so now then.

so now then. here we go again. we, honest gas burners, presenting our latest work. you, honest reader, wondering what to expect this month.

well, if you search deep into your heart and you happen to be familiar with our past couple of issues, you know how it is. it's exactly like when you go to the store, get your smoked meat products and processed cheese, and realize the stuff tastes more like monosodium glutamate than anything else. turn on the tv to learn who was the most famous belgian painter of the seventeen century and it's all downhill from there. so the moment you're wondering is there anything else besides artificial flavor enhancers in this piece of shit real mozarella cheese(tm), then the latest issue of the mint rubbing journal hits you: god damn, not another lame-ass one-page thing again. well, yeah.

so watch closely.

just the regular stuff. new sites linking to us:

- http://www.papitza.go.ro
- http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Romania
- http://profiles.yahoo.com/terax2002
- http://profiles.yahoo.com/iulia_guriuc
- http://www.mindfree.galax.ro/ro/link.htm
- http://profiles.yahoo.com/sg_vl
- http://www.sdm.mxhost.net
- http://www.hao.ro/content/view/146/
- http://www.encorepub.com/ARCHIVES/DIGITAL%20DIVA/1-3.html
- http://hcs.harvard.edu/~rgc/links.htm
- http://www.polirom.ro/supliment/imagini/pdf/SDC_nr_07.pdf
  (excellent mint rubbing article. thanks)
- http://www.hgu.gu.se/files/nationalekonomi/sem/romania_feb2005.pdf
  (mintrubbing.org goes mainstream and gets featured as a source in a paper)
- http://www.belzebul.com/basqueries.php
- http://underclocker.com/blog/archives/2003/04/
- http://profiles.yahoo.com/raven_web_bz
- http://menatwork.blogspot.com/
- http://ana-maria.rosu.top-iq.ro/ro/index.php?option=weblinks&catid=118&Itemid=2
new forums linking to us this month:

- http://www.xtrempc.ro/forum/viewtopic.php?p=399000
- http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showthread.php?p=3077312#post3077312
- http://www.phpbbserver.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=166&mforum=morticia
- http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/member.php...
- http://www.brandingromania.com/?p=34
- http://www.invatasalsa.ro/forum/viewtopic.php?p=473
- http://www.bravogirl.ro/forum/viewtopic.php?t=128&start=30

sites certified by RMRA this month:

- http://www.marmota.ro
- http://www.sdm.mxhost.net

next, check out some of the coolest messages received this month - most of them on the topic of the now world famous rmra sticker:

- "Bai salut. Am 18 ani si acuma am terminat liceu. N-am chef sa fac nimic mai departe si doamne'z'multzam ca mi-am luat carnetu si-mi da batranu dacia tunata sa mai fac ture cu cate un prieten de unica folosinta. Mandrie ar fi abtibildul cu mintrubbing.org pe parbriz." (charyston)

- "Hello dear RMRA! Your site has been an inspiration to me and a guide in all things concerning life, love and stuff in general for the past two years. Thank you very much for everything and I hope you keep it up for as long as possible. I`d also like to receive one of your complementary RMRA stickers, so that I may share this wonderful way of life with the ones around me. Looking forward to hearing from you!" (gizas craist)

- "Salutare! Doresc sa felicit echipa mintrubbing.org pentru realizarile deosebite si pentru implinirea cu succes a propunerilor din cincinalul trecut." (ovidiu)

- "sal'tare! cand se organizeaza alegeri pentru presedinte si toate cele pentru ca vreau sa-mi depun candidatura. Daca nu se fac shmekerii ca de altfel peste tot la noi in TARA MENTEI sunt sigur ca voi ajunge preshedinte (pe merit)." (sergiu)

- "In primul rand trebuie sa felicit cercetatorii de frecat menta, atat de greu incercati dealungul vremii, dar care au ramas dedicati scopului nobil - frecarea mentei la nivel global. Eu personal practic "trasul matei de coada" si "facutul ca ploua" dar si alte tehnici avangardiste cum ar fi "uitatul pe pereti", "trasul de timp" si "lalaitul", unele la nivel profesionist.Ma inchin cu gratie si cer sa fiu primita in marea familie a frecatorilor de menta. Va salut si va felicit inca o data pentru frecatul mentei intens pe care l-ati dus pentru a da publicului asa un site memorabil cum e mintrubbing.org " (laura-alexandra)

- "fratzilor, excelent site-ul.... suntetzi mai ucigatori ca antraxul! am cazut cu scaunul de ris." (adrian)

oh, yeah, i almost forgot. one featured site - a fascinating, life changing experience:

- www.melciciuperci.ro
we also have a piece of ancient romanian wisdom sent by a contributor - Sys M. Cats, who had this to say: "Ma simt nevoita sa contribui si eu la invatatura universala.". click here to check it out. now isn't this a wonderful new concept? ancient romanian wisdom from our readers. do you have an idea for a piece of wisdom? go ahead, then. first check out our wisdom repository here to see if your idea hasn't already been put to use by our team. next, fire up photoshop or your favorite image processing software, assemble your piece of ancient wisdom and send it to us asap. the entire world is waiting.

next we have to commend the efforts of a mint rubbing enthusiast called stefan-radu who created his very own mint rubbing avatar to be used on forums. the results of his work can be checked out here and here. follow his example and spread the word.

finally, we have homework for you this month. click here to continue.