Attention, Laggardly Chessplayers!

Please keep your games moving. If you think you’re doomed and there’s no point in continuing, you can always hit the skull-and-crossbones button to resign. Otherwise, please think about your next move, make it, and let your opponent make ens next move.

(It wouldn’t hurt to add a comment letting your opponent know that you’ve moved.)

Boston/Cambridge Kokonvention, March 13, 2010

It starts at 11:30 a.m. blog time (12:30 Boston time). No doubt the Kokonventioneers will find a way to report in during the proceedings; in any case, we’re sure to hear from them eventually.
 
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Defining MuseBlog (Since 2005)

Define the undefinable, you say? We wouldn’t be Muserly if we didn’t try from time to time. Below the fold, a compendium of quips in quest of the MuseBlog quintessence, a celebration of those moments when je ne sais quoi almost spake its name.

[This thread inspired by Princess_Magnolia’s comment about KaiYves’s sketch: “I have to admit I’ve never ever thought about ‘personified space stations’ before. You have officially brought a whole new dimension to my thinking.]

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Attention, Would-Be North Carolina Kokonventioneers!

Two parents (Koppar’s and Tesseract’s) have reported in, and we are putting them in touch with each other to plan the Kokon.

Are any others still missing? (Ahoy, kiwimuncher!) If so, please have them write to the GAPAs (gapa @ musefanpage.com) soon.

Thank you, MuseBlog!

…for all the lovely birthday wishes, pies, hugs, chocolate HPBs, and sundry presents virtual and/or invisible. You really made my day! As you so often do. Indeed, I feel sorry for adults who don’t have the chance to be GAPAs.

As long as I’m at it, let me add how much I appreciate your many comments about my graphics. There are few pleasures more satisfying than to make art for people who enjoy it with the same spirit in which it was created. As far as I’m concerned, you are the real Muses (but please don’t tell the others, I do need their continued cooperation).

Now before I become impossibly and irretrievably sappy, I can add only this :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: :arrow:

As ever, yours faithfully,

Rebecca, Lady Bunniful

January 2010 “Happy Birthday!” Thread

Known Muser birthdays and 5K Days this month*:

01-01 Jadestone’s birthday (1992 – cerulean or green)
01-01 Elias Eiholzer-Silver’s birthday (1991 – no color, but loud heavy metal music)
01-02 BlackBird’s birthday (1999)
01-03 SilverLeopard’s birthday (1998)
01-03 Rebecca Lasley’s birthday
01-04 ZVX’s (or ☮iŹ√Ҳ!☮’s) birthday (year? – black)
01-05 Alyss (the green one)’s birthday (1994 – green)
01-12 Faye Beauchamp’s birthday (1989)
01-13 penguini’s birthday (1993 – light blue-green)
01-21 JJjetplane-girl and Thanks For All The Fish42 are 5,000 days old
01-23 Kittymine’s birthday
01-23 Alice turns 6,000 days old
01-26 Glassboro’s birthday (1995)
01-29 Sunrunner Bramblewood turns 6,000 days old
01-30 The Skipper Nancy’s birthday (1992 – yellow or sea-green)
01-31 Dandelions Are Wildflowers’ (::DAW::’s) birthday (1992)
01-31 Birthday of greekgurl the Latin speakin geek freak! (1994 – rainbow)

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between April 25 and May 25, 1996.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between July 30 and August 29, 1993.
You turn 7,000 days old this month if you were born between November 3 and December, 1990.

*Note: Listed MBers who have been inactive for several months won’t appear on next year’s birthday calendar unless they show up again.

New Signature Items Now Available

They’re up! Check them out at Muse-ry Loves Company. The main section contains items with the signature design only. The sub-sections have other designs on the front and signatures on the back. If you have specific requests let us know. Unfortunately, dark t-shirts cannot be printed on the back, so two-sided items are available only in light colors.

Chess Game Concludes! Results

The Chess Eterna-ment deserves its name, but once in a while a game does end.

So far, six games of normal chess (as opposed to Capablanca or Turbo chess) have been played to completion on the blog. The results so far:

Regular Chess
bookgirl_me > mason
Ducky > Kiga
Purple Panda > TMFA
Piggy > RoseQuartz
Jakob Wonkychair > Tesseract

Capablanca Chess
bookgirl_me > POSOC
cromwell > Enceladus

Turbo Chess
bookgirl > Jakob Wonkychair