Post-Valentine’s Candy Sale

Rebecca Lasley didn’t finish this picture in time to post it for Valentine’s Day, but it’s too good to hold until next year. (Warning to those with dialup modems: it’s a big file and slow to load.)

Rebecca Lasley didn’t finish this picture in time to post it for Valentine’s Day, but it’s too good to hold until next year:

Turning 18

Some of the older MBers are starting to turn 18. (Amazing, isn’t it?) On the Rules page, we announce that anyone on the blog aged 18 years and up must use his or her real name in order to be identified as an adult. Some veteran MBers, however, say they would rather go on using their blognames when the time comes — partly out of concern for privacy, partly because they and everyone else are used to them.

The Administrators have discussed this matter and, as usual, have decided on a compromise. Here’s the revised policy:

(1) Newcomers 18 years old and older must identify themselves as adults and use their real names.

(2) Established MuseBloggers who turn 18 may continue posting under blognames. The “Who’s Here” page will mark them as post-high-schoolers by placing plus signs (+) next to their names.

Fair enough?

MuseCast 2

MuseBlog’s irrepressible podcasters, Purple Panda and Taiwan Hippo Phan, have done it again. The February edition of MuseCast includes segments about Antarctica (sort of), a choral invocation of the Muses, wungs, and Antarctica again (sort of).

You can find it by browsing in the “kids” section of iTunes, or listen to it on the blog by clicking here.