Fora and Fauna!

Maximum Funsters are always talking about interesting things on our forum, both MF-related and non-MF-related.

Here are a few topics in which you can engage your new best friends:

Forum charmer Alexander is back and bigger than ever with his gardening post. His parsley is poking through!

Christeja is looking for a home for an adorable, adorable dog in the NY/NJ area.

Bugs Meaney and friends are having a spirited discussion on the theme of Beer Nerdery.

Like every comedy message board ever, the merits of SNL are being discussed in the thread "Is Anybody Else Enjoying SNL Lately?"

The Showdown forum is abuzz with the results of the first round of March of Time Madness, the battle to determine the greatest era in world history.

Good Recipes are being shared.

So... if you haven't already, register for the forum and get to posting!

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March (of Time) Madness BEGINS!

Don't look now, but on the Showdown Forum, March (of Time) Madness has begun!

We're determining the greatest historical era of all recorded history, and over the next few weeks, the entire first and second rounds of the battle will unfold. Forum moderator King Greebo has helpfully included links to Wikipedia and elsewhere if you aren't knowledgable about the Vedic Period, say. But who can resist battles like Old West v. Civil War?!

So get your butt into the forum and start voting! Only one era can be the best!

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Currently on the forum...

Our forums have really been hopping, and here are a few topics in which you might be interested:

Miss Emma has started a thread about Sweden, giving the suprising number of Swedes in our fan base: "Sweden is a secular country, faith is more a hang it up than keep it up. Although we have a country where you can believe in anything and it will be OK with people."

Lively discussions have sprung up around two of our listeners favorite non-MaxFun podcasts: Never Not Funny and The Best Show on WFMU

There's some discussion about the pledge drive, including a special user icon for those who've given (suggested by a listener).

Baseball legend Rickey Henderson has led a high-spirited discussion of his life and works.

And the Jews have found a new homeland -- the Maximum Fun boards!

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Fantasy Baseball League?

Word has started to leak out that I am a baseball nerd. I'm comfortable with the fact that I've read several hundred books on the subject, have in the past belonged to a special nerd club and attended it's conventions, and ran a rotisserie baseball league from ages 11-16.

Well, some intrepid Young Americans have suggested a fantasy baseball league, and I am an active supporter of the idea. Interested in participating? Get in on the discussion here.

And even if you don't want to participate in this league, you can still listen to our baseball show, featuring Tim & Eric, Will Carroll of The Baseball Prospectus, and Bill "Spaceman" Lee, the former Red Sox and Expos lefty who once wrote a letter to commissioner Bowie Kuhn stating that he (Lee) did not smoke marijuana (though he did eat it on his pancakes every morning).

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