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Round-Robin ‘Riting, v. 2006.1, part 2

The story of the afareet, continued from Round-Robin 'Riting, v. 2006.1, part 1.

The story of the afareet, continued from Round-Robin ‘Riting, v. 2006.1, part 1.

(By the way, in Arabic afareet is plural. The singular is afreet. I’m an afreet, but you all are afareet–in case you want to be technically correct about it.)

MuseBlog historical note: This story started in the blog’s original group-writing experiment, “Round-Robin ‘Riting,” and was revived on “Out with the Old…”


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February Phantasmagoria, Part 3

This month's random thread, continued from Part 2. Join the fray!

It seems odd to do this with only two days left in the month, but people are having trouble loading Part 2.


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Suggestion Box, v. 2006.1

Got an idea for a new thread topic, blog feature, or ???? Run it up the blogpole, and see who salutes.


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Books + Movies + Music

What are you reading/watching/listening to? What do you think about it?


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March 2006 Issue of Muse

When did you get it? What do you think of it? Tell all!


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Breakfast on Mars

What would you eat if you lived there? Just curious. (Mars bars are off the menu; the GAPAs have dibs on both worlds’ supply.)


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Happy Birthday, George Washington and Shotgun #10 (or is it 11?)!

Something old, something new. Many felicitous returns of the day.


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Enthusiasm (the Novel)

Has anyone seen Polly Shulman’s Jane-Austen-inspired book yet? Or read it?

Polly says some nice things about MuseBlog on her website, www.pollyshulman.com.


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Hot Topics, v. 2006.2

The old one was getting too long, so here's a fresh space for "handle with care" comments.

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Pets

A pink-bunny-free zone (unless you have a pet hot-pink bunny).
[Those rosy little devils hop in everywhere. –Admin.]


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February Phantasmagoria, Part 2

This month's random thread, continued. [Now closed--continued in part three.]

The original February Phantasmagoria was getting too long. Hope we don’t have to make a Part 3. [We did. –Admin.]


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MEET THE MUSES

The Muses will be dropping in on the blog from time to time, so this thread is no longer needed and will be closed to further comments. It's well worth reading, though.

We thought they’d never show up, but Larry Gonick has used his Kokonino County connections to coax them onto the blog. The Web may never be the same. Brace yourselves…


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Stupid Senseless Smiley Stories, v. 2006.1

Sheep’s idea. Thanks, Sheep!


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Happy Birthday, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) and Charles Darwin (1809-1882)!

That’s right, Chuck & Abe were born on the same day of the same year.


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New on the Blog

The “Who’s Here” page (see tab above) now includes the date of each MuseBlogger’s first posting, and “Hints” has turned into the “Hitchhiker’s Guide to MuseBlog” (HG2MB). Enjoy!


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The Winter Olympics

They started today. Are you watching them?

(Thread and description thanks to Em.)


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Choklit

Because you asked nicely.


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Skool

You’re already talking about it on every other thread, so here’s one dedicated to this unavoidable reality of life. Or is it an alternate reality?


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Larry Gonick

It’s about time the blog devoted a thread to Muse‘s resident genius. Maybe if we talk about him enough, he’ll drop by and say hi. CORRECTION: He’s here!


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Welcome, Newcomers

If it’s your first time here, please read The Rules before doing anything else. If you still have questions, the Administrators and veteran MuseBloggers will be happy to answer them. (Whether they give you the same answers is another matter.)


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Attention, Jane Austen Fans!

Here's a book you might like.

Robert reports:

My pal Polly Shulman (New York literary whiz, book reviewer, and freelance science writer/editor extraordinaire) has just turned her jaw-dropping talents to something new: YA fiction. Her book Enthusiasm, which comes out on February 16, looks like just the sort of thing some MuseBloggers should ♥ to the nth power.

I’ll try to get Polly on the blog to talk about books, the writer’s life, and those wild parties at Lemony Snicket’s house. Meanwhile, you can find out more about Enthusiasm from her publisher, Penguin Books.

Added February 8: NEW! Read Polly’s interview in Newsday.


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February Phantasmagoria, Part 1

This month’s random thread.


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Happy Year of the Dog!

It’s the Chinese New Year. Any doggies on the blog? KitKat probably qualifies, along with most other people born in 1994.


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Happy 250th Birthday, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart!

We love you Mo-o-zart, oh yes we do-oo…


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February Issue — Got Yours Yet?

For some reason, we just like keeping track of these things.


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