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Robert writes:

Over the past few months I’ve mentioned a couple of mysterious Muse-related projects that I’ve been working on. One of them, a collaboration between me and my fellow moderator Rebecca Lasley (a.k.a. Lady Bunniful), has now reached the sneak-preview stage. It’s not up and running yet, so please don’t try to do anything with it. But if you’d care to visit www.cafepress.com/musery , we’d love to hear what you think.

Project number two will be unveiled in a few weeks.

Step right up to receive your welcome pie and ask the old hands what’s going on around here. First, though, please read The Rules. You might also glance at The HG2MB (Hitchhiker’s Guide to MuseBlog).

Known MuseBlogger birthdays (are all of you still here?):

12-06 KitKat’s birthday (1994)
12-09 Zwendelina’s birthday (1991)
12-09 Achoo, son of Asneeze (Sphinx)’s birthday (1993 – red, no grAARGH!)
12-20 Cheese Monkey NUMBA 1’s birthday (1993)
12-30 Zyviva’s birthday

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between March 25 and April 24, 1993.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between June 29 and July 29, 1990.

“Out of sight, out of mind” seems to be MBers’ natural reaction when threads scroll off the first page. But you can fight that tendency here by posting links to your favorites.

It was scheduled to take place in Evanston at 10:30 a.m. Central time. Jadestone and Violetfire couldn’t make it. We’re eagerly awaiting word from those who did. Should be coming any hour now…

Dear GAPA person,

We are writing to you after a period of frustration with our fellow, usually lovely, MBers. We feel that it may be a time to instate a new rule. We have been also feeling rather nostalgic for the old days. We feel that the old days of conversation and getting to know each other have been lost amidst people posting eight times in a row with nothing to say. People seem to view the MB as a place to burn some time, not a place to converse with other Musers. We feel that it is important that the MB continue to be a place to spend time with other smart, intelligent, thinking individuals and not a place to go for time wasting inane conversation. We think that if MBers would realize they need to have something to say when they post, the MB would make a marked improvement. We would be conversing, discussing and enjoying ourselves. If you look back on the old threads, you see MBers enjoying themselves in true conversation just as if they were talking in real life.

Randomness is good, but it must be balanced with conversations with a purpose. You can have randomness, and still have order; it is the pointless comments we have a problem with. There is a difference between a random comment and a pointless comment. Too many of us have forgotten this difference, forgotten how to converse “Does anyone else hate the Red Hot Chili Peppers?” is a random comment. “OHMYGAH FIRST POST!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHEEEEE!!!!!” is a pointless comment. We feel that too many Muse bloggers have forgotten what the difference is. Pointless comments shouldn’t be posted.

We feel that a rule or suggestion banning pointless posting would make the MB much more enjoyable, for newbies and veterans alike. We would appreciate it if you posted this on it’s own thread in the Museblog so that other Musers can add their thoughts.

Sincerely,

MontgomeryGurl and elassë~adael

Step right up to receive your welcome pie and ask the old hands what’s going on around here. First, though, please read The Rules. You might also glance at The HG2MB (Hitchhiker’s Guide to MuseBlog).

Steer your fellow MBers toward your favorite parts of the blog. (Topping the list, of course, is the October “Visit These Threads!” thread.)

Ideas and suggestions for new threads and such. We haven’t had a new one of these threads since June.

Continued from Suggestion Box, v. 2006.3.

She’s around…somewhere…we think.

If you’re in some Internet Cafe in Europe, please post another message here. We miss you!

Meanwhile, any MBer who needs a big dose of Rosannity should check out the Ask the GAPAs thread that flourished on the blog back in January.

Still almost three more weeks to go…

Step right up to receive your welcome pie and ask the old hands what’s going on around here. First, though, please read The Rules. You might also glance at The HG2MB (Hitchhiker’s Guide to MuseBlog).

Steer your fellow MBers toward your favorite parts of the blog. (Topping the list, of course, is the September “Visit These Threads!” thread.)

With Rosanne touring Europe, Robert has felt the need of some help in moderating the blog. So he’s sworn in Paul Baker and Rebecca Lasley (Lady Bunniful) as co-administrators. Please welcome them in traditional MuseBlog fashion and treat them with all the awe and reverence a GAPA usually inspires.

September 27–
ATTENTION: Hostilities have broken out. Pie war advisory. Proceed with caution!

She and her husband are visiting Europe. She sent Robert this e-note:

Subject: Drat, can’t get on the blog to say bye for a while

Rosanne

Our Web host company has been having them all day. We don’t know whether they’re over yet. Sorry!
–The GAPAs

That’s right: this week, one of your GAPAs will be visiting Muse headquarters in Chicago to help cook up diabolical surprises for future issues. (His Pwt-mobile, however, will be staying home in Virginia.) Blog moderation may slow down a bit, especially at night, so be warned.

[We’ve opened this thread up to comments, because some people seemed to want them. Beats us why, but you know what softies we are. –Admin.]

Veteran MuseBloggers will now proceed to brief recent arrivals on aspects of blog culture and etiquette not covered in The Rules, the Hitchhiker’s Guide to MuseBlog (HG2MB), or the previous HG2MB thread.

Step right up to receive your welcome pie and ask the old hands what’s going on around here. First, though, please read The Rules. You might also glance at The HG2MB (Hitchhiker’s Guide to MuseBlog).

Page One of MuseBlog is just the beginning. Tell your fellow MBers what else is out there.

(You can start by visiting the last “Visit These Threads!” thread, if you like.)

Samantha Sordyl’s friend Pat Dahl has agreed to come on board the blog and talk about your ideas for a Muse movie. He works in Hollywood (in TV, but knows a lot about movies) and has read Attack of the Smart Pies.

(For those who came in late, planning and lobbying for a Muse movie is Cedar’s big project. You can read more about it at Muse Movie? and Muse Movie? Part 2.)

(At the risk of sounding self-congratulatory…) Kiki’s idea.

Aye, ’tis true: our beloved blog came into being one year ago today. We were so young then…

For whatever it’s worth, some thoughtful MBer has seen fit to designate this date as GAPA Appreciation Day. We’re not sure exactly what that entails or how it’s to be celebrated, but we’d be very surprised if airborne baked goods didn’t enter into the equation.

Step right up to receive your welcome pie and ask the old hands what’s going on around here. First, though, please read The Rules. You might also glance at The HG2MB (Hitchhiker’s Guide to MuseBlog).