Author: Rebecca Lasley (Administrator)

MuseBlogeography

It all started with Tesseract’s civics class and a pair of Alaskan fish socks…and continued well past the limit of nested replies, so here’s a thread where you can talk about your state (or province or country): a chance to play mythbuster or mythmaker or just be silly about the state (or province or country) you call home.

The Floating, Underwater, Extraterrestrial, or Otherwise Exotic City Design Thread

Originally suggested by Rainbow, who said:

        “At some point, conditions on Earth will make the planet an undesirable place to live. Luckily, we Musers will have planned ahead and built ourselves a floating city. The thread is for designing and discussing the city, similar to the “Mostly Harmless Theme Park” thread.”

By multiple requests: no role-playing.

Quotations, 2009.2 Atheism

Continued from Quotations, 2009.1.

Anyone who doesn’t want to argue about the existence or nonexistence of God had better go to Quotations 2009.3.

Reminder: As is the case with all threads dealing with potentially contentious subject matter, this is a place for careful, clear, respectful discussions, not brawls. We expect MBers to be able to express their opinions without attacking others personally, AND to be able to listen to people who disagree with them without feeling personally attacked.

Easier said than done, of course. But, as we’ve said before, MuseBlog is a good place to practice trying.

Hot Topics, v. 2009.3

This thread is a place for careful, clear, respectful discussions of difficult topics. It is not a place for having two-fisted no-holds-barred discussions.

MBers should be able to express their opinions without attacking others personally, and be able to listen to people who disagree with them without feeling personally attacked.

Easier said than done, of course. But MuseBlog is a good place to practice trying.

Continued from version 2009.2.

Writers’ Notebook

A writer should always have on hand a place to jot down ideas for plots, characters, settings, images, and other random literary elements as they come to mind. This thread is a place to jot down similar sorts of notions, with the difference that these are the ideas you doubt you’ll ever use yourself.

JJjetplane-girlw/cats made the suggestion:

You know it would be awesome to have a thread where we just come up with ideas for other people (if we don’t have time, or get inspiration if we’re stuck). I know that I get random ideas in my head all the time, and being able to tell everyone about them means they at least get a chance. Plus, if anyone is stuck on a topic for their story, they can read up for inspiration.