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This thread continues the multi-author story that started in June 2008. Kiwimuncher’s summary:

Nicholas is a poor, teenager who grew up on the streets. However, his life changes when he decides he wants to learn to read under a master (name?). But, when he disobeys his master and examines the forbidden books, his master turns him in to governmental officials, who are highly interested in Nicholas continuing with his education. currently, Nicholas is in a jail cell after being captured by the government while trying to escape with his father. (supposedly, his father gave Nicholas over for money, SUPPOSEDLY)

*Round-Robin ‘Riting.

It will probably be quiet around here today.

Spare the other threads; post your experiments here.

Continued from 2008.2.

Will it never end?

Continued from World of Piecraft, Part 2.

Someone wants to make sense of all that?!

Just because people can’t stop talking about it, and we haven’t had a new thread for it since the summer of 2007.

Volunteers for the organizing committee, please report here.

By popular request.

With Halloween just past and a cluster of holidays (starting with Veterans’/Remembrance Day) coming up, now is a good time to think about which ones are worthwhile and how the others might be improved.

Thanksgiving and Halloween seem solidly popular and well programmed. But what are we supposed to do on Presidents’ Day? Or Flag Day? Or Columbus Day, for that matter? Should we cross them off the calendar, or figure out ways to make them more meaningful and/or fun? Likewise, what new holidays should be added, and which now-obscure holidays deserve to be more widely celebrated? We’re sure Musers will have plenty of ideas.

The planetary scientist and space guru would have been 78 years old today.

Post under a false name, and try to guess who other posters are.

Continued from v. 2008.7.

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We think the discussion deserves a new chapter (and a location other than the Random Thread).

Limning the Luciferian logic of the leporine legions.

Continued from Part Four.

WARNING: Excruciatingly disturbing content within.

By popular request.

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Current topic: Puzzles and riddles

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Current categories:

ADVENTURES IN THE MUSIVERSE
Chronicles of Museica (badrang)

LIFE BEYOND THE VIRTUAL DIVIDE
College/University/Higher Education (Axa)
Vegetarians, Vegetarianism, Vegetables, and Vegemite (Midnight Fiddler)
Just Friends (Zinc)

SILLY FUN
Stupid Senseless Smiley Stories [SSSS] (Midnight Fiddler)
Coy Woodnesse (kiwimuncher)
Round Robin Smileys (Koko’s Apprentice, Zinc)

DAYDREAMS
Our Reclusive Gardens (kiwimuncher, Zinc)
Wungs (Zinc)

ROLE-PLAYING GAMES
Bunny Apocalypse: The Next Generation (Armada, Zinc)
RPG Alternative (Steampunk Jungle) (Koko’s Apprentice, Zinc)
Muse Academy (Zinc)

WRITING – RRRs
Sea Roc (kiwimuncher)

WRITING – ASSORTED OTHER

OTHER THINGS WE LIKE
Visual Arts (Purple Panda)
History (Purple Panda)
Song Lyrics (Syllabub, Midnight Fiddler, Zinc)
Cooking and Food (Taiwan Hippo Fan)
Harry Potter Trivia-Off (Luna the Lovely)
Lord of the Rings (LadyG)
Monty Python (Zinc)
Dreams (Zinc)

USEFUL ITEMS
Suggestion Box
Last Month’s DFTT
HG2MB v.2008.1

Comment or cast your vote on the Letter to Muse in progress on the October 2008 Muse Discussion thread.

11-09 Phoebe’s birthday (1993)
11-12 lifewithoutanipod’s birthday (1993 – black or very dark green)
11-16 Kiwimuncher’s birthday (19__? – green)
11-18 Cello-Playing Mathematician birthday (1993 – violet)
11-24 peary moppins’s birthday (1997 – blue)
11-26 kt the gr8’s birthday (year? – green)
11-27 Purple Panda’s birthday (1991 – purple)
11-27 Birthday of Vixen in the Eyes of the Moon (1992 – ruby red)
11-27 curious and questioning’s birthday (1993 – green)
11-27 Cinnamon Moon’s birthday (1994 – yellow)

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between February 24 and March 25, 1995.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between May 30 and June 28, 1992.

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November is National Novel Writing Month. If you don’t know what that is, you haven’t been here very long.

Good luck, novelists! May the Muses guide you.

The festive Halloweeny colors on the blog are just temporary. Enjoy them, and don’t worry…

…or do! MWAHAHAHAHAhahahahaha…..

By request of Kagcomix, a thread about Canada. About time, eh?

This online daydream started with a comment by oxlin:

Bah. I’m sick of society. I want to go live in a shack somewhere with Teal and not pollute and eat mushrooms and herbs we gather and carrots we grow and draw and write and be happy.

Where would you rather be right now?

Continued from Part One.

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Most games on previous chess threads have gone inactive. We’ll move those still in progress to this thread to keep them visible.

(For reference, the squares are coded like this:)