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I love the Ardiopithicus (sorry if that’s misspelled) article, and the first page is cool too.
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I just received mine today! My first issue of Muse in three or four years if not more…I’m so excited!
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I was delighted to see all the articles about primitive humans because that is exactly what we are studying at school and I have a test tomorrow. Thank you Muse!! I have yet to read all of it but from what I’ve seen it’s very good.
Yeah, I usually skim, then go back and read through the articles thoroughly.
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one, but liked it a lot.
I liked this one a lot more than I have recent issues. Don’t know why. Didn’t like it as much as some of the classics, of course, such as the one with swordfights in the movies or the one where we found out birds can count to four or (gasp!) the
It’s like feng shui. Why do you like it? Because a dragon would like it? Well, of course dragons would love to read Muse, but this is beside the point.
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It was okay… I liked the Ardi article, although I had read up a bit on Ardi when the news came out about en. The empathy article reminded me too much of the mirror neurons article ages ago (and I thought that the mirror neurons article was better). I also feel that the letters are getting more content-less and immature. (They were mostly just “OMG. I luv Muse!!! Don’t throw this in the FMP or I’ll sent the HPBs after you!!!”) Maybe I’m just getting a bit too old for Muse… Sniff.
I want to write a letter, but I’m too lazy.
I’m planning on writing a letter soon, with a picture of me reading Muse in a hot-air balloon 600 feet above Coconino National Forest! But I agree, the old letters used to be funny and creative. They pointed out relelvant mistakes, suggested articles that people actually want to read, and all in all had substantial content. It’s really rather annoying.
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No, I agree. They used to be better, the letters. Now it’s all threats and “I used fifty-six exclamation points, count ’em” and “MUSE is LIFE” and annoyingness. :/
I agree the letter aren’t as interesting.
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One of them was simply a threat. I mean, they just said “Post this letter and I’ll attack you!” Why did they post that? *confusion and rant at editors*
We should create some kind of operation for productive letter incentive. Below, I list some stereotypes we should target.
• Threats. You’re obviously not going to fulfil them, and it just seems immature.
• Excessive exclamation points. Really?
• Wailing about the “FMP,” which in reality is probably some recycling bin.
• Beginning the letter with “Dear Koko” or “Dear Muses.” Show some appreciation for the editors, who work hard each month and are actually real.
• Spending the first paragraph of your letter ranting about how you worship Muse, without giving any reason.
• Using an elvish or other made-up name to sign your letter, or pretending to be a non-human *coughbrittaecough*
Some things we should encourage:
• Logical statements about why you think your letter should be published, like, “I think you should publish this letter because it addresses a number of topics that Musers are concerned about.”
• Using no more than three exclamation points per sentence.
• Addressing and thanking the editors for their hard work to bring Muse to us.
• Sharing your favorite section of Muse and why you like it.
• Signing off as “From, Kendra B., age 15, Nevada,” or whatever.
• Stating your favorite article or issue- or, better yet, provide constructive criticism for one you didn’t like as much.
• Enclosing a picture of you reading Muse in an exotic location- but don’t photoshop in a picture of Mars. *cough*
• Request an article and explain why.
I think that a photoshop pic of Mars is interesting, the first time.
The first time.
Perhaps we could write one!
I liked the photoshopped image of Mars.
Would a picture of me in a mock-up of the ISS at Space Academy be okay? (If I can ever get my friend to get it off her camera and send it to me!)
Yes. What about we flood the next issues wity letters from MBers? People conform to the majority. I dob’t mind threats, as long as they’re a) creative and b) intelligent.
I think that the age recommendation needs to be changed, because my mom threatened to stop subscribing because on the subscription sheet it says, “for ages 11 to 14”. also, on the note of Fan Mail, I’ve just gotten to the point where I don’t read it any more. Ya, there was always a few obsessive letters, but most of them were usually pretty intelligent.
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I just got my March issue, and one letter said “IF YOU THROW THIS LETTER IN THE FMP I WILL SEND AN ARMY OF EVIL MOOSE AFTER YOU TO DESTROY YOUR MAGAZINE” are we trying to encourage terrorist attacks against muse here? when you get yours, dare to read the whole page and you’ll be sick. :-/
Where did you see “for ages 11 to 14”? Last I checked, all our marketing materials said “9 to 14.”
(If anybody’s asking, I consider MUSE to be for ages 10 and up.)
((Well, that’s good you consider it for 10 and up, not just 14….Because otherwise I’ve been too old for it for nearly 6 years.
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pi: My mom keeps threatening to unsubscribe me, too, as she feels that I’m too old for it…Of course, I suppose the fact that she’s still paying for my subscription at all (considering that I’m almost 20) is pretty cool….
As for armies of evil moose, I’ve not read the February magazine yet (because I haven’t gotten it yet, although I imagine my mom has and just hasn’t forwarded it to me here at college yet….), but it’s pretty well known that creative threats against the editors is one of the “guaranteed” ways to get a letter published. I rather imagine they’re all in jest, and that nobody actually possesses an army of evil moose.
That’s why I hate to put an upper limit on the age recommendation. Do interesting things stop being interesting after you’re 14??
Also, for the record, everybody: nothing guarantees your letter gets published. A lot of readers model their letters after things they’ve seen in the magazine already (including ridiculous threats). But we prefer to publish letters that are different in some way.
And sometimes those threats are scary…
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On Bo’s Page, there is a story on the Hadron Collider. They missed the most interesting part of the story! Some scientists believed that it was stalled by a time-travelling bird! Or something of that nature.
Here’s a good article: www. techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/future-tech/large-hadron-collider-sabotaged-by-time-travel–642543
Sorry for the link!
Well, that’s pretty silly. And as you know, Bo’s Page is not the forum for silliness.
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Even if Bo’s page isn’t the forum, it still is funny and fun!
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That would be fun!