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In which MuseBloggers gather data about that ever-popular topic, one another.

Continued from v. 2009.2.

We haven’t had a Turbo game for a while. This should be a nice change.

There was a young lady named Bright
Whose speed was much faster than light;
She set out one day,
In a relative way
And returned on the previous night.

Unfortunately, we weren’t fast enough to post an announcement on Einstein’s actual birthday (March 14). Nevertheless, on behalf of all the bright young ladies and gentlemen here assembled, MuseBlog thanks him.

That’s today, March 14 (3/14 in American date notation) — only two decimal places, but any excuse for a party, we say. How are you celebrating?

Part 13 lasted almost a year and a half. It’s good to see things (and waves) rolling again. What will the new thread bring?

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It starts at 11:30 a.m. blog time (12:30 Boston time). No doubt the Kokonventioneers will find a way to report in during the proceedings; in any case, we’re sure to hear from them eventually.
 
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March 11, 1952, saw the birth of the man who gave the universe, among many other things, the spaceship Heart of Gold, Marvin the Paranoid Android, the Campaign for Real Time, and the Total Perspective Vortex.

Keiffer has been playing White and peary Black a lot lately, so this game mixes things up a little.
 
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There were rumblings about a Prussianian role-playing game back in January, but MuNoWriMo intervened. If you’re still interested, MuseBlog is now ready for you.

RPGs seem limiting, though, with one character to a customer and all the concomitant worries about power-playing. Are you sure you wouldn’t rather have an RRR?

(To help you with research, we’re adding a “Prussiania” subcategory to the list of thread categories.)

Two undefeated players (by our count, cromwell has won 1 standard game and 1 Capablanca Chess game on the blog; bookgirl_me has won 1 standard game, 1 Capablanca game, and 1 game of Turbo Chess). As usual, we’ve assigned the black pieces to the person who requested the game.

bookgirl_me, as White, moves first.
 
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MuseBlog Novel Writing Month has to end sometime, and that time is one minute after 11:59 p.m. tonight (Tuesday, March 2). Be warned! (And by the way, how’s it going?)

Part One.
 
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If you’re new on the blog, please stop by this thread and say pie — er, hi

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Known Muser birthdays and “K Days” this month*:

03-01 Nighthawk’s birthday (1996 – actually February 29!)
03-01 Cat’s Meow’s birthday (1995 – orange)
03-04 emmatheduck’s birthday (1993 – carroty)
03-04 bubbles’s birthday (year? – teal)
03-19 Logogeo96’s birthday (1996)
03-20 gimanator is 6,000 days old
03-20 crazyquotescollector is 6,000 days old
03-20 Kagcomix is 6,000 days old
03-23 MontgomeryGurl’s birthday (1991 – blue, sky or light)
03-23 Daisy*chain’s birthday (YEAR? COLOR?)
03-23 Optimatum’s birthday (YEAR?)
03-26 Shadowkat’s birthday (1991 – black, purple, and silver)
03-26 The Book Thief (1996 – robin’s egg blue, lime green, and chocolate)
03-27 CTN’s birthday (1996 – red, white, blue, black)
03-29 Luna the Lovely’s birthday (1990 – pink + light blue)
03-30 gradster’s birthday (1993)

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between June 23 and July 23, 1996.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between September 27 and October 27, 1993.
You turn 7,000 days old this month if you were born between January 1 and February 1, 1991.

*Note: Listed MBers who have been inactive for several months won’t appear on next year’s birthday calendar unless they show up again.

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Our list or Contents of Back Issues is now a year out of date, and the Q&A questions are even further behind. Any help will be much appreciated (and amply rewarded with virtual pie).

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The GAPAs

Europe came late to kite-flying, no mention of them is made there until the 16th century CE. Meanwhile, the Chinese had been flying kites since the 4th or 5th century BCE. They served many uses besides entertainment, from military technology to meditation. Some played music. Some featured animals with eyes, paws, or tails that moved. We’ll have just enough time to catch a quick glimpse of these high-flying kites as we sail through the last day of February’s Random thread. Read more »

(25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001)
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MuseBlog’s resident veterinarian-in-the-making spent part of her weekend monitoring a sick tiger. You can read details on the Random thread. Photos inside.
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A place to collaborate on constructing imaginary locations as settings for stories, or just for fun.

Continued from v. 2009, in case you want to make sure your joke hasn’t been told before. On the other hand, does it really matter?

By overwhelming demand.

Sorry to have started this thread so late — things have been a little busy here in GAPA-land.