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“Happy” might not be the right word, and a pie in the face seems distinctly inappropriate. So… a goblet of Amontillado, Mr. P.?

Known Muser and MuseBlogger birthdays in January:

01-01 Jadestone’s birthday (1992)
01-01 FrigidSymphony’s birthday (1991? – …um…octavarium?)
01-03 Kari’s birthday (1995)
01-03 Rebecca Lasley’s birthday
01-06 Sir Penguin’s birthday (1994)
01-13 Anonymous Coward’s birthday (1992)
01-13 Kororra’s birthday (1993 – light blue-green)
01-17 The Insane Blue Sage’s birthday (1995 – black, silver, green, and red)
01-30 Skipper Nancy Blackett’s birthday (1992)

(And, of course, Muse itself came into being in January 1997.)

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between April 25 and May 25, 1993.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between July 30 and August 29, 1990.

Known Muser birthdays in November:

11-09 Phoebe’s birthday (1993)
11-12 Darth Yoda’s birthday (19?? – black or very dark green)
11-20 Copper Bigfoot’s birthday (1993 – green)
11-27 Purple Panda’s birthday (1991 – purple)
11-27 curious and questioning’s birthday (1993 – green)

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between February 23 and March 24, 1993.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between May 30 and June 28, 1990.

Known MuseBlogger birthdays so far:

10-01 kiki_the_great’s birthday (1995 – bright purple)
10-07 TOPFOT’s birthday (1992)
10-12 Ebeth’s birthday (1991)
10-13 Paul Baker’s birthday
10-14 Isabella’s birthday (1994)
10-16 Bannaya’s birthday (1996)
10-20 Dark Lord of Darkness’s birthday (1993)
10-23 kokopelli #13’s birthday (1992 – camouflage)
10-24 hotstuff trinity’s birthday (1992 – lime green)
10-26 Calla Lily’s birthday (19??)
10-27 a tap dancing elephant’s birthday (1992 – pink, teal/agua blue and raspberry)
10-29 Eccentric the Afterthought’s birthday (1990 – black and/or dark red)

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between January 22, 1993, and February 21, 1993.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between April 28 and May 28, 1990.

Yess, precious, today is Bilbo and Frodo’s shared birthday. Eru knows how old they are by now.

Not so many this month, and we don’t have full information for all of them. We’ll be happy to add yours; just say the word.

09-02 Der Wachtelschlag’s/Queen Julietaini’s birthday (1993 – orange)
09-02 Hakudemon’s birthday (1992 – sky blue)
09-02 Loupgarou’s birthday (1991 – blue, purple, or green)
09-15 the man for aeiou’s birthday
09-18 Sweet Melpomene’s birthday (1990 – black-and-white)

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between December 23, 1992, and January 21, 1993.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between March 29 and April 27, 1990.

Any excuse for a party, we say. Five thousand days is about 13 years, 8 months, and 8 days (varying slightly depending on the month and year). Many of you have already reached the big five-oh-oh-oh. For the rest, you can easily use a spreadsheet to figure out when the big day falls.

You turn 5,000 later this month if you were born between December 14 and December 22, 1992. It happens in September if you were born between December 23, 1992, and January 21, 1993. We’ll try to keep you posted about future quintimillennial dates, if we remember.

A place to post all celebratory greetings. This month’s known Muser birthdays:

08-01 MuseBlog’s birthday (2005) = GAPA Appreciation Day
08-04 Capricious the great and terrible’s birthday (colors: green and blue; rainbow)
08-13 Sora’s birthday (1992 – all shades of blue)
08-14 bulletproofmarshmallow’s birthday (1993)
08-15 Morbid’s birthday (1991)
08-16 The Bev’s birthday (1992 – green or blue)
08-26 Gwendolyn of the Eastern Seas’ birthday (1994 – purple pizzazz)
08-27 Elentari’s birthday
08-28 Dragonsrock828’s birthday (1993)
08-31 Mer’s (=WoojaKitty’s =Quintessentia’s) birthday (1992 – golden)

(Some of these folks haven’t been around for a while, but maybe they’ll stop by to receive their birthday pies.)

Only four this month so far:

07-07 lilbro777’s birthday
07-09 Lizzie’s birthday (1991)
07-13 Emogrl’s birthday (1989 – black)
07-22 Phoenix’s birthday (1992 – octarine)

That’s excluding Harry Potter’s birthday on the 31st, of course. Lilbro, if you’re around: what’s your year and color?

He’s 64 today. Do we still need him? Should we still feed him?

(Thanks to Skipper Nancy for pointing out this momentous occasion.)

Irish poet, 1865-1939.

He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven

Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

More about Yeats at http://www.online-literature.com/yeats/

Coming up this month:

06-06 Ninja for Christ’s birthday (19?? – color=?)
06-11 yesterdays_kinked_moose’s birthday (1992)
06-13 King george the stroodle’s birthday (1992)
06-20 Kricket’s birthday (1993)
06-29 Brave Sir Robin’s birthday (1993)

As you see, some basic raw data and colors are still missing.

Keep an eye on “Dates to Remember,” and post your greetings and glyphs here. Coming up later this month:

05-09 Axa’s birthday (1992 – natural blues)
05-15 Qween Mae’s birthday (1992 – dusty pink)
05-23 Parmandiriel’s birthday (1989 – silver)
05-28 MemyselfandI’s birthday (1992 – blue)

(Parmandiriel doesn’t come around much nowadays, but she was a faithful Muser for many years and deserves honor.)

Nancy Kangas’s birthday is Sunday. Felicitations, O incomparable Musewriter!

(*Her name in Ble. Not “Naka”–we misremembered.)

All we know is that she was born in May, and that we’re glad she was.

[Our mistake. See you in July! –Admin.]

A Generation Zero turns 16!

Born on this day in 1564
(Or maybe yesterday–we only know
When he was christened), Shakespeare still remains
The universally acknowledged king
Of English poetry. To honor him
We ask that Musers posting on this thread
Attempt to write all of their messages
In iambs (the poetic “foot” that goes
Ta-DAH), five to a line–in other words,
Pentameter. True, that will take some work,
But pretty soon you’ll get the hang of it:
Ta-DAH, ta-DAH, ta-DAH, ta-DAH, ta-DAH,
Just like this introduction. So, good luck!
Maybe Paul Baker will drop by. (For all
We know, he talks in sonnets all the time.)

Monday the 24th is the day. Green is the color. Virtual books, presumably, are the virtual gift of choice.