If you’re new on the blog, please stop by this thread and say pie — er, hi.
We recommend that newcomers (that’s what “neophytes” means) look over The Rules and The HG2MB (Hitchhiker’s Guide to MuseBlog).
Next, if you’re so minded, stop by Who’s Here (see the menu at the top of your screen) and announce your arrival in a comment there, so we’ll be sure to add you to the official list.
MuseBlog Veterans: Please use this thread only to welcome newcomers as they arrive and answer questions that they ask.
hi there. i stumbled upon this site today, what do you do here?
Welcome!
Hey! Er, well, everything. The blog functions more like a forum, and is based around the magazine Muse. The site is administrated by some of the Muse editors, although we don’t talk about Muse itself much.
There’s a thread for just about everything anyone’s interested and more are being added occasionally. Just pop into one, read the description, read about 10 or so of the last posts so you don’t interrupt an ongoing conversation, and comment. You can also play chess if you can find a partner, create an account, and have the GAPAs (Great And Powerful Administrators) create the game.
Also, not a big deal, especially since your knew, but we don’t do ch@speak here, we prefer proper grammar and spelling when possible, but it’s not a spelling quiz, so just do your best, no ones too nitpicky
What do we do here? What do you like to do? This place is the Room of Requirement, where everyone understands that reference.
Welcome!
We do a lot of stuff here, to be quite honest. My advice to you would be to search for stuff that you’re interested in. Or check out the random thread, where you can discuss pretty much anything.
I suppose I could post here to clear up who I am.
I am a user who you know, but I’d just rather not reveal my identity right now. Just for personal reasons. You can try and guess who I am, but I won’t tell you if you’re right.
So that’s my official hello.
Hello!
and just to be safe *glomp*
Hi. Ummmm… I’ve just been lurking. Hi.
Hello and welcome!
Is Anonymous your ‘blog name, then, or just something you’re using for the Hallowe’en ball? Either way, welcome to the ‘Blog!
Hello, and welcome to MuseBlog!
(Don’t mind the pie: that’s our traditional greeting!)
Thanks for the welcome.
Anonymous is my tagline while I wait for an account to be processed. By the way, what’s a quafflebird? If this constitutes a Popular-Book-Non-Reading event, then I am very sorry.
You don’t need an account to post (unless you want to play chess), so we probably won’t give you one until you’ve been here for several months anyway.
I really like chess.
You’re welcome for the welcome!
A quafflebird…(hmm, difficult question) is a nonexistent word that randomly appeared in my mind. I’d say the obvious influence is from Quidditch (as in Quaffle) – if I were able to play Quidditch I think I’d like to be a Chaser. And birds…fly, just like broomsticks do?
There isn’t really a logical explanation.
I just liked it as part of my ‘blog name.
Perhaps the Quafflebird is related to the Golden Snidget.
Hi Musers!! I’m in my senior year at the University of California Santa Cruz and received Muse waaaaayyy back when it was still in its infancy. My first issue was October 1997 (gasp!) and I received it for ten whole years until I graduated from high school in June 2008. Sadly I didn’t continue my subscription into college, something I still regret to this day. Muse literally changed my life. I wrote an essay about it in my senior year of high school about how it was the most inspiring thing about my childhood. I even won the monthly contest when I was 10 years old for the January 2000 issue. We had to write a story based off a weird old science fiction magazine cover. I still have the certificate on my wall!!
I’m going to graduate this year with two degrees, in environmental studies and history…hmm, I wonder how I got interested in those topics?
Anyway, I’m in a fascinating class called “Feminist Science Studies” now and I have to write a paper analyzing any science-related text, whether it’s a science fiction TV show, a children’s book (or magazine!), or a scientific article. I was trying to find something from an old issue of Muse, but sadly all my issues are at my parents’ house, not with me at school, and the silly college library doesn’t carry it! So I was looking for online copies and stumbled on this blog.
I just wanted to say hi and that I’m so happy that Muse is still changing lives and inspiring kids (especially young girls like I once was…well I’m still pretty young haha) to geek out on science and history in a fun and creative way. You guys are awesome and please please please never stop learning, both inside the classroom but also through things like Muse and by going outside and poking around, and breaking things apart to figure out how they work, and interviewing your parents or grandparents or neighbors to learn about history. The world is such an interesting and beautiful place. Thanks Muse for helping me learn that from a very young age. Good luck to all of you!!!
Hey there! Thanks for the word of wisdom and such, it’s always good to see a long-time Muser. Have you been on the blog before?
Hello!
So glad you dropped by, it’s always great to see a Muser! Especially one with an inspirational Muse-related tale. Congratulations with everything!
And have some pie~
…..Jinx.
Oh my… might this be… UNDISCOVERED BLOGSIBLINGRY (I forget what the technical term is…
)?!?!?!
Hi, Gabi! Good to hear from you.
As you might know, MuseBlog has a strong Santa Cruz connection. Both Rosanne and I went to graduate school there (that’s where we met). Lovely place.
I’ll convey your message to Muse‘s editor, Elizabeth Preston.
Thanks so much for saying hello, Gabi! You know, there’s no rule against subscribing as an adult…
Good luck with your senior year and beyond!
Yay!!! Anonymous is now SamRamHam! Thanks to whichever administrator approved it. If it was you, Robert, you must really like cultivating the love of chess. Yay!
Hang on, I wasn’t ever aware that choosing a ‘blog name required approval?
Anyway, welcome again, SamRamHam!
Choosing a blog name doesn’t require approval.
Ah, but getting an actual account does.
Welcome, SamRamHam! Hmm… SRH, Sam, Ram, Ham…
your name could have a lot of abbrieviations.
Anyway, hope to see you around the ‘blog!
Indeed, a lot of nicknames to choose from. Well, SamRamHam, welcome!
See you around
Thank you! I feel like I’m in the old Coke commercial I’ve heard about: “I’d like to buy the world a Coke…”. Actually, I don’t, but I do feel welcomed.
By the way, where can I play chess?
First you need to find someone to play with. Generally people do that by asking around on the chess rankings thread. Koko’s Apprentice was looking for a game last month. Maybe he’s still interested?
Once you have a partner, I’ll create a game thread for you. You can see other games by selecting “chess” from the Categories menu below “Recent Comments” on the right side of the blog.
I’d love a game! Can you set it up?
You bet.
Just going to spread some pastries to say hello :
*pies*
I didn’t pie you when you first came, so:
Please stick around. It makes me sad when neophytes vanish into the aether after a few days.
Same here.
Don’t worry, I will be here to stay.
That’s great!
By the way, I love the smile of your gravatar.
Hmm, I haven’t posted here since the month I joined in… April? So I guess I could call my self newish.
Welcome again, Treebird!
Will you be posting more now?
Probably.
Please stay around.
What Cskia said. It’s always nice to have more faces.