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Axa brought up the idea: “I always thought it’d be cool if we all took a picture of what the sky looked like outside our respective windows/houses (no scenery for the most part) but I think it’s be too much work for the GAPAs. And maybe boring? I dunno, I like stuff like that.”

Later in the conversation she added, “It sounds like windows are the window to the soul then, huh? haha. It’s definitely interesting to see things that are commonplace for someone else, how they perceive things.”

Why don’t we try it with verbal descriptions? You could even describe what you’d like to see. (But tell us about your real-world view first.)

WARNING! Will definitely contain spoilers!

To spare MBers reading the “Recent Comments” columns, please paste the following message in at the beginning of your posts:

SPOILER MUSE SPOILER SPOILER.

(Remember the period at the end. Otherwise the warning won’t conceal the comment.)

Rainbowstar, Zinc the sorceress, Hibiscus, and tangerine took over the Discovery Science Center on December 28.

Rainbowstar and Zinc

Hibiscus and tangerine

Hurricane Chamber

MuseBlog Pinwall

Raynpho sent this cheerful reminder that Valentine’s Day is about more than couples and ugly little putti. We all know it’s about HPBs. (And [insert your favorite spelling of cacao-based foodstuffs here].)

If new to the blog, good to see you! Make this thread your first stop to meet the locals, ask any questions you might have, and get initiated into the Ways of the Blog.

Please read The Rules. You might also glance at The HG2MB (Hitchhiker’s Guide to MuseBlog), which contains helpful hints regarding local customs, lingo, and other peculiarities of the blog; smiley information included.

MuseBlog Veterans: Please use this thread only to welcome newcomers as they arrive and answer questions that they ask.

Help others navigate the blog by signposting your favorite threads here, when they’ve scrolled off the main page. In the first DFTT thread of the year, we’re particularly interested in hearing about old, dormant threads that you’d like to revive.

(Note: Please include the URL (Web address) with your requests. It also helps if you limit your requests to a few at a time, four or five at the most.)

Current categories:

ADVENTURES IN THE MUSIVERSE

LIFE BEYOND THE VIRTUAL DIVIDE

SILLY FUN

DAYDREAMS

ROLE-PLAYING GAMES

RRRs and Writing

OTHER THINGS WE LIKE

USEFUL ITEMS
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Last Month’s DFTT
HG2MB v.2008.1

Comment or cast your vote on the Letter to Muse in progress on the October 2008 Muse Discussion thread.

Pan is done crunching the numbers, and here are the results: Read more »

What do you want to see on the blog, at Musery Loves Company, or anywhere else in the GAPAs’ domain? Let your voices be heard!

Continued from version 2008.2.

Continued on version 2009.2.

New year, new try. And if you’re new here, we’re happy to have you aboard. Make this thread your first stop to meet the locals, ask any questions you might have, and get initiated into the Ways of the Blog.

Please read The Rules. You might also glance at The HG2MB (Hitchhiker’s Guide to MuseBlog), which contains helpful hints regarding local customs, lingo, and other peculiarities of the blog; smiley information included.

MuseBlog Veterans: Please use this thread only for its stated purpose.

Help others navigate the blog by signposting your favorite threads here, when they’ve scrolled off the main page. In the first DFTT thread of the year, we’re particularly interested in hearing about old, dormant threads that you’d like to revive.

(Note: Please include the URL (Web address) with your requests. It also helps if you limit your requests to a few at a time, four or five at the most.)

Current categories:

ADVENTURES IN THE MUSIVERSE
Ships’ Logs (kiwimuncher)
Pie Isle (Cinnamoon)

LIFE BEYOND THE VIRTUAL DIVIDE
College/University/Higher Education (Purple Panda)
Vegetarians, Vegetarianism, Vegetables, Vegemite (MARFwarrior, Midnight Fiddler)
Urban Legends (MARFwarrior)

SILLY FUN
Coy Woodnesse (kiwimuncher)
World of Piecraft (kiwimuncher)
Polling Place (kiwimuncher)
Let’s Get Physiognomical (Armada)
Off with their Heads! (kiwimuncher)
You Know You’re Addicted to X When You Y (Syllabub)
Stupid Senseless Smiley Stories (Midnight Fiddler)
Quick Reads (Midnight Fiddler)
Round Robin Smileys (Cello-Playing Mathematician)
Ble! Newluj-No Fulst (Daisy*chain)

DAYDREAMS

ROLE-PLAYING GAMES
Bunny Apocalypse: the Next Generation (Armada)

RRRs and Writing
Sea Roc (kiwimuncher)
Etheterre (kiwimuncher)
Alchemy (kiwimuncher)
Books in Progress (kiwimuncher)

OTHER THINGS WE LIKE
History (Purple Panda, Midnight Fiddler)
Computer and Video Games (I-Man)
Song Lyrics (Midnight Fiddler)
Visual Arts (kiwimuncher)

USEFUL ITEMS
Suggestion Box
Last Month’s DFTT
HG2MB v.2008.1

Comment or cast your vote on the Letter to Muse in progress on the October 2008 Muse Discussion thread.

Oxlin’s suggestion, from an idea she found on another website, from which she copied the following rules.

1. Each person tells a true story from their own experience. (Obviously, we can’t tell if you’ve made things up. That is between you and your conscience.)
2. Keep it brief; we’re looking for vignettes and koans, not epics
3. Each story has to be linked to a previous anecdote by some shared concept, some common theme or element.
4. Cite the element you’ve used as a link. Try to go for solid links: physical objects, specific words (punning encouraged).
5. This is a multi-stranded string of pearls. A single story can spawn more than one successor, and an anecdote can combine more than one antecedent.
6. Poetry is, of course, encouraged
7. Do I need to mention that this is a non-political thread? If your story is political, try not to make it partisan.

Lady Bunniful’s latest creations. Check ’em out!

Place your presents under or on the gift tree for the Secret Gift Exchange.

Note: this thread is only for posting anonymous gifts. All other comments or discussion should be on the Holiday Party thread. When it’s time to reveal the contents, they will be posted here as well.

Post anonymously. (No need for a fancy alias, “Gift” would be sufficient. Items can be referred to elsewhere by comment number. Do make sure you remember which one is yours.)

Describe the outside appearance of your gift. (Wrapping paper, size, general shape, what it sounds like when shaken…however you’d like to describe it.)

Suggestion: for your own reference, find somewhere safe to keep a copy of your posted description along with the comment number when it appears and a description of the actual gift. That way you won’t risk forgetting what you gave.

Attention, MuseBloggers!

I had to make quite a few alterations in order for the signatures to show up properly on a dark background, so I wanted to give everyone a chance to review them before I upload the graphic to CaféPress. Please check out the Sneak Preview to see how yours looks.

Thanks,
Rebecca

bookgirl invented this game, which she describes as follows:

One player states a quote from a blogger (who’s been blogging for at least 1 month). The blogger who guesses it first gets 1 MBSBB point (=Muse Blog’s “Big Brother”). The player who answered the question gets the next to ask the next one. The quotes have to give you a clue as to where they’ve been said (only active threads) and are not allowed to come from alter egos or masked balls e.t.c. . If a question isn’t answered in a week, we go to the next one.

Anybody game ?

If you’re new to MuseBlog, we’re happy to have you aboard. Make this thread your first stop to meet the locals, ask any questions you might have, and get your hearty greeting pie.

Please read The Rules. You might also glance at The HG2MB (Hitchhiker’s Guide to MuseBlog), which contains helpful hints regarding local customs, lingo, and other peculiarities of the blog; smiley information included.

If you’re new on the blog, just plunge on in. People here are friendly, and you’ll be fine.

Reading The Rules and The HG2MB (Hitchhiker’s Guide to MuseBlog) will help you get oriented, and the GAPAs (Great and Powerful Administrators) will be glad to advise you.

Once upon a time, MuseBlog had special threads for welcoming new bloggers (known impressively as “neophytes”). But between new arrivals the threads filled up with irrelevant chatter, and then MuseBloggers forgot how to spell “neophytes,” and the whole thing proved unworkable and fell apart. So now any thread will do — just pick one that strikes your fancy, and start posting. We’ll be happy to see you.

–The Management

Help others navigate the blog by signposting your favorite threads here, when they’ve scrolled off the main page. As always, we start this thread anew from scratch every month.

(Note: Please include the URL (Web address) with your requests. It also helps if you limit your requests to a few at a time, four or five at the most.)

Current categories:

ADVENTURES IN THE MUSIVERSE
Pie Isle (IBCF, Cinnamoon, Zinc)
Ships’ Logs (kiwimuncher)

LIFE BEYOND THE VIRTUAL DIVIDE
History (Vendaval)
College/University/Higher Education (axa)
Vegetarians, Vegetarianism, Vegetables, and Vegemite (Midnight Fiddler)

SILLY FUN
Off With Their Heads! (IBCF, Zinc)
Round Robin Smileys (Koko’s Apprentice)
Alter Egos (Koko’s Apprentice, kiwimuncher, Zinc)
Coy Woodnesse (kiwimuncher, Zinc)
World of Piecraft (kiwimuncher, Zinc)
Polling Place (kiwimuncher, Zinc)
Stupid Senseless Smiley Stories (Midnight Fiddler)

DAYDREAMS
Our Reclusive Gardens (kiwimuncher, Zinc)
Wungs (Zinc)

ROLE-PLAYING GAMES
RPG Alternative ([Steampunk Jungle] (Koko’s Apprentice, Zinc)
BA:TNG (Armada, Zinc)

WRITING – RRRs
Sea Roc (kiwimuncher)
Etheterre (kiwimuncher)
Alchemy (kiwimuncher)

WRITING – ASSORTED OTHER

OTHER THINGS WE LIKE
Chess [v. 4] (Syllabub)
Books and Reading (Syllabub, kiwimuncher, Zinc)
Cooking and Food (Tetrahydrofuran (THF))

USEFUL ITEMS
Suggestion Box
Last Month’s DFTT
HG2MB v.2008.1

Comment or cast your vote on the Letter to Muse in progress on the October 2008 Muse Discussion thread.

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We thought we’d let you take a look at the designs before we upload the final artwork to CaféPress. There are 50 names in all — 46 MBers and 4 GAPAs — the most we’ve had so far. Click on the image to see a larger version.

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NOTE: Some of the signatures needed tweaking for technical reasons, mostly so the names would show up when printed. In most cases the modifications were minor, simply a thickening of letters, but a (very) few required more invasive surgery. If yours is one of those and you’re not happy with the result, please let us know. We’ll see what can be done.

Spare the other threads; post your experiments here.

Continued from 2008.2.

The Holiday Reform discussion has inspired us to declare 2009 The Year of Random Celebrations. The name of each monthly random thread (along with its title graphics) will commemorate a subject worthy of Muserly honor. For example, we expect there will be some form of Pastry Appreciation Month.

Nominations are welcome.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: Friday, November 21, 2008*

Further information about creating and sending signatures can be found on the previous thread.

*By that we mean, if your signature is in the Inbox when we wake up the morning of the 22nd, you’re in. For snail mail participants, we’ll accept them if postmarked by the 21st, but let us know to expect it.

Signatures we’ve received:

Adeia
Agrrrfishi
AJAR
Armada
AthenianPsycho
Beavo
Bookworm
Brendan
Cinnamoon
Cliff Eagle
earthgirl
Eccentric the Afterthought
Gimanator
groundhog22
IBCF
Kagcomix
Kari
kiwimuncher
Kokonilly
LadyG
Leafygreen
Logogeo96
Luna the Lovely
marfwarrior
Midnight Fiddler
Nora the Violist
Piggy
Purple Panda
Queen Francois
Raynpho
Red-tailed HAWK
speller73
Syllabub
Tesseract
The Guy Your Parents Warned You About
TNÖ
Vendaval
Zinc the sorceress
ZVX

The following have requested we use their previous signature unless they change their minds:

Alice
Cat’s Meow
Jadestone
Kiki the Great
oxlin
Taiwan Hippo Fan

Waiting for:

AvalonGirl
the mole

Many, though not all, of the signatures can be seen in one of my Photobucket albums. It’s not a public album, but guests should be able to log in with the following password: woodnesse

New to MuseBlog? Then stop right in at this thread, and friendly bloggers will welcome you warmly with pies (or coolly, if refrigerated pies are in stock today) and help you find your way around. Don’t bother to duck; they never miss.

Please read The Rules. You might also glance at The HG2MB (Hitchhiker’s Guide to MuseBlog), which contains helpful hints regarding local customs, lingo, and other peculiarities of the blog; smiley information included.

Help others navigate the blog by signposting your favorite threads here, when they’ve scrolled off the main page. As always, we start this thread anew from scratch every month.

(Note: Please include the URL (Web address) with your requests. It also helps if you limit your requests to a few at a time, four or five at the most.)

Current categories:

ADVENTURES IN THE MUSIVERSE
Chronicles of Museica (badrang)

LIFE BEYOND THE VIRTUAL DIVIDE
College/University/Higher Education (Axa)
Vegetarians, Vegetarianism, Vegetables, and Vegemite (Midnight Fiddler)
Just Friends (Zinc)

SILLY FUN
Stupid Senseless Smiley Stories [SSSS] (Midnight Fiddler)
Coy Woodnesse (kiwimuncher)
Round Robin Smileys (Koko’s Apprentice, Zinc)

DAYDREAMS
Our Reclusive Gardens (kiwimuncher, Zinc)
Wungs (Zinc)

ROLE-PLAYING GAMES
Bunny Apocalypse: The Next Generation (Armada, Zinc)
RPG Alternative (Steampunk Jungle) (Koko’s Apprentice, Zinc)
Muse Academy (Zinc)

WRITING – RRRs
Sea Roc (kiwimuncher)

WRITING – ASSORTED OTHER

OTHER THINGS WE LIKE
Visual Arts (Purple Panda)
History (Purple Panda)
Song Lyrics (Syllabub, Midnight Fiddler, Zinc)
Cooking and Food (Taiwan Hippo Fan)
Harry Potter Trivia-Off (Luna the Lovely)
Lord of the Rings (LadyG)
Monty Python (Zinc)
Dreams (Zinc)

USEFUL ITEMS
Suggestion Box
Last Month’s DFTT
HG2MB v.2008.1

Comment or cast your vote on the Letter to Muse in progress on the October 2008 Muse Discussion thread.

The festive Halloweeny colors on the blog are just temporary. Enjoy them, and don’t worry…

…or do! MWAHAHAHAHAhahahahaha…..