International Talk Like a Pirate Day, 2010
It be today. Yarrrr!
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Counterfactual Retrofutures
A thread for exploring other ways things might have turned out, if the past had taken a different turn. Steampunk is one subgenre.
(Counterfactual: contrary to fact, not the way things actually are; retro: backward; future: future.)
We could be wrong, but we don’t think the requesters intended this to be an RPG.
Demigod RPG, Part 4
All you really need to know is that it’s not about Percy Jackson and that it’s continued from Part 3.
September Random Thread
As has become traditional, we’re posting the random thread with a generic name and without art to give our brilliant but perpetually frazzled illustrator a chance to catch up on her sleep. The name and theme will become apparent within a day or two. Meanwhile, the random craziness will proceed as usual.
Welcome, Neophytes! (September 2010 edition)
If you’re new on the blog, please stop by this thread and say pie — er, hi.
Date: September 1, 2010
Categories: At the Top of the Blog, Fan Page / MuseBlog business
September 2010 “Happy Birthday!” Thread
Known Muser birthdays this month*:
09-01 Ambystoma Maculatum (1996 – purple and green)
09-03 SudoRandom’s 5K Day
09-04 Kokopelli52 (1997 – clear turquoise)
09-05 nolagirl7’s 5K Day
09-06 Beetles
09-06 Lizzie’s 7K Day
09-11 POSOC’s 6K Day
09-15 The Man For Aeiou’s birthday (1995 – Muse Shirts)
09-17 Iamisthebest (1996 – blue and black)
09-17 Castle’s birthday (1997 – blue/rainbow)
09-18 Sweet Melpomene’s birthday (1990 – black-and-white)
09-19 marfwarrior’s birthday (1995 – green with multicolored flecks)
09-22 qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm (1999) [a.k.a. dimond and Catkopelli]
09-24 Zinc the Sorceress’s birthday (1997 – black and “highliter”)
09-24 Piggy’s 6K Day
09-29 Zoe’s 6K Day
You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between December 24, 1996, and January 22, 1997.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between March 30 and April 28, 1994.
You turn 7,000 days old this month if you were born between July 4 and August 2, 1991.
You will have been on MuseBlog for six months if you started posting in March.
*Note: Listed MBers who have been inactive for several months won’t appear on next year’s birthday calendar unless they show up again.
More Music from Lizzie
Two years ago we posted a violin performance by long-time MuseBlogger Lizzie. Here is a more recent sample of her talent.
September 2010 Muse Discussion
WARNING! Will definitely contain spoilers!
To spare MBers reading the “Recent Comments” columns, please paste the following message in at the beginning of your posts:
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September 2010 Muse Roll Call
Let us know when your issue arrives.
NO SPOILERS, please. There’s another thread for discussing the issue.
Memories Do You Remember?
Spun off from the “do you remember?” discussions on the August random threads.
Here’s how the instigator, Cat’s Eye, describes it:
Relating our own experiences of “I remember I was” for 9/11, Michael Jackson’s death, Katrina? How it was for us when the Internet and iPods first started happening? Sort of pooling our remembered history?
“The Embi Family” (Round-Robin Scripting) – Part 1
This group project started on the “Partial Scripts” thread and quickly became popular enough to warrant a thread of its own.
Date: August 19, 2010
Categories: Experiments, Nonrandom Craziness, RRRs, RPWs, and RPGs
Back to School, 2010
It’s that time of year again in the Northern Hemisphere. Another milestone for Musers of the Septentrion!
“Impression, August”
Our time-traveling Random Thread visits France in the late 19th century, a period of peace and relative prosperity later known as the “Beautiful Era,” or Belle Epoque.
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August 2010 “Happy Birthday!” Thread
Known Muser birthdays this month*:
1 August – MuseBlog (2005), Armada (1996)
2 August – mas0n (1996 – blue, red)
7 August – Koppar
8 August – small but fierce (1998)
10 August – gingerkid (1996)
13 August – pie girl
21 August – Alice (1993), Adeia (1996)
22 August – Mikazuki (1998)
27 August – Nthanda the Laugher (1991), Errata (1996), Kiga (1997), Rainbow*Storm (1997)
28 August – Sunrunner Bramblewood (1993)
30 August – Witchneko (1998)
31 August – Quintessentia (1992)
You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between November 23 and December 23, 1996.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between February 27 and March 29, 1994.
You turn 7,000 days old this month if you were born between June 3 and July 3, 1991.
You will have been on MuseBlog for six months if you started posting in February.
*Note: Listed MBers who have been inactive for several months won’t appear on next year’s birthday calendar unless they show up again.
Quotations, v. 2010.3
For times when someone else’s words are better than yours.
Continued from Quotations, 2010.2.
Hot Topics, v. 2010.3
This thread is a place for careful, clear, respectful discussions of difficult topics. It is not a place for having two-fisted no-holds-barred discussions.
MBers should be able to express their opinions without attacking others personally, and be able to listen to people who disagree with them without feeling personally attacked.
Easier said than done, of course. But MuseBlog is a good place to practice trying.
Continued from version 2010.2.
Happy Moon Day!
On this day (July 20) in 1969, the Apollo 11 lunar module landed on the moon in the region called Mare Tranquillitatis, the Sea of Tranquility. Read more »
Bunny Apocalypse: The Next Generation — Part 8
Already as long as The Divine Comedy, The Lord of the Rings, and all the Harry Potter books put together, and still growing.
Continued from Part 7.
Dreams, v. 2010
Continued from Dreams, v. 2009.1.
There never was a 2009.2. Apparently one “Dreams” thread a year is all we need.
Slow Moderation Likely This Evening
Expect moderation to be patchy for what remains of the night as GAPAs are either out and about or down for the count, depending upon local conditions.