Prior to the Conference, I invited several individuals to attend if they wished. Those asked were Rose and her husband for they had talked about coming to the East Coast and I thought perhaps Rose, and I know her husband, would have enjoyed listening to those presenting, also, I asked Gregg V to attend for he and I have been at this since 2008. I also asked Pladuim if he wished to attend as well for he has provided the physical help in doing a good deal of the monotonous work such as the building of the 12 of 16...(message for Plad...we still have 4 more to go so get your ass in gear). I then asked Jim Zimmer if he would like to attend. Back in the day of Paul's forum, we had become friends through chatting over PM's and emails. Eventually, we talked over the phone. During the dust up in January/February of 2011, Jim and I, as well as others became a bit dismayed over all of it. Linda was attempting to play everyone against each other and to sum it up succinctly...Jim was put through the wringer. This estranged our relationship. Eventually, over the past year, we rekindled our friendship and I asked him if he would like to attend.
We all shared one thing in common. We were deceived by Linda Brown, in various ways, over the years. Gregg not so much if at all, for he kept to himself.
In the case of Pladuim, he had lost his job in the summer of 2010. Linda claimed that she would get him a position in security and talked to twigsnapper. She claimed that she was in communication with a group in Virginia ? or somewhere down in that area. She also talked to someone named Jason, another one who worked with twigsnapper/Morgan. Months went by and he was getting thin on funds. In October of that year, we met at his home. Linda, Gregg V who came for a day and I came with Dave/Morgan/Blue/name of the month to Pladuim's home. Even then she was giving him the same talk, to his face I might add, that he would be in a security position and he would have to get training. It never materialized. Pladuim had been had....big time. In March (2011)or April of the following year, he went to Las Vegas. In that group were Linda, Dave, Radomir, Pladuim and Jim Zimmer and his wife. It was during this event that Linda was promoting to others, openly, that she didn't trust me. This put Radomir and Pladuim in a spin. She could not give any reasons. Eventually, by August, neither of them wanted anything to do with Linda and as for Radomir talking with me, it is limited. He wants nothing to do with anything "Brown".
During that period from January to August of 2011, Jim was working on the site and looking into the deception that Linda claimed in regard to deletions etc in that she was blaming it on Fred. She also then at one point decided to blame it on me as well and that Fred and I had this conspiracy against her. Through out all of this, Jim persevered and was slowly digging up the truth. In July of that year, Linda visited Jim and his wife at their home. Their visit was for four days. During that time, Linda attempted to sell Dave as Morgan which in the end, only insulted not only Jim's intelligence but mostly his wife. I won't go into the details other than to say that was when Jim decided something was wrong. After I took over the Hut due to posts Linda was making in reference to Kim's son and Kim taking drugs, our friendship pretty much tanked out as well, for a time. Eventually, Jim admitted that a good deal of the things Linda was complaining about were coming from a certain IP. You can figure out where it was but let's just say...you can't bullshit an IT guy.
And lastly...
....the most important one of all. The person who in my view, was misled the most. Not only was he the brunt of stories told to quite a few individuals but his family was put through Linda Brown's wringer.
His daughter was described as the "Dragon Lady in Training". This was because his wife was a spy working for the Chinese government. This little girl was being groomed by her Mother to take over a consortium ( there is that word Linda loves to use so frequently) that was all about getting her Father's secret work from her and that she was not going to let that happen. She told of how self-centered and demanding this little girl was. The picture she painted was one of a spoiled brat that not only got her way but demanded it and the parents gave in.
Nothing could be further from the truth. I met this little girl. She is a typical 10 year old girl. She has her nose into any electronic device in the area. She is extremely well mannered and that was from the moment I met her. Bashful a bit but not the precocious little girl that was described. And definitely not the "Dragon Lady in training" as described. I am sure as any other child she has her moments but that is normal. I will say this, she is very well mannered young lady that her parents should be proud of. Both Kim and I found her to be adorable. When they were leaving, I bought a jug of Pennsylvania Maple Syrup and gave it to her and I said that even though they make plenty of it where she comes from, I wanted her to have a taste of Pennsylvania. I asked for a hug and I got one.
The Chinese spy also was nothing as imagined. Upon my first greeting to her she called me Avocado cause it rhymed with Mikado. I told her to call me anything she wanted as long as it wasn't late for supper...and then we hugged and laughed. The only thing I will mention is that again, she is nothing as described. I found her to be a good conversationalist, inquisitive, asks intelligent questions, listens and asks those intelligent questions based upon what she heard. She might be a bit driven but that can be attributed to her nationality but then I don't suppose that is limited to such for I can be driven and I am not Chinese. After spending time with her over that weekend, I am proud to call her friend.
As to the husband of the spy and father to the Dragon Lady, he was the one most used by the stories. I can only say this....the weekend was full of apologies at times between many individuals for following the deceptions that were created by Linda. We treated each badly at times. We said things about each other that should not have been said. We allowed one person to dictate how we should look at each other instead of relying on our own judgement. We all veered from that better judgement. At the conference, all of us talked and discussed what had happened. The behind the scenes conversations that we had with Linda, the backstabbing practices she was attempting, that did work for a while but in the end we all figured it out. As to this man and his family, they had an opportunity to move and they did and one aspect they mentioned was the fact that they would be half a continent away from Linda Brown. We are all not stupid individuals but we shared one thing.....
....we were misled by Linda Brown's stories on a big scale. We came to the conclusion that it was the whole story. Who would not be enticed with stories of super secret science, spaceships, inter-dimensional travel, time travel to name a few. Those things were the Kool Aid, the heroin for geeks and those wanting to explore avenues of science and willing to allow ourselves to let someone else dictate how we should feel. We became junkies of science craving for our next fix that never came except for the promise of such and in so fixating on it we became bad people and not realizing it. I can't say the extent of each individuals' feeling on this but this is how I feel. I don't like to misjudge people....and I did, especially this person and his family but then what was to be expected....I drank the Kool Aid...I wanted the fix that never came....I was being given hollow promises as were all the others.
If you haven't figured out who this mystery person is, it is Andrew Bolland, Linda Bolland and their daughter. He has no love for Linda Brown in many ways but what I found amazing, after all this, I would have thought Linda Bolland would have been more angry but she didn't come across that way. She had forgiveness in her voice but not that she wanted contact with Linda but that this is what happened in life. I think I will take that outlook with me.
Out of all of us, we agreed to work together on future projects if and when the time arose. We talked about the science with each other and what we were doing. NDA's between us? No...just a handshake and our words. New beginnings for us all and in listening to Linda Bolland, what happened ...happened. Time to move forward.
My transmission is in forward.
Here is a photo of Andrew and Gregg getting into it! It's a wonder that Gregg's hands aren't moving...we both talk with our hands....oh wait...Andrew is doing it too!
Of course nothing would be complete without photos of Jim Zimmer, Andrew and myself.
The Conference was to me, a big success. A group of like minded individuals got together to talk about science and what each were doing and we walked away looking forward.....
...I can't say I won't make a rebuttal now and then but then...I am only human.
If the others wish to post about the Conference, it's up to them and if Andrew wishes to come here, he is welcome.....with open arms and the light will be on in the window.
Seeds were planted...let's hope for a bumper crop. I am sure there will be hurtles along the way. Weeds that will need to be pulled, pestilence attempting to devour the crop, the weather but in the end, my hope is for all that were present to reap the rewards some day from the seeds planted.
Mikado