Define the undefinable, you say? We wouldn’t be Muserly if we didn’t try from time to time. Below the fold, a compendium of quips in quest of the MuseBlog quintessence, a celebration of those moments when je ne sais quoi almost spake its name.
[This thread inspired by Princess_Magnolia’s comment about KaiYves’s sketch: “I have to admit I’ve never ever thought about ‘personified space stations’ before. You have officially brought a whole new dimension to my thinking.]
“MuseBlog: Your own personal Infinite Improbability Drive.â€
“MuseBlog: Subverting societal programming since 2005.â€
MuseBlog: Inspiring people to surprise themselves since 2005.
“MuseBlog: Rendering Life More Surreal Since 2005.â€
Only on MuseBlog: where Winnie-the-Pooh and digestive-tract photos appear in consecutive threads.
“MuseBlog: Helping Teens Sleep More Soundly Since 2005.â€
“MuseBlog: Destroying Academic Careers Since 2005.â€
“MuseBlog: a safe place to sound like a complete idiot.”
“MuseBlog: Where things you thought you hallucinated turn out to be true.â€
“MuseBlog: Almost, But Not Quite, Entirely Unlike Real Life.â€
Related quotes / fond reminiscences:
“The whole blog is becoming one entity. *spooky voice* One by one they merge into the vast woven beyond….” (https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=2829, comment 92.2.1.1.1.1.1.1)
“Insanity wasn’t a bad guess, however.” (https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=2829, comment 104)
“We are ever expanding our consciousness.” (same thread, comment 109.1.1)
“I feel perfectly normal (which isn’t saying much).” (same thread, comment 159)
And there’s the series of brain implosions and the GAPAentity and the debate over the existence of Austria and and and… *sigh*
We must not forget the giant space squid.
https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=2508
The conversation was begun with Jadestone saying “I shall no longer be content to be only a Giant Squid. I must be a Giant Space Squid.” (post 73)
Other bits and pieces:
“Aye, my child, it’s true what they say. The Kraken are out there, roaming through the space dust, winding their way through the galaxies, the Giant Squid of the Great Night.” (79.1)
“do space squids have travel companions? I think we could all form a band of space squids…though that might be frightening to the uninitiated.” (89)
“What, exactly, is the correct group noun for deep space squids? I rather like “fleet†myself.” (90) / “Fleet, yes! We will become a fleet of Astrateuthis jadestoni.” (90.1)
“I’d say there’s plenty of room in space to accommodate any number of Muserly creatures.” (106.1)
“MuseBlog already IS a Giant Space Squid RPG.” (108.2)
I found this post of mine on https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=2829:
112
Tesseract
in June 18th, 2009 @ 09:58
I go to bed and come back to find that Piggy and the GAPAs have fused into one entity which appears to be a cyborg of some sort, and that there is a Hot Pink Bunnyborg shooting lasers.
What the giant space squids and the woven beyond and now this, June has been a most interesting month–and it’s not yet two-thirds over.
That holy$#@% bunny is the first thing I laid my eyes upon when I joined MB. October Odd-yssey, I believe it was.
https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=1070
dun…
…duuuuuun dun…
…dun dun dun DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN
ROOOOOOOAAAAAAR I AM THE GIANT SPACE SQUID
*devours nearby spaceships*
That was certainly quite a thread. Not one I’ll ever forget.
I believe it was that same month that we were discussing what countries/land masses would be most advantageous in world domination.
Yes, I discussed how Iceland would be a perfect fit for our plans.
One of my friends claimed Nova Scotia would be a perfect place to take over the world from.
I was gone for most of that month… Besides, I don’t think I was following the Random Thread. I went back and reread it later, though.
3- Ah, yes. I remember that one vividly. Along with my silly little fantasies about a country call Austria, which obviously doesn’t exist.
Ee! This thread makes me reminisce and feel rather fond of MB.
Remember the speculated Muse Movie thread? That was where I first posted… *drifts off into happy memories, then awakes with a jolt when realizing that that was back when I only posted in lowercase letters*
MuseBlog: Where the world’s oldest kids meet the world’s youngest adults”
Thanks for catching that one. Somehow I missed it, though I well remember the conversation (from my pre-GAPA days).
I posted that one at the orthodontists, and right before, I had read the old You Know You’re Addicted thread, and I saw this one, and thought “uncanny coincidence”.
MuseBlog: Where genius meets insanity, and where you can merge genius and insanity and get pie.
“MuseBlog: Defying definition since 2005.”
MuseBlog: Where we’re not just squids, we’re giant space squids!
MuseBlog: Pies since 2005. And boy, do they (the pies, not MBers) stink!!
Howsat?
Museblog: Where a geek can be a geek
Or any substitution of a similar word instead of geek.
I may have snitched the “Where a kid can be a kid” slogan from, um, is it Chuck E Cheese? I forget.
MuseBlog: Better than therapy! More fun than the garlic/vampire fight! It’s Dissing Mr. Joe!!!!!!!
Yeah, that could only occur on MuseBlog…
MuseBlog: Yeah, you’re gonna be confused for a while.
MuseBlog: Where insanity is beneficial, and sanity is detrimental.
MuseBlog: Where you learn to type faster than you talk.
MuseBlog: We put the put the pie in the face.
The last one gave me an idea!
MuseBlog: Where we put the “pie” in, um, “pie.” Yeah.
MuseBlog: The BEST place to procrastinate. Guaranteed.
And
MuseBlog: Where you can do something crazy like having a saxophone-induced garlic/vampire war, no questions asked.
MuseBlog: The cult that’s not a cult.
MuseBlog: Pies in your face since 2005.
MuseBlog: We broke the line between genius and insanity a long time ago.
MuseBlog: The cake was a pie and wasn’t a lie.
“The cult that’s not a cult”
Ohh boy. I was mentioning something about MB the other day to some of my friends and they’re like “Is this some cult or something?”
It depends on how you define “cult.” As far as I can tell, in practice people use the word to mean “a bunch of people putting a lot of time and energy into something I disapprove of.”
MuseBlog: What line?
MuseBlog: Making adorable pink household pets fearsome since 2005.
Museblog:
.
Wow, I inspired a thread! I feel humbled…
MuseBlog: Spontaneously combusting
to delightful effect since 2005 (well, 07 to be honest)
https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=1022
105
Beavo the Online Stalker
in September 29th, 2007 @ 14:01
MuseBlog: DUCK!
*repeats* DUCK!
Do you mean duck as in “Never stand in front of a flying pie” or duck as in “Let’s randomly shout bird names out of context!”? They both seem apt.
It’s both at the same time. Obviously.
All of the above.
MuseBlog: Fixing the hole where sanity comes in.
Yeah, I was listening to that song just now.
Ooooh, I love that! I think I’ll go make a T-shirt that says that right now…
Actually, I think it would be better to say, “MuseBlog: Fixing the hole where the sane drips in” so it rhymes.
MuseBlog: The only place where you can sue a saxophone.
MuseBlog: Where a geek can be a giant space squid.
MuseBlog: Where someone
can decide to haiku for
no reason at all.
Remember: Never verb nouns.
Verbing weirds language.
*grabs arm and yanks to Calvin and Hobbes thread*
MuseBlog: Beatlemaniacs and vampires unite. And spawn George Harrison avatars!
Remember when “access” was something you had? Now it’s something you do . It got verbed.
Heh heh…
My father, who was a computer programmer back when even the smallest computers were the size of washing machines, never liked the verbal use of “access.” Instead he always said “evoke” — what you do when you summon demons. I wish Dad’s usage had prevailed.
Me too…
Me three!
That’d be so cool. “I evoked the internet from school.” or something like that.
I evoked the secret vaults.
We should use that instead of access. Your dad is amazing. (Didn’t he invent “en” ?)
As far as I remember…
MuseBlog: Where some are staunchly against making nouns into verbs, and others just verb.
MuseBlog: Where everybody knows the word “pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.â€
MuseBlog: Where that word passes without comment
MuseBlog: Where I can point out that the fact that you commented on not commenting on that word makes your statement untrue.
MuseBlog: Where these sort of conversations are perfectly normal.
MuseBlog: Where people comment on the nature of the conversations.
Museblog: where this conversation can actually reoccur
(Properly, “recur.”)
Museblog: Where I really have no clue what that means.
MuseBlog: Where SudoRandom tells Beedle the Bard that pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is a type of lung disease caused by the inhalation of coal dust.
MuseBlog: Where Ducky finds this to be absolutely hilarious for no apparent reason.
MuseBlog: Where a nerd can like blood and not be mistaken for a vamp- *is bitten*
I think we’d better link to the Garlic/Vampire wars from here, just so future generations of neophytes aren’t confused by these references.
The Garlic/Vampire Wars
YES! THE WARS WILL GO DOWN IN BLOG HISTORY!!!!
MuseBlog: Turning Procrastination into an Art Form since 2005.
MuseBlog: We spend more time insulting twilight than insulting Mr Joe.
MuseBlog: Where utterly random rants aren’t frowned upon.
MuseBlog: Enter at Your Own Sanity Risk
MuseBlog: Where we define ourselves with many definitions that are very different, yet strikingly similar.
MuseBlog: Where people try in vain to revive dead threads.
MuseBlog: Attempting to Define Itself Since 2005
MuseBlog: We’re all mad here.
MuseBlog: Where insanity is normality.
MuseBlog: Where we refer to each other’s instruments by name. Ducky.
I have never named an instrument (could be because I don’t play or own one) but my computer is named Fluffy. With it, I evoke Museblog. Be scared…very scared…
Museblog: Where one person can write a novel in a month, and three people can write a novel in three years
Museblog: Where Trans-dimentional/Trans-universal cafes are par for the course.
Museblog Rock Paper Scissors
(invented on the spot)
MuseBlog: Abnormality is the normality in this locality.
Okay, I stole that.
MuseBlog: Where you can talk about eating breakfast on Mars.
Museblog: Where each blogger is not a carbon copy of the next blogger.
Quote:
Museblog: We’re all mad here.
((didn’t Robert say this at somewhere?))
Not exactly, but I’ve twice quoted the Cheshire Cat saying it.
MuseBlog: Because we’re flamablamablous like that.
Museblog: “Get your hand-picked anagrams here!†Special today from Blue Smog’s Poky Iron Sack. Yes!! I have a direct quote from a GAPA! Yay!!!
MuseBlog: We are one.
MuseBlog: pi = SPLAT!
MuseBlog: WARNING: Anti-Socialized Bloggers, Interact AT YOUR OWN RISK.
MuseBlog: We put the ‘pi’ in ‘pie’.
Museblog: Where we steal other people’s clever advertising slogans.
MuseBlog: What is this ‘sanity’ you speak of? We know nothing of it.
MuseBlog: Where we tell people from across the world you’re getting braces.
MuseBlog: IT INGRAINS ITSELF IN YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS.
MuseBlog: Where obsessive hair-brushers stop brushing their hair.
MuseBlog: Yeah, we’ve got a million-and-one definitions.
MuseBlog: Where a kid…can’t be a kid. (Instead, a kid can be a seventeen-year-old bunny fighter.)
MuseBlog: When you start replacing words on the Kid’s Menu with BUNNY, you know you’re obsessed.
MuseBlog: Where ‘pwease’ is forbidden.
MuseBlog: Where we curse creatively.
MuseBlog:When you insist you’re crazy, everyone nods and seconds it.
Museblog: Where smileys tell stories
Museblog: Where the cool kids hang out
Museblog: Where grammar is appreciated
Museblog: Where awesome sauce is made
*cough cough*
“Museblog: Where grammar is appreciated”
You forgot the period.
MuseBlog: Where people should know that grammar differs from punctuation.
(
)
Also… Instinct tells me that seeing as it’s already a fragment and part of a title – or at least a sort of epithetish thing – it doesn’t need one, anyway.
-A
That’s what I thought.
Shoot. I got pwned almost a year ago and didn’t even notice it. :/
MuseBlog: Where you can randomly throw pies at people. (My kinda place)
Starr’s avatar is so cute…
Kind of looks like Starfy, don’tcha think?
Isn’t it the Invincibility powerup from Mario? *also has a Mario powerup for avatar*
Yup!
Museblog: Where people not clever enough to come up with witty descriptions write something like this instead.
MuseBlog: Where that, and pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis pass without comment.
Museblog: Where somebody did just comment on it. Thereby inverting all the laws of the universe.
Could we please no repeat or semi-repeat these things?
MuseBlog: Where being pied multiple times, soaked in garlic, and bunnified is all in a day’s work.
MuseBlog:Where a person can admitt obsession of random objects and “SHINY!” things.
MuseBlog: Where a nerd can be a nerd! (Yes, I know. From the Chuck E. commercial)
Luna posted the same basic thing in comment 12.
That’s okay….Stealing is allowed. After all, I stole it from Chuck E. Cheese. Dang, it’s been a long time since I went to one of those…..Although I liked DZ better, but Discovery Zone went out of business ages ago. Too bad.
Oops, sorry…I DID do a “find” to search for it, but obviously it didn’t show up…my apologies.
That would be because I had “geek” instead of “nerd”…..
No apologies necessary.
Starr, awesome avatar. (You aware that’s from Super Mario Galaxy?)
Yes!
I like Mario! And awesome stars! 
Museblog: Where normalcy isn’t normal.
Museblog: Information center for strange information.
((Sorry if somebody already posted those… No “find” on iPods.))
MuseBlog: Where being normal means you are weird.
MuseBlog: Where a Garlic/Vampire war can occur in the same thread as an iPad discussion.
MuseBlog: Where we debate if Latin phrases should be translated literally or poetically.
I must have missed that conversation.
cromwell: It’s recent and started here: https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=5760#comment-349247
MuseBlog: It’s all in your head-or in your face.
MuseBlog: Where we argue (okay, not argue, discuss) how Old English should fit in a sentence.
…and where we make sure everybody knows that Old English, Middle English, and Elizabethan English are completely different things.
…Wow. That’s an interesting thread.
I missed the fact that it was an Alter Ego thread for a while, and saw Piggy’s avatar connected to a Milton Rupines comment. And completely freaked out, trying to fit that into Piggy’s character as I see it. It didn’t work.
MuseBlog: Why should sanity be the privilege of the humdrum?
SFTDP- Or rather:
MuseBlog: Where sanity is not the privilege of the humdrum.
https://musefanpage.com/blog/?p=1092 comment 31
MuseBlog: What is this thing you call “normal”? Is it contagious? Oh cake! Don’t touch me, or I might catch your “normal”!
MuseBlog: Where we evoke the internet.
Wow, I remember that conversation…
MuseBlog: Where personifying space stations is completely normal.
MuseBlog: Where most people know one or two words of French.
MuseBlog: Where people want to steal other people’s sticky-out ears.
MuseBlog: Where people like to rant about things that need ranting about.
MuseBlog: Where and androidical is a word.
The first one isn’t true. Most of us know “Je suis un pamplemousse.”
I said most.
MuseBlog: Where people actually use strange threads.
MuseBlog: ‘No duh, Sherlock’ is said often.
MuseBlog: Flying pie? Where? Maybe I’ll get a chance to meet Kokope- *splat*
MuseBlog: Who said there had to be a point?
MuseBlog: Randomly amazing.
MuseBlog: Scuba Diving and Tigers.
Museblog: Scuba Diving and Tigers. ‘Nuff said.
MuseBlog: I’ll do something other than MB…later. (Where Procrastination Makes Sense!)
MuseBlog: Where more people want to come in 42nd place than 1st.
MuseBlog: Musers, really?! They eat people!!
MuseBlog: The best place to discuss Life, the Universe, and Everything.
“MuseBlog: Where the world’s oldest kids meet the world’s youngest adults.†-Robert Coontz, on some thread that I just visited, but can’t remember what it is for some reason.
(I also have to say that I just saw Purple Panda’s insides and it was awesome!)
It was here, on August 9, 2006.
MuseBlog: Where “pie” is a verb.
MuseBlog: Through insanity and out the other side.
MuseBlog: Where musers get involved in discussions about Life, the Universe, and Everything that make absolutely no sense to nonmusers but perfect sense to all musers.
MuseBlog: Where there is no normal.
MuseBlog: Noodle Incident? We have a Tyrannosaurus Incident!
Would this be on the MA RPG, when a T-Rex bit someone’s arm off?
Yes, and Robert referred to it as “The Tyrannosaurus Incident” on the Demigod PRG.
Museblog: Of course we’re taking over the world.
Museblog: Where donuts are revered almost as much as pie, and internet-based card games eat holes in the universe (though not life and everything).
MuseBlog: Where everyone is a grapefruit.
MuseBlog: The wall that people hit.
MuseBlog: Where everyone understands what this post means.
Museblog: It can’t be defined. But we’ll try anyways!
MuseBlog: Where there are no dislike buttons.
Museblog: Confounding anyone who isn’t a random, intelligent lunatic since 2005.
Museblog: Where hagfish are considered cute.
Museblog: Where you can be a teenaged bunny-fighting hero on one thread and a garlic-soaked demonic cat on another.
Do any of these work?
SFTDP.
Oh, and:
Museblog: We verb foods.
“MuseBlog: Where Someone Can Use ‘Frumious Bandersnatch’ as a Mild Oath, and Nobody Else Even Blinks.â€
Robert, post 90.1.1 on this thread.
Or are we just too scared to blink?
DON’T EVEN BLINK
BLINK AND YOU’RE DEAD
I squidded that, but I meant to pie it. Sorry.
Museblog: Where Whovians (and other nerds/weirdos/etc.) verb cephalopods.
(Speaking of which, my computer does not recognize “cephalopod” as a word.
)
Museblog: Where computers not recognizing ” cephlopod” as a word, verb or otherwise is a horrendous crime.
Mine does that too.
Try “cephalopod.”
MuseBlog: Curing Sanity since 2005.
MuseBlog: We produce Whovians.
(That second one was from somewhere but I don’t remember where.)
MuseBlog: Because we can.
Could you please explain why you think that defines MuseBlog? I’m afraid I don’t quite understand.
MuseBlog: FOR SCIENCE.
We’re fighting bunnies, and we’re Still Alive?
Museblog: “We’re the really privileged.”
-Castle said that. I believe it was on the Typographical Tricks thread
Museblog: The intelligentsia of the internet.
Museblog: Where music is only a weapon in 3/4 time.
Museblog: “Where someone you’ve never met in real life can tell you they had a dream about you and make you feel supremely flattered rather than creeped out.”
(I’m pretty sure that wasn’t the exact quote from the Dream thread, but since I’m the one who said it originally I don’t think it matters.)
SFTDP.
Museblog: Where a debate about the mental capabilities of blueberry scones are entirely ordinary.
Museblog: where no matter how weird, nerdy, or geeky you are, You Are Not Alone.
SFTTP.
That should be “Where a debate about the mental capabilities of blueberry scones is entirely ordinary.”
Sorry.
MuseBlog: Where there’s a good chance somebody will get *that* reference.
Museblog: Where reality is made up and the normal people don’t matter.