Intermixed in the spectacular and candid messages of support, I've also received dozens of apologies from friends, classmates, and acquaintances who feel guilty for not being in touch or not realizing what I have been going through.
Roberts, who writes the story in one of his candid messages to the project's fanbase, had decided a while back that he didn't want to use pledged funds for marketing purposes — at least not the kind of marketing blitz AAA games tend to require for a successful global release.
It's almost as much a seasonal fixture as Morecambe and Wise, Only Fools and Horses and dyspepsia, Clare delivering her candid and honest message to the newspapers.
In an increasingly candid exchange of messages, the mysterious publisher eventually dropped the royal plural and admitted to being a night owl who -- attention, profilers -- is at his or her desk by 7 30 a.m., leaves by 6 p.m, has a family, works out regularly, and stays up past 2 a.m. most nights pecking away at the keyboard.
The candidates were candid as they sent e-mail messages to supporters and made in-person appeals at events large and small.
Before 1995, the code said "Communicators should encourage frequent communication and messages that are honest in their content, candid, accurate and appropriate to the needs of the organization and its audiences".
Official state reporting of Mr Chang's arrest and trial is remarkable in its candid nature, and sends a message to party cadres, the armed forces and the population at large of the price of disloyalty to the ruling party.
Earlier this week, "Friends" alum Courteney Cox, 52, got candid about aging, echoing Dunaway's message of accepting age rather than cheating it.
Most recently, Reddit moderators rebelled against the site's administration over the sudden firing of Victoria Taylor, the head of the "Ask Me Anything" message board, which often features candid Q&A sessions with celebrities and other notable figures.
And the ad ends on an equally candid note: "I'm Lee Fisher, I approve this message and, yes, we barely paid for it, but I'm sure proud that Wall Street and the Washington lobbyists didn't," Mr. Fisher says.
