Counterfactual Retrofutures

A thread for exploring other ways things might have turned out, if the past had taken a different turn. Steampunk is one subgenre.

(Counterfactual: contrary to fact, not the way things actually are; retro: backward; future: future.)

We could be wrong, but we don’t think the requesters intended this to be an RPG.

September Random Thread

As has become traditional, we’re posting the random thread with a generic name and without art to give our brilliant but perpetually frazzled illustrator a chance to catch up on her sleep. The name and theme will become apparent within a day or two. Meanwhile, the random craziness will proceed as usual.

(Users’ Manual: Obey The Rules. Consult The Guide. Have fun

September 2010 “Happy Birthday!” Thread

Known Muser birthdays this month*:

09-01 Ambystoma Maculatum (1996 – purple and green)
09-03 SudoRandom’s 5K Day
09-04 Kokopelli52 (1997 – clear turquoise)
09-05 nolagirl7’s 5K Day
09-06 Beetles
09-06 Lizzie’s 7K Day
09-11 POSOC’s 6K Day
09-15 The Man For Aeiou’s birthday (1995 – Muse Shirts)
09-17 Iamisthebest (1996 – blue and black)
09-17 Castle’s birthday (1997 – blue/rainbow)
09-18 Sweet Melpomene’s birthday (1990 – black-and-white)
09-19 marfwarrior’s birthday (1995 – green with multicolored flecks)
09-22 qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm (1999) [a.k.a. dimond and Catkopelli]
09-24 Zinc the Sorceress’s birthday (1997 – black and “highliter”)
09-24 Piggy’s 6K Day
09-29 Zoe’s 6K Day

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between December 24, 1996, and January 22, 1997.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between March 30 and April 28, 1994.
You turn 7,000 days old this month if you were born between July 4 and August 2, 1991.

You will have been on MuseBlog for six months if you started posting in March.

*Note: Listed MBers who have been inactive for several months won’t appear on next year’s birthday calendar unless they show up again.

Memories Do You Remember?

Spun off from the “do you remember?” discussions on the August random threads.

Here’s how the instigator, Cat’s Eye, describes it:

Relating our own experiences of “I remember I was” for 9/11, Michael Jackson’s death, Katrina? How it was for us when the Internet and iPods first started happening? Sort of pooling our remembered history?

August 2010 “Happy Birthday!” Thread

Known Muser birthdays this month*:

1 August – MuseBlog (2005), Armada (1996)
2 August – mas0n (1996 – blue, red)
7 August – Koppar
8 August – small but fierce (1998)
10 August – gingerkid (1996)
13 August – pie girl
21 August – Alice (1993), Adeia (1996)
22 August – Mikazuki (1998)
27 August – Nthanda the Laugher (1991), Errata (1996), Kiga (1997), Rainbow*Storm (1997)
28 August – Sunrunner Bramblewood (1993)
30 August – Witchneko (1998)
31 August – Quintessentia (1992)

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between November 23 and December 23, 1996.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between February 27 and March 29, 1994.
You turn 7,000 days old this month if you were born between June 3 and July 3, 1991.

You will have been on MuseBlog for six months if you started posting in February.

*Note: Listed MBers who have been inactive for several months won’t appear on next year’s birthday calendar unless they show up again.

Hot Topics, v. 2010.3

This thread is a place for careful, clear, respectful discussions of difficult topics. It is not a place for having two-fisted no-holds-barred discussions.

MBers should be able to express their opinions without attacking others personally, and be able to listen to people who disagree with them without feeling personally attacked.

Easier said than done, of course. But MuseBlog is a good place to practice trying.

Continued from version 2010.2.