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== Daily Inspirations == | == Daily Inspirations == | ||
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* Located on [[Citizens of Virtue]] ([http://www.citizensofvirtue.com/DailyInspiration.aspx link]) | * Located on [[Citizens of Virtue]] ([http://www.citizensofvirtue.com/DailyInspiration.aspx link]) | ||
- | These inspirations seemto have hidden meansings in the form of riddles, though none have been confirmed as solutions, or clues, to anything as of yet. | + | 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. |
- | === During [[Temperance]] === | + | # [[Temperance]]: <spoiler>Wil Dawes has ten DUIs</spoiler> |
+ | # [[Patience]]: <spoiler>Camp leader now runs gun class</spoiler> | ||
+ | # [[Chastity]]: <spoiler>Doc is brothel patron</spoiler> | ||
+ | # [[Kindness]]: ... | ||
+ | # [[Humility]]: ... | ||
+ | # [[Diligence]]: ... | ||
+ | # [[Charity]]: ... | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Week of [[Kindness]] === | ||
+ | ==== Daily: 10/29/2008 ==== | ||
+ | <blockquote> | ||
+ | :When you find yourself afflicted, a | ||
+ | :healer will come with the proper | ||
+ | :tool to save you; and you shall | ||
+ | :remember who he was and how | ||
+ | :you felt before your salvation. | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | <blockquote class="plain"> | ||
+ | ===== Analysis ===== | ||
+ | * | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Daily: 10/30/2008 ==== | ||
+ | <blockquote> | ||
+ | :The devil may punish a child, | ||
+ | :remove her from the surface of | ||
+ | :the earth, and leave her reduced | ||
+ | :to powder; find shelter in the | ||
+ | :Trinity. | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | <blockquote class="plain"> | ||
+ | ===== Analysis ===== | ||
+ | * numerous references to GROUND? | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Daily: 10/31/2008 ==== | ||
+ | <blockquote> | ||
+ | :The profligate man should | ||
+ | :beware, lest war set him | ||
+ | :astray. | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | <blockquote class="plain"> | ||
+ | ===== Analysis ===== | ||
+ | * 'lest war' anagrammed is WASTREL, a 'profligate man' | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | === 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"> | ||
+ | ===== Analysis ===== | ||
+ | * Last word of each line: "were wolf Book by Peter David" | ||
+ | * HOWLING MAD? Also a member of the A-Team | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Daily: 10/23/2008 ==== | ||
+ | <blockquote> | ||
+ | :So-called "scientific discourse" | ||
+ | :is only to be embraced in a | ||
+ | :godly way. There are those who | ||
+ | :run around shouting "Y is X!" | ||
+ | :and "B is A!" But we all know | ||
+ | :there is only one Word that matters. | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | <blockquote class="plain"> | ||
+ | ===== Analysis ===== | ||
+ | * "Y is X", "B is A" - the only word following that pattern is "DISC"; Discourse? | ||
+ | * B.A. is a member of the A-Team | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Daily: 10/24/2008 ==== | ||
+ | <blockquote> | ||
+ | :Some will succumb to baleful | ||
+ | :demons. They will need only the | ||
+ | :rations provided by that which | ||
+ | :would offer the easiest link. | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | <blockquote class="plain"> | ||
+ | ===== Analysis ===== | ||
+ | * "demons" and "rations", "DEMONS(T)RATIONS" = missing a "T"? | ||
+ | * Mr. T is a member of the A-Team | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Daily: 10/25/2008 ==== | ||
+ | <blockquote> | ||
+ | :Was it He who battled inner wars, | ||
+ | :struck with terror, stuck in a | ||
+ | :hard place, had all hope taken, | ||
+ | :expecting to fail, felt frail, fearing | ||
+ | :vanishing, leading up to this? | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | <blockquote class="plain"> | ||
+ | ===== Analysis ===== | ||
+ | * "was/wars", "struck/stuck", "hard/had", "frail/fail", "vanishing/?" - VARNISHING missing an "R"? | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Daily: 10/26/2008 ==== | ||
+ | <blockquote> | ||
+ | :One unites in unnatural rituals, | ||
+ | :listens to irrational treasons, | ||
+ | :salutes until isolationist trials | ||
+ | :untie relations, as one is true | ||
+ | :to one's state–alas, still no soul. | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | <blockquote class="plain"> | ||
+ | ===== Analysis ===== | ||
+ | * the entire phrase is made of the letters "oneuisatrl" | ||
+ | * (after solving the weekly) ULTRANATIONALIST can be made with one or more of the letters used above | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Daily: 10/27/2008 ==== | ||
+ | <blockquote> | ||
+ | :Grief can inspire as well as | ||
+ | :destroy. Poet Elizabeth Barrett | ||
+ | :Browning was sent into a deep | ||
+ | :depression by her beloved | ||
+ | :brother’s drowning, and then | ||
+ | :made the most holy connection. | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | <blockquote class="plain"> | ||
+ | ===== Analysis ===== | ||
+ | * "drowning" to "browning" - "CROWNING"? | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Weekly: 10/28/2008 ==== | ||
+ | <blockquote> | ||
+ | :Let no obstacle thwart your | ||
+ | :progress. If the quicksand and | ||
+ | :murk hold you back, use your | ||
+ | :faith to set you free. If all around | ||
+ | :you are plagued by pests, | ||
+ | :demand that there will be no | ||
+ | :slacking off on God's watch. If | ||
+ | :the troubled riot against injustice, | ||
+ | :be serene in the knowledge that | ||
+ | :God's will is coating your soul. | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | ==== Chastity Solution ==== | ||
+ | * Using the following answer: | ||
+ | *: 10/22) HOWLING MAD | ||
+ | *: 10/23) DISC | ||
+ | *: 10/24) DEMONSTRATIONS | ||
+ | *: 10/25) VARNISHING | ||
+ | *: 10/26) ULTRANATIONALIST | ||
+ | *: 10/27) CROWNING | ||
+ | * synonyms/answers to the daily words are found in the weekly, but with three letters missing: | ||
+ | *: HOWLING MAD = <spoiler>MURDOCK / murk = mur('''doc''')k</spoiler> | ||
+ | *: DISC = <spoiler>FRISBEE / free = fr('''isb''')ee</spoiler> | ||
+ | *: DEMONSTRATIONS = <spoiler>PROTESTS / pests = p('''rot''')ests</spoiler> | ||
+ | *: VARNISHING = <spoiler>SHELLACKING / slacking = s('''hel''')lacking</spoiler> | ||
+ | *: ULTRANATIONALIST = <spoiler>PATRIOT / riot = ('''pat''')riot</spoiler> | ||
+ | *: CROWNING = <spoiler>COATING / coating = co('''ron''')ating</spoiler> | ||
+ | ===== Message ===== | ||
+ | * <spoiler>'''DOC IS BROTHEL PATRON''' - Doc is [[Justin James]], PhD?</spoiler> | ||
+ | * Report the person in an 'Unchaste act'? | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | === Week of [[Patience]] === | ||
+ | ==== Daily: 10/15/2008 ==== | ||
+ | <blockquote> | ||
+ | :Before you venture into dark | ||
+ | :territory, know that the | ||
+ | :conclusion is not foregone, | ||
+ | :nor is the beginning ordained. | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | <blockquote class="plain"> | ||
+ | ===== Analysis ===== | ||
+ | * OREGON Trail? States? 54-40? | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Daily: 10/16/2008 ==== | ||
+ | <blockquote> | ||
+ | :When all the counting on this | ||
+ | :night is complete, the world shall | ||
+ | :start its days anew. | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | :Numbers 10:9-8 | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | <blockquote class="plain"> | ||
+ | ===== Analysis ===== | ||
+ | * 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> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== 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? | ||
+ | *: <spoiler>base/'''CAMP'''/fire, loss/'''LEADER'''/board, apocalypse/'''NOW'''/playing, dry/'''RUNS'''/batted/in, nail/'''GUN'''/control, first/'''CLASS'''/struggle</spoiler> | ||
+ | ===== Message ===== | ||
+ | * <spoiler>'''CAMP LEADER NOW RUNS GUN CLASS''' - [[Alejandra Gonzales]]?</spoiler> | ||
+ | * Report the person in an 'Impatient act'? | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | === Week of [[Temperance]] === | ||
+ | '''''(solved)''''' | ||
==== Daily: 10/8/2008 ==== | ==== Daily: 10/8/2008 ==== | ||
<blockquote> | <blockquote> | ||
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<br> | <br> | ||
:TNIV, 1 Peter | :TNIV, 1 Peter | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | <blockquote class="plain"> | ||
+ | ===== 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") | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
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<br> | <br> | ||
:TNIV, Exodus | :TNIV, Exodus | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | <blockquote class="plain"> | ||
+ | ===== 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) | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
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:The word that you too desire | :The word that you too desire | ||
:will be invoked at least tenfold. | :will be invoked at least tenfold. | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | <blockquote class="plain"> | ||
+ | ===== Analysis ===== | ||
+ | * Theory: "you too desire" refers to ''U2's'' song ''Desire'', where "desire" is repeated over 10 times | ||
+ | ===== Solution ===== | ||
+ | * Group: '''MONEY''' (see analysis) | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
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:where atop their pillars they | :where atop their pillars they | ||
:would go. | :would go. | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | <blockquote class="plain"> | ||
+ | ===== 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) | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
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:those who worship in splinter | :those who worship in splinter | ||
:groups worship? | :groups worship? | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | <blockquote class="plain"> | ||
+ | ===== Analysis ===== | ||
+ | * Theory: "large denominations" = ''money''? | ||
+ | ===== Solution ===== | ||
+ | * Group: '''INSECTS''' (in splinter groups = "in sects") | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
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:speakers: "Condemns" is not | :speakers: "Condemns" is not | ||
:in their vocabulary. | :in their vocabulary. | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | <blockquote class="plain"> | ||
+ | ===== 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) | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
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:can sip from a chalice. | :can sip from a chalice. | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
- | + | <blockquote class="plain"> | |
- | === During [[Patience]] === | + | ===== Analysis ===== |
- | ==== Daily: 10/15/2008 ==== | + | * 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" |
- | <blockquote> | + | |
- | :Before you venture into dark | + | |
- | :territory, know that the | + | |
- | :conclusion is not foregone, | + | |
- | :nor is the beginning ordained. | + | |
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
- | ==== Daily: 10/16/2008 ==== | + | ==== Temperance Solution ==== |
- | <blockquote> | + | * 10/8) Flowers: ('''W''')eather=(H)eather, r('''I''')se=r(O)se, dai('''L''')y=dai(S)y |
- | :When all the counting on this | + | * 10/9) Jewelry: locke('''D''')=locke(T), p('''A''')n=p(I)n, ('''W''')arring=(E)arring |
- | :night is complete, the world shall | + | * 10/10) Money: b('''E''')ck=b(U)ck, ('''S''')ent=(C)ent, ('''H''')ound=(P)ound |
- | :start its days anew. | + | * 10/11) Capitals: b('''A''')rn=b(E)rn, ('''S''')ome=(R)ome, par('''T''')s=par(I)s |
- | <br> | + | * 10/12) Insects: r('''E''')ach=r(O)ach, mi('''N''')e=mi(T)e, an('''D''') -> an(T) |
- | :Numbers 10:9-8 | + | * 10/13) Codes: mo('''U''')se=moRse, ar('''I''')a=ar(E)a, ('''S''')ip=(Z)ip |
- | </blockquote> | + | ===== Message ===== |
+ | * <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'? |
Current revision
[edit] Daily Inspirations
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- Located on Citizens of Virtue (link)
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.
[edit] Week of Kindness
[edit] Daily: 10/29/2008
- When you find yourself afflicted, a
- healer will come with the proper
- tool to save you; and you shall
- remember who he was and how
- you felt before your salvation.
[edit] Analysis
[edit] Daily: 10/30/2008
- The devil may punish a child,
- remove her from the surface of
- the earth, and leave her reduced
- to powder; find shelter in the
- Trinity.
[edit] Analysis
- numerous references to GROUND?
[edit] Daily: 10/31/2008
- The profligate man should
- beware, lest war set him
- astray.
[edit] Analysis
- 'lest war' anagrammed is WASTREL, a 'profligate man'
[edit] Week of Chastity
[edit] 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.
[edit] Analysis
- Last word of each line: "were wolf Book by Peter David"
- HOWLING MAD? Also a member of the A-Team
[edit] Daily: 10/23/2008
- So-called "scientific discourse"
- is only to be embraced in a
- godly way. There are those who
- run around shouting "Y is X!"
- and "B is A!" But we all know
- there is only one Word that matters.
[edit] Analysis
- "Y is X", "B is A" - the only word following that pattern is "DISC"; Discourse?
- B.A. is a member of the A-Team
[edit] Daily: 10/24/2008
- Some will succumb to baleful
- demons. They will need only the
- rations provided by that which
- would offer the easiest link.
[edit] Analysis
- "demons" and "rations", "DEMONS(T)RATIONS" = missing a "T"?
- Mr. T is a member of the A-Team
[edit] Daily: 10/25/2008
- Was it He who battled inner wars,
- struck with terror, stuck in a
- hard place, had all hope taken,
- expecting to fail, felt frail, fearing
- vanishing, leading up to this?
[edit] Analysis
- "was/wars", "struck/stuck", "hard/had", "frail/fail", "vanishing/?" - VARNISHING missing an "R"?
[edit] Daily: 10/26/2008
- One unites in unnatural rituals,
- listens to irrational treasons,
- salutes until isolationist trials
- untie relations, as one is true
- to one's state–alas, still no soul.
[edit] Analysis
- the entire phrase is made of the letters "oneuisatrl"
- (after solving the weekly) ULTRANATIONALIST can be made with one or more of the letters used above
[edit] Daily: 10/27/2008
- Grief can inspire as well as
- destroy. Poet Elizabeth Barrett
- Browning was sent into a deep
- depression by her beloved
- brother’s drowning, and then
- made the most holy connection.
[edit] Analysis
- "drowning" to "browning" - "CROWNING"?
[edit] Weekly: 10/28/2008
- Let no obstacle thwart your
- progress. If the quicksand and
- murk hold you back, use your
- faith to set you free. If all around
- you are plagued by pests,
- demand that there will be no
- slacking off on God's watch. If
- the troubled riot against injustice,
- be serene in the knowledge that
- God's will is coating your soul.
[edit] Chastity Solution
- Using the following answer:
- 10/22) HOWLING MAD
- 10/23) DISC
- 10/24) DEMONSTRATIONS
- 10/25) VARNISHING
- 10/26) ULTRANATIONALIST
- 10/27) CROWNING
- synonyms/answers to the daily words are found in the weekly, but with three letters missing:
- HOWLING MAD =
- DISC =
- DEMONSTRATIONS =
- VARNISHING =
- ULTRANATIONALIST =
- CROWNING =
[edit] Message
- Report the person in an 'Unchaste act'?
[edit] Week of Patience
[edit] Daily: 10/15/2008
- Before you venture into dark
- territory, know that the
- conclusion is not foregone,
- nor is the beginning ordained.
[edit] Analysis
- OREGON Trail? States? 54-40?
[edit] Daily: 10/16/2008
- When all the counting on this
- night is complete, the world shall
- start its days anew.
- Numbers 10:9-8
[edit] Analysis
- NEW YEAR'S EVE/DAY 12-31? 1-1?
[edit] Daily: 10/17/2008
- Cheer on noble values.
- Eschew new inconstancies.
- Embrace new commitments.
- Excoriate specious testimonies.
- Originate religious expressions.
[edit] Analysis
- First letter of each word: CONVENIENCESTORE. 7-11?
[edit] 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.
[edit] Analysis
- "not even" letters of "crumblets"? Cubes?
[edit] Solution
- CrUmBlEs; CUBES. 1^3 and 2^3 and 3^3 = 1-8-27
[edit] 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.
[edit] Analysis
- Sting? (Shania) Twain? No Doubt? - football?
[edit] Solution
- Final score of Superbowl XXXVII (half-time musical guests) was 21-48
[edit] Daily: 10/20/2008
- The faithless fish fears catching
- the hook in its jaws. The faithful
- tiger always looks forward to
- the duel.
[edit] Analysis
- Hook, Jaws, Duel, Big Fish, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Always - All connected to Steven Spielburg?
[edit] Solution
- "1941" also directed by SS. 19-41
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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?
[edit] Message
- Report the person in an 'Impatient act'?
[edit] Week of Temperance
(solved)
[edit] 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
[edit] Analysis
- "first of six" likely referring to the Faithless Fourteen puzzle - first letter of the sixth word of each lyric
[edit] Solution
- Group: FLOWERS ("first of six groups" replaced "flowers")
[edit] 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
[edit] Analysis
- "behind at the gate" similar to "beyond the gate"?
- first words of each line: "Whoever has any gold Second take it off"
[edit] Solution
- Group: JEWELRY (scripture reference to jewelry)
[edit] Daily: 10/10/2008
- The word that you too desire
- will be invoked at least tenfold.
[edit] Analysis
- Theory: "you too desire" refers to U2's song Desire, where "desire" is repeated over 10 times
[edit] Solution
- Group: MONEY (see analysis)
[edit] 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.
[edit] Analysis
- hundreds of pomegranates represents prosperity
- pomegranates and pillars point to King Solomon's Temple (1 Kings 7:18-20)
[edit] Solution
- Group: CAPITALS (the pomegranates were on the capitals (TNIV) of the pillars)
[edit] 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?
[edit] Analysis
- Theory: "large denominations" = money?
[edit] Solution
- Group: INSECTS (in splinter groups = "in sects")
[edit] Daily: 10/13/2008
- You who would cast the first
- stone, learn from the Quileute
- speakers: "Condemns" is not
- in their vocabulary.
[edit] Analysis
- The Quileute language is one of five known languages to not have sounds for M or N, thus "condemns" = "codes"
[edit] Solution
- Group: CODES (see above)
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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"
[edit] 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
[edit] Message
- Report the person in an 'Intemperate act'?