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Mathematics, v. 2013
A new thread for discussion of mathematics, continued from the previous one.
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Say Hello! Kiki the Great’s ride with the TARDIS
You may recall that a couple of years ago, a catchy Trock song by veteran MBer Kiki the Great attracted the notice of Neil Gaiman. Fast forward to the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary, and here again is KtG’s song, performed … Continue reading
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NaNoWriMo* 2013
Is anyone taking part this year? If so, keep us posted, please. *National Novel Writing Month
International “Talk Like a Pirate” Day, 2013
Be ye ready fer th’ big day, me hearties? If not, this video might bring ye up t’ speed:
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Geeky TV Shows, v. 2013
We’ve been piggybacking on the 2012 thread far too long. With so many MBers watching geeky TV shows, it’s time for 2013 to have a thread of its own. Herewith:
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Movies, v. 2013
Remember to post spoiler warnings, please! Continued from Movies, v. 20012.
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Books and Reading, v. 2013
Continued from v. 2012.
Happy Towel Day!
Dedicated to the memory and works of Douglas Adams.
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Coming Soon: Pollyhymnia’s Next Novel
It’s called The Wells Bequest and will be published in June. It’s already getting good reviews on Goodreads (www .goodreads . com/book/show/16101024-the-wells-bequest).
Happy Presumed Birthday, Will Shakespeare!
We don’t know that you were born on April 23, 1564, just that you were baptized a few days later. And there’s no evidence that you ever spelled your name “Shakespeare” when you signed it. But never mind. You gave … Continue reading
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North Carolina Kokonvention, 2012
Last summer, Randomosity101, Agent Lightning, Tesseract, Kiwimuncher, Koppar, Lady Bunniful, and assorted parents Kokonvened at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Stories. We have pictures to prove it, but they’ll have to supply the stories behind them:
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Happy Pi Day*, Everybody!
*(That’s 3/14 in USA date format, for those who write it the other way around.) This photo from the employee lounge on Robert’s floor at Science magazine shows why geek-rich environments are great places to work. Where will you be … Continue reading
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Dispatches from Collegeland, 2013
We haven’t started a new edition of this thread since 2010. It’s high time, wouldn’t you say?
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Happy Birthday, Professor Tolkien!
J. R. R. Tolkien, if he were alive, would be 121 years old today. Ai! laurië lantar lassi súrinen, yéni únótimë ve rámar aldaron!
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Coy Woodnesse, v. 2013
By popular request (well, Piggy’s request, and he’s certainly popular), here’s a new edition of the thread for practicing foreign and/or archaic forms of communication. The 2012 thread included some possibly useful letters decorated with diacritical marks. The original Coy … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday, Carl Sagan!
(9 November 1934 – 20 December 1996) Thanks and best wishes from the gang on the pale blue dot.
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NaNoWriMo* 2012
It’s on! We’ll see some of you in December. *National Novel Writing Month (TheNaNoBraSto gave sneak previews of what a few MBers planned to write.)
Happy Hagfish Day 2012!
Every year, the highly Muserly website Whale Times devotes the third Wednesday in October to celebrating one of the most unlovable creatures in the ocean, the lowly hagfish. For more information, visit www . whaletimes . org/HagfishDay1 . htm.
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Endeavour Refuels
Space shuttles need to eat, too, it seems. Here’s Endeavour last night on its way to the California Science Center:
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NaNoBraSto 2012
Brainstorming for National Novel-Writing Month (also known as November). Let’s hear your ideas!
International “Talk Like A Pirate” Day, 2012
A hearty YARRRR t’ all o’ yiz!
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Books and Reading, v. 2012
Now including discussions of fanfiction! Continued from v. 2011.
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Just for Fun
Robert writes: While reading old newspapers online for a personal project I’m working on, I ran across this ad in the San Francisco Daily Alta (April 20, 1871). I’m posting it just because I love it: Twenty performing birds and … Continue reading
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MuseBlogger Gallery, August 2012
Recently arrived pictures of interest: KaiYves at NASA Headquarters for the landing of Curiosity on Mars: Jadestone’s cuttlefish: Jadestone hugging her cuttlefish:
The Mars Science Laboratory, aka “Curiosity”
We can’t stop talking about it, so here’s a special place to continue the conversation that started on the Random thread.
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