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This month’s random thread needs no introduction. Obey The Rules. Consult The Guide. Review Part 1. Have fun!

MuseBloggers’ adventures in extraterrestrial colonization. It’s hard to explain; if you’re new, you’d better read Part One and hope for the best.

That’s the code name for Musers’ secret plan for world domination. It’s so super-ultra-hyper-secret that it doesn’t have to be secret. As you can see from version 2006.1, it is also, like everything else on the blog, more than a bit muddled.

If you’re in some Internet Cafe in Europe, please post another message here. We miss you!

Meanwhile, any MBer who needs a big dose of Rosannity should check out the Ask the GAPAs thread that flourished on the blog back in January.

Still almost three more weeks to go…

October 5. It’s Ebeth’s invention. It’s not too late to celebrate it flamablamablously, though your homework might suffer.

MuseBlog’s ever-popular continuing forum for topics that need careful handling and/or an extra dose of civility.

*Round-Robin ‘Riting, by special request of Elassë~Adæl. Not a continuation of version 2006.5 or any earlier version. Each version is its own distinct story (which may be continued in parts 2, 3, etc.).

All Nuse, all the time. You can get the idea from the wildly popular MN 2006.1.

The original SSSS thread is eight months old. Time for a new one! Self-explanatory, dumb fun.

*Round-Robin ‘Riting. All new and no doubt destined to be wonderful.

If you’re not sure how RRRs work, just type “RRR” into the searchbox at the top of the screen and hit “Go.” If you’re still confused, ask.

Ask fellow Musers what they think, feel, or prefer; get instant answers. You can see how it works on version 2006.3.

(New version requested by Emogrl.)

This month’s random thread needs no introduction. Obey The Rules. Consult The Guide. Review September Spontaneity. Have fun!

Step right up to receive your welcome pie and ask the old hands what’s going on around here. First, though, please read The Rules. You might also glance at The HG2MB (Hitchhiker’s Guide to MuseBlog).

Steer your fellow MBers toward your favorite parts of the blog. (Topping the list, of course, is the September “Visit These Threads!” thread.)

Known MuseBlogger birthdays so far:

10-01 kiki_the_great’s birthday (1995 – bright purple)
10-07 TOPFOT’s birthday (1992)
10-12 Ebeth’s birthday (1991)
10-13 Paul Baker’s birthday
10-14 Isabella’s birthday (1994)
10-16 Bannaya’s birthday (1996)
10-20 Dark Lord of Darkness’s birthday (1993)
10-23 kokopelli #13’s birthday (1992 – camouflage)
10-24 hotstuff trinity’s birthday (1992 – lime green)
10-26 Calla Lily’s birthday (19??)
10-27 a tap dancing elephant’s birthday (1992 – pink, teal/agua blue and raspberry)
10-29 Eccentric the Afterthought’s birthday (1990 – black and/or dark red)

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between January 22, 1993, and February 21, 1993.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between April 28 and May 28, 1990.

The stately Marquette Building, home of Carus Publishing until it moves a few blocks away in January.

The entrance leads into an elevator lobby decorated with bronze images of Midwestern explorers.

Each elevator cab bears this seal and contains speakers that play Mozart. As you may have guessed by now, the Marquette Building is rather full of itself.

Muse‘s offices are on the fourteenth floor. Among many other treasures there, the archives contain copies of every issue of the magazine.

Here’s the temporary cubicle where I worked on a top-secret project you’ll see next year. To the left of the keyboard sits a copy of the very first Muse.

Samantha Sordyl (a.k.a. Samablamablous, a.k.a. Samblam, a.k.a. Sam) confers with art director John Sandford and layout guru Walter Mendoza about the November/December issue.

One night Sam and her husband, Mr. Sam, took me to a great Italian restaurant in their neighborhood.

And that’s the story, or as much of it as I’m allowed to talk about at this point.

All right, enough people have seen it now. Once you’ve announced its arrival on the Roll Call thread, here’s a place where you can talk about it.

WARNING: Sure to contain spoilers.

Continued from Part Two.

It’s out. Let us know when it arrives (but don’t spoil it for others).

A forum for practicing archaic English, foreign languages, and other off-the-beaten-track forms of communication.

(Coy woodnesse means “quiet madness” in Middle English, the version of our language spoken about 600 years ago.)

Useful resources (additions welcome!):
The original Coy Woodnesse thread
Coy Woodnesse, v. 2006.1
Accents to paste in: à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ð ñ ò ó ô õ ö ù ú û ü ¿ ¡
“Chaucer’s Middle English” site at the University of California, Santa Barbara
Librarius has another Middle English glossary and a load of information about Chaucer and the Canterbury Tales

With Rosanne touring Europe, Robert has felt the need of some help in moderating the blog. So he’s sworn in Paul Baker and Rebecca Lasley (Lady Bunniful) as co-administrators. Please welcome them in traditional MuseBlog fashion and treat them with all the awe and reverence a GAPA usually inspires.

September 27–
ATTENTION: Hostilities have broken out. Pie war advisory. Proceed with caution!

It’s on Friday or Saturday, depending on where you live.

Technically, autumn arrives in the Northern Hemisphere on Saturday, September 23, at 4:03 a.m. Universal Time (UT). That’s 5:03 in the morning British Summertime; three minutes after midnight U.S. Eastern Daylight Time; 11:03 p.m. on September 22 U.S. Central Daylight Time (=blog time); and 9:03 p.m. on September 22 on the American West Coast.

You’ll have to make adjustments if you’re in Arizona, which doesn’t observe Daylight Saving Time. And, of course, for New Zealand and the rest of the Southern Hemisphere, this is the spring equinox. Whew.

Yess, precious, today is Bilbo and Frodo’s shared birthday. Eru knows how old they are by now.

She and her husband are visiting Europe. She sent Robert this e-note:

Subject: Drat, can’t get on the blog to say bye for a while

Rosanne

Suddenly and for no apparent reason, they’re the hottest thing on the blog since hot-pink bunnies. Righto, ‘läüt away to your hearts’ content.