Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Life, the universe, pies, hot-pink bunnies, world domination, and everything
All right, Pumpkin Droppers: time to start designing our vehicle. Robert has a few ideas but is still wrestling with practicalities, so everything is up for grabs.
(Anyone who has no idea what we’re talking about may consult Part Two, Part One, and even earlier announcements.)
New: ATTENTION! Purple Panda and Taiwan Hippo Fan’s mother is VERY eager to involve Musers in the Pumpkin Drop and would like to hear from other potentially interested parents. Details below.
There was a flurry of interest in this event at the Kokonvention.
The sponsor, West Virginia University, has finally posted information about the drop. As feared, it takes place on a Friday, which may limit Musers’ ability to take part. Anyone possibly interested can find out all about it here (remove spaces):
http:// www. mae.cemr.wvu.edu/ news/20pumpkindrop.php
Muse fielded a team a few years ago, with results recounted in the Koko Bomb Saga.
Date: September 22, 2007
Categories: Kokonventions, Non-Muse news, Nonrandom Craziness, Things We like
The press office at West Virginia University says the 20th annual Pumpkin Drop is probably going to be held on October 26. Some Musers have said they’d like to enter this year, and we say “go for it.” To see what it’s all about, read the Koko Bomb Saga.
Once you’ve read it, all bets are off. For the sake of anyone scanning the “Recent Comments” sidebar, however, please paste the following notice at the beginning of your messages:
SPOILER WARNING: “DEATHLY HALLOWS” SPOILER WARNING.
Make sure to include the period at the end.
That should do it.
It looks as if we’ll be talking about this horrific event for a while. Here’s a place for it.
The man who draws the Muses has been working hard on another project: The Cartoon History of the Modern World, Volume 1. It’s coming out at the end of December. You can get a sneak preview on Larry’s website.
It’s on Friday or Saturday, depending on where you live.
Technically, autumn arrives in the Northern Hemisphere on Saturday, September 23, at 4:03 a.m. Universal Time (UT). That’s 5:03 in the morning British Summertime; three minutes after midnight U.S. Eastern Daylight Time; 11:03 p.m. on September 22 U.S. Central Daylight Time (=blog time); and 9:03 p.m. on September 22 on the American West Coast.
You’ll have to make adjustments if you’re in Arizona, which doesn’t observe Daylight Saving Time. And, of course, for New Zealand and the rest of the Southern Hemisphere, this is the spring equinox. Whew.
Though they’d much rather spend all their time approving posts and chilling with MuseBloggers, Robert and Rosanne do have “day jobs.” As a news editor at Science, Robert has just spent the past month or so masterminding the magazine’s annual Breakthrough of the Year section. Anyone curious about Herr Administrator’s alter ego can read the section online, see a video, or listen to a podcast featuring an interview with the man himself. Bill Nye, watch out!
This quintessentially British celebration is extra-special this year: it’s the 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot. Maybe Paul Baker will leave his bonfire long enough to tell us about it.
News you may have missed while basking in the summer sun:
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Attention, 13-year-old Musers!
The cover story on this week’s Time magazine (August 8, 2005) is a Special Report called “Being 13,” described as “a close look inside the mysterious and often confounding world of the 13-year-old.” Guess what: you’re fascinating. Enjoy your week of fame.