Category: Life

July 2007 “Happy Birthday” Thread

Getting a jump on July…

Known Muser Birthdays this Month:

07-04 Momothebrainlesspig’s birthday (1993 – purple)
07-05 Koko du Pelle’s birthday (1996 – purple)
07-07 TNÖ’s birthday (1993 – green)
07-09 Lizzie’s birthday (1991)
07-13 Emogrl’s birthday (1989 – black)
07-14 Penguin’s birthday (1994 – color=?)
07-17 agagabagabag’s birthday (1994 – purple)
07-18 PurplishGlass’s birthday (1990 – turquoise)
07-18 Fortune Cell’s birthday (1992 – red)
07-19 Traggle’s birthday (19?? – color=?)
07-22 Phoenix’s birthday (1992 – octarine)
07-25 Evie’s birthday (1995)
07-26 Agrrrfishi’s birthday (1994 – pink, black, and violet, with a touch of green)
07-28 Anata~ChinTsu’s birthday (1992 – charcoal)
07-31 killerchipmunk’s birthday (1992 – blue or dark bluish purple)

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between October 23 and November 22, 1993.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between January 27 and February 26, 1991.

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

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.

June 2007 “Happy Birthday!” Thread

Known Muser Birthdays this Month (as always, we’re not sure all of these folks are still active):

06-04 Donaldo the supercoolio awesome nerd’s birthday (1994 – color?)
06-05 Potato Chip’s birthday (1994)
06-06 Ninja for Christ’s birthday (19?? – color=?)
06-06 Romana2’s birthday
06-11 yesterdays_kinked_moose’s birthday (1992)
06-13 King george the stroodle’s birthday (1992)
06-20 Kricket’s birthday (1993 – light blue, electric green, pastel purple, or tie-dye)
06-29 Brave Sir Robin’s birthday (1993 – tie-dye)

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between September 23 and October 22, 1993.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between December 28, 1990, and January 26, 1991.

Script Frenzy Begins!

NaNoWriMo’s new sibling debuts today. The challenge: write a 20,000-word script or screenplay in 30 days. So far, 6 6 11 MBers (+ 1 GAPA) have signed on. Here’s where you can celebrate, commiserate, advise, or procrastinate. More information inside.

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 ’07 Incredible Morphing Chameleon Thread

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

Evolution, v. 2007.2

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.