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In a hammock, on the beach, or just sprawled out on a couch. What’s on your list?

It’s almost here! How are you going to spend it?

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Em’s description:

I was going to send these awhile ago, but I never got around to it. The
first picture is from my trip to Germany, and there is a rather lengthy
story behind it.

*Ahem*

Long Long ago, when you weren’t even born, and we had to walk 2 miles
every day in the snow just to get to school,(Where did we live, anyway,
Alaska?) a lovely person named Paul Baker (You may have heard of him)
wrote an article for Muse Magazine on the subject of those lovely little
carvings in cathedrals on the roof bosses and miserychords and such. When
Em went to France and Germany this past winter holiday, she entered many a
cathedral and church, these being the major points of culture in Europe.
(Aside from beer and outdoor cafes, of course) Keeping in mind the afore
mentioned article, she spent most of her time staring at the ceiling.
(Tourists don’t really have enough time to request special tours of the
choir lofts) Finally, in Germany, (The people in Paris had much better
taste than this) she came across several green men (see aforementioned
article) and took some photos of them.

Yes, it is quite a lovely story, Isn’t it? The second picture is my
much-improved Hpb pic (You may remember the first one) and I threw it in
simply for kicks. Please show the lovely Green man to the MBers!
Otherwise, what was the point of me spending so long looking for it?
(Okay, so I had to go in the churches anyway)

We all could use a little peace and quiet — or a little piece of pie, for that matter. More adventures on the exoplanetary oasis, continued from (where else?) Part Five.

We’re not sure whether anyone on the blog gets the New York Times, but there was a Muse connection in last Sunday’s book-review section. You can see it here.

And speaking of reviews, did anyone see Pollyhymnia’s review of the upcoming Nancy Drew movie?

(Pollyhymnia, a.k.a. Polly Shulman, is a Y.A. writer and reviewer who pops up on MuseBlog occasionally. We’ve had a series of threads about her novel, Enthusiasm.)

Another popular homework replacement, fastershorter than National Novel-Writing Month but equally enticing to MBers.

Requested by Shadowkat, who said: “What, no Mothers’ Day thread? Sheesh, they are so underappreciated.”

*Role-playing game, of course. By popular clamor.

We shudder to think where this will lead.

Continued from Riddles.

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Shadowkat’s original description:

a thread where everyone posts under a different (new) name, and pretends to be their alter-ego. We could even take it a step further, and have everyone try to guess who each alter-ego-name actually is. Once somebody figured out who you were, if they ever did, you would post under your original other-thread name, and just keep talking and trying to guess who other people really are if that makes any sense.

NOTE: Check your posts before sending them. The Administrators will not rescue you if you accidentally submit one under your “real” blogname.

Oh, why not?

The history of this thread is a bit tangled, as is the numbering of previous MM threads. To see what has already been posted, go to

www.musefanpage.com/blog/?p=171 [Never mind.]
www.musefanpage.com/blog/?p=205
www.musefanpage.com/blog/?p=383
www.musefanpage.com/blog/?p=450
www.musefanpage.com/blog/?p=545

By extremely popular request.

By popular request. We had two of these last year (search for “alter”). The idea came from Shadowkat, who described it as

a thread where everyone posts under a different (new) name, and pretends to be their alter-ego. We could even take it a step further, and have everyone try to guess who each alter-ego-name actually is. Once somebody figured out who you were, if they ever did, you would post under your original other-thread name, and just keep talking and trying to guess who other people really are if that makes any sense.

NOTE: Check your posts before sending them. The Administrators will not rescue you if you accidentally submit one under your “real” blogname.

RRR = Round-Robin ‘Riting, as every MuseBlogger must know by now.

Continued from Part 1.

Requested by Liesolotte: “things that are said way too much, and plotlines that are strikingly predictable.”

The random thread is being overrun with posts in Spanish. Move them aquí, por favor.

An all-new topic, requested by purplefinch. All types: ballet, contradancing, Morris dancing — whatever you do or like.

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It’s incredible, it morphs, it’s chameleon-like — and yet for some reason we can’t go back to calling it the “incredible morphing chameleon thread.”

This forum tries to stay on topic longer than the random threads do. Newcomers should read The Rules and The Guide before plunging in.

Current topic: Games/Pastimes: Conkers for starters, but the discussion is bound to move on soon
Families
Disappearing bees
Historical restoration and re-enactment
Philosophy

Clueless newbies, step right up! We’ll make you feel at home, with a hearty virtual handshake and a warm virtual pie smack-dab in the middle of your physiognomy. (Don’t ask why. It is our way.)

Please read The Rules. You might also glance at The HG2MB (Hitchhiker’s Guide to MuseBlog).

Known MuseBlogger birthdays this month:

05-01 Pentatonikk’s birthday (1992 – puce)
05-02 The AHHH!’s birthday (19__ – color=?)
05-07 Nancy Kangas’s birthday
05-09 Axa’s birthday (1992 – natural blues)
05-15 Qween Mae’s birthday (1992 – dusty pink)
05-15 SupremeMuser2000’s birthday (1994 – aquamarine)
05-18 Midnight Fiddler’s birthday (1992- blue/purple/green/brown)
05-23 Parmandiriel’s birthday (1989 – silver)
05-28 MemyselfandI’s birthday (1992 – blue)
05-28 Elizabeth’s birthday

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between August 23 and September 22, 1993.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between November 27 and December 27, 1990.

Further adventures on the uncharted island.

Continued from Pie Isle, Part One.

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