[ConsiderThis]

Originally Posted by Chemar

yep, real choccy delites........cant take credit for baking them tho...someone posted them on another forum

Well, that person who baked them has my ADMIRATION.

Wow.
they are just so cute, and the look Good, too.
(Good to eat.)

I cannot believe that they are literally making my mouth water!!!!!

(((((((((Chemar)))))))))))
for posting the picture of them.

[The Crystal Cave]

Originally Posted by ZombieSlayer

//Rant on to all folks that fit it....

I'm tired of people making assumptions and jumping to conclusions and trying to mislead people about Mr. Lester and BrainTalk. Some of the stuff said here at Braintalk2 could be construed as libel.

None of you (nor I for that matter) have any proof of any wrong doing, with the exception of his lack of communication and participation. I find this (lack of communication) very disturbing, highly offensive, quite rude, and definately not at all like the Mr. Lester I thought I knew.

So how about you find (and post) some facts before making statements that may or may not be true? Or at the very least take the easy way out and say it's your opinion. That way people won't think what you say is fact.

//Rant off.

Back on topic. Thanks, ZombieSlayer. It may be a futile exercise. Once a single speculation or covert accusation is made, in the cyberworld or the real world, the race is on in a game of, "Who Can Top This?"

I've already written a novella's-worth today, so I guess a little more won't matter. I'll post this in two pieces to make it less intimidating.

I used to teach communication classes to executives and managers. One of the exercises I used, my favorite, in fact, was to illustrate how some carefully chosen words could allow the person who used them to do some hit-and-run damage and still be off the hook.

Put the emphasis on the bold words:

I never said he took the money.
I never said he took the money.
I never said he took the money.
I never said he took the money.
I never said he took the money
I never said he took the money.

Perfect set up for "you misunderstood what I wrote." My sister's favorite is, "Well I just asked, I didn't make any accusations." Right.

For what it's worth, I just left the following post on the "is it dead" thread.

Thanks for trying to put out the wildfire.

TCC

[The Crystal Cave]

My post from the other thread:

Originally Posted by stumps

From the same link right at then end..

So here we are. BrainTalk Communities Inc. is funding this project as part of it's core mission to explore online communities that help neurology patients and caregivers, and we have purchased a private island in Second Life

Originally Posted by mrsd

BUT..... could this down, be a test of some sort? To increase Brigadoon
enrollment? Just a thought.

There HAS to be a good reason for this situation.

and you are correct ZS... but what I am saying is that when any of us donate to BT we should be clearly aware of the fact that $$ may be going to Brigadoon. It appears that JL decides how much and when the OBT account would be used for the Brigadoon project. When the down in April of 05 happened, people believed the donations went to the server (no mention of Brigadoon was made)….

Of course Brigadoon wasn’t mentioned. The money went to the server. (If you have a hint of validation for your "it appears" inference, I hope you'll share it with us. I haven't been able to find anything yet.)

http://zero.hastypastry.net/forums/ Donations are accounted for with $3,000 left over for the continued care and feeding of the system. That was a year and a half ago. Methinks the system nibbled more than $3,000 worth in that amount of time. Google ads contributed some revenue, people periodically sent some donations.

mrsd, you posted the Brigadoon description under your post titled "Where OBT donations went." Here’s part of what you pasted from the Brigadoon site and written by John Lester:

"I am using BrainTalk Communities Inc. as the organization to receive and process the funds. Since BrainTalk Communities is a non-profit organization, all donations are fully tax deductible, and all donations made through the "donate" button on this Brigadoon blog will be used *exclusively* for Project Brigadoon."

Since I haven’t been able yet to locate the FAQ from BT1, I can’t know if there is a similar statement there about the exclusive use of donations. BT1 had a "donate" button also. It's not likely since the pages hadn't been updated since hula hoops were in. I'll see if I can find it anyway.

For mrsd and stumps, this is a google link to a cached page of the administrative announcements at BT1. Get past the David H one at the top, if you can. The rest is by John Lester, which gives some introduction to the other places where he’s been working, like Brigadoon. And it clearly states Brigadoon is part of BrainTalk Communities.

http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache...&cd=4&ie=UTF-8

BrainTalk Communities Inc. is the umbrella organization. Brigadoon is one of its entities. BrainTalk forums is one of its entities. Because they are under the same umbrella does NOT in and of itself mean that the forums support Brigadoon, nor does is mean Brigadoon supports the forums. It means they are both members of the same corporation. Contributions are processed by BrainTalk Communities Inc. I'm not an expert in how non-profit monies are handled – it is my understanding that money from one entity cannot be transferred to another. Can anyone help in that area?

I’m let down, disappointed and disrespected (and angry) too BECAUSE OF THE SILENCE. Speculating about where money is, and goes, and went, assumptions that there even is any money, and raising passive-aggressive questions about what John Lester does and did with donations, is just plain irresponsible. Contemptible might work, too. Talk about disrespect!

It does a terrible disservice to a person who is not even here to field questions. This is someone who has failed us for over two months. That is after 13 years of taking care of us. I’m ticked that he isn’t here and hasn’t communicated. But to use that as a seque to undermining the man’s integrity with back-door innuendo is nothing short of disgusting.

[ConsiderThis]

Originally Posted by The Crystal Cave

It does a terrible disservice to a person who is not even here to field questions.

WAIT -- Is he banned? Is that why he can't be here to field questions?

Gosh... poor thing. I really think everyone should be allowed to defend themselves.

[The Crystal Cave]

He is not here. He hasn't been here, and he hasn't communcated with anyone. If he's not here, he can't answer questions. ConsiderThis, from my heart, a request - would you delete your "banned" question so another rumor doesn't take off? Thank you soooooo much. I hope you've had a good week.

[ConsiderThis]

Hi Crystal Cave,
No. I won't delete it. Anyone who reads these threads can see that he could very well say something, come here and say something ... but he has chosen not to.

He hasn't said much any place.

He allowed people to be banned and not be able to defend themselves.

So I think it's an apropos joke.

[Username]

Originally Posted by The Crystal Cave

My post from the other thread:

It does a terrible disservice to a person who is not even here to field questions. This is someone who has failed us for over two months. That is after 13 years of taking care of us. I’m ticked that he isn’t here and hasn’t communicated. But to use that as a seque to undermining the man’s integrity with back-door innuendo is nothing short of disgusting.

Extremely well written response and statement.

Thank you.

Linda

[ConsiderThis]

Originally Posted by Username

Extremely well written response and statement.

Thank you.

Linda

What is disgusting is that he didn't post and hasn't cared to explain. Don't blame us that he isn't here or at Brain Talk...

To me, the popular book title describes it perfectly,

He's Just Not that Into You

Originally Posted by ConsiderThis

WAIT -- Is he banned? Is that why he can't be here to field questions?

Gosh... poor thing. I really think everyone should be allowed to defend themselves.

haha omg I got the j/k

here he is

unless gmail is broke, it's real easy to hit the reply button.

[ConsiderThis]

(((((((((Dorry)))))))))))