Month: May 2007

Chess – test 4

[Event “Test Game”]
[Site “MuseBlog”]
[Date “2009.05.26”]
[White “Coontz”]
[Black “test”]
[CBBWhiteId “*”]
[CBBBlackId “*”]
[Result "0-1"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Ke2 Qe7 5.h4 Qd6 6.Qg1 g5 7.Nxg5 Rg8 8.h5 Rxg5 9.g3 Rxg3 10.Qg2 Rxg2 11.Rh4 Rg1 12.b3 Qxd2+ 13.Kf3 Nxh5 14.Bxf7+ Kxf7 15.Rf4+ exf4 16.Na3 a5 17.Nb1 Ra6 18.e5 Rd1 19.Kg2 Rb6 20.Na3 Rxb3 21.Nb1 Qxf2++

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.

Washington, D.C., Kokonvention — Part 2

Kokontinued above.

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?

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

Ships’ Logs: Beyond Museica, Part 7

Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried,
And danced in triumph o’er the waters wide,
The exulting sense – the pulse’s maddening play,
That thrills the wanderer of that trackless way?
That for itself can woo the approaching fight,
And turn what some deem danger to delight….

— George Gordon, Lord Byron, after six threads worth of Ships’ Logs, as overcome as the rest of us

Continued from part 6.

O’er the glad waters of the dark blue sea,
Our thoughts as boundless, and our soul’s as free
Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam,
Survey our empire, and behold our home!
These are our realms, no limits to their sway-
Our flag the sceptre all who meet obey.
Ours the wild life in tumult still to range
From toil to rest, and joy in every change.
Oh, who can tell? not thou, luxurious slave!
Whose soul would sicken o’er the heaving wave;
Not thou, vain lord of wantonness and ease!
whom slumber soothes not – pleasure cannot please –
Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried,
And danced in triumph o’er the waters wide,
The exulting sense – the pulse’s maddening play,
That thrills the wanderer of that trackless way?
That for itself can woo the approaching fight,
And turn what some deem danger to delight….

— George Gordon, Lord Byron, after six threads worth of Ships’ Logs, as overcome as the rest of us

Continued from part 6.

Role-Playing Writing, Part 1

Alice’s idea, sort of a cross between RRRs and RPGs with a touch of epistolary novel. Here’s how she described it:

Everyone makes up one character (made up, mind you!) and we decide on plot, time, etc. just like usual. Then we start. It would be in the form of letters or e-mails, and we would say at the top of our post who the letter was to.

Everyone would have to read all of the posts, though, to prevent conflicting plot twists, but their character wouldn’t know about whatever the letter said unless it was addressed to them.

Get it?
If not, then phooey. That was hard to explain.

Green Man and Pink Bunny

Two pictures from Em, both below the fold.

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)

Robert Writes a Book Review

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.)

MB Signature List

See inside for the complete list of 42 names to be sure we’ve received yours.

Alice
Anata ChinTsu
Beavo the Great
Capricious
Cat’s Meow
Cinnamon Moon
Curious + questioning/Dodecahedron
dark duke of darkness
Donaldo the supercoolio awesome nerd
Dotty-kay
e~a
Ebeth
emmatheduck
E2MB
Glassboro
grnqween2011
Jadestone
Julieb
Kiki the Great
kt the gr8
Margaret
NatTheCat
Paul
Penty
Piggy
Potato Chip
purplefinch
Purple Panda
Red-tailed HAWK
Rebecca
Robert
Rosanne
Shadowkat
SuperSaiyan424
SupremeMuser2000
Sweet Melpomene
THF
T.N.Ö. Lilbro
The Skipper Nancy
Traggle
Vendaval
wingnut

The artwork will be posted as soon as possible — probably sometime this weekend — before we upload it to CaféPress so we can be sure we have all the correct signatures.