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[vapor]

I went back to The Amsterdam today after Frank asked me to try again but again the bartender didn't know what I was talking about.

ETA: So Frank emailed last night to say:

[VeritasK]

Email from frank to insiders

[VeritasK]

[Rogi Ocnorb]

Speaking of "punch" lines... Sounds like Frank needs to go down to the Amsterdam and pay the bartender an "educational visit".

[vapor]

So this is apparently what I was supposed to pick up. Anyone want to take a crack at transcribing this thing?

ETA: I see "The sun will rise" and then "pi r ² " at the bottom of page 1 (they used the pi symbol and not the word pi) pi r squared is the formula to calculate the area of a circle when the radius is known. Anyone know the radius of the sun?

Also it looks like a tree with a sun rising (or is it setting) behind it. The second page looks like a clock schematic...sorta.

[VeritasK]

What have I found can we take it?
do we deserve what I have found.

That is right above it.

There will come a time where the needs of man ???? the fear of animals.

The sun never rises is in the tree foliage.

My guess at the last page:

now is not the timeventure will come why me
now what will me more then have a
less then the monsters then slouch

sbach

The time schematic is similar to the original puzzle. Why did he make that puzzle exactly as it was?

[vapor]

I can make out:

upper left corner:

[VeritasK]

No clue what the "bookmark" puzzle has to do with anything unless it will be something connected to all "books"

And that last child scribble page... Is strange.

Trying to decode child scribbles is a pain.

[vapor]

I kind of think the "bookmarks" were just a red herring. Could be related in some way we haven't thought of yet, but it didn't help locate The Amsterdam at all.

I have a feeling there will be more clues in the next book to be received. I've been asking questions about the journal and got a couple of replies.

[jessie1326]

Adding my observations to the mix:

The first page is a drawing of a tree with the sun coming up behind it. The second page looks like a device of some kind - a clock? It could also be a unit circle (this whole thing has my math geek thinking)?

The pages are numbered 7.51 and 7.52. Why? Maybe times? Sunrise?

I think the second page says:

[vapor]

I had an idea that possibly it you held the page up to the light, something might be revealed. I tried printing the page out front and back but it didn't line up very well (probably because of the placement on the scanner) so I did some Photoshopping. Interestingly, some of the elements did kind of line up. Maybe on to something. Will play around with it for a bit and see if anything emerges.

ETA: It looks like the one blog in Frank's blogroll has finally posted something of quasi-interest. http://caughtbythegil.blogspot.com/ and it's a post about White Rock Lake. Hmmm...I think I will comment.

[vapor]

What happened to the second book that got ordered. It's been over a week, right?

[VeritasK]

I didn't get a book, or even an email saying it was being sent out...

Just got todays mail and nothing there. Sort of expected it to be there yesterday or the day before.

[deadmcdekh]

I spent some time trying to overlay the 7.52 page over a map of downtown Dallas and surrounding areas... the multi-line vertical lines on either side of the circle point seem to be highways, or major streets, with the serpentine lines (withe "islands") seem to just scream rivers... but I'm not able to overlay it with any accuracy. I centered on both Reunion Arena and Trees, but can't quite get it. There's a pretty close match around Reunion with 75 and I-35, but some of the other lines dont quite match up. Nothing screaming "Ah-hah!" to me yet...

[xoNightshade]

At White Rock Lake there's a "Celebration Tree Grove." Here's the link: http://www.whiterocklake.org/?page_id=500 Don't know if it's relevant.