Featured Sites of the Month

- the 28 hour day - "Did you ever feel like there just weren't enough hours in the day? Have you ever wished for more free time to pursue different activities and goals? If you can relate to these feelings, you will be interested in the 28 Hour Day."

- "You have an evil heart and are greatly despised". "You will be showered with bad luck". More at badcookie.com

- losers on the internet - "Losers. You know them. You've seen them on the street. You've seen them in the office. You've seen them at family reunions.Now they're on the Internet. And LOSERS dot ORG is your guide"

- money origami and pencil carving - highly advanced and rewarding mint rubbing techniques that can be practiced in the comfort of your own home.

- rub mint online and help label all images on the web. play the esp game.

- big bang machine - "If a series of highly unlikely conditions apply, strangelets could in theory start consuming ordinary matter, turning the entire Earth into a sphere of strangeness".

- 404 research lab - "a loving tribute to 404 not found". Also read how error 404 is foretold in the bible

- mama universului - "Cine este Mama Geta? O intrebare care ne-o punem toti atunci cand deschidem acest site. Raspunsul este simplu. Mama Geta este tot ceea ce ne inconjura si totodata noi suntem parte din mama Geta Budihala , venita prin formula de Q , ca valoare prima si in conturi separate pe formule om si nu animal."

- vaidevoi.ro - "Regiune mult indragita, natura care ispiteste curiozitatea vizitatorului, daruindu-i depline satisfactii, .vaidevoi.ro se identifica cu o distincta si permanenta oferta pentru recreatie in mijloc de lume cibernetica, un inestimabil izvor de sanatate si ambianta mirifica. Iubitorilor de frumos la sta la dispozitie pentru cunoastere, destindere si browsing acest site cu vedeniile sale de neuitat, captivand irezistibil pe vizitator."

- grow a brain - "Here are the most eclectic and interesting sites of the internet".

- Finally check out some quality digital art at rasterpoint.ro


E-mails from Fellow Mint Rubbers

- "and, i don't want to sound redundant since all your (non romanian) letters have already noted that, but as i mentioned in grow-a-brain the first time when i found your site (is it already 2 or 3 months ago?), yours is the absolute coolest / funnest site, and obviously i wouldn't use any other operating system for mint rubbing if my life depended on it..." (hanan, growabrain.net)

-"Just wanted to say you're the greatest ! Since I've discovered RMRA I can do nothing else ... except of mint rubbing - of course. I also wanted to suggest another way of mint rubbing which is very useful at work ( especially if nobody can see your computer screen ) - playing Solitaire or Spider Solitaire. What do you think ?" (Alexandra)

- "pentru o viitoare editie a lui Mint Rubbing Journal, va propun urmatorul exemplu de intelepciune populara: "luni nici iarba nu creste". Dupa indelungi cautari de vreo 5 minute am ajuns la concluzia ca subiectul nu a mai fost tratat intr-o maniera stiintifica, asa cum merita, desi e mult mai graitor decat englezescul blue monday." (Radu)

- "jeepers, this is a dream come true. now i feel like i really did something with my poor excuse of a life. mint rubber all the way. **chin up, arm stretched forward, mint salute**" (iso, iso.antitalent.com)

- "absolutamente extraordinar site fratilor,sunteti fe inovativi" (Mia)

as usual, go to the rmra forum for more fascinating messages.

RMRA on the Web

as you have probably noticed we like to keep track of websites linking to us. each month we diligently research present new sites that have linked to mintrubbing.org. find below the sites we have discovered in the past two months (the previous issue of mrj did not feature a "rmra on the web" section). you too can be featured in this monthly hall of fame by linking to us. it's that simple.

- dragoos.go.ro (rmra certified)
- roxorz.org (rmra certified)
- vaidevoi.ro (rmra certified)
- iso.antitalent.com (rmra certified)
- bibi jupanu's profile
- tenisi.go.ro
- xmgf.go.ro
- sorin_work weblog
- angela's page
- beyond.3x.ro
- cate-n luna si-n stele
- mralinush.org
- soran's page
- adi (and here too)
- theengineno9 profile
- thegreatteam
- grigorescu network
- beer fx
- realk weblog
- museum of hoaxes

mintrubbing.org was declared "site of the day" on pressreview.ro/EN/ on sep 5, and was mentioned on the ziarul de ieri yahoo group (good source of interesting news). more people talked about our site on forums as well. this month's list:

- chip.ro ("Un site EXTREM de interesant: http://www.mintrubbing.org. Nu cred mai poate spune cineva acum ca Romanii nu au un tel in viata."
- dainet.ro ("ceva ultrasupermegamortal")
- chip.ro ("Desi am post-at si la topic-ul cu site-uri interesante, nu m-am putut abtine de la a lauda un site EXTREM de interesant din zona romaneasca a internet-ului. Cu atat mai laudabil efortul creatorilor site-ului de a impartasi restului lumii acest obicei intr-adevar 100% romanesc. Propun infiintarea unui mic compartiment pe acest forum, un fel de club al 'mint rubber'-istilor de pe forum-ul Chip." - thanks nicolin!)
- firebottle.com ("This is one of the craziest and most inspired sites I ever saw.")
- deltaip.ro
- softpedia.com

thank you all. your support for the worldwide mintrubbing movement will be cherished by generations to come.

a special mention for caterinca.ro, a page that has been sending us a shitload of visitors lately. keep it up guys.


Ancient Romanian Wisdom

This month's topic is bravery. Find out how the Romanian people deal with this important issue. click here