Monday, 29 April 2024
Life, the universe, pies, hot-pink bunnies, world domination, and everything
The Holiday Reform discussion has inspired us to declare 2009 The Year of Random Celebrations. The name of each monthly random thread (along with its title graphics) will commemorate a subject worthy of Muserly honor. For example, we expect there will be some form of Pastry Appreciation Month.
Nominations are welcome.
Date: November 14, 2008
Categories: Fan Page / MuseBlog business
December: Snowflake month! Yaay! *celebrates snowflakes*
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July: Harry Potter appreciation month! 
March: A celebration of the birth month of everyone’s favorite MBer Just kidding…..
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How about an Languages Month and a month in honor of all who fight the HPBs?
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2 – even better… we do it the month harry potter was first published.
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4–works for me. I was just thinking July, as it is his birthday. But the actual month the first one was published works. Presumably the month they were published by Bloomsbury in England? Three hundred hardback and two hundred paperback–or perhaps it was vice versa. Regardless, that was the miniscule size of the very first ever printing. Tiny, really.
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Actually, we’d prefer to stay away from specific characters, books, personalities, copyrighted materials, and so on, though fantasy literature could work. What we’d really like to recognize are the distinctive, unexpected kinds of things people who are not MuseBloggers generally overlook.
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6–um, it was kinda a joke, so…….
Don’t have any serious ideas right now, but….
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So making May Star Wars month is out? Would just a Science Fiction Month be okay?
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(8) Science Fiction Month is certainly possible. Some offbeat aspect of science fiction would be even better. I’m sure the mind who came up with interviews of scientifically inaccurate fictional aliens and SSSS accounts of the space-age saga could think of something….
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Hyperspace Month? Freeze-dried Ice Cream Month?
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Conspiracy Theory Month!
Writing Month (November) 
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11 – Conspiracy theory month sounds cool. How about, I dunno, mythology month or something?
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(12) Mythology is definitely a good theme. Maybe someone can think of a twist comparable to KaiYves’s hyperspace idea.
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12- Yay mythology! Definitely!!
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January : Iceland month
Feburary :Bills gates pie month/ pi is three month
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Yes, mythology!
Um, what kind of mythology?
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Green Smiley Month. 
will hate it, which is why we should try it out.
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Nobody forget May 25th- Towel Day! Thus, I think May should be Sci-Fi Celebration month.
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Spontaneous Combustion Month!
Foreign Languages Month!
Pig Latin Month!
Cat’s Meow Month!
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Celebrate Yourself Month? Maybe that will stop everyone from suggesting a ‘[that person] Appreciation Month’…..
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GAPA Appreciation Month?
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21-Yes, GAPA Appreciation Month!
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Well, March will obviously have to be Flying Pastry Month (it has Pi Day, y’know).
21- We already have a GAPA Appreciation Day. What would we do for a whole month? Wait! I’ve got it! I could take a month off of school, one of the GAPAs could give me their password, and I could moderate for that whole month!! Or…not. Not that we don’t appreciate them, though :wink:.
I agree that May should be Sci-Fi month, with special emphasis on HG2G. Would festive colors come with each of these months?
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21- That’s August.
Sci Fi Month! YES!
20- That’s a good idea…. June? That’s when school gets out.
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24-Sure….. I dunno, it actually sounds kinda New Moon-ish when I look at my post again….. we need a cooler name. How about……..
Um……
*has no ideas* Any suggestions?
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Some of these more general topics could be given a bit of a twist by honing in on specifics. For instance, free associating with “Languages,” I come up with:
Diacritical Marks (Remember the Umlaut!)
Our Favorite Parts of Speech
Great Moments in Etymology
Parenthetical Phrases We Couldn’t Live Without
In Praise of the Alphabets
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26-We need more months…..
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26- Alphabets, my dear bunniful. We want Greek and Aribic and Russian! and anything else using a non-latin keyboard.
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(28) Of course, most esteemed TMFA. I also thought of “Obsolete Alphabets.”
These are merely some suggestions I hope will inspire others. Don’t be afraid to be daring and silly. The more ideas we come up with, the more likely we’ll have good ones to choose from. And some of those that don’t become Random Thread themes might become threads of their own.
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I began to have some little ideas, and they wouldn’t stop coming. Can anyone improve them?
Flag Day
*International, I guess it should really be Vexiollogy Day, but I’m not sure if that’s cooler sounding, or scary like an operation. On this day, each person finds a country they know nothing about, and learns what the flag means, any wear shirts displaying the flags.
Manifesto Day
Everyone finds a manifesto. As a greeting, you read it, or an excerpt, if it is too long. Write your own, if you feel inspired.
28 Hour Day Week (28HDW)
To test the 28 hour day, for a week (possibly 2 or more are needed. I guess it depends how fast you adjust.). Hmm. A celebration of nonstandard time? Like: I’ll get to school when the rain has filled the pot. ( The pot must fit all of the international pot time telling standards, of course, accurate to 100th of a gyaliter and impermeable. don’t forget the rain-rate tables to be consulted!)
Esperanto
Because it needs a day. Tie in with international understanding?
(Extinct) Flightless Bird Day
Ok, so this one’s a little less though out. Could it encompass all unusual animals in need of our protection and study? With the bold dodo as a mascot, protesters and protectors rally in the heart of the city to save those little miracles of nature, off endangered and unknown.
Tallship
Nautical in general, to help people understand our oceans and shorelines. Because land is only 30% of the world. Any ideas, Alice, MF? Begin to build a boat, to be launched in a year??
Bicycle!
Ride a bike, close the roads to motors! Build a bike? Donate to Pedals4Progress?
Typesetter’s Parade
In celebration of the visual arts, all of the tiny details that most people don’t see, like good font choice, graphic design, design in general, colors. I imagine a parade with people carrying big white signs on sticks, a single triumphant letter in black.
Open Culture
To put the public domain in the public eye. It’s our culture, share it! See: Creative Commons.
Interrobang
Use at least one unusual punctuation mark in your writing.
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(30) Wow, quite a list. Some of these would fit better under Holiday Reform, so I’m going to copy your post there as well, for easy reference.
(23) Piggy, festive colors is an excellent suggestion.
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Happy Clean Out Your Fridge Day! *cleans virtual fridge*
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(32) Do you mean that in the sense of eating the leftovers or terminating the science experiments?
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Two days ago was “Write ‘Love’ on your Arm Day”! When I raised my hand in class, the teacher asked why LOVE was written on my arm in bold hot pink graffiti letters, and almost everyone in the room yelled, “IT’S WRITE LOVE ON YOUR ARM DAY!” Although perplexed, the teachers took part in it anyway.
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Mythology Month is a good idea!!!!!
Also, Sci-Fi Month in May!!!!!*
* “Multiple Exclamation Points. A sure sign of a diseased mind.” -Terry Pratchett
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33- I don’t know.
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April = Resistance Appreciation Month!
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37- How about April just = HPB month? The Blog could be pink the whole time and we could fight the bunnies!
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I now declare today High School Musical 3 Missed Showing Day.
What?
I was going to see a showing of HSM 3 with two friends, but I never got to do it.
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39~ Lucky you, otherwise we might have lost you to the horrors of HSM…….*shudders* I think the Bunnies are behind it, somehow.
Hmm, perhaps we’ll have a celebration of spotting historical and technical inaccuracies in popular movies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ratlines, epaulets, costume flaws, un-researched music, dubious death throes (bleeding at the mouth while dying of random causes), the list goes on!!
Yes, a month to be dedicated to enlightening the general publc of the gruesome horrors of inaccuracies found in popular movies, particularly those relating, but not limited, to history, ships, etc.
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(40) Any idea what you’d call it?
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41~ Umm………not right now….I’ll think about it though.
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40- YESYESYES.
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40 – Yes!
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41- Nitpicker’s Month!
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40–sounds cool!
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34 – I like that idea! Those kind of holidays are the best.
We cannot forget Talk Like a Pirate Day.
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What about having February as “sanity reverse month” ?
It means that sane=insane and insane=sane. During that month, trying to make gold out of salt, chloroform and your brothers old socks would be considered perfectly normal, while moving the lawn with a normal, standard lawnmower would land you in an asylum.
I hope that I’ve explained it well enough.
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48- I think we’re all insane enough already.
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I’m talking about the poor, unfortunate people who do serious things- like going to law school or studying. Besides, though we muse-bloggers have learned to think “outside the box”, not everyone knows how fun it is to be crazy !
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48-i think that’s the perpetual state of the museblog…
47-Piracy month? Arrrr
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(51) It would have to be a month with an arrr in it, wouldn’t it?
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Could it be called Speculative Fiction Month instead of Science Fiction Month? That way it covers more ground.
Speaking of alphabets, next semester I’m taking a class in Heiroglyphs.
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50–I’m a poor unfortunate person! I do serious things (like study occasionally) and pursue a vet med career! (won’t start the real seriousness for 3 1/2 more years, but….)
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53- I was thinking of separate months for Fantasy and Science Fiction.
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Siesta Fiesta Day:
some warm Sunday in May.
You read a good book or two and take as many short naps as possible, interspersed with loud, obnoxious partying, and tea.
You then eat macaroni (homemade) and cheese for dinner, and watch movies all night. Make sure to sleep through several of them.
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What about
Beatles Day (Honoring the Beatles, of course)
Geek Day (When all geeks converse in GEEKCode)
Book Day (Obvious)
Uhhhhh….. how bout’…. uhhh
Bunny Peace Day (One day of peace with the HPBs.
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Backwards day? Post sdrawkcab.
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I suppose that would be 9/09/09
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11|11|11 is the Greatest Day Ever, due to its corduroy-like appearance. Is anyone else a member of The Corduroy Club?
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60- Corduroy Club? -looks at corduroy pants- -imagines closet brimming with corduroy- No, but I could be.
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30- Tall Ship Day! Bike Day! I do so want to build a tall ship. Confound these ugly iron things.
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How about:
December 2012 is Cloaked Nightmare Monster Madness Month (CNM^3).
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63 – Why December 2012? And, er, why CNM^3?
How about a month dedicated to musicals?
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64- December 2012 is when the Mayan calender ends. The Mayans openly admitted that they- SPLAT!
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65- Eh, Nobody wants to hear about that.
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65/66: RETURN OF THE MUSES??? HOLY CAKE!! SQUEEEEE!!!!! *runs around in circles, flapping arms excitedly*
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66- Now, now, Koko, be nice to Urania. After all, smart people are respected in everday soc—
HEY, IT’S KOKOPELLI AND URANIA! *pies heavily*
Sorry, I’m a little slow on the uptake. 
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67- HAHAHAHA! 
November’s Jesters! (11/22/08)
Got you good, didn’t I?!
(Please don’t turn me into stone!) 
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(67, 68) When real Muses show up, their names appear in bold type.
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67, 68- HA! You got:
Punk’d.
Pwn’d.
Served.
Lambasted.
Heh, heh, I’m so funny.
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70- You aren’t mad at me, right? *puppy dog eyes*
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69- Fine, have it your way. *flicks wand* *turns AJAR into pie filling* Just joshin’ ya. But that was a disappointment.
70- Aw. *sniffle*
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73- 
T’was a hologram!
*real AJAR is on Pie War Thread*
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66- Quite right. I have heard more than I ever want to already about 2012, THE YEAR THAT NOTHING WILL HAPPEN.
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Could someone post a summary of what we have for CERTAIN so far? (no more Koko and Urania please, if the real Muses choose to show up they can but fakers??? 
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(76) Nothing is for certain so far (except it’s safe to say that at least one month will celebrate science fiction). The final decisions will be made based on a combination of factors, including but not limited to: popular demand, Muserliness, creativity, and suitability for inspiring graphics.
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We need a Pie Month. And a HPB month (April) in which the blog is taken over and turned pink.
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We should have a Random Quotes Appreciation Month- October, I think. For my birthday. And what about…hmmm…Ice Cream Month!
Wheee! Fun!
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SFTDP, but since I was reading all the way through and I discovered that a Star Trek Month was out, we definitely should have a Science Fiction Month. And then a Fantasy Month
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we should have a “praise Canada” day. just kidding. *is only canadian and feels abit lonely*. what we should have though is a “muser day” where we apreciate all musers and muse related themes.
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We did have an “O Canada” thread (www.musefanpage.com/blog/?p=1522), but people seemed interested mainly in discussing bacon.
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i know. *sighs* it was fun while it lasted. *is going to go and see if she can revive the thread.
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Woah. Found this again.
I propose a Fanfiction month!
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52~ Aye!
Tallships month, Nitpicking-For-Minute-Historical-Details-In-Popular-Culture month, yess, the year is looking up!
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85 – Can someone explain Tallships? I have no idea what that is, so every time I read that phrase I think of this band piece we played in 7th grade, Entrance of the Tall Ships. Awesome alto sax part.
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Gah! We need a January topic, stat! The only January nomination so far, I think, is “Iceland Month”. Or we could have “Nitpickers’ Month'”. (post 40) And what colors will we have? The colors of the Icelandic flag are red, white, and blue, which is ironically American/British/many other countries. I don’t think Nitpickers have their own flag.
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So, this month has been National Emoticon Appreciation Month! What will the next month hold?
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Maybe Nitpickers Month?
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I nominate mythology as the theme for February. All present please vote. All in favor? “Aye.” All opposed? *silence* All abstaining? *silence* Okay, then. Mythology it is.
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86- Big old sailboats.
Mythology, if a bit vague, is good with me.
I think that a family tree might be a good graphic idea.
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How about November as Choklit/Chocolate month?
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I like ebeth’s idea of Conspiracy Theory Month. We can make up theories about HPBs, Muses, the Kokonspiracy (duh), our schools, the media, and … *Twilight Zone music* The Government.
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How about an Underwater Month?
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