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These inspirations have hidden meanings in the form of riddles. The 'answer' for each Daily inspiration, when applied to the Weekly inspiration, produces a message. These inspirations have hidden meanings in the form of riddles. The 'answer' for each Daily inspiration, when applied to the Weekly inspiration, produces a message.
-# Temperance: <spoiler>Wil Dawes has ten DUIs</spoiler>+# [[Temperance]]: <spoiler>Wil Dawes has ten DUIs</spoiler>
-# Patience: ...in progress+# [[Patience]]: <spoiler>Camp leader now runs gun class</spoiler>
 +# [[Chastity]]: ...in progress
 + 
 +=== Week of [[Chastity]] ===
 +==== Daily: 10/22/2008 ====
 +<blockquote>
 +:My childhood's crossroads were
 +:when I needed to keep the wolf
 +:at bay. I turned to the Good Book.
 +:My last fears would be calmed by
 +:hearing the goods words of Peter,
 +:and following the lead of David.
 +</blockquote>
 +<blockquote class="plain">
 +===== Solution =====
 +* Last word of each line: were wolf Book by Peter David
 +* Howling Mad?
 +</blockquote>
=== Week of [[Patience]] === === Week of [[Patience]] ===
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<blockquote class="plain"> <blockquote class="plain">
===== Analysis ===== ===== Analysis =====
-* OREGON Trail? States?+* OREGON Trail? States? 54-40?
</blockquote> </blockquote>
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<blockquote class="plain"> <blockquote class="plain">
===== Analysis ===== ===== Analysis =====
-* NEW YEAR'S EVE/DAY+* NEW YEAR'S EVE/DAY 12-31? 1-1?
 +</blockquote>
 + 
 +==== Daily: 10/17/2008 ====
 +<blockquote>
 +:Cheer on noble values.
 +:Eschew new inconstancies.
 +:Embrace new commitments.
 +:Excoriate specious testimonies.
 +:Originate religious expressions.
 +</blockquote>
 +<blockquote class="plain">
 +===== Analysis =====
 +* First letter of each word: CONVENIENCESTORE. 7-11?
 +</blockquote>
 + 
 +==== Daily: 10/18/2008 ====
 +<blockquote>
 +:So little man has made will last.
 +:Each mighty edifice shall be
 +:reduced to crumblets. This
 +:is not even a question.
 +</blockquote>
 +<blockquote class="plain">
 +===== Analysis =====
 +* "not even" letters of "crumblets"? Cubes?
 +===== Solution =====
 +* CrUmBlEs; CUBES. 1^3 and 2^3 and 3^3 = 1-8-27
 +</blockquote>
 + 
 +==== Daily: 10/19/2008 ====
 +<blockquote>
 +:Fear not the sting of bitterness;
 +:when your faith is split in twain,
 +:have no doubt that you will
 +:persevere in the game of life.
 +</blockquote>
 +<blockquote class="plain">
 +===== Analysis =====
 +* Sting? (Shania) Twain? No Doubt? - football?
 +===== Solution =====
 +* Final score of Superbowl XXXVII (half-time musical guests) was 21-48
 +</blockquote>
 + 
 +==== Daily: 10/20/2008 ====
 +<blockquote>
 +:The faithless fish fears catching
 +:the hook in its jaws. The faithful
 +:tiger always looks forward to
 +:the duel.
 +</blockquote>
 +<blockquote class="plain">
 +===== Analysis =====
 +* Hook, Jaws, Duel, Big Fish, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Always - All connected to Steven Spielburg?
 +===== Solution =====
 +* "1941" also directed by SS. 19-41
 +</blockquote>
 + 
 +==== Weekly: 10/21/2008 ====
 +<blockquote>
 +:Dry your eyes. When a personal,
 +:apocalypse batted you down,
 +:playing loss against fear demands
 +:that you surrender first your control
 +:of self, letting you bask in changes
 +:across the board. To ascend, you
 +:must bathe in a holy fire, struggle
 +:against your inner demons, and
 +:then nail your pain to the cross.
 +:Base the new you on Christ.
</blockquote> </blockquote>
==== Patience Solution ==== ==== Patience Solution ====
-* 10/15) +* Using the following number sets:
-* 10/16) +*: 10/15) Oregon (54-40)
-* 10/17) +*: 10/16) New Years Eve (12-31)
-* 10/18) +*: 10/17) Convenience Store (7-11)
-* 10/19) +*: 10/18) Cubes (1-8-27)
-* 10/20) +*: 10/19) Superbowl XXXVII (48-21)
 +*: 10/20) Spielburg (19-41)
 +* Pull out the words:
 +*: base/fire, loss/board, apocalypse/playing, dry/batted/in, nail/control, first/struggle
 +* What are the missing words for each set?
 +*: <spoiler>base/'''CAMP'''/fire, loss/'''LEADER'''/board, apocalypse/'''NOW'''/playing, dry/'''RUNS'''/batted/in, nail/'''GUN'''/control, first/'''CLASS'''/struggle</spoiler>
===== Message ===== ===== Message =====
-* Unknown+* <spoiler>'''CAMP LEADER NOW RUNS GUN CLASS''' - [[Alejandra Gonzales]]?</spoiler>
 +* Report the person in an '[[Intemperate act]]'?
 + 
=== Week of [[Temperance]] === === Week of [[Temperance]] ===
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===== Analysis ===== ===== Analysis =====
* "behind at the gate" similar to "beyond the gate"? * "behind at the gate" similar to "beyond the gate"?
 +* first words of each line: "Whoever has any gold Second take it off"
===== Solution ===== ===== Solution =====
-* Group: '''JEWELRY''' (figured out after the puzzle's pattern was determined)+* Group: '''JEWELRY''' (scripture reference to jewelry)
</blockquote> </blockquote>
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* Theory: "you too desire" refers to ''U2's'' song ''Desire'', where "desire" is repeated over 10 times * Theory: "you too desire" refers to ''U2's'' song ''Desire'', where "desire" is repeated over 10 times
===== Solution ===== ===== Solution =====
-* Group: '''MONEY''' (see above)+* Group: '''MONEY''' (see analysis)
</blockquote> </blockquote>
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* 10/13) Codes: mo('''U''')se=moRse, ar('''I''')a=ar(E)a, ('''S''')ip=(Z)ip * 10/13) Codes: mo('''U''')se=moRse, ar('''I''')a=ar(E)a, ('''S''')ip=(Z)ip
===== Message ===== ===== Message =====
-* <spoiler>'''W I L D A W E S H A S T E N D U I S''' = "WIL DAWES HAS TEN DUIS"</spoiler>+* <spoiler>'''W I L D A W E S H A S T E N D U I S''' = "[[Wil Dawes|WIL DAWES]] HAS TEN DUIS"</spoiler>
* Report the person in an '[[Intemperate act]]'? * Report the person in an '[[Intemperate act]]'?

Revision as of 13:16, 22 October 2008

Daily Inspirations

Contents

These inspirations have hidden meanings in the form of riddles. The 'answer' for each Daily inspiration, when applied to the Weekly inspiration, produces a message.

  1. Temperance:
  2. Patience:
  3. Chastity: ...in progress

Week of Chastity

Daily: 10/22/2008

My childhood's crossroads were
when I needed to keep the wolf
at bay. I turned to the Good Book.
My last fears would be calmed by
hearing the goods words of Peter,
and following the lead of David.
Solution
  • Last word of each line: were wolf Book by Peter David
  • Howling Mad?

Week of Patience

Daily: 10/15/2008

Before you venture into dark
territory, know that the
conclusion is not foregone,
nor is the beginning ordained.
Analysis
  • OREGON Trail? States? 54-40?

Daily: 10/16/2008

When all the counting on this
night is complete, the world shall
start its days anew.

Numbers 10:9-8
Analysis
  • NEW YEAR'S EVE/DAY 12-31? 1-1?

Daily: 10/17/2008

Cheer on noble values.
Eschew new inconstancies.
Embrace new commitments.
Excoriate specious testimonies.
Originate religious expressions.
Analysis
  • First letter of each word: CONVENIENCESTORE. 7-11?

Daily: 10/18/2008

So little man has made will last.
Each mighty edifice shall be
reduced to crumblets. This
is not even a question.
Analysis
  • "not even" letters of "crumblets"? Cubes?
Solution
  • CrUmBlEs; CUBES. 1^3 and 2^3 and 3^3 = 1-8-27

Daily: 10/19/2008

Fear not the sting of bitterness;
when your faith is split in twain,
have no doubt that you will
persevere in the game of life.
Analysis
  • Sting? (Shania) Twain? No Doubt? - football?
Solution
  • Final score of Superbowl XXXVII (half-time musical guests) was 21-48

Daily: 10/20/2008

The faithless fish fears catching
the hook in its jaws. The faithful
tiger always looks forward to
the duel.
Analysis
  • Hook, Jaws, Duel, Big Fish, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Always - All connected to Steven Spielburg?
Solution
  • "1941" also directed by SS. 19-41

Weekly: 10/21/2008

Dry your eyes. When a personal,
apocalypse batted you down,
playing loss against fear demands
that you surrender first your control
of self, letting you bask in changes
across the board. To ascend, you
must bathe in a holy fire, struggle
against your inner demons, and
then nail your pain to the cross.
Base the new you on Christ.

Patience Solution

  • Using the following number sets:
    10/15) Oregon (54-40)
    10/16) New Years Eve (12-31)
    10/17) Convenience Store (7-11)
    10/18) Cubes (1-8-27)
    10/19) Superbowl XXXVII (48-21)
    10/20) Spielburg (19-41)
  • Pull out the words:
    base/fire, loss/board, apocalypse/playing, dry/batted/in, nail/control, first/struggle
  • What are the missing words for each set?
Message


Week of Temperance

(solved)

Daily: 10/8/2008

All men are like grass, and all
their glory is like the first of six
groups of the field.

TNIV, 1 Peter
Analysis
  • "first of six" likely referring to the Faithless Fourteen puzzle - first letter of the sixth word of each lyric
Solution
  • Group: FLOWERS ("first of six groups" replaced "flowers")

Daily: 10/9/2008

Whoever steals from another
has stolen from God. He deems
any man who desires foreign
gold as desiring foreign ideas.
Second to none, your Lord can
take heart in your will to leave
it behind at the gate, casting
off what you have left.

TNIV, Exodus
Analysis
  • "behind at the gate" similar to "beyond the gate"?
  • first words of each line: "Whoever has any gold Second take it off"
Solution
  • Group: JEWELRY (scripture reference to jewelry)

Daily: 10/10/2008

The word that you too desire
will be invoked at least tenfold.
Analysis
  • Theory: "you too desire" refers to U2's song Desire, where "desire" is repeated over 10 times
Solution
  • Group: MONEY (see analysis)

Daily: 10/11/2008

Mighty kings may keep
hundreds of pomegranates
carefully chained in rows.
But the humble man knows
where atop their pillars they
would go.
Analysis
  • hundreds of pomegranates represents prosperity
  • pomegranates and pillars point to King Solomon's Temple (1 Kings 7:18-20)
Solution
  • Group: CAPITALS (the pomegranates were on the capitals (TNIV) of the pillars)

Daily: 10/12/2008

Consider: If those who worship
with the multitudes worship "in
large denominations," how shall
those who worship in splinter
groups worship?
Analysis
  • Theory: "large denominations" = money?
Solution
  • Group: INSECTS (in splinter groups = "in sects")

Daily: 10/13/2008

You who would cast the first
stone, learn from the Quileute
speakers: "Condemns" is not
in their vocabulary.
Analysis
  • The Quileute language is one of five known languages to not have sounds for M or N, thus "condemns" = "codes"
Solution
  • Group: CODES (see above)

Weekly: 10/14/2008

Though inclement weather may
rise, I shall not hide in a barn like
a mouse. My future is not some
treasure locked in a shrine out of
my reach. The pan of daily bread
that is mine is at my beck and call,
send from above like parts of an
angelic aria. The warring factions
shall obey me, for even a hound
can sip from a chalice.
Analysis
  • key phrases? "inclement weather", "hide in a barn like a mouse", "treasure locked in a shrine", "pan of daily bread", "beck and call", "angelic aria", "warring factions", "hound can sip from a chalice"

Temperance Solution

  • 10/8) Flowers: (W)eather=(H)eather, r(I)se=r(O)se, dai(L)y=dai(S)y
  • 10/9) Jewelry: locke(D)=locke(T), p(A)n=p(I)n, (W)arring=(E)arring
  • 10/10) Money: b(E)ck=b(U)ck, (S)ent=(C)ent, (H)ound=(P)ound
  • 10/11) Capitals: b(A)rn=b(E)rn, (S)ome=(R)ome, par(T)s=par(I)s
  • 10/12) Insects: r(E)ach=r(O)ach, mi(N)e=mi(T)e, an(D) -> an(T)
  • 10/13) Codes: mo(U)se=moRse, ar(I)a=ar(E)a, (S)ip=(Z)ip
Message
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