helpful tips from those already here.

Please read The Rules. You might also glance at The HG2MB (Hitchhiker’s Guide to MuseBlog), which contains helpful hints regarding local customs, lingo, and other peculiarities of the blog; smiley information included.

59 comments June 30th, 2008

Don’t Forget These Threads (July 2008 edition)

Help others navigate the blog by signposting your favorite threads here. As always, we start this thread anew from scratch every month.

(Note: Please include the URL (Web address) with your requests. It also helps if you limit your requests to a few at a time, four or five at the most.)

Current categories:

ADVENTURES IN THE MUSIVERSE
Pieceful Pie Planet (Kokonilly, IBCF, MARFwarrior)
Ships’ Logs (IBCF, kiwimuncher)
Zemtee (HAWK)

LIFE BEYOND THE VIRTUAL DIVIDE
Religion and Religions (Kokonilly, Logogeo96, MARFwarrior)
Vegetarians, Vegetarianism, Vegetables, and Vegemite (Purple Panda, Midnight Fiddler)

SILLY FUN
Bunny Apocalypse (Zinc the sorceress, Kokonilly, MARFwarrior)
Off with their heads! (Zinc the sorceress)
World of Piecraft (IBCF)
Muse Academy RPG (Zinc the sorceress, Kokonilly, MARFwarrior)
Stupid Senseless Smiley Stories (IBCF, Midnight Fiddler)
The Polling Place (kiwimuncher)
You know you’re addicted to X when you Y (Logogeo96)
Alter Egos (Midnight Fiddler)
Round Robin SSSS (Zinc the sorceress)

WRITING - RRRs
Terraformed (rewrite) (Alice)
SMASS-TT (Hypatia)
Alchemy RRR (Hypatia, kiwimuncher)
The Sea Roc (kiwimuncher)
Etheterre (Alice)

WRITING - ASSORTED OTHER
Role-Playing Writing (the Empowered) (Alice)

OTHER THINGS WE LIKE
Muse Chess (GAPA’s choice)
Visual Arts (Purple Panda)
History (Midnight Fiddler, Alice)
Books and Reading (Alice)
Science and Math, Including Space (Brendan the Science Whiz)

USEFUL ITEMS
HG2MB v.2008.1
Last Month’s DFTT (Midnight Fiddler)

25 comments June 30th, 2008

The Hare & Hedgepig: Vol. I, No. 4

As a Courtesy to Your Fellow Patrons, Please Leave All Electronic Devices and Projectile Pastries with Our Pie Check Department
Formal Dress Required

Continued from Vol. I, No. 3.

Continue Reading 369 comments June 1st, 2008

Happy Birthday, shadowfire and Koko du Pelle!

Both turn 12 today (Saturday, July 5). All hands please report with leftover-fireworks pies to to theJuly birthday thread.

July 5th, 2008

Muserglyphics

Last month conversation at the H&H turned to the subject of creative alphabets and shorthand techniques. Do you use special symbols or abbreviations when you take notes? We’ll extend the question to include alphabets, invented languages, or any idiosyncratic note-taking habits. See inside for a shorthand system created by Nora the Violist.

Continue Reading 24 comments July 4th, 2008

Muse Air Magazine for Sale on Ebay

Did you know that there used to be a Muse Airlines? We didn’t. A copy of one of its in-flight magazines from 1985 is for sale on Ebay (Item 270251053558).

10 comments July 3rd, 2008

Music, v. 2008.2

It’s time — 4/4 time, 3/4 time, whatever time you like. Just don’t mark time, please; make this thread march!

Continued from version 2008.1.

55 comments July 3rd, 2008

Happy Birthday, Kokonilly!

MuseBlog’s resident nillybuckbuck turns 12 today (Thursday, July 3). Her colors are light blue and lime green (blog colors!). Will all MBers please report with key lime pies to the July birthday thread? You know what to do when you get there.

July 3rd, 2008

Happy 5K Day, Red-tailed HAWK!

MuseBlog’s nonpredatory bird of prey turns 5,000 yearsdays old today (Wednesday, July 2).

July 2nd, 2008

Chronicles of Museica, Part the Eighth

Continued from Part the Seventh, than which no more need be said.

35 comments July 1st, 2008

July 2008 “Happy Birthday!” Thread

Known Muser birthdays this month:*

07-03 Kokonilly’s birthday (1996 - light blue/lime green)
07-04 Momothebrainlesspig’s birthday (1993 - purple)
07-05 Koko du Pelle’s birthday (1996 - purple)
07-05 shadowfire’s birthday (1996)
07-07 TNÖ’s birthday (1993 - green)
07-09 Lizzie’s birthday (1991)
07-13 Emogrl’s birthday (1989 - black)
07-14 Penguin’s birthday (1994 - color=?)
07-17 agagabagabag’s birthday (1994 - purple)
07-18 PurplishGlass’s birthday (1990 - turquoise)
07-18 Fortune Cell’s birthday (1992 - red)
07-19 La Mort, La Vie, L’Amour’s birthday (1992 - black, silver, and red)
07-21 Moo I’m a Cow’s birthday (1995 - color?)
07-22 Phoenix’s birthday (1992 - octarine)
07-22 IBCF’s birthday (1993)
07-25 Evie’s birthday (1995)
07-26 Agrrrfishi’s birthday (1994 - sky blue, navy, and bubblegum pink)
07-28 Anata~ChinTsu’s birthday (1992 - charcoal)

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between October 24 and November 23, 1994.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between January 28 and February 27, 1992.

*Note: Listed MBers who have been inactive for several months won’t appear on next year’s birthday calendar unless they show up again.

67 comments June 30th, 2008

Wungs, Part 2

Prarilius Canix’s original description:

A thread to discuss wungs. What are wungs, you may ask? Animal, vegetable, mineral, subatomic particle? Nobody knows. Yet. This thread could be a place to post recent wung sightings and theories, and to cross-check them with other people.

By now, a fair number of MBers have acquired wung companions, formed the International Wung Appreciation Society, and started planning a campaign to raise awareness of wung-related issues.

Continued from Wungs.

57 comments June 30th, 2008

July/August 2008 Muse Discussion

WARNING! Will definitely contain spoilers!

To spare MBers reading the “Recent Comments” column, please paste the following message in at the beginning of your posts:

SPOILER JULY/AUGUST MUSE SPOILER.

(That’s long enough. Remember to include the period, though, for the benefit of the sidebar.)

34 comments June 29th, 2008

July/August 2008 Muse Roll Call

Let us know when your issue arrives. NO SPOILERS, please. There’s another thread for discussing the issue.

34 comments June 29th, 2008

‘Tis the Season for Kokonventions

On Saturday, 28 June 2008, some unidentified suspicious-looking characters appeared on the Washington Mall.

Continue Reading 79 comments June 29th, 2008

Muse Chess

“Could we just do Muse Chess and get it over with?” –muselover

Request granted!

Muse Chess, Game 1: 30 June 2008 -
White: Bookworm, Alice, Hypatia, Purple Panda, Red-tailed HAWK, …
Black: IBCF, ZVX, The Man For Aeiou, …

The game so far (double-check at the bottom of the thread — the GAPA may not have included the latest moves):

Version 1.1 (Black makes a stupid blunder at move 14):

Version 1.2 (Black makes a decent move at move 14):

335 comments June 27th, 2008

Muser Profiles, Part 4

Continued from Muser Profiles, Part 3, which its founder described as follows:

A thread where MuseBloggers tell other Bloggers things about themselves that they consider obvious, but the bloggers never knew, such as age, grade, looks, hobbies aside from putting off hw and blogging, whether they have pets, their state, birthplace, (don’t worry, not too detailed) birthday, favorite color, and all of that stuff they ask you on get-to-know-you things that we never got around to doing or never thought to do or never wanted to do.

NOTE: Be careful about posting personal information, please. Do not give your last name, the name of your school, or the name of your city unless it has a population of over 1 million. (According to Infoplease.com, the million-plus cities in the United States are New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Diego, and Dallas.)

76 comments June 26th, 2008

Muse Scouts, Part 2

“Buy a pie to support the Muse Scouts, ma’am?”

Continued from Part 1.

58 comments June 26th, 2008

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On Muse Chess by Robert Coontz (Administrator) on July 5th, 2008
White's move, on both boards.

On Muse Chess by Robert Coontz (Administrator) on July 5th, 2008
The worst possible outcome never quite seems to happen in these games, for either player.

On Music, v. 2008.2 by Nthanda the Laugher on July 5th, 2008
46) 1) I Wanna Be A Rock Star by Nickleback 6) Sk8r Boy by Avril Lavigne 10) When You Were Young by The Killers 54) Lap Dulcimer? Sweet.

On Muse Chess by Í߀ƒ on July 5th, 2008
332- Wouldn't have made a difference.

On Muse Scouts, Part 2 by Zinc the sorceress and Leafygreen on July 5th, 2008
((Boo said the second and fourth sayings.

On Muse Chess by Robert Coontz (Administrator) on July 5th, 2008
Actually, I think I'd have moved the other knight (on d7) to e5.

On Muse Chess by The Man For Aeiou on July 5th, 2008
329- thats a better move then mine.

On Random Cool Stuff by Midnight Fiddler (she of the 2 spdzk and 500 PiePoints) on July 5th, 2008
I was visiting with some friends yesterday for the 4th.

On Muse Chess by Í߀ƒ on July 5th, 2008
328- I disagree.

On Computers by Midnight Fiddler (she of the 2 spdzk and 500 PiePoints) on July 5th, 2008
Oi, i have a question for all the FireFox users out there.

On Random Cool Stuff by Zinc the sorceress and Leafygreen on July 5th, 2008
*Zinc and Leafygreen break out in song* The GAPAs are slow posting again.

On Muse Chess by Í߀ƒ on July 5th, 2008
V 1.

On July 2008 "Happy Birthday!" Thread by Midnight Fiddler (she of the 2 spdzk and 500 PiePoints) on July 5th, 2008
Happy birthday both of you!!!! =[|} =[|} =[|} =[|} =[|} =[|} =[|} =[|} =[|} =[|} =[|} =[|} =[|} =[|} =[|} =[|} =[|} =[|} =[|} =[|} =[|} =[|} =[|} =[|} =[|} =[|} =[|} =[|} (Please share!!).

On Muserglyphics by Midnight Fiddler (she of the 2 spdzk and 500 PiePoints) on July 5th, 2008
Oh drat, I killed a thread.

On Random Cool Stuff by Eccentric the Afterthought (+200 pie points & 7 KAG points) on July 5th, 2008
127 - Yay, me too! 138 - Welcome back! 145 - I don't know, but now I have a reason to go back and read that Muse.

On Round-Robin Smileys by Zinc the sorceress and Leafygreen on July 5th, 2008
Shall we go back to the system of Musers getting abducted by HPBs, or keep on doing Bob format? Anyone?.

On Muse Academy RPG*, Part 4 by Zinc the sorceress and Leafygreen on July 5th, 2008
The door was stuck.

On Muse Scouts, Part 2 by Zinc the sorceress and Leafygreen on July 5th, 2008
"Yipe!" exclaimed Leafygreen, and she hid behind me.

On Muse Chess by The Man For Aeiou on July 5th, 2008
That should be Black move 29, V.

On Muse Chess by The Man For Aeiou on July 5th, 2008

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    • Jul. 7 - TNÖ's birthday (1993 - green) (2 days)
    • Jul. 9 - Lizzie's birthday (1991) (4 days)
    • Jul. 13 - Emogrl's birthday (1989 - black) (8 days)
    • Jul. 14 - Penguin's birthday (1994 - color=?) (9 days)
    • Jul. 17 - agagabagabag's birthday (1994 - purple) (12 days)
    • Jul. 18 - PurplishGlass's birthday (1990 - turquoise) (13 days)
    • Jul. 18 - Fortune Cell's birthday (1992 - red) (13 days)