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Another vintage year goes on the auction block.

Item 250355888964; sale ends January 14.

The January random thread sinks ever deeper into the morass of winter — at least for those in the Northern Hemisphere. Antipodean MuseBloggers must be quite comfortable now. Continued from Part One.

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Whether your medium is traditional, digital, or in a realm of its own, if it’s visual (or you hope it will be one of these days), here’s a place to talk about it, dream about it, or share ideas, no matter if you’re an artist or not. By special request of Purple Panda. The last Visual Arts thread appeared in July, 2007.

Continued from Muse Fanfiction, v. 2007.2.

These are not RRRs but solo projects which share the same thread. Start your own, or just stop by and visit.

A perennial MB favorite: Post under a false name, and try to guess the identities of others doing the same.

NOTE: Check your posts before sending them. The Administrators will not rescue you if you accidentally submit one under your “real” blogname.

Continued from 2007.3. The original idea came from Prarilius Canix, who described it as “a thread for Musers who have written/are writing/want to write books… a place to bounce ideas off of other people who share that interest.”

The idea is to start with an image and each person writes about it as s/he sees it, in the writer’s choice of style. See the original thread for clarification and inspiration.

Current prompt: someone or something on the border between wilderness and civilization

Previous prompts:
a dog lying in the street




Next up:

Astronomers say this year’s Quadrantid meteors could be unusually good. A late moonrise could make it possible to see 30 to 60 meteors per hour in the United States and twice that many in Europe.

When to look: the morning of January 4, after midnight blog time (1 a.m. U.S. Eastern time, or before dawn in Europe) — not ideal for a school night, alas. Let us know if you look and what you see.

Out there in Valinor, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien would be celebrating his eleventy-sixth birthday today. Mae losto, Professor. Belain na le!

Continued from Books and Reading, Part 7.

New year, clean slate. Continued from 2007.4.

All new for the new year! Continued from version 2007.5.

In which Musers research the habits, tendencies, proclivities, inclinations, preferences, and predilections of other Musers.

Continued from version 2007.3.

The plot thickens, as seen in the previous installment.

Known Muser birthdays this month:*

01-01 Jadestone’s birthday (1992 – cerulean or green)
01-01 FrigidSymphony’s birthday (1991 – no color, but loud heavy metal music)
01-03 Kari’s birthday (1995)
01-03 Rebecca Lasley’s birthday
01-05 grnqween2011’s birthday (1994 – green)
01-06 Admiral Penguin’s birthday (1994 – gold, red, obsidian)
01-12 Faye Beauchamp’s birthday (1989)
01-13 Anonymous Coward’s birthday (1992)
01-13 penguini’s birthday (1993 – light blue-green)
01-13 Wingnut’s birthday (year? color?)
01-15 Kiara’s birthday (1993 – black, blue, purple)
01-16 Cedar’s birthday (1990)
01-17 The Insane Blue Sage’s birthday (1995 – black, silver, green, and red)
01-22 Veralidaine’s birthday (1992 – your school colors)
01-26 Glassboro’s birthday (1995 – black and whatever you like)
01-30 The Skipper Nancy’s birthday (1992 – yellow or sea-green)
01-31 Dandelions Are Wildflowers’ (::DAW::’s) birthday (1992)
01-31 Birthday of greekgurl the Latin speakin geek freak! (1994 – rainbow)

You turn 5,000 days old this month if you were born between April 25 and May 25, 1994.
You turn 6,000 days old this month if you were born between July 30 and August 29, 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.

In a break with tradition, the title of January’s random thread does not contain the name of the month. Instead, it refers to the peculiar fact that the United States Congress has declared this National Soup Month. Plunge on in! First, though, join us in singing the Muse Soup Song (to the tune of “Have a Pie” [to the tune of “Let It Be”]).

When I find myself all cold and cranky,
Mimi shows up on my stoop,
Speaking words of solace: “Have some soup!”
And when the hailstones pound the window
And my spirits start to droop,
I know what she’ll tell me: “Have some soup!”

CHORUS:
Have some soup, have some soup, have some soup, have some soup!
I know what she’ll tell me: Have some soup!

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

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

Current topic: Tech class
Web design
Publishing

Speak, Friend, and Enter! If you’re new to the blog, come on in for a little orientation and some pie.

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.

We’re glad to be here and to have you all with us. Have a Mostly Harmless New Year, everybody!

Some MBers like them very much.

And now for something much the same as last time. Well, it has been a while.

On the first day of Newton, Sir Isaac gave to me
Equations for graa-vi-tee….

The 17th-century alchemist, Biblical scholar, and natural philosopher may not have been the jolliest old soul in the world, but he enriched our lives immeasurably. Break open a pack of Fig Newtons in his honor!

And if you don’t celebrate Christmas, be merry anyway. Any excuse for merriment, we always say.

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