The Hare & Hedgepig: Vol. I, No. 6
Date: August 1, 2008
Categories: At the Top of the Blog, Muse Academy, Nonrandom Craziness, The Musiverse
Sunday, 19 May 2024
Life, the universe, pies, hot-pink bunnies, world domination, and everything
Date: August 1, 2008
Categories: At the Top of the Blog, Muse Academy, Nonrandom Craziness, The Musiverse
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Such a loverly day to come to my favorite shop! How are you dear Wungs?
Battenberg cakes all around, young Master Wung. Happy GAPA Appreciation Day, kiwimuncher!
Elcairs! I Need a Plate of Elcairs!
It’s GAPA Appreciation Day?! I had no idea!
Dear GaPAs! Thankyou for your hard work! You toil day in and day out to make all of us Muser’s days enjoyable! It amazes me that there is always someone there to run the blog, 24/7! Amazing! Thankyou so much! There would be no Museblog without you!
4- it’s not 24/7. it’s more like 16/7
It will be closer to 24 once Paul Baker finishes his busy season.
*gives hugs to GAPAs for all they’ve done* (including starting the blog)
A smoked salmon sandwich with a plate of wung buttons with some of that excellent jam would be very much enjoyed.
6- Busy season? I thought “busy” is a synonym of “constantly”!
Happy GAPA Appreciation Day!!!!!
China White with a watercress sandwich, if you please.
Happy GAPA DAY, GAPAS!
1-And…I don’t think it’s a shop. It’s a tearoom.
Where did the GAPA appreciation idea come from?
11- I don’t really know. it’s happened ever year.
(11, 12) To the best of my recollection, the designation arose from a conversation involving Em and Ebeth in Suggestion Box, v. 2006.1
It is a good idea! Our GAPAs deserve it! In fact! Let’s throw them a celebration! Come on dear GAPAs! How about a giant muffin party? *gets out muffins*
(14) Muffins sound delightful. Cucumber, perhaps?
Of course! And blueberry and chocolate chip and peach and cinnamon and banana and pumpkin and cherry and cranberry and apple and honey bran and blackberry and raspberry walnut and ginger and lemon poppyseed and peanut butter and double chocolate and orange date and oatmeal raisin and…………
They all sounded so good that I had one of each. Now I can barely move.
Happy GAPA Appreciation Day!
May I have an egg and cress sandwich to munch on? And teato go with it….jasmine green, please.
Thank you. Very much obliged.
Lady Bunniful, Robert, Paul, Rosanne, and anyone else(is there anyone else?)-you have just received a box of virtual choklit. (the box is from a refrigerator of mine, so dont worry. There is enough for all of you)
((And…I hope no one will try to take any by making sad puppy faces)).
Thank you, NAPOI! I appreciate that.
And enjoy your tea. The sandwich will be right out.
Yay! That was fun! *eats left over muffin*
Hey, um id like a bana cream pie?
18- Lady Bunniful IS Rosanne!! Yeesh.
(22) That would come as a surprise to Rosanne.
22- FAIL
22- Actually, Lady Bunniful is Rebecca.
I’m confused.
The world is confusing, Muncher of Kiwis…
Lady Bunniful is REBECCA, not Rosanne……
Too true.
Nom nom, the watercress this evening is simply DELIGHTFUL! Thank thee very much, master wungs! I dew feel like a Quaker this evening.
So, how art thy bloggers this fyne evening?I presume I find thee well? If not, I can assure thee that thy unhappy wanderings will be short lived. *reads a slip of paper on the coffee table* ‘Thy fortune is good tonight, be not afraid and take only the flight of fancy.’ Dear me, it simply amazes me how much the considerate Wungs can fit onto one sheet of fortune cookie paper!
I do enjoy a good watercress, but perhaps I ought test thy strength, Wungling brothers.Perhaps, would thy be willing to bring hither some sweet cherry crepes with a dotty cream filling? Thy service is greatly appreciated. I dew love the good wungs and all they do for us here at the Hare and Hedgepig.
Yes. Wungs mare awesome. *hugs Wung* Thankyou Wung!
Dearie me. The Cafe seems to be slow today. oh well. Could I please have a nice glass of hot chocolate. Put something warm in my belly……
Hello!
I haven’t stopped by in….months.
Anyway, I shall have some fresh peppermint tea, as it is a clear, non-red, orange, or purple liquid and I am allowed to eat that. Unfortunately, that is all I am permitted to eat today, because I’m having a colonoscopy and an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (isn’t that an awesome word?) tomorrow.
However… *ponders* … do you suppose virtual food is okay?
(33) I think if you’re having to go through all that, you should by all means indulge yourself with any virtual foods you fancy. If it’s not on the menu, just ask for it, we’ll rustle it up one way or another.
33- Oh, my. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy? That even sounds unpleasant.
33- But why are you having all that?
34 (Rebecca): Well, in that case, I will enjoy a cucumber sandwich and some wung buttons.
35 (POSOC): The colonoscopy is much worse, actually. Though you do have a really sore throat after an esophagogastroduodenoscopy.
36 (Alice): Well, I have Crohn’s Disease, and I’ve been anemic for the past year even with iron supplements and just generally not that healthy, so they want to figure out why.
33) Oh NO! Hope it goes well. yeah, I know how bad colonoscopies are! My Mom had to have one! Twas TERRIBLE!
36) wow. I hope they can figure out the problem! That must really stink.
Any pie in this house? by the slice? key lime?
What about chocolate cream?
37. Thats to bad. I hope you feel better soon!
*send vurtual bunch of balloons*
Thanks, everyone!
I got to the hospital at about 1:00 and just arrived home about an hour ago — I had to wait awhile and spent a long time in recovery. However, I am home now, all in one piece! The scopes were relatively uneventful, everything is normal except I have a great deal of inflammation and ulcers in the terminal ileum, which is where Crohn’s is most common and where it was active last time I had a flare. Ah, well. Remission can’t last forever…
Anyway, I’ll have some fresh peppermint tea, and if you have some licorice root lying around, a bit of that added would be nice as well. Thanks!
42~ What happened?? I had no idea you were in the hospital!
Anyway, I’m glad you’re doing better. *hugs*
(43) Purple Panda wasn’t in the hospital; she was at the hospital, having her insides scoped. Pan, I don’t suppose you have pictures to post..?
Robert: Pictures of from the colonoscopy/EGD? Yes, I have several — do you want me to scan and send them?
Only if you’d like to. Would it be fun? They let me stay awake through my first one, and I quite enjoyed watching the monitor.
42- is it or ?
*Gives PP a pie*
46- that seems like something you would like.
(47) Give her plenty of red stuff to eat; she’s got some catching up to do.
(48) For me it was like an amusement-park ride, sliding through a long, pink tunnel. I imagine it was less fun for Purple Panda.
Robert (46): Sure, I can scan them tomorrow and send them in. They like to put kids under general anesthetic to keep them still during the procedure, but my mom always manages to convince the anesthesiologist to just put me under sedation. I woke up about halfway through my last colonoscopy (5 years ago) and my doctor showed me the monitor. It was really interesting! However, I was asleep for the entire time for this one. I’m kind of glad I was, though, because last time it was rather unpleasant to wake up during the procedure.
It was really weird, though, because apparently I woke up a little while after the procedure so the nurse could give me tylenol (the EGD gives you a really sore throat — I couldn’t talk for a long time), but I don’t remember that at all.
TMFA (47): More of a , because it means my Crohn’s is active and flaring again, which isn’t a good thing. Thanks for the pie, though!
Robert (49): It wasn’t that bad. I was asleep for the actual procedures. In retrospect, it wasn’t bad at all. During the bowel prep, however, I think I would say something different. *shudders* Do you remember what prep you did? I did Dulcolax/Miralax this time, and Phospho Soda last time. The Phospho Soda tasted much worse (the Miralax is almost tasteless), but the Dulcolax/Miralax made me really, really sick.
“Just a few Crumpets please, my good Wungs.”
50- *pies with hug pies*
(50) It was Phospho Soda for me last time — not a beverage I’ll be ordering at the Hare & Hedgepig anytime soon. I agree, it’s vile.
44~ Ah.
Well, I’m glad that you’re up and about Pan, *hugs again*
Robert (52): My gastroenterologist said they don’t use Phospho Soda or Mag Citrate for kids anymore, because it does something to the kidneys and electrolytes. I actually don’t remember my experiences with Phospho Soda that well (except for the taste, of course. It’s unforgettable), though I can be certain it wasn’t fun.
Fiddler (53): Thanks! *hugs back*
*sips tea*
The time before, they gave me something called Colyte, which required me to drink staggering amounts of water.
It’s pleasant to sit in a comfortable chair, sipping mint tea and swapping colonoscopy stories.
(55) Oh, yes, it’s the topic du jour in all the best tea rooms nowadays. More tea?
Robert (55): I’ve heard Colyte is absolutely horrible. I went to a CCFA summer camp for three years, and we sat around a campfire swapping colonoscopy stories, literally. It’s much nicer to discuss these things after they’ve happened, indeed. Before…not so much.
We also discuss many other procedures as well. I’m having an Upper Gastrointestinal (UGI) Series and small bowel follow-through soon to see the extent of the inflammation, and I seem to be the only person I’ve met that doesn’t mind drinking Barium. I mean, it’s not my ideal beverage and I certainly wouldn’t recommend it be added to the H&H menu, but I don’t find it as bad as everyone else I’ve met.
Rebecca (56): Indeed, it’s the most interesting of conversations. More tea would be lovely, thank you! *warms hands on steaming cup*
Strangely, I still haven’t eaten anything of substance (drinking juice and eating jell-o is all I’ve ingested in the past two days), even though I’m now allowed to. I’ve just not been hungry for it. *ponders*
As I do recall, when my Mom had to do it, she had to drink plenty of fluids and then…… um…….. had to go to the bathroom a lot *cough understatement cough* and eat lots of jello. a TON of jello. After the procedure, we went out to eat and had a very large, non-jelloy dinner. In fact, it was at the favorite local Mexican restaurant. Lovely.
Dear me! All of this talk of colonoscopies makes me quite anxious! May I have some peppermint tea?
Yum. Sounds good! Could I please have a nice scone? I like scones…….
Goodness, has it already been one whole thread since I’ve stopped by my favorite retreat? I simply must make up for lost time; Dear waiter Wung, I would love a refreshing China gunpowder tea, if you’re not too busy.
*sips tea* Oh, thank you! Delightful as ever. I’m sorry I missed the day, but if it’s any consolation, my appreciation for GAPAs is year-round.
I was worried about having to go in for blood testing soon, but all this talk of colonoscopies makes that seem much less intimidating. Is all well with you now, PP? *health and happiness pies*
22-um… oops… names both start with ‘r’… my bad…
33- hmm… esophago = throat, gastro = stomack, duo = 2, deno = ?
39-that sounds DELISHOUS!
60- scones Rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:) i ♥ scones!!
wanna be friends??
61- what does health and happiness pie?
63-never mind. were all frends, in fact, were all Mus-{SPLAT!!}
hey wung! can i get some plain scones, topped with strawberries and whipped cream, and a nice hunk of swiss cheese? oh, and a mint tea please. U rock!
5 minutes later…
wow, these are gr8! and its so fast! i ♥ the Hare & Hedgepig.
hmmm… a happiness pie… i like the sound of that!
=[ } (SPLAT!)
62-65- PLEASE do not double post, particularly on The H&H
We appreciate your sentiments — and enthusiasm — but this is a pie-free zone. There is a pie check at the entrance. We’ve swept up the mess.
68-sorry, and thanx for cleaning up. i was just wanting a bana cream pie (to eat not throw)
Coming right up. Non-projectile pies are permitted.
64 – Health and happiness pie You! *splat*
…..Just kidding, pies aren’t allowed in the H&H. I forgot that earlier!
*gives PP health and happiness minus the pie*
Pies are nice. The last pie I baked was a lovely blueberry pie! It was delicious! (go betty crocker cookbook!)
So, has anyone been on the alter ego thread lately?
I’m using my second tilte, “Master of Crumb” as an alter ego. Just in case anyone is curious.
Mmm…haven’t been here a while. Okay, I’ll have eclairs, teacakes, an egg and cress sandwhich, muffins, welsh cakes, chorley cakes, and some cream soda and ginger beer to wash it all down.
Sorry to hear about your ailments, Purple Panda. *sends large amount of choklit from vast choklit storage*
Hi, IBCF! As long as you’re going to the kitchen, Mr. Wung, could you bring me some dandelion & burdock? I’m not sure what that is, but it sounds good.
Speaking of beverages, there’s a passage in Gautier’s “Spirite” that I’ve been wondering about. It describes tea made from “green leaves with white edges” that the mandarins drank. What kind of tea would that be? Green? I’ll post the whole passage if I can find it again.
Green leaves with white edges…I have no idea. Sorry, I’m not much of a tea expert. I’ll try Googling it, though.
Just to add to the order, I’m wondering if I could perhaps have an omelette? If you don’t make them, I wonder if I may be allowed to make one for myself using your fine kitchen?
The Hare & Hedgepig makes the best omelets north of the Arctic Circle — possibly the best ones in the Northern Hemisphere.
Yummy.
Hey, I’d like a world-class omelette too, please.
*Recieves omelette*
Thank You!
73) Perhaps……
Omelettes? Awesomely awesome! I was thinking….. how do you make omelettes?
Hello, all!
I’ll have a cup of peppermint tea — it should keep me nice and warm during what I expect to be a long post.
Preface: I, personally, quite enjoy talking about all of this stuff as I find it interesting and don’t really have anyone else to talk to about it. However, if you don’t like it just completely ignore it and go about your normal business — there’s plenty of room here at the H&H!
So, my gastroenterologist called today with the results of the biopsies taken last week and all sorts of other news and such and such. Apparently I have a lot of lymphocytes in the duodenum, which are an indication of infection and might also be an indication of Celiac Disease. He doesn’t think I have it, because I’m not presenting any other symptoms, but I’ll have a blood test for it just in case. The biopsies of the ileum showed a considerable amount of inflammation (seen in the pictures, which I’ve sent to the GAPAs), so the next topic of discussion with Dr. GI was medication.
He’s putting me on a steroid called Endicort. Last time I was on Prednisone, and Endicort is basically the same thing except it has less side effects because it isn’t released until it reaches the intestines. In addition to the Endicort I’ll take Pentasa, a 5-ASA medication similar to the one I’ve been taking for the past four years. I’ll take a total of 8 Pentasa and 3 Endicort every day, as well as the iron+vitamin C supplements I’m already taking. Dr. GI thinks I don’t know how horrible I’ve been feeling (since my health has been slowly declining, not letting me have any comparison to what “normal” feels like), and as soon as I start taking the steroids I’ll feel a lot better. After 8 weeks of that, I’ll taper off of Endicort and hopefully I’ll continue to feel better. If not, I’m looking at some serious immunosuppressant medications, and his favorite to start with is 6-MP (mercaptopurine).
Somewhere in the next few weeks I’ll have a UGI + small bowel series, a Celiac test, and some other enzyme level tests for 6-MP (or something like that. I wasn’t exactly sure what they were testing for 6-MP or why).
So yeah, that’s all of the news for now! And Robert, I sent the EGD/colonoscopy pictures to the GAPA email.
I think we’ll have to start a special thread devoted to Purple Panda’s Interior. Even MBers who have never met you will feel as if they know you inside and out (or maybe just inside-out).
Did you get pictures from any of your colonoscopies, Robert?
Apparently, when I was waking up from the anesthesia, I asked my mom if the doctor took pictures, if I could see them, what she said about them, etc. I also asked her what time it was, how long I had been in recovery. She answered all of my questions, and then I went back to sleep. A few minutes later, I woke up again, and asked all of those questions again. This apparently happened about eight times, but I only remember asking them once! (Well, obviously — if I remembered her answering why would I ask again?)
GRR. It’s very strange not remembering occurrences such as these.
85- Thats kind of funny.
Hey, You should do something about this for muse!
(85) No pictures, I’m afraid. It seems that, apart from a couple of tricky sharp turns, I’m utterly uninteresting inside.
79- Wow! I’ll take four.
83- Yeesh. I hope the steroids help, Pan. Immunosuppressants can have nasty side-effects.
Righto, I’ve posted Pan’s GI pix on a new thread called Purple Panda’s Inner Self. Medical discussions will please migrate thither and shift the conversation in the tea room to less visceral matters.
I’ll have chamomile tea and a small plate of wung buttons, please.
(89) Only on MuseBlog: where Winnie-the-Pooh and digestive-tract photos appear in consecutive threads.
*pours tea* I believe I’ll have some of that myself.
And a top-notch tea room besides. There really is no blog like home.
It being an incredibly hot day, I think I’ll order a ginger-beer.
I just read an article in the New England Journal of Medicine on a clinical trial testing the anti-inflammatory effects of wung buttons. I’m surprised the study hasn’t been more widely reported in the popular press. The results were astonishing. Let’s just say Purple Panda should help herself to a full plate.
83) Wow. THis sounds serious! Hope everything turns out OK! *is worried*
Wung buttons?
I’ll take a small of those whoozamacallits thingamabobbers… those flattened donut holes with chocolate poured in the middle! Those things! And a small cup of plain iced tea. I’ll just have one of those mints you get a resturants. Not hungry, huh? How did you guess?
(93) Anti-inflammatory, eh? Then I’ll definitely order a plate!
Here you go, Purple P. A plate of wung buttons, freshly baked.
(94) kiwimuncher: wung buttons are a sweet delicacy eaten by denizens of the H&H and kindred locales.
Thanks, Rosanne! *munches happily*
On the wall of the H&H — is that a tapestry? It looks as though it’s hung from a rod; there are two little bird-looking-things sticking out the top edges.
(98) It is a tapestry of the Muses, hanging from a rod. Another of Lady Bunniful’s masterpieces.
Flamablamablous! What materials were used? It must have taken a long time to make.
Rebecca is the artist; she’ll have to tell you. It’s all magic to me.
Cool! Wung buttons sound awesomely awesome!
Yes, the tapestry is truly a master piece!
Tis slow…………..
Could I please have a few muffins? I do love muffins.
*strides in*
My usual, please……jasmine tea with an egg and cress sandwich. And an eclair. Thank you very much.
*sits down*
Has anyone noticed that my fur is made of faux wung fur?
Your fur? You mean like a fur coat? *gulp* You got a wung killed for it?
105- No. AthenianPsycho said “faux.” That means fake. What are everyone’s views on China’s human rights abuses?
106-I don’t have any views on China’s human rights abuses, mainly because I don’t know anything about China’s human rights abuses. Could you tell me about it?
106) OK. *calms down*
107) I am in the same boat! Please enlighten us Piggy! I’m not very up to date on current events. I don’t watch TV or listen to radio news regularly. And my towns local newspaper has nothing on global news……….
108- I don’t think “enlighten” is the right word. These things are pretty dark and often gruesome. Being an extemper, I have to follow these stories, so that’s the main reason I know. For starters, they (the Chinese government, not the general public) execute people right and left, but won’t tell anyone how many they kill. Embezzlement and tax fraud are punishable by death. When a prisoner is executed, they’ll sell his or her organs to people that need them. Oftentimes they’ll kill the person whether they are up for execution or not. If you have a second child, they’ll kill it. They send people away to concentration and work camps for speaking out against the government. They block any websites which say something that the gov’t doesn’t want to hear. They only allow certain religions, and most of those are controlled directly by the government. They lie about darn near everything, just to make China seem like a better place. China’s a bad, bad place. More people need to realise that.
don’t forget that “Bodies” exhibition that was here in the U.S. for that last couple of years.
*Throws up*
I think the conversation is rapidly encroaching on “Hot Topics” territory.
Hey! You just changed your post. It used to be about Bodies.
Hrm.
*sips tea*
I have no idea what kind of tea that is. Actually, maybe it’s just warm water. Usually, I just have peppermint tea, but lately anything mint has made me sick, so I’ve been staying away from it. Warm water sounds delicious, though.
(112) Yes, I reconsidered. Perhaps a country as big as China needs a thread of its own. Shall I create one?
Wow. That sounds serious. This news does need to be spread around! I’ve never ehard of it before and I’m sure that’s the case with many people!
113- That might have been a good idea
*Throws up*
Some body get a mop.
A China thread has been created.
Purple Panda, does your name come from Mr. Rodger’s?
TMFA- Yes, that was part of the reason I chose the name. Planet Purple does seem so lonely, though, doesn’t it? Well, I guess not so much lonely, but certainly lacking diversity.
All this talk of omelettes makes me crave one….could you add another to the order, Mr. Wung?
How did I not notice the tapestry before? It’s truly lovely!
My spellcheck is telling me to add an unnecessary apostrophe to one of my words. Shame on it, trying to sabotage the H&H’s grammatical correctness!
Ah. Such a loverly morning. *eats scone*
*sigh* Wow. Could I please have a huge slice of something that’s chocolate? That would be really nice.
Do you think this place could do with a bit of tapestry? It’s lovely as it is, but I just think a wall hanging or two might make it even more cosy.
Meanwhile, crumpets before bedtime, please, Mr. Wung. Lots of butter. The Irish, I think.
Russia’s bigger. Why not a Russia thread?
My usual, please…again…jasmine tea with an egg and cress sandwich. And an eclair. Thank you very much.
i find eclairs absolutely marvelous. i remember the days when hardly anyone in this marvelous establishment even knew what they were!
Although, there were some good things about the old times. Like…….people actually used flowery English, the way this establishment kind of…orders you to do with its tapestries and elegant chairs.
I would like a muffin, not those American cake things, with apricot jam. And some iced fresh peppermint tea, please. Leafygreen would like half a dozen of iced buns with some orange marmalade made from Seville oranges, of course. And she’d like some yunan tea for a bevarage. Ah, our deepest gratitudes. *steals iced bun from Leafygreen’s plate* Hey! Give that back! I only have six of those! Too late! *pops in mouth* *sets up Mp3 speakers* *quietly puts on Camelot*
Ah, Camelot. My third favorite musical. The most peaceful one, actually. Would anyone prefer Wicked or Spamalot, instead? Or should I leave it as it is?
*dozes off*
124- Indeed. This place has acquired some new denizens who, as is plain to see, do not treat it as the proper establishment it is. I’m sure many have not even seen the floor designated for dancing minuets and gigues and the like; even fewer have noticed the divers instruments strewn about in varied corners of the room. Master Baker, wouldst thou be so kind as to bring in a hurdy-gurdy? And perhaps a shawm, if you will. That would be marvelously delightful for those of us who have come daily to the Hare & Hedgepig since its opening these many years months ago. In the meantime, I shall practice Mendelssohn’s third sonata on the baroque organ, since the piece requires well-temperament, which the renaissance organ does not have. Mister Wung, would you be so kind as to warp said organ down for me? And would you bring me a pot full of nicely hot water as well? I have some Japanese green tea with pomegranate which I want to try. Thank you.
Eclairs are quite delectable! *eats one* Ah. Loverly. This is the one place where I can eat all I want and not have to face the obvious consequences.
127-Delectable indeed.
I have stopped here to grab a smidge of breakfast…………..my usual tea, jasmine, with an eclair…..thank you, Mr. Wung, this footstool is quite comfortable.
Any one here?
Oh. I’m here! Simply delayed slightly……
Greetings, all! I’m here!
Dear wung, a cup of Earl Grey with a lemon wedge, and some iced buns, if you please? I was told that the iced buns are quite delectible.
My good golly gosh, I haven’t been here for ages. I have missed the company of my fellow Musers in this beloved tearoom. How has everyone been lately?
I have been awesomely awesome! If you don’t count a LOT of school work. *sigh* Alas. This is the way of things. school = work How have you been?
126 – I am not musically inclined, but I do quite enjoy the lovely pieces that others play on the divers instruments here.
Greetings, Aggie! I’ve been doing all right despite only being able to check my beloved blog once or twice a week due to homework. How are you this fine evening?
133-Divers’ instruments? Wouldn’t they be wet?
*sigh* My usual, Mr. Wung, the full version…thank you. Fast service!
I have been weird lately. I have been in a jacuzzi that is about Pacific Ocean temperature.
133-I’m quite well, thank you. I am glad to find that this is also true for you. *sips tea* *smiles*
133- Divers means diverse. And they’re only a bit damp.
136-divers are wet.
Happy Labor day everyone! : smile:
We need a discussion quite badly. How is school going for everyone? Have you any projects on which you are working?
No, not exactly projects. But school is rough right now. I feel bad because I can’t get on MB as much. I have a quiz in Chemistry tomorrow. Don’t worry! I studied! I am a good child! ARt 2 is good…….. Of course, I’m one of those people that the Art teacher’s love, probubly because I’m quiet, do what I’m told, and am fairly good with a pencil. Then I have Algebra 2, which isn’t too bad. My teacher’s not as bad as my teacher last year, who gave work to give work. My current teacher only gives us enough to the point for us to practice, not to overload. My last class is the hardest, Environmental Science. It’s a fun class though and I enjoy the teacher. She just gives a lot of work, that’s all and she has hard tests and quizzes. Right now, we working on a lab by the side. We are calculating the effects of salt on the germination rate of seeds. Clue: don’t put salt on your plants. Salt = bad news
Greetings, fellow Cafeterians. Once again, I make a brief appearance for a pot of Oolong and a pikelet (thank you, Mr Wung) and head for bed. It’s now half past midnight, and Ive just finished etching a stepper motor driver board. I would have done it earlier, but I was making a spare stave for a barrel.
So, are you all excited about the Large Hadron Collider? Only a few more days to switch-on. A couple of years of full operation, and we’ll know whether the Higgs boson really exists, or whether it’s just a convenient figment. If it proves non-existent, there will have to be some deep thinking done in the corridors of physics.
*slurps Oolong and munches pikelet*
I now have digital television. 30 channels, and still nothing worth watching. I’ve been reduced to perusing the Democratic and Republican Conventions, which get full coverage while Parliament’s on holiday. They’re just big rallies, aren’t they? Simple propaganda meetings to allow important bods to make speeches and everyone else to cheer. It makes a lot of sense. Our political parties hold conferences, which are part rally and part serious decision-making forum, where party members can influence or (theoretically) determine party policy. The result is that internal dissent in the party is exposed to the full glare of the media, who have turned up for the big speeches and the free booze. It’s a PR nightmare.
When the American election comes round, I think I shall sit in my favourite armchair in the H&H, drink ginger beer, and listen to coverage on the warm, fuzzy Bakelite-cased valve radio, complete with anachronistic mp3 card slot, that you will no doubt have noticed residing in the small niche in the south wall. You see, that niche wasn’t intended for controversial religious iconography after all. Don’t worry about disturbance. I have hard-wired the internals so that full volume is just about audible at eight feet. Sit anywhere on the other side fo the new Cecilia fountain, and you won’t hear the radio. If you do wish to listen, I recommend Nat King Cole, Brahms, or perhaps Delibes, apricot tea, and a plate of something sticky.
Nighty-night.
Paul! Huzzah! He returneth! But only 30 channels? Wow. And as for the conventions, they are just big parties, now that I think about it. I mean, the delegates do vote on which candidates will be nominated, but that was already obvious. Still, it’s a good way to address a lot of people at once.
Is the LHC really starting up in a few days?! This should be awesome.
Good night Mr.Baker!
*sigh* Election time. I seriously don’t like either of the candidates. They’re both cheap politicians. They’ll do/say anything to get elected.
142) ONLY 30 channels? What are saying? My TV may get up to 5 channels. How many do you NEED?!
143- Did you hear about the stupid things Obama did in his European tour thing? And I agree, I like neither. Has anyone seen those “Garfield for President” buttons when Garfield ran against Clinton? (I mean the comic.) The slogan was, “You’ve done worse.”
Well, I’ve got pretty basic cable with 79 channels, but quite a few people have hundreds of channels. But still nothing on…
I think 30 channels is quite enough. Despite the dearth of anything watchable, I waste large amounts of time gawping at the thing, when I should be programming a microcontroller or building a mock furnace or deciding on the most appropriate reverb setting for a viol consort. Or, of course, sitting in the H&H, thinking deep thoughts, which is what I propose to do when I’ve finished this delightful pot of Assam and this rather magnificent scone.
I wish to point out that I have a habit of closing my eyes to ponder the universe, and occasionally grunting in satisfaction when I have solved a particularly esoteric problem. Some people have mistaken this for snoring. I do not snore. I have often stayed awake at night to make sure. I have never once caught myself snoring.
If the sweeping wung comes round with his broom, I ‘d be grateful if someone could lift my legs so that he can sweep under me. Thank you.
*savours Assam and wolfs scone*
Has everyone clicked Paul’s name? It leads to a web site, and now I know what a hurdy-gurdy is! YEEESSSSS!
148 – That’s way cool.
143- I prefer Obama, but I don’t like him. In fact, I frown on anyone who runs for President. In fact, I frown on the position of President. In fact, I’d be perfectly happy if we dissolved the government and went frolicking through the tundra.
146, 147 – The only channel I don’t get that I wish I got is the soccer channel. Unfortunately, you have to buy a package with a million other channels to get that one channel you want, so I doubt I’ll be getting it any time soon.
150- Tundra? What tundra? No tundra here. Tundra does not exist in SoCal. Frolicking through the sunshine?
152- No. No sunshine. You will come with me to the tundra.
151- Ugh, that’s annoying. Our family only watches maybe… 10 channels, but we have 70 or so total. We watch mostly Food Network, Discovery channel, the news, and if I’m feeling desperate sometimes, HGTV. It’s somewhat irking.
Well, this is my first post on H&H. Is it basically just discussing things and ordering food from Mr. Wung? Sounds interesting.
153)
Why would a person seriously need that many channels? All you need for TV is maybe one or two channels that show a favorite of yours (not that many, I mean, who has time to watch enough TV to have an excess amount of fav. shows? ) and a news channel. That’s it. Why would you need more? *sigh*
I get CBS (Bad), NBC (O.k.), ABC (Good), PBS(Best), and CW (doesn’t watch.)
Over the air. Bunny Ears.
I (that is to say, at home, not here at school, where I have no tv) have digital: we get NBC, FOX, then KYES a local thing, and then whatever channel 6 is, PBS, ABC. or maybe we don’t get channel six. I don’t remember. We don’t watch most of what’s on–it’s all garbage reality.
Anyway, until we got digital in spring ’07, we had the good old-fashioned kind of tv. For most of my early child-hood, we only got NBC and PBS. Then, randomly, we started receiving ABC. Then when I was around 13 or so, our old tv (colour, but no remote, had to change channel/volume with knob on the tv) died, and the new tv had no rabbit ears. Then, we got ABC great, as well as PBS, and NBC we got, but it was often so staticy that you could barely make anything out at all…..
Digital tv is so nice! That is, when it works (in other words, when you don’t use the cordless phone–not cell–if we use the cordless–which has now died–the tv goes blank, cuz they operate on the same wavelength. totally stupid, but I digress)
Hmmmmmmm. I think we have the WB, FOX, PBS, some local news channel, and an EXTREMELY fuzzy Spanish station that you can’t see, only hear. My sister has taken several Spanish classes and she says it’s very dirty.
My usual, please…I think you remember….
I belive life is good. Anyone with me on that?
159) Life is good.
Question concerning the Large Hadron Collider:
Is a significant advance in science worth the small risk of the Earth being destroyed?
No. I’d say not. So, in other words, the question is, would we rather have a few scientists be enlightened right before the whole world that we live in is sucked into a gignormous black hole or live without the enlightenment but still LIVE.
Of course, there’s a flip side to the question: If physicists want to perform a major experiment to test their theories, would it be reasonable to shut it down because someone, somewhere says it’s unsafe?
I have to say, I think it would be pretty flamablamablous to get sucked into a black hole.
I hope it happens.
164- Well, at least our deaths would be nearly instantaneous. Wouldn’t they?
As seen from the outside, anyway. I’m not sure what relativistic time dilation would make it seem like to us. We might see the whole future of the universe pass before our eyes as we cross the event horizon. I’ll have to look it up.
In any case, nothing big is going to happen for another month or two. Right now they’re just sending one particle beam around the ring to make sure everything works. The real excitement will start when they send two beams around in opposite directions and ram them together. That’s when we’ll get new particles and things.
165- I’ve seen a program on the Science Channel about black holes, and there was something about having every particle of your body ripped away or something in a split second. But that’s just me.
166- And discover the secrets of the universe.
Multiverse, Any one?
166- Well, it would be a micro black hole, right? Wouldn’t we be ripped and shredded before we even got near it?
I just hope crazy people don’t try to blow up the LHC or anything, like in the movie Contact. Unless it does end up creating a black hole. Except if someone blew it up, then we wouldn’t know that. Hm…
Did you see google yesterday?
Yesterday, the Earth was not destroyed
And all the nuts are so annoyed
And now, the Higgs Boson we’ll seeeeeeee!
Hip, hip, hurrah for the LHC!
171- The Earth wouldn’t have been destroyed, anyway. They’re not actually colliding the particles yet.
164- Wow. I’ve never seen someone be so morbid and so excited at the same time.
Is there an afterlife for MuseBloggers?
…That would be SO flamablamablous.
Then I’d want to die.
…But is there?
The LHC has reached Google! Yesterday, the image was for the LHC! Oh yeah, woohoo, oh yeah…
..HELP ME. I AM BECOMING VIRTUALLY BIPOLAR.
174- If there is an afterlife, I believe that there are different places. There’s a place for me and everyone I’ve known in real life, and then there’s the place where MBr’s meet each other and blog. And then, connected to the MB place, there’s a buncha world’s where we do RPGs. Real ones. That would be really cool. Now I want to die again. Wait, nah, none of you or any of my friends have died yet. So wungs to that.
164) All life as we know it sucked down into nothingness. Sounds like a nightmare! *cringe*
163) That’s like telling someone, “Oh, that’s OK, it’s not in our right to stop you. You can make a nuclear bomb. It MIGHT not blow up and kill millions of people.”
167)
168) Heh heh. Sarcasam right? Actually, I’m very bad at detecting sarcasam in real life, much less online.
169) Eep.
While I cannot deny that I enjoy life, it might be kinda cool to get sucked into a black hole.
Then I could see if there were other universes.
WHEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
176- not really.
177- Except you’d be kind of ripped and shredded into oblivion. *shudders*
179- Pshaw. A mere technicality.
180. heh heh. *is nervous*
I’d like some English breakfast tea, and toast. It’s just past 7:00, and I really should be having breakfast.
180- May I ask what you then call a PROBLEM?
174, 175- Hm. Good theme for a book. Is There MuseBlog in Heaven?. Someone should write a memoir about MuseBlog. Maybe I will, years from now.
183- A collection of essays! In RRR format!
182- A problem? Well, I’m really not sure… Getting ripped and shredded into oblivion without the benefit of having been through a black hole?
Anyone around for a chat? I’ll have a cup of Chi, thank you.
186- it’s Chai, and I’ll have the same, please.
187-Sorry, a mere typo. How is school going for you?
188) Rushed. I should be doing for school right now actually. *sigh*
189- Bad grammer!
190 (TMFA): Bad spelling!
Grammer? Oh, A, not E.
I’d like just a cup of yunan tea, thank you. I’m getting quite partial to it.
183- I’ll help!
188- Fine, except for the three minute dash across campus.
I think I’ll continue with my short stories for NaNoWriMo. I can never start a real novel for long, and this collection of short stories is perfect for my writing type. I’ve just dicovered I have the same problem with writing as Calvin. I’m great writing out loud, but I can never put it down on paper.
193 – It’s the same thing for me. Whenever I’m writing/telling a story I have to be talking out loud and moving around or I never get anything done. I’m too restless to sit still for long.
What I need is speech recognition software.
I don’t know if I’m doing NaNo this year…
194- I really only say dialogue and make facial expressions. Yet another reason that I belong in the theater doing musicals.
i’m not sure, but I think that if I work hard enough I can finish my novel by the end of November. *writes furiously*
196- *blinks* …It’s September…
I don’t have time to write, therefore, it is what I want to do more than anything else. -sigh- The paradox of my life.
188- it’s going better than five minutes ago, because I finished my homework.
196- by the end of November? wow.
Oh dear. I had a bad day at school. I’d like a cup of Chai again and a muffin. Anyone around?
*sigh* I’ve been working on a novel for……. wow ……. how long ahs it been……….3 years now? And I still ahven’t finished. I”m getting close…… I know what I want to happen next. I just don’t exactly feel like writing it. You know? It’s just one of those sections in a book where you just want to skip it but you know you can’t.
I’m here, eating an apricot scone and drinking Puerh tea so thick and dark you could almost stand a spoon up in it.
202-My LA teacher would love that.
It’s been very windy here today, but hot and humid. The school was very stuffy. I’m sure that didn’t help my mood. Ugh. I was put into some of the worst groups today and it put me in a foul mood.
*sigh*
I guess I’ll have an iced bun, mabye that will cheer me up.
I’d like some yunan tea and a croissant, please. Thanks.
199- Lucky. I’m supposed to be working on it now.
Cheese. Lots of cheese.
(205) kiwimuncher, have you ever eaten cheese from the Goat Lady Dairy? (The dairy is in Climax, southwest of Burlington.) I got one of their camembert-style cheeses at the farmer’s market last weekend. It’s so good! There’s going to be an open house at the farm on October 4 that I’m hoping to go to.
I’d like some Earl Grey and a croissant, please. I am in need of something warm and cozy.
206) No, I haven’t. Camembert you say? Isn’t that quite similar to Brie? Hmmmmmm. Maybe I can convince my parents to visit so we can get some free samples.
Yes, camembert is similar to brie. The farm’s web site is goatladydairy.com. Cute goat pictures in the slide show. Along with some pictures of cheese, of course.
Does this thread alway desvole into cheese?
(210) Yes.
210-Where would the world be without cheese? And so, why wouldn’t we discuss cheese? Speaking of which, may I have a sampler platter of your favorites, Monsieur Wung? Thank you kindly.
209) Ahhhhhhhhhhh. Cute little goaties!
213- GoatgoatgoatgoatYAAAY!!!
Oh, I simply adore goats. Especially baby ones. I photographed them for a photo project a while back. I wonder what happened to that roll of film…!? Maybe it came out too dark or something. Working with non-digital cameras is terribly difficult but a lot of fun.
People! This is a TEAROOM! Everyone not fulfilling the grammar requirement must NOT randmoly rant about goats! Please act politely toward the people trying to relax!
I think I shall try something new today. Hm, lessee… nilgiri tea and chocolate eclairs with strawberry jam on the side. It helps to have downloaded the menu to magnify it!
Greetings, H&H official. I have decided to rejoin this thread, at least temporarily, to help restore the conversation in this tearoom to a more desirable level. Might I have a pot of hot chocolate and some some pastries?
Did you know that there is a type of cheese that will not melt when heated, and is therefore very good when chopped into little cubes and fried? It’s called halumi cheese.
218- You can also put halumi cheese on the grill. That’s how ive had it at Armenian day in Watertown, MA. but i’m not a fan of it. It kind of tastes like tofu, and I HATE TOFU.
I’d like a cup of mint tea. And some Madeira cake.
I’m hungrey now.
(216) The goat comments were not exactly random. In the course of discussing the cheeses made by Goat Lady Dairy, I happened to mention in passing the profound cuteness of the goats pictured on the farm’s web site.
Cheese that won’t melt when heated… I wonder what gives it that quality?
this is kiwimuncher’s friend. it kinda grosses me out that cheese is curdled milk.
223- why? it’s just curdled milk.
218- interesting.
223) How mortifying! bad friend! BAD! Cheese is WONDERFUL! It does not matter if it is made from curdled milk, you must look at the end result!
H&H official,
Whoever you are, I beg to differ upon your opinions of the current conversation. I enjoy listening to a nice conversation (what could be more relaxing?) about the cuteness of goats. Shouting is not acceptable behavior, and it appears that you intend to impersonate a resident wung.
Oh, for heaven’s sake, everyone. What has become of this formerly magical establishment? Have we really been reduced to discussing goats and cheese? Well, I suppose cheese is fine, as long as the conversation is more cultured than it is now. (Cultured? Get it?) I propose we discuss current affairs or another applicable topic. Or perhaps we should move Paker back from the Student Lounge to here. The game was always busy when it took place here, but at the Lounge, it sits, gathering dust. By the way, if Paker is not moved back here, I beg you all to come to the Lounge and play. Fare thee well, all.
(227) But I like goats. And they are cute! Perhaps it is not too amiss to interpolate a few light moments amidst the serious discussions of cheese.
I’d love to discus current affairs, but I think that goats and cheese are just as important. This fine establishment is formal, yes, but not stiff. We could have several conversations at once. As for Parker, I think it’s much more frustrating to talk when there’s a game of it in progress.
(does this count as an RPG-area. can we say something like: I walk into the hare and hedgepig and sit down…? Or is it just a place where we, not characters, can sit down and do whatever it is that we do here? I’ve never actually been on this thread before. do we have discussions or something? that’s what it looks like.)
230- No. It’s just saying what you order, then discussing.
Current affairs….hmmm…..something that won’t get out of hand, but yet it should be interesting.
I’ll have a cup of Chai and a crossant while I think about it.
10. ΡÖŞÎĈ | March 29th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
It seems to be a virtual tea room for those who like thoughtful conversation, as opposed to pointless posts. Also, pie throwing seems to be prohibited on the premises, more because it’s hard to clean up than anything else.
Its location is uncertain, as it seems to be at an intersection between Museica, Iceland and Earth. I’m betting it’s in the Oasis.
There were rules, or an introduction somewhere, but I can’t find it. You could play music on the wide array of instruments, or dance, or eat, but please just be yourself.
Current Affairs: Obviously the election, but I’m not sure if that’s good for discussion right now. How about those Somali pirates?
19 million pound ransom. (Why not in Euros?) They have tanks! How should it be dealt with?
Hi, can I have a cheese wheel? Thanks.
I don’t know know about the Somali Pirates.
What happened?
Did someone take Talk Like A Pirate Day up a notch or two?
…
An eclair please, my dear wung, I may be here a while.
My esteemed father informed me that pirates had stolen a ship full of tanks. Apart from that, I know nothing.
I’ll have the usual. Mint tea and madeira cake. Which I’ve actually never had in real life but I wiki’ed it and it sounded good.
Somali Pirates? That sounds like a football team.
Does H+H do catering?
*orders some cheese souffle* or however you spell it. IT’s yummy. That’s all I know……
Discussion? What about the debate?
For one thing, I don’t trust politicians. They’ll say anything they can to get elected.
I liked a lot of things that McCain said. And I liked a lot of things that Obama said. But I don’t trust what they said at all. And I think that a lot of their plans might work. But I stress MIGHT.
The one thing that annoyed me the most was how Obama was disrespectful to McCain. McCain called Obama “Senator Obama” and Obama called McCain “John”. Also, Obama kept on laughing at what McCain said, which wasn’t nice at ALL. And I actually admired McCain for keeping his temper, cause I know if I were in that situation, I would have slapped Obama from here to kingdom come.
(237) For certain Muse Academy events they have been known to…
I don’t bother with politics. For a brief period of time, I really cared, even if I was confused and didn’t know what to believe and who to trust. But then I learned about the Electoral College, and now I’m simply waiting until the world explodes and we don’t have to think about it anymore. I am not pleased to learn that the popular vote can be manipulated. We might as well have an oligarchy and stop pretending that we’re a “democracy.” A true democracy makes decisions based on the people say, not whether the officials agree with the people.
Excuse the outburst. I think I need a cup of tea to calm myself.
The United States isn’t a democracy, Alice: it’s a republic. Always has been.
241- It’s a democratic republic. Maybe. I don’t think it’s very democratic, but I should stop ranting about things I don’t understand. Anyway, it’s practically an oligarchy.
Why do so many people say it’s a democracy if it’s a republic?
I’m annoyed. OK, so they didn’t pass that bill? What’s up with that? From what I heard, one person stood up right before the vote and pretty much blessed out all the republicans for messing up everything, causing almost all of the republicans to change their votes. I mean, the plan before wasn’t perfect, but at least it was a plan. Now we aren’t doing anything. So I guess we’re just going to sit around and do nothing when the next Great Depression could be upon us?! Am I missing something here? Our political parties shouldn’t be fighting right now! They should be working together to solve this problem! And it doesn’t help that our politicians care more about staying in office then aiding their country.
*sigh* Thanks for letting me rant.
240- I don’t like the way the system runs either, but is total democracy always good? Sometimes the people can be wrong, you know. Or do I not know what I’m talking about?
244- Amen.
241- Depends on whom you ask. CIA says one thing, most other sources say something else.
Kiwi, I think the bill didn’t pass because it was full of crap. Most legislature is packed till it’s bloated, actually, because D.C. is tangled up. (It’s a great city though, I’d love to come visit.)
When the bill was written up, all these things were pushed into it, I believe one provision let the president in 5 years decide how to pay off 700 billion dollars. That’s not a decisive law, so it might help if a better, or just smaller bill is passed, even if it is a bit later. I think I remember something from The Simpsons that explains it nicely. Low flying jets were hitting the house, so the family got a bill passed locally by attaching their regulation to a bill that gave American flags to homeless orphans. You can’t vote against homeless orphans. The debate was full of “You voted against a bill that blahblahgavefundingtotroopsblah”, while in truth he voted against a bill that did A, B, C, and also D. D was unacceptable.
Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Democrat, probably gave that speech, but I don’t know what was said.
We are a representative democratic republic, no?
Direct democracy isn’t too bad, and the electoral collage hasn’t ever worked directly against the people. Oligarchy is a bit harsh, but we do have some aristocracy.
The Somali Pirates were just some small time pirates who attacked a ship, and then found out too late it was full of high grade arms. Pirate attacks are really common in some areas, like the North African Coast, and Indonesia, but this highlights how out of control the whole situation has gotten. A small craft, say 20′ , can take a $20 million oil tanker hostage, using maybe 8 guys, some non-automatic guns, a radio, and a long bamboo pole. Mogadishu, like many areas on the African Coast, is notoriously under-governed. It has the potential to be really bad.
245- Oh yes, certainly the people can be wrong. And I don’t like going along with what the majority says either. Or being told what to do. Essentially, I want to be able to totally and completely ignore all the laws I don’t like or agree with, and I’d like to be able to have a say in the business of the country in which I live (which I don’t have, and wouldn’t really have even I were voting age (oh, and no I won’t go into politics)). but to get back on track, yes, the people could make a mistake. But the people in the electoral college are people too! They could be wrong too! If they weren’t there, then there would be no one to blame but ourselves if it went wrong. It would be fair. The Electoral College has power over the common people. They make the decisions. That’s WRONG. No one should have power over anyone. That’s why I hate government.
(246) No, it’s not a matter of opinion. “Democracy” and “republic” have technical meanings as governmental systems. A republic is a representative democracy. That’s what the Constitution set us up to be.
(248) Absence of government wouldn’t keep people from having power over other people, though. I suspect it would just put most people at the mercy of the local bully. Having been bullied in school, that’s not a prospect I relish.
249 (re 248)- I know. That is why I simply plan to enjoy life right now and pray that the world explodes soon.
It may be a minority opinion among MuseBloggers, but some of us don’t want the world to explode. We have other plans for this planet.
Well, I’ve finished my chamomile tea and think I’ll go to bed, read a little Tolstoy, and try to get a decent amount of sleep tonight. Other GAPAs might stay around for a bit longer. Good night, everybody!
I’m still rooting for the black hole.
252- True. It might be nice if the world didn’t explode. But I’ve given up on the world, and unless it fixes itself up double-quick, I’d be happy to see the end. Except that I’d be dead, which would render me slightly incapable of emotion, y’know.
252- Indeed.
253- I hope humans have enough cash incentive to get space travel working, and then we can just go diversify our holdings throughout the universe. Albeit slowly.
Funny, if you throw enough cash at practically any problem, it stops being a problem. Exceptions include government and black holes.
255- No, no! That would just extend the reach of humankind. Then the entire galaxy would have to explode/get sucked into a black hole! or universe, depending on how far we’d spread.
Oh, and another exception is inflation. If you throw more cash at that, it just expands.
252- Actually, the black hole could be arranged.
There’s a huge particle accelerator that’s been built(I think it’s called the Large Hadron Collider or something similar) because they want to find a certain type of particle. However, apparently there’s a possibility that it will create a black hole and suck the world (and all the stuff around it) into nothingness.
Keep in mind, though, that I heard this from my science geek father, so he might be mixing it up with sci-fi or some such.
257 (Miss E): Yep, that’s what I’m hoping for. If you read up earlier in the thread, we had a whole discussion about it.
Hey, I have plans for the future. I’m not ready for everything I’ve ever cared about to be sucked into oblivion.
The LHC hopes to find the Higgs-Boson particle, which would give a reason for gravity. I’m pretty sure there’s a very slim chance that a black hole will be created. Wasn’t that all mainly just media?
Unfortunately, the Large Hadron Collider broke down hours after launch. Temperatures rose to nearly 2 degrees above absolute zero.
So, is the opinion held that humanity is inherently bad?
260- I’m guessing there will be a hole, but it will go away right way
No, just inherently stupid.
251- “Other plans”?
263- Methinks there may be a wee chance these “other plans” have something to do with HPBs.
259) Same here! I like to keep an optimistic approach. Yeah, we humans have messed up, but we can develope the gumption to fix most of the damage.
May I please have an eclair? They’re so yummy.
Good evening, friends. might I have an iced bun and some jasmine tea, please, good wung? Thank you very much.
I’m currently doing a paper for speech class on the informative topic of the Apollo 11 moon landing, and upon research I discovered that some people actually think that NASA faked it! Can you imagine how this idea got into their heads? Quite silly, really. *sips tea* But I really would like to hear the ideas and thoughts of my fellow MuseBloggers before I go writing anything rash.
I would like one cucumber sandwich and a cup of English Breakfast tea, decaf, one lump of sugar and cream.
[later, when waitperson checks back in]
Delicious, thank you. Send my compliments to the chef—and the GaPAs, too.
I think this is a leetle beet off topic, but could someone please explain “points” to me? Thanks!
Points Explained.
Points thread: https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=1483
If I gave you an actual definition, it might be biased because I think the whole point system is stupid as hell.
271- But how stupid is Hell?
272- Don’t bother Cliff Eagle. He’ll bite. I swear.
272- Actually, I thought that was actually kinda funny. And Piggy- I’m not so bad. I’m just misunderstood. Deep down inside us there is good. There is good, there is good there is untapped good, like the worst inside of us is good!!!
Did I seriously just lapse into West Side Story?
273- -does double take- Whoa. I haven’t heard that in a while. I don’t think Cliff Eagle does a great deal of biting, personally.
267? Anyone? Helloooo?
267/76- It’s an amazing feat, and there isn’t much you could do to prove it. I mean, cost wise, it’s much easier to stage something. And the whole idea of space travel was out-of-this-world at the time. Then there are the little things that are just wonky because they’re in space. Like the flag, that looked like it was blowing in the wind.
277- Actually, NASA had traveled into space with many missions like the Gemini before they even did Apollo, so space travel was perfectly plausible.
Also, I watched an episode of MythBusters on this subject, it was on a while ago. They proved that you definetly couldn’t fake the moonlanding without zero gravity, and especially not with the limited technology they had back then.
There was an article in muse about this. Here:
http://www.cricketmag.com/activity_display.asp?id=203
I think I could link to that. it’s in the fan page.
I’m just giving counter arguments, like you asked for. They don’t really hold up, but they’re interesting at least. People are always skeptical of new or amazing things.
281- No, no, I know! I didn’t mean it rude or anything, I’m just testing my counter attack. Thank you for your views, they really helped my argument.
*feels out of place in Frankie goes to Hollywood T*
Dear me. D:
*rushes out to change*
*comes back in with fomal attire*
Yes, hello.
*sits and sips Chai tea*
Delicious. (:
Hello, could I have an Earl Grey? Thank you.
*daintily sips tea*
Well, after reading a good deal of this and its predecessing threads, I’ve decided that what the tearoom really needs is some sort of combination non-anonymous waitperson/bartender. And when I say bartender, that implies non -alcoholic beverages and such, seeing as we don’t serve those in the tearoom. It’d really be more of someone who makes sure everything is okay at a proposed bar area, and tries witty repartees at the bar customers.
Plus, you all keep calling on strange, imaginary waitpeople to serve you, and that just doesn’t make much sense to me.
So… Barkeep Gwen, applying for a job!
267- Google-search “Bad Astronomy Moon Hoax”.
286- I think the wungs are the house help that you can’t seem to find. They’re notoriously shy, but I’m certain that they’d open up to a welcoming barkeep!
That’s one!
*plasters “Gwendolyn For Barkeep” campaign signs on most of the paths to the Hare and Hedgepig*
Gwen- Don’t forget the most important job of a barkeep: giving life lessons and advice!
289-I’ll vote for you! Unless there is an H&H Electoral College…
289- I’d vote for you! Partly because no one is running against you, but that’s just a small technical difficulty.
Well, unless someone else wants to, I’ll run for barkeep as well. Now to come up with a catchy slogan. Any ideas?
Gwen&Piggy- I like you both! I’ll just vote for the person who has the least votes (Hopefully, I won’t have to come to that….).
290- Well, that’s exactly why I want the post. Maybe I can hone my people skills, which I’m told are wanting.
I look forward to the competition, my good Pig.
As you can see, my friends, my opponent actually admits to being an antisocial psychopath. Not really, but she does say her “people skills… are wanting.” Whatever that means. Vote for me and I’ll bring a full cheese menu to the H&H, as well as soft drinks from around the world. See you all on November 4th! And Gwen, I’m also looking forward to the race. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got to go hang campaign posters.
Voting? For whom and what? Oh. Barkeep? Gwen versus Piggy? Gurgle. Hard decision……
Anyways, I am back after a long time of school joys. That is the one problem with school. When school starts, MB comes to a standstill for me. Oh well. Tis life. *sips lemonaid*
My Fellow Musers,
There are times when we must think upon serious global matters, such as the economy, our futures, and nuclear proliferation. My bar will not be a place for those times to occur. I will run an efficient, clean bar that offers a wide range of refreshments for every Muser, be they following some sort of regimen or not. Like my opponent, I will peddle a full line of fine cheeses and foreign soft drinks, but I promise to beat any price (apart from free, because then I’d say we’re at quite a stalemate) s/he offers, and I will offer snack foods from around the globe.The only worries my bar will contain are the ones you bring yourself, and I’ll do my best to help you abolish those. While I do admit to having some iffy “people skills”, isn’t a somewhat detached (and therefore unbiased, so she can better help you with your problems) barkeep with a wicked sense of humor better than a hugely social one who is subject to favoritism between clients? Not that my good Piggy ever said s/he was, but seeing as I’m definitely not, isn’t it better to make the certain decision?
Your Companera,
Gwen
At least I’m able to tell the gender of other people. And considering the food and drink here have always been free and always will, I don’t think price is ever going to be an issue. And my opponent says that she will not allow discussion of current events and issues. To quote: “These are times when we must think upon serious global matters… My bar will not be a place for those times to occur.” I, on the other hand, support open and free discussion about whichever topics the visitors of this humble tearoom find suitable, be it goats, cheese, or the state of the Chinese economy. You want Paker? I’ll bring it back to the H&H. You want more music? You got it. I have already brought in a dance floor, many musical instruments of all sorts, and, most importantly, a long string of marvelous discussions. What has my opponent done? Think about it. I have executive experience as high bailiff for Paker in the Lounge, and am the leader of the Bring Back the Old Muse movement, chosen by the people for my skills. Ask yourself who the better candidate is. I hope you vote for that person, be it me or She of Foreign Seas. Thanks for your time.
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So what if we just had barkeeping shifts? Like, you get Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, and I’ll take Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays?
Giving up already? Wow. Well, how ’bout this: we both are barkeeps, and whoever happens to be around will perform the duties. Like how the GAPAs do their job. That sound good?
I don’t care. Could some one just get me a cup of some tea and a scone with butter and blackberry jam?
302- Right away, sir. *brings pot of herbal tea and plate with two freshly-baked scones and a jar of jam, complete with spoon for spreading* This tea is one of my favorites. It’s called “Red Zinger”. It’s a fruity herbal tea made with rose petals, cherry bark, and other assorted bits and pieces. Enjoy!
Hi, Piggy. I’ll take five scones with strawberry jam, 15 wung buttons, 12 chocolate eclairs, a cucumber sandwich…and how about some cream soda?
*brings extra large platter with five scones, a jar of strawberry jam fifteen wung buttons, twelve chocolate eclairs, four cucumber sandwiches, and a cold bottle of cream soda* You see, cucumber sandwiches are very small, and often used as hors d’oeuvres.
305- I see. Thank you. *sits at table* *devours food* *is happy*
Oh, IBCF, I need your first name and last initial, as well as your name, for the letter to Muse, if you’re willing to oblige. You can tell me here or go to the October 2008 Muse Discussion page. Thanks!
301- Sounds good.
*begins building actual bar area*
Well, there’s eight seats withsable leather cushions, and they’re swiveling chairs that are welded underneath the counter, so you probably won’t fall backwards out of them unless you are truly extraordinarily clumsy. Nice and clean glossed cherrywood counter. *polishes compulsively*
The bar is officially open for business.
*enters Gwendolyn’s bar*
Ooo, this is nice. Love the chairs. *swivels* So, what do you serve here?
Might I please have a scone with some strawberry jam? Thank you.
Man, wungs are cute.
Has anybody else here visited the Smithsonian Museums in Washington?
*strides in*
My usual please – an egg and cress sandwich with jasmine tea, and an eclair. Thank you.
How else is everyone?
310-No.
310- Indeed I have, though it’s been a couple of years. The Air and Space museum was my favorite, but that’s most likely because I’m into that sort of thing. Which was your favorite?
Oh, this is lovely! *Spins in bar chair* I’ll have a chocolate scone with orange marmalade and a glass of pomegranate juice, please. Ah, thank you. *Nibbles scone* *Sips juice*
No, KaiYves, I have not, but my family wants to go. The spy museum sounds particularly neat! What was your favorite place to visit overall? *Accidentally slurps juice* Oh, beg pardon.
309- Well my dear, we serve practically everything except for Soylent Green and alcoholic beverages. Anything you would find as a regular customer at the Hare and Hedgepig, you can find here. We offer quite a few more of them drinkables, though. What can I get for you?
310- Of course. Not all of them, but some. I like the Natural History one the best, and the Native American Museum. The Holocaust Memorial Museum is worth visiting as well, even though it’s technically not part of the Smithsonian system, I believe. Incredible stuff in that one.
*fiddles with bar’s soda fountain*
I (predictably) loved the Air and Space Museum, but I also really enjoyed the Native American Museum with that window in the lobby that had prisms built into it. I desperately wanted to visit the Spy Museum, but there wasn’t time. The Holocaust Museum gave me nightmares, but I guess that’s part of the point.
314- Well then, I think I’ll have an ice cool coca-cola and some chorley cakes.
316- Coming right up! *takes glass bottle of Coke out of bar’s refrigerator, slides down to where IBCF is sitting*
HEY, WUNGS! A suitably sized plate of chorley cakes for our visitor, please.
The wungs will have your cakes in a minute. Now sunshine, how was your week?
More tea, if I can?
hmfffffff! Chip chip chip HMF! hmf hmf chip chip chip hmf hfm chip hmf hmff hmf chip!
(we’re stuck in the past!) (we have to get out!) (what do we do?)
315-That’s too bad, KaiYves. Running out of time for what you want to do isn’t fun at all.
Could I have more juice? Thank you. *Spins in bar chair again* Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
*experiments with neon lighting for a Hare and Hedgepig Bar sign*
*gives self a bit of an electrocution*
Um… neon? Maybe a bit tacky for a refined tearoom such as this? Uh, oh. We’ve got rodents. *fetches humane live chipmunk traps* That should get ’em. No worries, patrons. They won’t get anywhere near the food. Oh, I’m terribly sorry, TMFA. What kind of tea would you like?
Oocheewamma! Tis cold! Could I have some hot coco please?
323- Of course. One Hot Koko comin’ right up. Whipped cream, marshmallows, or both?
My teacher, however, made up for it somewhat by letting us stay in the Air and Space Museum longer than usual and letting me visit the Moon Landing exhibit even though it wasn’t on on our list. And helping me tolerate the other kids in my group, including the one girl who told me flat out “I wouldn’t care about space if I was IN space.” (Well, you ARE in space. On a planet that’s going through it.)
322- same as last time, if you could.
324) Whipped cream please.
325) Wait…… so she’s saying that she cares about space because she believes that she’s not in it. Right? Or….. What?
325-That helps. I understand now why you ran out of time. I did not realize you were on a school trip. She doesn’t know that she’s technically in space? Hmm. I guess she meant outer space.
327, 328- Yes, she didn’t realize that she is in space, because she’s on the Earth, and the Earth is traveling through outer space every minute of every day.
323- Yeah, I decided against it when I almost melted the fingers on my right hand.
Hm. Seems like Piggy got most of the rush. I guess I’ll just hold down the fort for a while… I wonder if we have any cinnamon or apple cider in stock. Piggy was the last one to make a grocery run, and I really want to test out a drink idea I had for the late-coming but nonetheless frigid autumn.
Nope, nothing. I guess I’ll go to the store later.
I need tea!
What a loverly evening. *eats eclaire* OMG! How scrumpcious!
TMFA- What kind, dear sir? Oh, yes, I remember now. That fruity herbal tea, Red Zinger. Right away. *brings pot of tea* Here you are. Oh, and I just baked up a pound cake. I’ll bring you a slice.
I’m glad to hear that you enjoy our eclairs, Kiwimuncher. And it is rather loverly lately, isn’t it? With the leaves changing and all.
Thank you.
Yes, it truely is lovely, and even more so, since it’s Halloween! *eats candy*