Welcome, Neophytes! (November 2012 edition)
If you’re new on the blog, please stop by this thread and say pie — er hi.
November 2012 “Happy Birthday!” Thread
Known Muser birthdays and “K Days” this month*:
11-16 Kiwimuncher’s birthday (1992 – green)
11-18 Cello-Playing Mathematician’s birthday (1993 – violet)
11-18 Enceladus’s birthday (1996 – purple, blue, and black)
11-26 starr’s birthday (1996 – purple, pink, and silver)
11-27 Purple Panda’s birthday (1991 – purple)
11-27 Dodecahedron’s birthday (1993 – green)
11-27 Cinnamoon’s birthday (1994)
You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between February 24 and March 25, 1999.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between May 30 and June 28, 1996.
You turn 7,000 days old this month if you were born between September 3 and October 2, 1993.
You turn 8,000 days old this month if you were born between December 8, 1990, and January 6, 1991.
You have been on the blog for six months if you started posting in May.
*Note: Listed MBers who have been inactive for several months won’t appear on next year’s birthday calendar unless they show up again.
Coming Soon to Nickelodeon
STRATOCATS! *insert suitably stirring theme song*
Description by the artist, KaiYves:
Attached is a drawing inspired by our discussion of Latin names and extreme skydiving on the Random Thread. “Coming soon to Nickelodeon… they’ll go to extremes, save the world, and ALWAYS land on their feet!”
Robert’s Time Capsule: Adventures in Space
Robert writes:
Last week, astronomers discovered a planet orbiting the star closest to Earth, Alpha Centauri. With an orbital period of three days, it’s much too hot to support life, but astronomers plan to take a closer look at the star in hope of finding a planet in its habitable zone.
In fact, I happen to know that there is such a planet. Not only does it support life, but it is home to an advanced civilization.
ibcf’s Latest Bunny Nightmare
In case you were wondering, yes, they dance. It’s indescribable.
If you’re in a public place, you might want to turn down the volume or put on headphones before proceeding further:
November/December 2012 Muse Roll Call and Discussion
Tell us when your magazine arrives and/or what you think about it.
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Muse Academy Halloween Ball, 2012 — Rooftop Garden
For those taking a break from the festivities.
For a quick return to the main ball, click here.
Muse Academy Halloween Ball, 2012
Welcome to the mid-semester madness — Muse Academy at its most Hogwartsian. Please remember to observe the Academy’s rules of decorum and the standard laws of physics. Beyond that, anything goes!
The seasonally decorated rooftop garden is also open to anyone needing a change of scenery or a breath of fresh air.
Happy Hagfish Day 2012!
Every year, the highly Muserly website Whale Times devotes the third Wednesday in October to celebrating one of the most unlovable creatures in the ocean, the lowly hagfish. For more information, visit www . whaletimes . org/HagfishDay1 . htm.
Endeavour Refuels
Space shuttles need to eat, too, it seems. Here’s Endeavour last night on its way to the California Science Center:
It’s Official: We’re Mostly Harmless!
Just for fun, we punched the Fan Page (and MuseBlog’s) URL into SaferPage, a site that tests websites and rates how safe they are for kids. The result: we’re safe, all right.
We’re sugar-free marshmallows, fluffy non-allergenic pillows, scratchless, biteless kittens and puppies. We don’t tag you or track you or run invisible scripts or feed you cookies. And our only signpost on the big, scary Internet is one external link on Wikipedia.
The best part of the report, though, is the list of keywords. Take a look:
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NaNoBraSto 2012
Brainstorming for National Novel-Writing Month (also known as November). Let’s hear your ideas!
Welcome, Neophytes! (October 2012 edition)
If you’re new on the blog, please stop by this thread and say pie — er hi.
October 2012 “Happy Birthday!” Thread
Known Muser birthdays and “K Days” this month*:
10-01 Kiki the Great’s birthday (1995)
10-12 Ebeth’s birthday (1991)
10-13 Paul Baker’s birthday
10-16 Kagcomix’s birthday (1993)
10-17 Thanks for All the Fish 42 turns 6,000 days old
10-19 LittleBasementKitten’s birthday (1997)
10-18 Alice turns 7,000 days old
10-25 Red-tailed HAWK’s birthday (1994)
10-25 Randomosity 101’s birthday (1995)
You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between January 24 and February 23, 1999.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between April 29 and May 29, 1996.
You turn 7,000 days old this month if you were born between August 3 and September 2, 1993.
You turn 8,000 days old this month if you were born between November 7 and December 7, 1990.
You will have been on MuseBlog for six months if you started posting in April.
*Note: Listed MBers who have been inactive for several months won’t appear on next year’s birthday calendar unless they show up again.
Muse Academy Halloween Ball 2012 — Planning Thread
Muse Academy (as everyone knows) loves parties, and the Halloween Ball always provides a much-needed mid-semester break. So, what’s in the lineup for this year?
(To jog your memory, here’s what happened at the 2011 ball and on its planning thread.)
October 2012 Muse Roll Call and Discussion
Tell us when your magazine arrives and/or what you think about it.
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Just for Fun
Robert writes:
While reading old newspapers online for a personal project I’m working on, I ran across this ad in the San Francisco Daily Alta (April 20, 1871). I’m posting it just because I love it:
Twenty performing birds and mice! Many incomprehensible things! And the world’s only Stylocarfe! You can’t see shows like that anymore. It would definitely be worth a dollar (and some of you would be eligible to get in for 50 cents).
Things for Which We Are Grateful
Requested by Midnight Fiddler, and so obviously a good idea that we’re amazed nobody suggested it years ago.