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She’s 18 today (Friday, October 25), so please take a random walk over to the October birthday thread with pies and congratulations.

The decorations are up, the tables are sagging under the weight of the snacks, the music is playing, and the costumed guests are starting to arrive. What surprises lie in store this year?

Muse‘s editor, Elizabeth Preston, alerts us to this Round-Robin ‘Riting over at the official Muse site. We’re not sure how many MBers are now technically Musers, so we’ll leave to your discretion whether you feel overqualified for this activity.

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Known Muser birthdays and “K Days” this month*:

10-01 Kiki the Great’s birthday (1995)
10-12 Ebeth’s birthday (1991)
10-13 Paul Baker’s birthday
10-16 Kagcomix’s birthday (1993)
10-19 LittleBasementKitten’s birthday (1997)
10-21 Purple Panda turns 8,000 days old
10-25 Red-tailed HAWK’s birthday (1994)
10-25 Randomosity 101’s birthday (1995)

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between January 24 and February 23, 2000.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between April 29 and May 29, 1997.
You turn 7,000 days old this month if you were born between August 3 and September 2, 1994.
You turn 8,000 days old this month if you were born between November 7 and December 7, 1991.

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

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

Fishy is 7,000 days old today (Monday, September 23).

September 22 marks the astronomical start of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, spring in the Southern.

Be ye ready fer th’ big day, me hearties? If not, this video might bring ye up t’ speed:

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A MuseBlogger since March 2006 (when she was known as frankenfaerie), Mel turns 23 years old today.

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Known Muser birthdays and “K Days” this month*:

09-01 Ambystoma Maculatum’s birthday (1996)
09-04 Choklit Orange’s birthday (1997)
09-05 Ebeth’s 8K Day
09-13 Catwings’ birthday (2001)
09-15 The Man For Aeiou’s birthday (1995)
09-17 Castle’s birthday (1997)
09-18 Sweet Melpomene’s birthday (1990)
09-19 International Talk Like a Pirate Day
09-22 q’s birthday (1999)
09-23 Agrrrfishi’s 7K Day
09-24 Zinc’s birthday (1997)
09-25 Ducky’s 6K Day

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between December 25, 1999. and January 23, 2000.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between March 30 and April 28, 1997.
You turn 7,000 days old this month if you were born between July 4 and August 2, 1994.

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

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

We’ve been piggybacking on the 2012 thread far too long. With so many MBers watching geeky TV shows, it’s time for 2013 to have a thread of its own. Herewith:

Really? Back to school already?

So it seems. And so we have things to talk about.

As mentioned on the August 2013 random thread (and in Robert’s article “Harry Potter’s Chess Teacher” in the September 2002 issue of Muse), here is the game finale that international master Jeremy Silman composed for the movie “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.”

Harry is the bishop on a3, Ron is the knight on g5, and Hermione is the rook on f8. Ron sacrifices himself on h3 so that Harry can win the game and keep pursuing the villain.

And here’s the alternative scenario that Ron rejected: one in which he could sacrifice Harry and win the game himself:

[This was originally on the August 2013 random thread, but we’ve moved it here because it was too nice to part with. The birthday wishes are still over there, however.]
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Known Muser birthdays this month*:

1 August – MuseBlog (2005), Armada (1996)
5 August – Adeliae’s 6K Day
7 August – Koppar (1996)
21 August – Alice (1993)
27 August – Errata (1996), Rainbow*Storm (1997)
30 August – Thief of Light (1998)

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between November 24 and December 24, 1999.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between February 27 and March 29, 1997.
You turn 7,000 days old this month if you were born between June 3 and July 3, 1994.
You turn 8,000 days old this month if you were born between September 7 and October 7, 1991.

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.

Doctor Seaweed Stink requested this thread. Please post carefully. Try not to get too grim or morbid, okay? As the good Doctor pointed out, everybody dies, so you might as well be able to talk about it.

We’ll kick it off (by the way, “kick off” is one of many euphemisms for “die”) with a comment Dr. S. S. posted on the random thread:

Here’s a HypQuest about death that the Chatterbox did not admit.

1. What would you do if your best friend floated up to you in the form of a ghost and said, “Hi, it’s me, (friend’s name), and I died in a car crash. Only you and a few other people can see me as a ghost. Can I stay with you until I figure out how to manage my new afterlife?”?

I’d say, “Sure! It’s too bad you’re dead, but it’s cool that you became a ghost. Come on in!”

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Known MBer birthdays and “K Days” this month:*

July 03 Kokonilly’s birthday (1996)
July 05 shadowfire’s birthday (1996)
July 06 Keiffer’s 6K Day
July 09 Lizzie’s birthday (1991)
July 10 Koko’s Apprentice’s birthday (1996)
July 13 Rosebud2’s birthday (1998)
July 16 Bibliophile’s birthday (1998)
July 18 Fortune Cell’s birthday (1992)
July 22 IBCF’s birthday (1993)
July 26 Agrrrfishi’s birthday (1994)
July 29 Tesseract’s 7K Day
July 31 Agent Hippie’s birthday (1997)

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between October 24 and November 23, 1999.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between January 27 and February 26, 1997.
You turn 7,000 days old this month if you were born between May 3 and June 2, 1994.
You turn 8,000 days old this month if you were born between August 7 and September 6, 1991.
And beyond that, we stop counting.

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

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

Continued from v. 2011.1.

The last one of these threads was a while ago, but it looks as if we need a new one.

Spare the other threads; experiment here.

Remember to post spoiler warnings, please!

Continued from Movies, v. 20012.

Continued from v. 2012.

Repaired, repainted, reinforced, and ready for Paker!

Continued, after a considerable lapse, from the 2011 Game Room thread.