ANNOUNCEMENT: Regarding “Welcome, Neophytes”

We have cleared the thread of comments in order to start afresh. Note that we mean what we say in the part of the introduction that states “MuseBlog Veterans: Please use this thread only to welcome newcomers as they arrive and answer questions that they ask.” In other words, do not post on the thread unless you are replying to a neophyte. If the thread stays empty, don’t worry about it.

Thank you.

The Management

Muse Academy Holiday Party 2009

Welcome, dear friends, to our winter celebration! (Or summer should you be visiting from the Southern Hemisphere.) Find your way to the Grand Hall, up that slight rise over there, just follow the row of wrought-iron street lamps to the main door. Shake off the snow, leave your greatcoats, cloaks, and capes with the attendant. Take a moment to warm yourself by the fire and breathe deeply the mingling scents of cinnamon, chocolate, bayberry, and pine; linger; absorb; note the wandering hints of ginger and peppermint before entering the ballroom to behold such sights…. Oh, but pardon me, I am detaining you here in the cold when you must be eager to thaw yourselves in cozier surroundings. Go, then, and enjoy the sundry delights waiting to greet the fullness of your senses as you step into our Victorian wonderland…

The festivities last until the New Year. For more information, please see the Holiday Party Planning Thread.

Hot Topics, v. 2009.5

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 2009.4.

Geeky TV Shows

By overwhelming request. Here are those already listed on the Suggestion Box thread:

Good Eats: Food network
Food Network Challenge: Food network (duh!)
Iron Chef America: Food network
Modern Marvels: History Channel
Nova: PBS
How It’s Made: Discovery
Cats 101: Animal Planet
Andromeda
Doctor Who and Torchwood
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Firefly

December 2009 “Happy Birthday!” Thread

Known Muser birthdays this month*:

12-01 I-Man’s birthday (1995)
12-09 TNÖ is 6,000 days old
12-17 Юпитера’s (Karin Tay’s) birthday (1992 – color?)
12-24 IBCF turns 6,000 days old
12-26 SudoRandom’s birthday (1996)
12-28 nolagirl7’s birthday (year? – light blue and lime green)
12-30 Purplefinch’s birthday (purple?)

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between March 25 and April 24, 1996.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between June 29 and July 9, 1993.
You turn 7,000 days old this month if you were born between October 3 and November 2, 1990.

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

New Signature Items Now Available

They’re up! Check them out at Muse-ry Loves Company. The main section contains items with the signature design only. The sub-sections have other designs on the front and signatures on the back. If you have specific requests let us know. Unfortunately, dark t-shirts cannot be printed on the back, so two-sided items are available only in light colors.

Happy Thanksgiving 2009!

Has it really been a whole year since the last time we said that? It seems impossible, but logic tells us it must be so. Have a wonderful holiday, everybody*!
 
 
 

*Those living in countries that don’t celebrate American-style Thanksgiving should give it a try; it’s very nice. And Canadians have our permission (and wholehearted encouragement) to celebrate it again. It’s party time!

Hot Topics, v. 2009.4

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 2009.3.

Our Reclusive Gardens, Part 3

This online daydream started with a comment by oxlin:

Bah. I’m sick of society. I want to go live in a shack somewhere with Teal and not pollute and eat mushrooms and herbs we gather and carrots we grow and draw and write and be happy.

For the benefit of those who weren’t around then, here is the conversation that followed, leading to the creation of the original thread: Continue reading “Our Reclusive Gardens, Part 3”

MuseBlog Fanfiction, Part 4

Continued from Part 3.

The year is 2020. The heroes: a few dozen young men and women, most in their late 20s. Fifteen years earlier, four friendly-seeming but mysterious people gathered them on what was then known as the World Wide Web, dropped hints about an important destiny or mission they were to fulfill, and then vanished. Over the years, some of the group kept in touch; others drifted apart. Now a great danger has brought them all back together again…