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Yesterday Kittymine reported:
((GAPA’s: URGENT MESSAGE- SOMEONE HAS POSTED A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF ABOVE THE USUAL SIDEBAR.))

And Groundhog amplified:
…it’s on the sidebar, above the calendar. It looks a lot like the “Most Recent Posts” list, except that it doesn’t have a header. It’s a list of “buy this, buy that” sort of stuff. I’m not going to mention what they wanted you to buy, it’s kind of inappropriate. It’s not showing up on my laptop either, but I can confirm that it was showing up on our family’s computer.

Does anybody else see what they’re seeing? The GAPAs don’t, and our Web host says our site’s code seems to be in order. If it’s just Groundhog and Kittymine, then it seems likely that their computer has been infected and they need to run some anti-virus software.

If you ever see advertising of any kind on the blog, please let us know, because we certainly won’t have put it there.

Axa brought up the idea: “I always thought it’d be cool if we all took a picture of what the sky looked like outside our respective windows/houses (no scenery for the most part) but I think it’s be too much work for the GAPAs. And maybe boring? I dunno, I like stuff like that.”

Later in the conversation she added, “It sounds like windows are the window to the soul then, huh? haha. It’s definitely interesting to see things that are commonplace for someone else, how they perceive things.”

Why don’t we try it with verbal descriptions? You could even describe what you’d like to see. (But tell us about your real-world view first.)

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:

SPOILER MUSE SPOILER SPOILER.

(Remember the period at the end. Otherwise the warning won’t conceal the comment.)

Let us know when your issue arrives. NO SPOILERS, please. There’s another thread for discussing the issue.

Rainbowstar, Zinc the sorceress, Hibiscus, and tangerine took over the Discovery Science Center on December 28.

Rainbowstar and Zinc

Hibiscus and tangerine

Hurricane Chamber

MuseBlog Pinwall

Piggy pronounced a plea proposing a ploy to plenish the pleasant presence of preternaturally prolix people.

Continued from the Alliteration thread launched almost two years ago.

The mayhem continues from Part 3. Read more »

Continued from Superheroes and Mary Sues.

Raynpho sent this cheerful reminder that Valentine’s Day is about more than couples and ugly little putti. We all know it’s about HPBs. (And [insert your favorite spelling of cacao-based foodstuffs here].)

So far, the day has been getting mixed reviews on the Random Thread. How’s your luck holding out?

Words & names you ♥ or just want to talk about.

Continued from v. 2008.

You changed the world.

Part 2 of the monthly Random Thread continues our celebration of the flamablamablous wondrousness of the universe with this exclusive preview of a recent, somewhat disturbing discovery in the fossil record.

(Users’ Manual: Obey The Rules. Consult The Guide. Have fun!)

One a year seems to be enough for our Jokes & Riddles threads. We’re not very funny people, it seems.

Continued from Quotations, 2007.1. (Wow, we skipped a whole year!)

Remember to post spoiler warnings (ending in periods), please!

*Role-playing game.

Continued from Part 5.

This month’s Random Thread commemorates the flamablamablous wondrousness of the universe (though, of course, you’re free to use it to talk about anything you like).

(Users’ Manual: Obey The Rules. Consult The Guide. Have fun!)

Unlike the random thread, this discussion thread stays on topic until the topic changes or the month ends.

Newcomers should read The Rules and The Guide before plunging in.

Current topic: The weather

Coming up: Cool places we’ve been to or want to go to

If new to the blog, good to see you! Make this thread your first stop to meet the locals, ask any questions you might have, and get initiated into the Ways of the Blog.

Please read The Rules. You might also glance at The HG2MB (Hitchhiker’s Guide to MuseBlog), which contains helpful hints regarding local customs, lingo, and other peculiarities of the blog; smiley information included.

MuseBlog Veterans: Please use this thread only to welcome newcomers as they arrive and answer questions that they ask.

Help others navigate the blog by signposting your favorite threads here, when they’ve scrolled off the main page. In the first DFTT thread of the year, we’re particularly interested in hearing about old, dormant threads that you’d like to revive.

(Note: Please include the URL (Web address) with your requests. It also helps if you limit your requests to a few at a time, four or five at the most.)

Current categories:

ADVENTURES IN THE MUSIVERSE

LIFE BEYOND THE VIRTUAL DIVIDE

SILLY FUN

DAYDREAMS

ROLE-PLAYING GAMES

RRRs and Writing

OTHER THINGS WE LIKE

USEFUL ITEMS
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Last Month’s DFTT
HG2MB v.2008.1

Comment or cast your vote on the Letter to Muse in progress on the October 2008 Muse Discussion thread.

Continued from Vol. I, No. 7.

Known Muser birthdays and 5K Days this month*:

02-02 groundhog22’s birthday (1989 – denim blue)
02-02 Shadow Gallery’s birthday (1993 – psychedelic)
02-04 Tessera Rose’s birthday
02-12 Dot Keet’s birthday (1991 – bright orange)
02-13 The Tominator’s birthday (1996)
02-14 Gingersnap’s birthday (1993 – purple)
02-21 Karrdash’s birthday (2000 – red)
02-22 Shotgun #10’s birthday (1995)
02-24 tralalalolly’s birthday (year? color?)
02-26 Ötzi’s birthday (1993 – cerulean)
02-26 KaiYves’s birthday (1993-purple)

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between May 27 and June 23, 1995.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between August 30 and September 26, 1992.

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

Prussiania was an imaginary country that Robert and some of his friends concocted when they were Muser age (decades before Muse, alas). You can read more about it on the previous Time Capsule thread.

Now, rarity of rarities, Prussianian records are starting to come to light. Here are a couple that Robert found in one of his old school notebooks:
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