Nevertheless, do not loose your faith in us. Yes, we rub mint, but we rub it in style: we've been working hard to bring you some really good updates in January and February. As usual, we can't release any info yet, but the next two updates are going to be pretty weird. So stay tuned for that. In the meantime, what we managed to do for this month is translate the pages on the main mintrubbing.org site into Romanian. This follows a number of requests that we have received from some of our readers. Click on the picture on the left to access the Romanian version of the site (page opens in new window).

Please note that the Romanian version of the site does not feature the Mint Rubbing Journal archive; also, the Romanian version will not be updated. Therefore, just keep an eye on the main English version site at http://mintrubbing.org for future updates. The stripped-down Romanian version is only provided as a reference for non-english speaking Romanian readers.

A group of researchers affiliated with our association has uncovered clear evidence of the existence of Santa Claus. The precise location of Santa's workshop and house has been found at exit 88, on the appropriately named Santa Claus Lane.

If Santa accidentally forgot to give you a gift last year take matters into your own hands and pay him a visit. I'm sure he can turn "naughty" into "nice" on his list after a couple of hours of torture.

But, hey, what am I saying? I bet every single one of our readers has been nice and has rubbed their mint all year long like good little boys and girls. So pay Santa a visit anyway and say Hi. Tours of his workshop are available for a small fee (please do not pet of feed the elves). Santa also has a well stocked souvenir shop, so you can buy your gift yourself.

Next, a couple of interesting tips posted by users on the RMRA forum:

1. Ar mai trebui ceva adaugat la manualul de la Snake II. Un ???snaker” inrait mi-a spus ca, de fapt, ecranul de la 6210 e un pic mai mare, deci poti sa castigi mai multe puncte. Cu respect, al dumneavoastra, Thuraked

2. hi i work at an ISP and most of the time althou we rub a lot of mint in the office like, when installing a program we make sure it takes up most of the day and never takes out time out of lunch .... and so and so (i do have some other aces up my sleeve) i found the internet out of order page to be the greatest thing ever you click on it you press F11 and you say its a joke if someone knows its fake or say that your internet is temporarily unavailable.

3. Hi WF! Check this attachment, you may want to include it in your next issue of RMRA journal. (Andy)

For more fascinating insight visit the forum by clicking on the link above. And now, our monthly list of referrals - new sites that have linked to us or have been discovered in the past four weeks:

- http://demigod.instinctual.ro/
- http://ggth.typepad.com/blm/satire/
- http://www.geocities.com/deachick1/index.htm
- http://b-a-u.net/
- http://piglet.home.mysite.go.ro/site/piglet_home_ro/index.htm
- http://enigel.livejournal.com/friends
- http://www.level.ro/phpBB2/profile.php
- http://www.atlastelecom.ro/~tciachi/blog/blogger.html
- http://eurobravo.3x.ro/
- http://www.dominion.go.ro/
- http://profiles.yahoo.com/shprotanu
- http://www.blurty.com/users/alagbon419/
- http://www.madeinro.com/
- http://elfyard.com/vwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BookMarks
- http://profiles.yahoo.com/ologesa

Links from forums:

- http://www.xtrempc.ro/forum/viewtopic.php?topic=19334&forum=6 (a new trend that has been developing - people are using mintrubbing.org as their signature on forums - very good idea)
- http://forum.softpedia.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=164093#post164093
- http://trance.dammekens.be/viewtopic.php?t=300?
- http://www.aiudonline.ro/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6000
- http://forum.asls.ro/viewtopic.php?t=214
- http://www.forum.taifas.ro/viewtopic.php?t=220

Finally, our research has also uncovered several mentions on google groups: here, here, here, here and here. For a very good example of how to include your mint rubbing experience in your resume (CV) click here - very nice. We also certified a new website this month - http://www.pozek.home.ro - check it out, it's a good mint rubbing resource.

Naturally, a bunch of featured sites to keep you going until next month:

- The Deadly Follies of Stick Figure Warning-Man and His Family - "I have the worst freaking job in the world. You know those warning signs you always see with the stick man falling down or being crushed or otherwise incurring bodily harm? That's me. I posed for those pictures."
- Space Adventures - "Space Adventures, Ltd. is the only company in the world currently operating commercial orbital spaceflight and will be the first to launch clients using a new breed of lower cost sub-orbital spacecraft currently under development worldwide."
- Spacewar - the first computer game ever invented. "It was in 1962 when a young computer programmer from MIT, Steve Russell fueled with inspiration from the writings of E. E. "Doc" Smith*, led the team that created the first computer game. It took the team about 200 man-hours to write the first version of Spacewar"
- Industrious Clock - industrious clock
- Flashmob.com. "Flash mobs are sudden gatherings of people at a predetermined location at a predetermined time. People in flash mobs usually perform according to a written script, then disperse quickly."
- We Like the Moon - wacky cartoon video.
- Fly The Copter - engaging game guaranteed to keep you entertained for hours.

No Mint Rubing Journal is complete without the month's bit of Ancient Romanian Wisdom. This month's topic - entrepreneurship. Click here (opens in new window). And with this, please allow me to wish you on behalf of our association