Making Music
Whether you’re in band, orchestra, or chorus, or if you jam with friends in your garage, this is your thread.
Category » The Universe
Guilty Pleasures
Things that we’re embarrassed about liking, or embarrassed to admit that we like, but like anyway.
(We don’t know where this thread came from. It just seemed like a good idea.)
Hot Topics, v. 2009.5
This thread is a place for careful, clear, respectful discussions of difficult topics. It is not a place for having two-fisted no-holds-barred discussions.
MBers should be able to express their opinions without attacking others personally, and be able to listen to people who disagree with them without feeling personally attacked.
Easier said than done, of course. But MuseBlog is a good place to practice trying.
Continued from version 2009.4.
Geeky TV Shows
By overwhelming request. Here are those already listed on the Suggestion Box thread:
Good Eats: Food network
Food Network Challenge: Food network (duh!)
Iron Chef America: Food network
Modern Marvels: History Channel
Nova: PBS
How It’s Made: Discovery
Cats 101: Animal Planet
Andromeda
Doctor Who and Torchwood
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Firefly
Happy Thanksgiving 2009!
Has it really been a whole year since the last time we said that? It seems impossible, but logic tells us it must be so. Have a wonderful holiday, everybody*!
*Those living in countries that don’t celebrate American-style Thanksgiving should give it a try; it’s very nice. And Canadians have our permission (and wholehearted encouragement) to celebrate it again. It’s party time!
You Know You’re Addicted to X When You Y, v. 2009.2
An ever-popular and flourishing thread:
Chokoholics, video-game addicts, manga fiends — tell us how you know when you’ve crossed the line.
Continued from version 2009.1.
Hot Topics, v. 2009.4
This thread is a place for careful, clear, respectful discussions of difficult topics. It is not a place for having two-fisted no-holds-barred discussions.
MBers should be able to express their opinions without attacking others personally, and be able to listen to people who disagree with them without feeling personally attacked.
Easier said than done, of course. But MuseBlog is a good place to practice trying.
Continued from version 2009.3.
Our Reclusive Gardens, Part 3
This online daydream started with a comment by oxlin:
Bah. I’m sick of society. I want to go live in a shack somewhere with Teal and not pollute and eat mushrooms and herbs we gather and carrots we grow and draw and write and be happy.
For the benefit of those who weren’t around then, here is the conversation that followed, leading to the creation of the original thread: Read more »
Chess Game: Keiffer vs. Ducky — 1/2-1/2
Ready when you are! Keiffer, as White, moves first.
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Happy Birthday, Carl Sagan!
The famous astronomer and most Muserly explainer of science would have turned 75 on Monday, November 9. Happy birthday, Carl! Sixty-two revolutions on your home planet weren’t nearly enough. Our corner of the cosmos salutes you.
Attention, Chessplayers!
If you’re ever in a hopeless position and want to resign a game rather than continue playing, just hit the skull-and-crossbones button on the control bar. That’s what it’s for. It’s more polite than simply abandoning the game.
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
Chess Lesson 3 — with Lady Bunniful
GAPA Rebecca has decided to avail herself of Robert’s chess lessons. She’s not a super-confident chessplayer,* so any MBer is welcome to help her by suggesting moves and strategies.
*More precisely: complete neophyte. ~L.B.
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Chess Lesson 2 — with Tesseract
Robert is going crazy with this chess software. Tesseract, Lovely Lunegood, Adeia, Pseudonym, SudoRandom, and mas0n have all expressed interest in a lesson, in approximately that order.
Tesseract — ready to roll?
(Note: “Lesson” games are played in public. Players may comment on their own or each other’s moves; observers may ask questions, which the players may or may not answer. It’s all highly experimental.)
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Pumpkin Drop Coming Up!
Attention, MBers within driving distance of Morgantown, West Virginia: West Virginia University will hold its 22nd annual Pumpkin Drop on Friday, October 30.
What’s a Pumpkin Drop? Nancy Kangas and her son Aaron can tell you. So can Purple Panda and her family. They’ve all dropped pumpkins in previous years.
You can find more information at www . mae.cemr.wvu . edu/news/news-details.php?item=1272 .
And you can see how Pan & Co. did it right here on the blog.
Date: October 11, 2009
Categories: Non-Muse news, Nonrandom Craziness, The Universe, Things We like
The Polling Place, v. 2009.2
In which MuseBloggers gather data about that ever-popular topic, one another.
Continued from v. 2009.1.
One of Robert’s Favorite Chess Games
For your enjoyment and edification, here’s a chess game that the American chess genius Paul Morphy played against two noblemen during intermission at the Paris Opera in 1858.
Chess Lesson, with bookgirl_me
Robert has an idea for a new way to use the chess software: He’ll play a game with one MBer (at a time), trying to create interesting positions for his opponent to exploit. He’ll make comments on the action as it unfolds and will answer questions from anybody on the blog. Sound interesting? Read more »
NaNoBraSto 2009
= NaNo BrainStorming = generating ideas for NaNoWriMo = National Novel-Writing Month, which takes place in November. Someone will explain….
Date: October 1, 2009
Categories: Fiction, poetry, and fanfiction, Life, The Universe, Things We like