Author Archives: Robert Coontz (Administrator)

Random Thread: May 2016

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Random Thread: April 2016

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Random Thread: March 2016

Posted in At the Top of the Blog, Random craziness | 172 Comments

Random Thread: February 2016

Posted in At the Top of the Blog, Random craziness | 199 Comments

Random Thread: January 2016

Posted in At the Top of the Blog, Random craziness | 183 Comments

Random Thread: October 2015

Posted in At the Top of the Blog, Random craziness | 257 Comments

International “Talk Like a Pirate” Day 2015

Ar-har, mateys! ‘Tis the most wonderful time of the year again!

Posted in Random craziness, Things We like | 9 Comments

Random Thread: August 2015

Posted in At the Top of the Blog, Random craziness | 174 Comments

Random Thread: July 2015

Posted in At the Top of the Blog, Random craziness | 176 Comments

Big Ideas

A place to explore the implications of broad, far-reaching, perhaps wild and crazy notions that insert themselves into your imagination and somehow won’t go away.

Posted in The Universe | 19 Comments

Towel Day 2015

Many happy returns of the day to all you hoopy froods who know where your towels are.

Posted in Life, The Universe, Things We like | 5 Comments

Random Thread: May 2015

Posted in At the Top of the Blog, Random craziness | 294 Comments

Happy 451st Birthday, William Shakespeare!

We think one of your lines says it all: What fools these mortals be! And the rest is silence.

Posted in The Universe, Things We like | 1 Comment

Happy Pi Day!

It’s 3/14/15 according to the American date-writing convention, and this thread is set to go live at 9:26. At some point between 53 and 54 seconds later, the world will experience (or will have experienced, depending on when you read … Continue reading

Posted in The Universe, Things We like | 7 Comments

In Memoriam: Leonard Nimoy

In my heart Is the seed of the tree Which will be me. Nourished by understanding Warmed by friends Fed by loved ones Matured by wisdom Tempered by tears. –Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015)

Posted in Non-Muse news, The Universe, Things We like | 5 Comments

Lists, Lists, Lists (v. 2015)

Things to do: 1. Check the original Lists thread. 2. Find out what it’s all about and how to do it. 3. Return here. 4. Make lists.

Posted in Nonrandom Craziness, Things We like | 49 Comments

Stanford Kokon, 13 February 2015

Posted in Kokonventions | 16 Comments

April Fools’ Day Planning Thread

As you know, MuseBlog likes to do something special to celebrate April 1. Last year, we Administrators have been crunched for time, so we reopened the popular SquidBlog. That’s what we’re planning to do again this year unless enterprising MBers … Continue reading

Posted in Experiments, Fan Page / MuseBlog business | 7 Comments

Random Thread Planning Thead

ATTENTION, MBers! Your favorite story, series, or saga can grace a monthly random thread this year. All you have to do is describe it briefly and suggest a pretty image to accompany it. Better yet, upload the picture yourself and … Continue reading

Posted in Fan Page / MuseBlog business | 2 Comments

Random Thread: February 2015

Posted in At the Top of the Blog, Random craziness | 450 Comments

D.C. mini-Kokon, January 22, 2015

Dodecahedron and Robert, together again after all these years:

Posted in Kokonventions | 6 Comments

RPG: Time Travel, v. 2015

A reboot of the original: RPG: Time Travel

Posted in RRRs, RPWs, and RPGs | 8 Comments

GAPA mini-Kokonvention, January 2015

Robert writes: Rosanne is in town visiting her parents, so naturally I jumped at the chance to see them all yesterday. We ate rugelach and strange chocolate laced with hot peppers and Pop Rocks, and then Rosanne and I posed … Continue reading

Posted in Kokonventions, Life, Things We like | 26 Comments

Random Thread: January 2015

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Happy New Year!

How’s 2015 working out for you so far? What are your hopes and plans for the year? Reflections? Resolutions? Better write them down while they’re still fresh and new: that squeaky-clean feeling fades fast.

Posted in Life, The Universe | 13 Comments