Don’t Forget These Threads (August 2009 edition)

Help others navigate the blog by signposting your favorite threads here, when they’ve scrolled off the main page. (Making you re-request these every month helps to weed out the no-longer-fit.) Maybe we’ll actually manage to paste a few of them in this month. Continue reading “Don’t Forget These Threads (August 2009 edition)”

August 2009 “Happy Birthday!” Thread

Known Muser birthdays this month*:

1 August – MuseBlog (2005), Armada’s birthday (1996),
3 August – AJAR (1992)
4 August – Brendan (1995), Random Kokopelli (1997)
7 August – Koppar
8 August – QueenOfAces (1997), small but fierce
9 August – RAWR
21 August – Adeia (1996), Alice (1993)
27 August – Nthanda the Laugher (1991), Kiga (1997), Rainbow (1997), Errata
28 August – Sunrunner Bramblewood (1993)
29 August – Turquoise (1995), gnash (1996)
30 August – AvalonGirl (1998)
31 August – Quintessentia (1992), shriya siolashrwa jeffica (1992)

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between November 24 and December 24, 1995
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between February 27 and March 29, 1993.
You turn 7,000 days old this month if you were born between June 4 and July 3, 1990.

You will have been on MuseBlog for six months if you started posting in February.

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

Random Fact(oid)s, 2009

Requested by Silver Lining, who probably can’t remember the previous thread of this type.
 

ATTENTION: NEW RULE!

 
Henceforth (starting on July 11), anyone posting a piece of information here must say where the information came from. Reason: Including the source will help other MBers decide how accurate a factoid is and whether it is worth repeating.
 
–Your beneficent Administrators

Lunacy Appreciation Month

Forty years ago this month, Apollo 11 astronauts landed on Earth’s moon. In commemoration of the historic anniversary, MuseBlog dedicates the July random threads to moons and moonlets everywhere. After all, the word “month” comes from “moon.” What could be more apt? Continue reading “Lunacy Appreciation Month”