By happy coincidence, both were born on July 31. (H. P. = 1980; J. K. R. = 1965.) Celebrations may be held on the Harry Potter, Summer 2007 thread.
Category: The Universe
Books and Reading, Part 5
At this rate, it won’t be long before we’re on part 3,105.
Continued from Books and Reading, Part 4.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — SPOILERS ALLOWED
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.
D.C. Kokonvention — Latest Lineup
Here’s the list of people who have said they are coming. NOTE: Quintessentia and Lady Visala, we still haven’t heard from your parents.
Friday, August 10
Julieb
curious and questioning
Shadowkat
Lady Visala of Reverie
Midnight Fiddler
Quintessentia
Capricious and her brother
Green Qween
Red-tailed HAWK
Purple Panda & Taiwan Hippo Fan
Glassboro
Wednesday, August 15
kt the gr8
Quintessentia
Green Qween
Red-tailed HAWK
NEW! Ebeth and her brother
Harry Potter, Summer 2007
Movie 5 is out, Book 7 is coming up — what’s not to talk about? NO SPOILERS from the book, please.
Happy Friday the Thirteenth!
Ooo, scary.
Hot Topics, v. 2007.6
For discussions that need to be handled with extra care. NO FLAMING. We’re not going to say “please” this time.
Continued from Hot Topics, v. 2007.5.
Kokonvention Alert
We still haven’t heard from parents of the following declared Kokonventioneers:
curious and questioning
Lady Visala of Reverie
Quintessentia
Glassboro
Please have them e-mail us as soon as possible (gapa-at-musefanpage-dot-com). Make sure they mention your blog names, so we’ll know who belongs to whom.
Thanks!
Publishing and Getting Published
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a writer, having written, wants to be read. A lot of MBers are thinking about this topic a lot. Here’s a place to talk about it.
Applying to Colleges and Such
Self-explanatory, and requested by Sweet Melpomene.
Kokonvention Kountdown, Part 1
The Washington, D.C., Kokonventions are coming up next month. Check here for news and announcements.
[Kokontinued above.]
The Washington, D.C., Kokonventions are coming up next month. Check here for news and announcements.
Latest roster:
Friday, August 10
Julieb
curious and questioning
Shadowkat
Lady Visala of Reverie
Midnight Fiddler
Quintessentia
Capricious
Green Qween
Red-tailed HAWK
Purple Panda & Taiwan Hippo Fan
Glassboro
Wednesday, August 15
kt the gr8
Quintessentia
Green Qween
Red-tailed HAWK
Ebeth and her brother
Visual Arts, v. 2007.1
Vixen in the Eyes of the Moon requested “a place, perhaps, where we poor MBs who aren’t incredibally gifted in music, and perhaps some who are, can talk about our art.”
(We had another Visual Arts thread last year.)
Music, v. 2007.3
Requested by jammin j, who describes it as “a new journey into the art and tastes that we all share–music.” Bon voyage!
Happy Half-Year Day!
As of today (Monday, July 2), we are halfway through 2007. No, it’s not an official holiday, but any excuse for a party, we say.
July ’07 Incredible Morphing Chameleon Thread
Philosophy and Ethics
Requested by niugnep.
Our Friends of Fur, Feather, and Fin (and assorted others)
There’s been a clamor for a dog thread, a cat and dog thread . . . well, we know where that can lead. Besides, we like all kinds of animals and MBers have an assortment of pets, so why stop there?
(We could have been consistent and called this Pets 2007.1, since there was a Pets thread in 2006, but we felt the urge to alliterate. And we’re simply not all that consistent. Anyway, there’s no need to restrict the discussion to pets, so a different title makes sense after all.)
Poems & Songs, v. 2007.2
Lines poetical and lyrical by the bards of the blog. Continued from 2007.1.
P. G. Wodehouse
By overwhelming popular request, a thread for fans of the ultimate summer reading.
Happy Birthday, Sir Paul McCartney!
Bet he never thought he’d be a knight.
He’s 65 years old today (June 18). Do we still need him, will we still feed him, now that he’s no longer 64?
Random Factoids, v. 2007.2
“Shirt” and “skirt” both derive from the same word. If that’s not sufficiently random, you’re certain to find something suitable on this thread. Continued from v. 2007.1.
Happy 142nd Birthday, William Butler Yeats!
The Irish poet (1865-1939) was born on June 13. Below, one of his cat poems.
The Cat And The Moon
William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats
The cat went here and there
And the moon spun round like a top,
And the nearest kin of the moon,
The creeping cat, looked up.
Black Minnaloushe stared at the moon,
For, wander and wail as he would,
The pure cold light in the sky
Troubled his animal blood.
Minnaloushe runs in the grass
Lifting his delicate feet.
Do you dance, Minnaloushe, do you dance?
When two close kindred meet.
What better than call a dance?
Maybe the moon may learn,
Tired of that courtly fashion,
A new dance turn.
Minnaloushe creeps through the grass
From moonlit place to place,
The sacred moon overhead
Has taken a new phase.
Does Minnaloushe know that his pupils
Will pass from change to change,
And that from round to crescent,
From crescent to round they range?
Minnaloushe creeps through the grass
Alone, important and wise,
And lifts to the changing moon
His changing eyes.
Song Lyrics, Part 2
Still blowing through the jasmine in our minds.
Hot Topics, v. 2007.5
For discussions that need to be handled with care. No flaming, please.
Continued from v. 2007.4.
The Polling Place, v. 2007.2
More questions, more answers about that perpetually fascinating topic: MuseBloggers.
Continued from version 2007.1.