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[UPDATE] Retreivers Of Truth - AIM and newsletter

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benp7
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Location: Chicago, IL

[UPDATE] Retreivers Of Truth - AIM and newsletter

Caught DSLerator on AIM today:

Quote:

[13:28] doctordatabase: Hey
[13:28] doctordatabase: Been watching the ROT site.
[13:28] doctordatabase: Need a new password.
[13:28] doctordatabase: DOWN WITH HANSO!!!
[13:28] DSLerator: Have you ever heard of Pedro Armend�riz? Well maybe you should.

So checked him out:
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000784/

Looks like Pedro was a Bond ally in the movie From Russia with Love and committed suicide after production cause he was dying from cancer.

After that, got a new update from ROT Newsletter:

Quote:

Dear friends,

I'm a truly honored to have so many loyal and dedicated fans and supporters. I wish I could sit down with each and every one of you and discuss my work and the science of what I do but alas, that would be too time-consuming for the both of us.

I understand you all took my advice to heed change. Or at least a few of you read my words and took note of it and that's all I can ever ask. Remember don't ever dwell on the changes that confront us on a daily basis but face them head on and allow them to evolve your life and yourself.

I won't tax your time or your brain today with a long message but I would like you all to take a moment out of your busy schedules to sit down in a quiet place, relax, and think about all the good things in your lives. While they may seem few and far between they do exist. It is easier to think of and focus on the negative but not always the healthiest or the most productive way to utilize your mental energies.

When the mind is at rest it is at its most productive. Maybe that's why the yellow lab will rest up to 18 hours in a day. Think about that my friends and have a wonderful day.

Yours truly, Dr. Vincent "Wally" Bole

Hmm... lots to think about.

BenP7

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 3:42 pm

The Drunk Monkey
Boot

Joined: 04 Mar 2006
Posts: 41
Location: UK

Decoding the base-64 string in the HTML form gives us the password

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

Steinbeck

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I'll be right back, gotta slip into my impenetrable lead suit...

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:05 pm

Hank Scorpio
Decorated

Joined: 08 May 2006
Posts: 170

One of Steinbecks books was named The Pearl. Coincidence... I think so.

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:59 pm

danteIL
Unfictologist

Joined: 08 May 2006
Posts: 1990

I don't think this deserve its own thread, but Mandrake Wig has updated his MySpace page with a new blog entry:

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Friday, July 21, 2006

You'll find what you're looking for� I have faith in you all.

How are we to find our way if were not allowed to walk on our own? See the light if everyone is showing us the way? We all need to live, love, laugh and all the other L words that make up a fulfilling existence with observance rather than direction. Everyone needs to find their own way through this thing called life. All the uninitiated masses should have the opportunity to make the same mistakes that were all meant to make - love the wrong person, work at the crappy job for far too long, loan money to a friend because these experiences help make us the unique and interesting individuals well eventually become.

It took me a long time to learn this. I used to think I could, no make that should, tell people what I thought they needed to do. That great deal not such a great deal -- that thing you really want you dont want that -- that love of your life let me tell you what I know about him/her. Now I might have been right more than not but I wasnt doing anyone any favors. I wasnt just denying them a bad choice and alienating a friend; I was denying them the chance to learn from that choice and myself the chance to see how bad I must have looked when I made that same decision.

Hey we always want to help/give someone the benefit of our experience. If you think you need to do something, protect a friend from themselves, or offer up your opinion on someone elses life choice, theres only one time to do it; when asked. And even then you have to act with tact and diplomacy. And just as a warning; starting your suggestion with an Are you crazy or When I was a kid is a waste of your time and theirs. An opinion should never be an order.

And heres the biggie - when a decision involves love or money unsolicited advice will only lose you a friend. And if youre asked your opinion dont expect to be listened to. Just give it in hope. Your advice your opinion in these matters, when not verbally requested can put you in a very unenviable position. And dont fall for the, I dont know what to do followed by the long pause. Thats just a trap. Say nothing. Let the pause hang there and fire back with the concerned look. It will save you every time.

When it does blow up or hey, if it all works out - yeah right - always be humble and understanding. Be gracious, be smug to yourself, but always be a friend. Never drop the I told you so. Never say, Yeah, well I knew it wouldnt last. Never be the know-it-all because you dont know-it-all. None of us do. Were all just going through this gig with our hands out-stretched flailing to find our way and just hoping it all works out for the best.

Theres a Korean proverb that goes, Power lasts ten years; influence not more than a hundred, which I personally read as, you can make someone do what you want for only so long or you can allow them to do what is right and they will continue to do it. How you choose to take the quote, my ramblings, and what you get out of it all are really up to you. Hey... Ive just told you want I think you should do. Now disregard all of it and go out and live your life the way you want. Ahn-nyung.

I have no idea what it means either...

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 5:22 pm

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