Sunday, 20 April 2025
Life, the universe, pies, hot-pink bunnies, world domination, and everything
In one of her letters she wrote:
If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. These are the only ways I know it. Is there any other way?
You pretty much have to celebrate the birthday of someone who feels like that.
It’s amazing that we’ve never had a thread on this topic before. Requested by Syllabub.
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Current topic: Snow, and things to do in/with it
Holiday “wish” lists
Date: December 1, 2008
Categories: At the Top of the Blog, Ideas, Life, Nonrandom Craziness, The Universe, Things We like
Known Muser birthdays and 5K Days this month*:
12-17 Unintended Pun’s birthday (1992 – color?)
12-30 Zyviva’s birthday
12-30 Purplefinch’s birthday (purple?)
12-08 Taiwan Hippo Fan is 5,000 days old
12-08 Gaia Fawkstar (or whoever he is now) is 5,000 days old
12-14 Beavo is 5,000 days old
12-21 La Mort is 6,000 days old
12-24 Phoenix is 6,000 days old
12-27 Queen of Mercury is 5,000 days old
12-30 speller73 is 5,000 days old
12-30 Amelia Peabody (Chintsu) is 6,000 days old
You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between March 26 and April 25, 1995.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between June 29 and July 29, 1992.
*Note: Listed MBers who have been inactive for several months won’t appear on next year’s birthday calendar unless they show up again.
With Halloween just past and a cluster of holidays (starting with Veterans’/Remembrance Day) coming up, now is a good time to think about which ones are worthwhile and how the others might be improved.
Thanksgiving and Halloween seem solidly popular and well programmed. But what are we supposed to do on Presidents’ Day? Or Flag Day? Or Columbus Day, for that matter? Should we cross them off the calendar, or figure out ways to make them more meaningful and/or fun? Likewise, what new holidays should be added, and which now-obscure holidays deserve to be more widely celebrated? We’re sure Musers will have plenty of ideas.
The planetary scientist and space guru would have been 78 years old today.
We think the discussion deserves a new chapter (and a location other than the Random Thread).
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Current topic: Puzzles and riddles
Date: November 1, 2008
Categories: At the Top of the Blog, Ideas, Life, Nonrandom Craziness, The Universe, Things We like
11-09 Phoebe’s birthday (1993)
11-12 lifewithoutanipod’s birthday (1993 – black or very dark green)
11-16 Kiwimuncher’s birthday (19__? – green)
11-18 Cello-Playing Mathematician birthday (1993 – violet)
11-24 peary moppins’s birthday (1997 – blue)
11-26 kt the gr8’s birthday (year? – green)
11-27 Purple Panda’s birthday (1991 – purple)
11-27 Birthday of Vixen in the Eyes of the Moon (1992 – ruby red)
11-27 curious and questioning’s birthday (1993 – green)
11-27 Cinnamon Moon’s birthday (1994 – yellow)
You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between February 24 and March 25, 1995.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between May 30 and June 28, 1992.
*Note: Listed MBers who have been inactive for several months won’t appear on next year’s birthday calendar unless they show up again.
November is National Novel Writing Month. If you don’t know what that is, you haven’t been here very long.
Good luck, novelists! May the Muses guide you.
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.
Where would you rather be right now?
Continued from Part One.
Ask questions; find out about one another; repeat ad infinitum.
Continued from v. 2008.2.
Date: October 18, 2008
Categories: Life, Nonrandom Craziness, The Universe, Things We like
Here’s the conversation from the Welcome thread:
152. ⚡☽Luna the Lovely☾⚡ (7 Potterpoints!) | October 11th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
150, 151–i understand you guys aren’t fond of Palin for whatever reasons, but as governor, at least, she really hasn’t been bad. Overall, she has been a pretty good governor. Admittedly, I don’t know that she would make a good VP–I don’t really think she has any national experience to speak of. But as far as AK goes, she really hasn’t been a bad governor.
153. Armada (17 piepoints) | October 11th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
152-You have a point. But she’s a Republican. I don’t think we need all that much of an additional reason to not like her.
Hey, you’re eighteen, aren’t you? Who’re you voting for? Sorry, maybe that’s too personal a question, but you’re a Democrat, aren’t you?
Now that I’ve said this, you’re probably seventeen. What the heck. Sorry.
This discussion should probably move to the Hot Topics thread.
154. ⚡☽Luna the Lovely☾⚡ (7 Potterpoints!) | October 11th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
153–Yes, I’m 18. As far as whom I’m voting for, and whether I’m a Democrat….well, to the latter, I really don’t know what I would classify as. I honestly don’t really think of myself in terms of Republican/Democrat, when I registered to vote, I registered as undeclared, although undecided might have been closer to the truth. My family is definitely Republican (not that they wouldn’t ever vote for a Democrat, but they tend to be pro-Republican)….
Honestly, I don’t like either of the candidates. However, from what I’ve heard (admittedly, mainly from my parents/sister/grandmother) McCain seems like the lesser of two evils. But like I said, I don’t think I like either. But I will probably end up voting for McCain. *dodges rocks thrown by the bulk of MBers* Sorry, I know most (many) of you are democratic leaning, but…..
As far as disliking Palin just because she’s a republican, well to me that seems just as bad as the people who completely dislike/will never vote for someone just because they’re democratic. For me, I think it would be more based on individual policies, rather than solely on a person’s political leanings. but, to each one’s own.
Sorry, luv, I know that’s probably not the answer you were hoping for.
155. YodaShmoda | October 11th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
154- i sooo agree with you. i’ve kinda been thinking that maybe McCain might be a bit better but just for like one term. of course i cant vote so that’s just an opinion that will never be voiced.
which reminds me… has anyone seen the play VOTE? i watched it with my QuEST group (don’t ask) it was really good, somtimes it was sorat chessey but mainly it talked about how important it is to vote. The girl gets sent bact to during the Reveloutionary times when no one votes then to the womans sufferage when woman couldn’t vote then to MLK times when technicaly blacks could vote but people made it hard for them to do so and then to the Vietnam war era when 18 year olds wre sent to war without a choie and they couldn’t even voice their opinions about the war because they vote, but so anyways it was really really really good.
but if i could vote i would vote for Kokopelli!
156. YodaShmoda | October 11th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
can i start by saying that sorry bout the last post and the many spelling erroers and that i meant in the theird to last line “they couldn’t even voice their opinions about the war because they couldn’t vote†pay most attention the the added couldn’t.
and also i have a neopyteish question. Is there a poetry thread? and if so how do i find it?
157. Armada (17 piepoints) | October 11th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
154-Oh. Hmph. I suppose that’s true (about Palin), but how is McCain the lesser of two evils? If I was undecided, I would probably vote for Obama, because he’s more concerned about the enviroment (that’s what I’ve heard, anyway), and– you’re probably going to not agree with me on this– he’s black. I know you’re probably going to give me a lecture about how it’s not a good idea to vote for someone based on what gender or color they are, but, since I’m democratically inclined anyway, I think it’s awesome that there’s finally a black candidate running.
Though, if Hilary hadn’t lost, I would have been torn.
Not that my opinion matters anyway. Yet, that is.
*coughcoughhottopicthreadNOWcough*
158. YodaShmoda | October 11th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
can i start by saying that sorry bout the last post and the many spelling erroers and that i meant in the theird to last line “they couldn’t even voice their opinions about the war because they couldn’t vote†pay most attention the the added couldn’t.
159. The Man For Aeiou | October 11th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
154- She sounds more idiotic then Bush
Canadian Thanksgiving is on Monday, October 13. Thanksgiving in the United States doesn’t come until November 27.
Requested by Kagcomix, who (naturally enough) lives in Canada.
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Current topic: Factoids
Children’s TV shows
Date: October 1, 2008
Categories: At the Top of the Blog, Life, The Universe, Things We like
Known Muser birthdays this month:*
10-01 Kiki the Great’s birthday (1995 – bright purple)
10-06 Leafygreen’s birthday (1997)
10-07 TOPFOT’s birthday (1992)
10-07 HMOTT’s birthday (19?? – light green)
10-08 nerdz__r00l’s birthday (1995 – light green)
10-09 Gimanator’s birthday (1993 – purple)
10-11 E2MB’s birthday (1994 – green)
10-12 Ebeth’s birthday (1991 – blue or octarine)
10-13 Paul Baker’s birthday
10-14 Isabella’s birthday (1994 – deep, pensive indigo, or whatever)
10-16 Bannaya’s birthday (1996)
10-16 astronomerrox’s birthday (1993 – blue)
10-16 Kagcomix’s birthday (1993 – green)
10-18 cilroxmysox’s birthday (1994 – orange)
10-20 Dark Lord of Darkness’s birthday (1993 – yellow, red, black, or purple)
10-23 kokopelli #13’s birthday (1992 – camouflage)
10-24 hotstuff trinity’s birthday (1992 – lime green)
10-25 Red-tailed HAWK’s birthday (1994 – blue)
10-26 Calla Lily’s birthday (19?? – )
10-29 Eccentric the Afterthought’s birthday (1990 – black and/or dark red)
You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between January 24 and February 23, 1995.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between April 29 and May 29, 1992.
10-20 Midnight Fiddler is 6,000 days old
*Note: Listed MBers who have been inactive for several months won’t appear on next year’s birthday calendar unless they show up again.
This year ’tis on Friday, September 19, me buckos! Let’s hear yer plans and yARRRns!
Known Muser birthdays this month:*
09-02 Der Wachtelschlag’s/Queen Julietaini’s birthday (1993 – orange)
09-02 Loupgarou’s birthday (1991 – blue, purple, or green)
09-09 jammin j’s birthday (1993 – green)
09-15 The Man For Aeiou’s birthday (1995 – Muse Shirts)
09-17 rachael’s birthday (1993 – yellow)
09-17 eragon’s birthday (1997 – blue/rainbow)
09-18 Sweet Melpomene’s birthday (1990 – black-and-white)
09-19 The Bookworm’s birthday (1995 – green, purple, blue, silver)
09-19 marfwarrior’s birthday (1995 – green, with multicolored flecks)
09-24 Zinc the Sorceress’s birthday (1997 – any green except vomit)
09-25 Lioness’s birthday (1995)
09-28 Dracasting’s birthday (1993 – green or purple)
You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between December 25, 1994 and January 23, 1995.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between March 30 and April 28, 1992.
*Note: Listed MBers who have been inactive for several months won’t appear on next year’s birthday calendar unless they show up again.
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Current topic: Travel
Gardens