Author: Robert Coontz (Administrator)

Random Thread: “Interesting Times”

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. Continue reading “Random Thread: “Interesting Times””

MuNoWriMo, Part 1

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.

February 2010 “Happy Birthday!” Thread

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.

Attention, Would-Be North Carolina Kokonventioneers!

Two parents (Koppar’s and Tesseract’s) have reported in, and we are putting them in touch with each other to plan the Kokon.

Are any others still missing? (Ahoy, kiwimuncher!) If so, please have them write to the GAPAs (gapa @ musefanpage.com) soon.

Hot Topics, v. 2010.1

This thread is a place for careful, clear, respectful discussions of difficult topics. It is not a place for having two-fisted no-holds-barred discussions.

MBers should be able to express their opinions without attacking others personally, and be able to listen to people who disagree with them without feeling personally attacked.

Easier said than done, of course. But MuseBlog is a good place to practice trying.

Continued from version 2009.5.

Happy Eleventy-Eighth Birthday, J. R. R. Tolkien!

The author of The Lord of the Rings would have been 118 years old today (January 3, 2010).

The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.

“He [Bilbo Baggins] used often to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary. ‘It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door,’ he used to say. ‘You step onto the Road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.'”
–Frodo, in The Fellowship of the Ring

January 2010 “Happy Birthday!” Thread

Known Muser birthdays and 5K Days this month*:

01-01 Jadestone’s birthday (1992 – cerulean or green)
01-01 Elias Eiholzer-Silver’s birthday (1991 – no color, but loud heavy metal music)
01-02 BlackBird’s birthday (1999)
01-03 SilverLeopard’s birthday (1998)
01-03 Rebecca Lasley’s birthday
01-04 ZVX’s (or ☮iŹ√Ҳ!☮’s) birthday (year? – black)
01-05 Alyss (the green one)’s birthday (1994 – green)
01-12 Faye Beauchamp’s birthday (1989)
01-13 penguini’s birthday (1993 – light blue-green)
01-21 JJjetplane-girl and Thanks For All The Fish42 are 5,000 days old
01-23 Kittymine’s birthday
01-23 Alice turns 6,000 days old
01-26 Glassboro’s birthday (1995)
01-29 Sunrunner Bramblewood turns 6,000 days old
01-30 The Skipper Nancy’s birthday (1992 – yellow or sea-green)
01-31 Dandelions Are Wildflowers’ (::DAW::’s) birthday (1992)
01-31 Birthday of greekgurl the Latin speakin geek freak! (1994 – rainbow)

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between April 25 and May 25, 1996.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between July 30 and August 29, 1993.
You turn 7,000 days old this month if you were born between November 3 and December, 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.