Author: Robert Coontz (Administrator)

Ships’ Logs: Beyond Museica, Part 8

I am the gate toward the sea: O sailor men, pass out from me!
I hear you high on Lebanon, singing the marvels of the sea.
The dragon-green, the luminous, the dark, the serpent-haunted sea, …

–James Elroy Flecker

Continued from part 7.

I am the gate toward the sea: O sailor men, pass out from me!
I hear you high on Lebanon, singing the marvels of the sea.
The dragon-green, the luminous, the dark, the serpent-haunted sea,
The snow-besprinkled wine of earth, the white-and-blue-flower foaming sea.

Beyond the sea are towns with towers, carved with lions and lily flowers,
And not a soul in all those lonely streets to while away the hours.
Beyond the towns, an isle where, bound, a naked giant bites the ground:
The shadow of a monstrous wing looms on his back: and still no sound.

Beyond the isle a rock that screams like madmen shouting in their dreams,
From whose dark issues night and day blood crashes in a thousand streams.
Beyond the rock is Restful Bay, where no wind breathes or ripple stirs,
And there on Roman ships, they say, stand rows of metal mariners.

Beyond the bay in utmost West old Solomon the Jewish King
Sits with his beard upon his breast, and grips and guards his magic ring:
And when that ring is stolen, he will rise in outraged majesty,
And take the World upon his back, and fling the World beyond the sea.

–James Elroy Flecker, “The Gates of Damascus,” from The Golden Journey to Samarkand

Attention, Kokonventioneers!

Don’t worry if you don’t feel inspired to make pseudopies (“dry pies”). The GAPAs will whip up some quick-and-sloppy ones this weekend so nobody will go without.

If you haven’t made yours yet but plan to, think small. These pie-oid objects are symbols, not offensive weapons. The lighter and more portable they are, the happier you will be as you lug them around the scorching, steaming, sizzling streets of Washington, D.C., which non-natives have been known to mistake for the surface of the planet Venus.

This announcement will be repeated on the Kokonvention Kountdown thread.

Welcome, Newcomers! (August 2007 edition)

New and confused? Stop here first for help and a warm welcome, MuseBlog style. Be prepared for airborne pastry.

New and confused? Stop here first for help and a warm welcome, MuseBlog style. Be prepared for airborne pastry.

Please read The Rules. You might also glance at The HG2MB (Hitchhiker’s Guide to MuseBlog), which contains helpful hints regarding local customs, lingo, and other peculiarities of the blog; smiley information included.

Don’t Forget These Threads (August 2007 edition)

Want to keep traffic coming to your favorite parts of the blog? Post ’em here. For starters, of course, there’s Don’t Forget These Threads (July 2007 edition)

(Note: It helps a lot if you include the URL (Web address) with your requests.)

ADVENTURES IN THE MUSIVERSE
Pie Isle (Alice, ‘Dotty-kay)
The Chronicles of Museica (the man for aeiou)
Expedition for the Scribblemaya (Beavo the Online Stalker, Koko du Pelle)
Life on the Pieceful Pie Planet (Koko du Pelle)
Muse RPG (Koko du Pelle)

LIFE BEYOND THE VIRTUAL DIVIDE
Just Friends (Red-Tailed HAWK)
Global Warming (Red-Tailed HAWK, Beavo the Online Stalker)
Evolution (Red-Tailed HAWK, Beavo the Online Stalker)
Romance and Relationships (Shadowkat)
Hot Topics (Shadowkat)

SILLY FUN
Titles, Labels, and Nicknames (kagcomix)
Stupid Senseless Smiley Stories (Beavo the Online Stalker)
Name Changes (Red-Tailed HAWK, Beavo the Online Stalker)

WRITING – RRRs
Etheterre (Alice)
Terenika (Alice)
The Sea Roc (Alice, Cat’s Meow)
Time Travel (Alice, Koko du Pelle)
Spirits and Blood (Shadowkat)

WRITING – ASSORTED OTHER
Books in Progress (Alice)
Writing (Alice)
Poems and Songs (widdershins)
MuseBlog Fan Fiction (the man for aeiou)
Muse Fanfiction (Koko du Pelle)
Writing Challenge: Theme with Variations (Jadestone)

OTHER THINGS WE LIKE
Pastoral Pleasures (Alice, Red-Tailed HAWK)
Song Lyrics (Red-Tailed HAWK)
Music (FrigidSymphony)
Manga, Anime, and Graphic Novels (kagcomix)
Summer Vacations, 2007 (tHE Pink stALkinG pENguiN of PEnZancE)
Computer and Video Games (Nemi — as he is known for the moment)

August 2007 “Happy Birthday” Thread

Known Muser Birthdays this Month:

08-01 MuseBlog’s birthday (2005) = GAPA Appreciation Day
08-04 Capricious’s birthday (green and blue; rainbow)
08-11 Julieb’s birthday (1992)
08-11 Lawrence of Antarctica’s birthday (1994 – black)
08-13 Sora’s birthday (1992 – all shades of blue)
08-14 bulletproofmarshmallow’s birthday (1993)
08-15 Morbid’s birthday (1991)
08-16 The Bev’s birthday (1992 – green or blue)
08-16 rabbity24’s birthday (1994 – green)
08-21 Alice’s birthday (1993 – blue)
08-21 biblioRose’s birthday (1995 – blue and yellow)
08-27 Elentari’s birthday
08-26 Gwendolyn of the Eastern Seas’ birthday (1994 – purple pizzazz)
08-28 Sunrunner Bramblewood’s (=Dragonsrock828’s) birthday (1993)
08-31 Quintessentia’s birthday (1992 – golden)
08-31 shriya siolashrwa jeffica’s birthday (1992 – apple-green and raspberry)

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between November 23 and December 23, 1993.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between February 27 and March 29, 1991.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — SPOILERS ALLOWED

Once you’ve read it, all bets are off. For the sake of anyone scanning the “Recent Comments” sidebar, however, please paste the following notice at the beginning of your messages:

SPOILER WARNING: “DEATHLY HALLOWS” SPOILER WARNING.

Make sure to include the period at the end.

That should do it.

D.C. Kokonvention — Latest Lineup

Here’s the list of people who have said they are coming. NOTE: Quintessentia and Lady Visala, we still haven’t heard from your parents.

Friday, August 10
Julieb
curious and questioning
Shadowkat
Lady Visala of Reverie
Midnight Fiddler
Quintessentia
Capricious and her brother
Green Qween
Red-tailed HAWK
Purple Panda & Taiwan Hippo Fan
Glassboro

Wednesday, August 15
kt the gr8
Quintessentia
Green Qween
Red-tailed HAWK
NEW! Ebeth and her brother