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Here are images of Alice‘s sheep.

Elizabeth‘s photos are below, posted in comment #31.
Also, see kt the gr8‘s artwork at comment #23.

NaNoWriMo’s new sibling debuts today. The challenge: write a 20,000-word script or screenplay in 30 days. So far, 6 10 11 MBers (+ 1 GAPA) have signed on. Others who want to participate, go to scriptfrenzy.org for details.

MB Participants:
Alice
biblioRose
Capricious the Great and Terrible
Ebeth [Whatever Her Current Title Is]
grnqween2011
pen,/ta/to’/nikk (adj)
purplefinch
Purple Panda
Sweet Melpomene
Taiwan Hippo Fan
Zyka
Lady Bunniful

So, Frenzyers, what are you writing about? What are your strategies? Come celebrate, commiserate, advise, or procrastinate. Most of all, have fun!

June 2007 edition, Part 1.

Also known as a “not-so-random discussion thread,” This forum tries to stay on topic longer than the random threads do. Newcomers should read The Rules and The Guide before plunging in.

Current topic: Ways to make people think you’re insane
Victorians, the Victorian era, and Victorianism
your dream job

emmatheduck is in it. How’s it going, Emma?

Still going strong. Continued from version 2007.1.

A place to discuss how things started: life, the universe, or anything. Both scientific and nonscientific musings are welcome. (Remember, Genesis means “beginning.”)

Several MBers say they’d like to discuss evolutionary ideas about the history of life and how organisms have changed over time. That’s what this thread is for.

No heckling, please; let’s try to keep things peaceful this time. Also, please avoid off-topic posts. If you want to talk about topics that evolution does not cover, such as the Big Bang theory, the origin of life, or supernatural ideas beyond the reach of science, please go to the Origins and Beginnings thread.

The creator of Sherlock Holmes was born 148 years ago today (Friday, May 25).

The GAPAs have been conferring amongst themselves. In typically all-embracing GAPA style, we’ve decided to hold two Kokonventions: a big one on August 15, and a smaller one on August 10 for those who can’t make the other one.

We’re still working on a program of events for each. Right now, the main difference is the August 10 will have three GAPAs present (Rosanne, Robert, and Rebecca), whereas August 15 will have just two (no Rosanne, alas).

So… roll call, please. Who’s still interested?

Here’s the current list:

Friday, August 10
Julieb
curious and questioning
Shadowkat
Lady Visala of Reverie
Midnight Fiddler

Wednesday, August 15
kt the gr8
Glassboro

Both Dates (?!?)
Quintessentia
Capricious
Green Qween
Red-tailed HAWK
Purple Panda & Taiwan Hippo Fan

Not Sure Which, but Interested

West Coast MBers Yearning for a Kokonvention of Their Own
E2MB
Alice
emmatheduck

In a hammock, on the beach, or just sprawled out on a couch. What’s on your list?

It’s almost here! How are you going to spend it?

Em’s description:

I was going to send these awhile ago, but I never got around to it. The
first picture is from my trip to Germany, and there is a rather lengthy
story behind it.

*Ahem*

Long Long ago, when you weren’t even born, and we had to walk 2 miles
every day in the snow just to get to school,(Where did we live, anyway,
Alaska?) a lovely person named Paul Baker (You may have heard of him)
wrote an article for Muse Magazine on the subject of those lovely little
carvings in cathedrals on the roof bosses and miserychords and such. When
Em went to France and Germany this past winter holiday, she entered many a
cathedral and church, these being the major points of culture in Europe.
(Aside from beer and outdoor cafes, of course) Keeping in mind the afore
mentioned article, she spent most of her time staring at the ceiling.
(Tourists don’t really have enough time to request special tours of the
choir lofts) Finally, in Germany, (The people in Paris had much better
taste than this) she came across several green men (see aforementioned
article) and took some photos of them.

Yes, it is quite a lovely story, Isn’t it? The second picture is my
much-improved Hpb pic (You may remember the first one) and I threw it in
simply for kicks. Please show the lovely Green man to the MBers!
Otherwise, what was the point of me spending so long looking for it?
(Okay, so I had to go in the churches anyway)

Words & names you ♥ or just want to talk about. Hey, is ♥ a word?

We’re not sure whether anyone on the blog gets the New York Times, but there was a Muse connection in last Sunday’s book-review section. You can see it here.

And speaking of reviews, did anyone see Pollyhymnia’s review of the upcoming Nancy Drew movie?

(Pollyhymnia, a.k.a. Polly Shulman, is a Y.A. writer and reviewer who pops up on MuseBlog occasionally. We’ve had a series of threads about her novel, Enthusiasm.)

Another popular homework replacement, fastershorter than National Novel-Writing Month but equally enticing to MBers.

Requested by Shadowkat, who said: “What, no Mothers’ Day thread? Sheesh, they are so underappreciated.”

Always among our favorite things.

Continued from Books and Reading, Part 3, of course.

Oh, why not?

The history of this thread is a bit tangled, as is the numbering of previous MM threads. To see what has already been posted, go to

www.musefanpage.com/blog/?p=171 [Never mind.]
www.musefanpage.com/blog/?p=205
www.musefanpage.com/blog/?p=383
www.musefanpage.com/blog/?p=450
www.musefanpage.com/blog/?p=545

By extremely popular request.

Requested by Liesolotte: “things that are said way too much, and plotlines that are strikingly predictable.”

The random thread is being overrun with posts in Spanish. Move them aquí, por favor.

An all-new topic, requested by purplefinch. All types: ballet, contradancing, Morris dancing — whatever you do or like.

It’s incredible, it morphs, it’s chameleon-like — and yet for some reason we can’t go back to calling it the “incredible morphing chameleon thread.”

This forum tries to stay on topic longer than the random threads do. Newcomers should read The Rules and The Guide before plunging in.

Current topic: Games/Pastimes: Conkers for starters, but the discussion is bound to move on soon
Families
Disappearing bees
Historical restoration and re-enactment
Philosophy

Requested by Capricious, to popular acclaim:

Can we have a “Titles, labels and nicknames thread?” for what people call you, are you a nerd? A jock? A Sue short for Susan? Or just… You? DD

Robert says:

I’ve had a request by e-mail for a more organized and, well, educational program for a D.C. Kokonvention. So far, all I’d been planning to do was a quickish tour of my magazine (Science). But I can add other things if there’s a demand for them. I have other science-writer friends who can give tours, and of course there are loads of museums and things in Washington. I’d need a bit of advance notice, though, and it probably wouldn’t be worth planning anything for a group of fewer than four people.

So assuming something is going to happen this summer, when will it happen, and who is likely to be there?