Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Life, the universe, pies, hot-pink bunnies, world domination, and everything
Polly Shulman (blogname: Pollyhymnia), young-adult author, friend of MuseBlog, and all-around good egg, has a new book coming out on July 8. It’s called The Grimm Legacy. You can find out more about it through Google or on Polly’s website.
*(And assorted others.)
Nonhuman creatures we love, live with, fancy, and/or favor.
Continued from the 2007 edition.
You can pack an astounding amount of trivia into 7 volumes.
Continued from Part Two.
No, it’s not quite the 24-hour Doctor Who Buffy Torchwood Channel brought to you with Glee. But close enough.
What would we do if you sang out of tune? Sing along and help you out, of course!
A place to note things you think other MBers ought to own, use, or experience.
Continues the original Musers Recommend thread launched in 2007.
A good-news counterpart to the FAIL Thread — for describing times when things turn out better than you could have imagined.
Fear no more the heat o’ the sun;
Nor the furious winter’s rages,
Thou thy worldly task hast done,
Home art gone, and ta’en thy wages;
Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney sweepers come to dust.
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Listening, playing, performing, composing — it’s a big part of our lives.
Continued from v. 2009.2.
Why do we so love our lovely lists?
1. They’re fun.
2. They’re a way to pretend one is organized.
3. They look nice.
4. They satisfy one’s sense of order and futility all at the same time.
5. They give one a sense of accomplishment even while procrastinating
6. They look like they mean something.
7. They’re full of Muserly froodiness.
Suggested by Silverstorm42/Rainbow*Star and seconded by Enceladus.
As before, a thread for reading and discussing specific books for extended periods of time.
First, we need a book…
March 11, 1952, saw the birth of the man who gave the universe, among many other things, the spaceship Heart of Gold, Marvin the Paranoid Android, the Campaign for Real Time, and the Total Perspective Vortex.
Sorry to have started this thread so late — things have been a little busy here in GAPA-land.
By popular request, here’s an antidote to the Rants and Complaints thread: a place to talk about things you’re happy about. We could all use a little good news.
The author of The Lord of the Rings would have been 118 years old today (January 3, 2010).
The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.
“He [Bilbo Baggins] used often to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary. ‘It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door,’ he used to say. ‘You step onto the Road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.'”
–Frodo, in The Fellowship of the Ring
Whether you’re in band, orchestra, or chorus, or if you jam with friends in your garage, this is your thread.
Things that we’re embarrassed about liking, or embarrassed to admit that we like, but like anyway.
(We don’t know where this thread came from. It just seemed like a good idea.)
By overwhelming request. Here are those already listed on the Suggestion Box thread:
Good Eats: Food network
Food Network Challenge: Food network (duh!)
Iron Chef America: Food network
Modern Marvels: History Channel
Nova: PBS
How It’s Made: Discovery
Cats 101: Animal Planet
Andromeda
Doctor Who and Torchwood
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Firefly