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Current categories:

ADVENTURES IN THE MUSIVERSE
Incredible Beasts of Museica (Various Gnomes Who Wish to Remain Anonymous)
Ships’ Logs (kiwimuncher)
Pie Isle (Lady Cinnamon Moon of Orange)
Pieceful Pie Planet (emmatheduck)
The Kokonspiracy (Mostly Harmless) (¡IBCF!)

LIFE BEYOND THE VIRTUAL DIVIDE
Global Warming (Red-tailed HAWK, “Sschmarbdra”)
Evolution (“Sschmarbdra”)
Hot Topics (“Sschmarbdra”)
Thanksgiving 2007 (Purple Panda)

SILLY FUN
Ask the GAPAs (Purple Panda)
Polling Place (kiwimuncher)
Stupid Senseless Smiley Stories (“Sschmarbdra”)
Coy Woodnesse (Cliff Eagle)
No, This is Pie War (Cinnamon Moon)
Let’s Get Physiognomical (agagabagabag)

WRITING – RRRs
The Sea Roc (kiwimuncher)
The Original (Watashi wa Suika Janai! [Mina-san] )
Spirits and Blood (agagabagabag)
Dreamland (agagabagabag)

WRITING – ASSORTED OTHER
Role-Playing Writing (Purple Panda)
MuseBlog FanFiction (“Sschmarbdra”)
Muse FanFiction (“Sschmarbdra”)
Writing Challenge: Theme with Variations (Vixen)
Poems and Songs (oxlin widdershins)
Writing (agagabagabag)

OTHER THINGS WE LIKE
Musers Recommend (Purple Panda)
Music (dark duke of darkness, “Sschmarbdra”)
Words and Names (speller73)
Computer and Video Games (Drops of Jupiter)
Manga, Anime, and Graphic Novels (Drop of Jupiter)
Questioning the Net (Raven of the Hawk)
MuseBlog Book Club oxlin widdershins
Dreams (Kari)
Books and Reading (oxlin widdershins)

Known Muser Birthdays This Month*:

11-09 Phoebe’s birthday (1993)
11-12 lifewithoutanipod’s birthday (1993 – black or very dark green)
11-16 Kiwimuncher’s birthday (19__? – green)
11-20 Copper Yeti’s birthday (1993 – green)
11-26 kt the gr8’s birthday (year? – green)
11-27 Purple Panda’s birthday (1991 – purple)
11-27 curious and questioning’s birthday (1993 – green)
11-27 Cinnamon Moon (1994 – yellow)
11-27 Vixen in the Eyes of the Moon (1992 – red)

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between February 23 and March 24, 1994.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between May 30 and June 28, 1991.

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

It’s almost time, so it’s time.

Continued from Part Tw0.

Requested by Dancergirl13, who says she knows a good one.

A thread for discussing non-romantic relationships.

WARNING! Will definitely contain spoilers!

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Kagcomix (who else?) says:

“There are really awesome artists from North America and Europe who toil forever on seriously awesome comics. i’d just like to give them some recognition, y’know. I’m talking about comics from Oni Press and things like that, stuff that isn’t totaly branded (and there’s a lot of non-branded or little known stuff). so please GAPAs’, can we give it a try?”

There are already threads devoted to manga, so please stick to non-manga comics on this one.

MuseBlog prides itself on proffering pie-themed pandemonium for every predilection.

Here’s how Prarilius Canix describes this thread: “for those who think the old style of random pie-flinging was better than the new RPG-esque, ‘New Coke’ pie wars.”

As described in Kagcomix’s cartoon.

We’re not sure how to talk like a pierate, to tell the truth.

Continued from Part 2.

Sail on! and on! and on!

Now almost 3,000 posts long, the saga continues with no end in sight.

Continued from Part Eight.

Users’ Manual: Obey The Rules. Consult The Guide. Have fun!

Demand appears to be widespread, so let’s give this topic another try.

Words & names you ♥ or just want to talk about. Hey, is ♥ a word?

Continued from version 2007.2.

Purple Panda and Taiwan Hippo Fan call their seventh MuseCast “Automatic Essay Grader.” It includes guest appearances by Margaret, Glassboro, and Midnight Fiddler.

All the earlier MuseCasts are still available on the blog:
MuseCast 1
MuseCast 2
MuseCast 3
MuseCast 4
MuseCast 5
MuseCast 6

Twentieth ANNUAL PUMPKIN DROP
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2007
11:00 AM

DESIGN GOAL

The goal of the pumpkin drop competition is to design and enclosure or apparatus to protect a pumpkin from damage when dropped from the roof of the11-story high WVU Engineering Sciences Building. The surviving pumpkins that land closest to a target on the ground, and pumpkin enclosures having the best design, will be among the winning entries.

RULES

Pumpkin must be at least 10 inches in diameter or larger.
Pumpkin and protective structure weight is limited to 60 pounds.
The pumpkin container can have dimensions no greater 30 x 30 x 60 inches.
The inside of the pumpkin may not be altered (no freezing or adding chemicals).
Pumpkin must free fall (no bungee cords).
No Styrofoam peanuts or other small, non-biodegradable packaging fillers are allowed.
Package must be designed so that the pumpkin can be removed for inspection by the ground crew within 30 seconds after hitting the ground.
No electrical sources allowed.
Protective structure around the pumpkin must be designed with public safety in mind. Pumpkin enclosures that might splatter fragments or liquids toward the viewing audience will not be allowed.
Protective structure must be designed to not damage to university property.
Any entries which employ parachutes must be designed so that the parachute is dropped at the same time as the pumpkin or prior to the pumpkin, not after.
Please keep the safety of participants and observers in mind. The judges will have the final say on whether or not entries are viewed as safe to be dropped. Judges will disqualify entries with heavy, sharp, and/or protruding metal parts. These decisions by the judges will be final.
No more than two (2) members from any participating team will be allowed to carry their team’s pumpkin to the roof of the building for the drop. Entries that have children under the age of 12 must have an adult as one of the two participating team members. All other team members must stay on the ground with the other observers.
The drop order will be determined the day of the event. Teams will be assigned a drop number and go in the order that they arrive and check in.
All pumpkins must be enclosed in a package that is designed to prevent them from breaking—there will be no “Biggest Splat” contestants allowed to participate.
Due to the large number of teams participating, we strive to improve operations each year based on comments from past drops. To expedite drops, teams will drop in the order that they check-in. To keep the drop line moving efficiently, someone from the team must remain with the pumpkin structure at all times.

Participants will be limited to the first 150 pre-registered teams. There will be no walk-in registrations accepted. Pre-registration forms can be obtained by contacting the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at (304) 293-3111. The nonrefundable entry fee is $10 per pumpkin. Pumpkins plummet rain or shine.

Planning the perfect school.

Continued from Part 1.

In the United States, it’s on November 22. Canadian Thanksgiving this year, however, is on Monday, October 8, and at least one Canadian MuseBlogger is desperate to talk about it. Any excuse will do for a party, we say.

A pleasant place, where people while away their time with sports, exploration, and the making and eating of pies. (And yes, it really is spelled “pieceful.”)

Continued from Part Six.

If you don’t know what’s going on here, your only hope is to read Part the Fifth. Meanwhile, Red-tailed HAWK has drawn a new map of Muserland to keep us all on course:

If there are MuseBloggers who don’t like music, we haven’t met them yet. Continued from version 2007.3.

All right, Pumpkin Droppers: time to start designing our vehicle. Robert has a few ideas but is still wrestling with practicalities, so everything is up for grabs.

(Anyone who has no idea what we’re talking about may consult Part Two, Part One, and even earlier announcements.)

Muser-to-Muser tips about things that work, last, and/or please.

A reincarnation of last year’s “Recommendations” thread.