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The intersection of multiple sources of light and shadow, producing sometimes unexpected results: sounds like business as usual on the Random Thread.

Continued from Part 2.

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Continued from Part 3.

*Round Robin ‘Riting

The *role-playing game continues just in time for class. Continued from Part 1.

If you thought blog traffic was heavy in January, you weren’t imagining things. It was the fifth busiest month in MB history. In contrast, January 2007 was the fifth slowest month in MB history.

Since we ♥ charts and maps, here are a couple to ponder.

Continued from the 2007 edition.

The List:

Muslim: FantasyFan?!?!

Jewish: Sphinx, Quintessentia, hypermoocow, FairyDragon
Reform: yellowsharpiemarker, Sobriquet, Cliff Eagle Teh Pwnage
Reconstructionist: Kiki The Great, Anata~ChinTsu
Conservative: Copper Bigfoot, Brave Sir Robin, Zyviva, The Insane Blue Sage, RainbowFish
Orthodox: Phoenix, Jessie, groundhog22
Jewish Atheist: Lizzie, emmatheduck, speller73

Christian: Vendaval, Donaldo, MontgomeryGurl, Ninja For Christ, Eccentric the Afterthought, Lady Cinnamon Moon, IBCF, muselover
Lutheran: Queen-o-random, Capricious
Catholic: Kiara, Romana2, Ebeth, davidude, Piggy the Proud Catholic, Tumsymonster
Eastern Orthodox: Sunrunner Bramblewood, Dotty ‘Kay
Quaker: Zallie, Red Tailed HAWK, Liesolotte, Purple Panda, Taiwan Hippo Fan
Protestant: book_addict, VanZepplin, Otzi, Kagcomix
Mormon (LDS): Skwerl Overlord, Veralidaine, Zyka
Methodist: grnqween2011, bibliorose
Presbyterian: Elizabeth, gimanator, Kari
Baptist: jammin j
UCC:The Man For Aeiou
Catholic by birth, unsure now: Beavo, Kokonilly
Catholic plus Jewish holidays: Gaea

Hindu: ♥ shriya siolashrwa jeffica ♥

Buddhist: 100% cotton

Agnostic: Sweet Melpomene, curious and questioning, SupremeMuser2000, Lady Visala of Reverie, Gwendolyn, Alice (?), POSOC

Wiccan: emogrl, FairyDragon

Mixed Bag of Random Beliefs: Pentatonikk, Unintended Pun, Gwendolyn of the Eastern Seas, Otzi, Axa, elassë~adael, curious and questioning, Musketeer Number, Sweet Melpomene, Drops of Jupiter

Druid Reconstructionist: Millie

Atheist: Skipper Nancy, johnkerry, Purple Panda, Taiwan Hippo Fan, Darth Yoda, Lizzie, penguini, violindino, Yup, Bobbyjkl, First Sorceress, Shadowkat, curious and questioning, Potato Chip, Cat’s Meow, C++darkmage, Drops of Jupiter, La Mort, nerdz_r00l, The Bookworm
Spiritual Atheist: The Bev, Harmony with short red hair
Radical Atheist: Queenie J, Drops of Jupiter, dark duke of darkness, agagabagabag
Happy Atheist: philosophical.bunny

Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM): Necromancer, Vixen in the Eyes of the Moon

Asatruar: Frigid Symphony

Green Cow: curious and questioning

The Church of the Carrot: emmatheduck, Unintended Pun, NerdAndProudOf It, Beatlesrockr

Very Confused: lifewithoutsuffering

Graeco-agnosticism: /gradster(1)/

Non-practicing Believer of Subwayism: Faye Beauchamp

Dumr-Sirism/Jedi (on Earth): KaiYves

Unitarian Universalist: Logogeo96

Riddle me this: how did two years pass without a new Jokes & Riddles thread?

Technically this should be “No, This is Pie War 2007.2, Part 5, but who’s counting? Continued from 2007.2, Part 4.

Closed to comments.

If a groundhog sees Kokopelli instead of his own shadow, what does that mean for the next six weeks? Whatever the weather, the February Random Thread forges ahead.

First, though…

(Users’ Manual: Obey The Rules. Consult The Guide. Have fun!)

Unlike the random thread, this discussion thread stays on topic until the topic changes.

Newcomers should read The Rules and The Guide before plunging in.

Current topic: Favorite superhero
Makeup
Supernatural stuff
Larry Gonick

Speak, Friend, and Enter! If you’re new to the blog, come on in for a little orientation and some pie.

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.

Known Muser birthdays this month:*

02-02 groundhog22’s birthday (1989 – denim blue)
02-02 Shadow Gallery’s birthday (1993 – psychedelic)
02-12 Dot Keet’s birthday (1991 – bright orange)
02-13 The Tominator’s birthday (1996)
02-14 Gingersnap’s birthday (1993 – purple)
02-21 Karrdash’s birthday (2000 – red)
02-22 Shotgun #10’s birthday (1995)
02-24 tralalalolly’s birthday (year? color?)
02-26 Ötzi’s birthday (1993 – cerulean)
02-26 KaiYves’s birthday (1993-purple)

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between May 26 and June 23, 1994.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between August 30 and September 27, 1991.

*Note: Listed MBers who have been inactive for several months won’t appear on next year’s birthday calendar unless they show up again.

Grant took advantage of a strong wind to get some photos of the Union Jack rippling in full glory. The flagpole, which he is making, is not yet finished.

And here we see Midnight Fiddler in her natural habitat.

Random fact: we haven’t had one of these since last June.

Suggested by Gaea to popular acclaim. Describe your dream avatar in words or send a picture (to gapa @ musefanpage.com). If you can’t think what yours should be, I’m sure other MBers will be happy to help you out.

Unintended Pun says, “Not everyones’ names are on there, but it’s for the entire MB, including the newbies who come after it.”

Full-size editions of the valentines may be viewed by clicking on them individually, or you can browse the whole album.

Whether your medium is traditional, digital, or in a realm of its own, if it’s visual (or you hope it will be one of these days), here’s a place to talk about it, dream about it, or share ideas, no matter if you’re an artist or not. By special request of Purple Panda. The last Visual Arts thread appeared in July, 2007.

The idea is to start with an image and each person writes about it as s/he sees it, in the writer’s choice of style. See the original thread for clarification and inspiration.

Current prompt: someone or something on the border between wilderness and civilization

Previous prompts:
a dog lying in the street




Next up:

New year, clean slate. Continued from 2007.4.

More questions. Occasional answers. Continued from No. 4.

In which we bid Captain Canix a dull uneventful rewarding and pastry-laden retirement as his crew scrambles to adjust ranks and ready themselves in time for the next voyage. In other developments, the former coxswain of the Black-Footed Ferret now captains her own ship, the Amphitrite.

For further information, you’re on your own, or read Ships’ Logs: Beyond Museica, Part 9, for all the good it will do you.

Continued from Part 3.

A place to post things you’ve written and/or to talk about writing in general. Continued from v. 2007.1.

Not to be confused with Books in Progress, which focuses on book-length writing.

Last month Robert, Rebecca, Midnight Fiddler, and Red-tailed HAWK kokonvened in Washington, D.C. in order to look at art and eat lunch. At least that was the cover story. Our true purpose was to act foolish in public and pose for silly pictures.

Don’t ask. We don’t know what we were doing, either.

Kokopelli sign times four!

Many thanks to the parents who took the pictures for us!

The dust has settled, the word count is in, and MuseBlog is a winner! Congratulatory pies to all!

If you’d like other MBers to read your finished (or unfinished) oeuvre, email it to gapa @ musefanpage.com (delete the spaces). We’ll post it here.

NOTE: Please use an easily identifiable subject line in your emails so we don’t mistake them for spam!

The novels are set up as individual Google documents, so click the link to view them.

Prarilius Canix Flamehenge

Cinnamon Moon Sunset in Niomahn

Kiki the Great Memoirs of a Teenage Zombie

Purple Panda: Muse Academy

::DandelionsAreWildflowers:: About Me Being Celli

Ebeth [title?]

Beavo the Online Stalker Spy Magic: Handle with Care

*Round Robin ‘Riting Sans Magic And Space-Time Travel

Just in time for the post-NaNo season, a brand new RRR. Suggested by Prarilius Canix, who pointed out “that the two sci-fi RRRs we had both had space travel, and the innumerable fantasy RRRs all had magic. I think it’s time to pull a Monty Python and say ‘And now for something completely different.’ I think that the writers on the blog (including me) might enjoy a challenge.”