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journal entry for 11th November

**Posted:** Tue Nov 12, 2002 11:36 am

sapagoo

Re: journal entry for 11th November

**Posted:** Tue Nov 12, 2002 12:27 pm

Guest · Guest

Word Search!

**Posted:** Tue Nov 12, 2002 12:30 pm

sapagoo

/me posts first, and then explains.

the first column is the first letters of the 1st stanza.
the second column is the first letters of the 2nd stanza.

catherwood is right. it does give us some messages.
Most noteably:
OPTOMETRIST again on line 4

what else

**Posted:** Tue Nov 12, 2002 12:31 pm

Guest · Guest

This puzzle was solved earlier today:

The first letters of each line of the poem form a 18x18 wordsearch, containing over 40 words related to the game.

When you cross out all those words, the letters remaining spell out:

TODAYS CLUE IS THE AFTER DARK MELODIES

See posts 489, 495 and onwards at the Yahoo group.

Oli

**Posted:** Tue Nov 12, 2002 12:33 pm

sapagoo

Coolness!

For those playing at home, I've included the 18x18 grid turned on 4 sides, so that the "backwards", "down" and "up" answers are more obvious.

**Posted:** Tue Nov 12, 2002 1:00 pm

Tien_Le

On a mundane note, the text gives some answers (I guess). The reporter got hit by a car and is in the hospital. All the notes Rev. Stone gave to him are gone.

The poem tells the story of what happened to his wife. I skimmed it and correct me if I'm wrong please. What I got is that his wife was named Sabrina and they had a daughter Rachel. Rachel fell off a cliff and died. Sabrina withdrew and Stone started seeing other women. A son was born of the effort and Sabrina found out about it and killed the little boy. Here's where I'm fuzzy. Did she also kill herself? Anyway, easy to see why he went off the deep end.

**Posted:** Tue Nov 12, 2002 1:53 pm

catherwood

visual aides

drizjr · Guest

INsanity

**Posted:** Wed Nov 13, 2002 12:03 am

drizjr · Guest

what/ staring on the line with journal
end\ starting on the line with noahboddy

**Posted:** Wed Nov 13, 2002 12:10 am

Aveena

Ok, I took a stab at the word search as well (with mucho help from catherwood's version).

The left-over letters giving the clue are in red and the updates to catherwood's latest (as of 10:30 pm central) are highlighted in blue. The additional words I came up with are "what" "ran" "come" and "may" (these words are pretty generic, but they fit with the clue Rolling Eyes

)

(edited to upload final version)

Guest · Guest

Aveena, that is an amazing layout you've created! I didn't know Excel could create a web page like that.

Anyway, catherwood's file has been updated, and the last few words you got were "What Dreams May Come", a quote from Hamlet and a movie title. (I'm not sure if "ran" was needed.)

**Posted:** Wed Nov 13, 2002 11:36 am

bermuda653 · Boot Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 30 Location: 90265

**Posted:** Wed Nov 13, 2002 11:36 am

_________________
'muda

Aveena

**Posted:** Wed Nov 13, 2002 2:30 pm

catherwood

Also, i didn't see anyone mention the Billy Joel lyrics in this entry...

**Posted:** Wed Nov 13, 2002 5:14 pm