Month: June 2008

Muse Needs Articles by Readers

Editor Elizabeth Preston sent us this announcement:

MUSE wants YOU! Well, we want your stories, anyway. Do you have something unique to share? Have you traveled with a circus? Are you the last known speaker of an indigenous language? Maybe you always wanted to write a Math Page about your original geometry research. We want to hear your voices. Starting in September, everyone else will hear you, too. Send us an email (no attachments, please).

More details inside.

Editor Elizabeth Preston sent us this announcement:

MUSE wants YOU! Well, we want your stories, anyway. Do you have something unique to share? Have you traveled with a circus? Are you the last known speaker of an indigenous language? Maybe you always wanted to write a Math Page about your original geometry research. We want to hear your voices. Starting in September, everyone else will hear you, too. Send us an email (no attachments, please).

Here’s what Elizabeth says about the new section:

Starting in the September issue, we’re including a new column called the “Reader’s Report.” The idea arose because one girl sent us a series of well-written emails about a bird-rescue experience she’d had, saying we should do an article about it. And we thought, why not have what she sent us BE the article? So she’ll be the first one. The idea is a one- or two-page regular feature, written by a reader and laid out/illustrated like any other article, about an experience or viewpoint unique to that person (i.e., not “This is how I feel about gun control” or “My report on rocket ships”). I’m hoping the kids get excited about it and send lots of submissions. But we need to get submissions coming in before it’s announced in the September issue.

[The magazine’s e-mail address is muse@caruspub.com.]

Alter Ego Thread, v. 2008.4

The ever-popular guessing game: Post under a false name, and try to guess who other posters are.

Continued from v. 2008.3.

NOTE: Check your posts before sending them. The Administrators will not rescue you if you accidentally submit one under your “real” blogname. Many an alter ego has fallen victim to a careless “submit” click.

Sumer Is Icumen In, Part 1

If the onset of summer makes you feel giddy or even a little crazy, the June Random Thread offers you a chance to join along in this fine old Middle English song:

Svmer is icumen in,
Lhude sing cuccu!
Groweþ sed and bloweþ med
And springþ þe wde nu,
Sing cuccu!
…
Cuccu, cuccu, wel singes þu, cuccu;
Ne swik þu nauer nu.
Sing cuccu nu. Sing cuccu.
Sing cuccu. Sing cuccu nu!

In modern English: “Summer has come in / Loudly sing, Cuckoo! / The seed grows and the meadow blooms / And the wood springs anew, / Sing, Cuckoo!
…
“Cuckoo, cuckoo, well you sing, cuckoo; / Don’t you ever stop now, / Sing cuckoo now. / Sing, Cuckoo. / Sing Cuckoo. Sing cuckoo now!”

June 2008 Incredible Morphing Chameleon Thread

Unlike the random thread, this discussion thread stays on topic until the topic changes.

Newcomers should read The Rules and The Guide before plunging in.

Current topic: The Beatles
Wal-Mart
Odd Characters We Know

(Coming soon: Places We Want to Visit During Our Lifetimes)

Welcome, Neophytes! (June 2008)

“Neophyte” comes from Greek roots meaning “newly planted.” If you’ve landed on the blog and think you might want to put down roots here, stop in for a friendly welcome and some helpful tips from those already here.

Please read The Rules. You might also glance at The HG2MB (Hitchhiker’s Guide to MuseBlog), which contains helpful hints regarding local customs, lingo, and other peculiarities of the blog; smiley information included.

Don’t Forget These Threads (June 2008 edition)

Closed to comments, but the links still work.

Help others navigate the blog by signposting your favorite threads here. As always, we start this thread anew from scratch every month.

(Note: Please include the URL (Web address) with your requests. It also helps if you limit your requests to a few at a time, four or five at the most.)

Current categories:

ADVENTURES IN THE MUSIVERSE
Chronicles of Museica (IBCF)
Pieceful Pie Planet (IBCF)
Ship’s Logs (IBCF, kiwimuncher)
Muse Scouts (Hypatia)
Wungs (GAPA’s choice)

LIFE BEYOND THE VIRTUAL DIVIDE
Vegetarians, Vegetarianism, Vegetables, Vegemite (Purple Panda)
Religion and Religions (Hypatia)
Hot Topics (Hypatia)
Romance and Relationships (Karinnn Tayyy)
Advice (Karinnn Tayyy)
The Kokonspiracy (Vixen in the Eyes of the Moon)

SILLY FUN
Ble! Newlluj-No Fulst (IBCF)
penguini’s Christmas Bunny Melée (IBCF)
Dissing Mr. Joe, Again (IBCF)
Bunny Apocalypse (IBCF)
Muse Academy RPG (Kokonilly, Mogget’s Little Sister)
Round Robin Smiley Stories (Zinc the sorceress, Mogget’s Little Sister)
The Polling Place (kiwimuncher)
Alter Egos (Trebel_Cone_Freeskier!)
Stupid Senseless Smiley Stories (Midnight Fiddler)

WRITING – RRRs
The Sea Roc (Purple Panda, kiwimuncher, Mogget’s Little Sister)
SMASS-TT (Hypatia)
Etheterre (Alice)
Terraformed (rewrite) (Alice)

WRITING – ASSORTED OTHER
Role-Playing Writing [The Empowered] (Purple Panda)
Poems and Songs (Hypatia)

OTHER THINGS WE LIKE
Visual Arts (Purple Panda)
History (Hypatia)
Space (Hypatia)
Books and Reading (Hypatia)
A Thread for HAPPY Things (Crazy Titan Nerd)
Music (Kari)
Manga, Anime, and Graphic Novels (Kari)
Coy Woodnesse (Hypatia)

USEFUL ITEMS
May’s Don’t Forget These Threads (curious and questioning)
HG2MB v.2008.1