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Saturday All Day Check-in for the Herd

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        Fierces on the Weather Critter Comment are obligatory welcome.

The morning check-in is an open thread posted to give you a place to visit with the meeses. Feel free to chat about your weather, share a bit of your life, grump (if you must), rave (if you can). The diarist du jour sometimes posts and runs, other times sticks around for a bit, often returns throughout the day and always cares that meeses are happy … or at least contented.

On weekends (and holidays), you may find the check-in thread earlier or later than normal because … it is the weekend! Moosies need their beauty rest:

For those new to the Moose, Kysen left a Moose Welcome Mat (Part Deux) so, please, wipe your feet before you walk in the front door start posting.

The important stuff to get you started:

– Comments do not Auto-refresh. Click the refresh/reload on your tab to see new ones. Only click Post once for comments. When a diary’s comment threads grow, the page takes longer to refresh and the comment may not display right away.

– To check for replies to your comments, click the “My Comments” link in the right-hand column (or go to “My Moose”). Comments will be listed and a link to Recent Replies will be shown. (Note: Tending comments builds community)

– Ratings: Fierce means Thumbs Up, Fail means Thumbs Down, Meh means one of three things: I am unFailing you but I can’t Fierce you, I am unFiercing after a mistaken Fierce, or Meh. Just Meh. (p.s. Ratings don’t bestow mojo, online behaviour does).

– The Recommended list has a prominent place on the Front Page because it reflects the interests of the Moose. When people drive-by, we want them to see what we are talking about: news, politics, science, history, personal stories, culture. The list is based on number of recs and days on the list. Per Kysen: “The best way to control Rec List content is to ONLY rec diaries you WANT to see ON the list.

– Finally, the posting rules for a new diary: “Be excellent to each other… or else

(Some other commenting/posting/tending notes for newbies can be found in this past check-in and, of course, consult Meese Mehta for all your questions on meesely decorum.)

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Let the greetings begin!

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22 comments

  1. DeniseVelez

    being lazy this morning and just shlurping coffee.

    Will try to get some writing done later in the day

    Good morning Jan and Meese!

    Compared to your 3 degrees Jan – we are more like Miami here 🙂

  2. anotherdemocrat

    It’s 28 degrees outside. Sigh. Eating breakfast. They canceled the Dallas Marathon. They canceled a marathon. The reason we train no matter the weather is that they won’t cancel our marathon. Sigh. Ok, off I go.

  3. JG in MD

    Whoa! Sorry to hear about all the weather woes, folks. When we count noses later to make sure we’re all safe, let’s do it carefully to avoid breakage.

    Lovely lunch yesterday with childhood friends I connected with at the 50th HS reunion a couple of years ago. The Great Honking Huge Tysons Corner Mall in NoVa was jam-packed with people. Shop till you drop, everybody. The thrift shops need anything you might get rid of to make room for the new crap.

  4. princesspat

    But Jan wins the ::shiver:: award.

    We forgot to let the water drip in the upstairs faucets last night and now the hot water line is frozen 🙁  

  5. anotherdemocrat

    Neil Gaiman — Neil effing Gaiman replied to one of my tweets!!!!!

    Becky

    @beckythecyclist

    @neilhimself I just noticed the library service for the blind is getting Fortunately The Milk in Braille! I can’t wait to send it to patrons – 06 Dec

    Neil Gaiman

    @neilhimself

    @beckythecyclist how cool!

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