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Got problems?

As much as I might hate to admit that Steigl will not solve all problems, sometimes it is wiser to share your thoughts and feelings. Just pick up the phone and call someone.

Well, of course, unless you dial the secret number of President George W. Bush, the way Vifill Atlason, a 16-year old from Iceland, did recently.

Vifill introduced himself as Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, the actual president of Iceland.

"'I just wanted to talk to him, have a chat, invite him to Iceland and see what he'd say,' Vifill told ABC news."

He did not get the chance to actually speak with George W, but Vifill did get the chance to talk with the U.S. Secret Service who showed up at his doorstep after he placed the call. Freedom of speech in the U.S. only goes so far.

So, if we can't call the U.S. President to chat when we have problems, what can we do legally?

What if the time to talk directly to someone has long past but the need to express oneself remains?

PostSecret is a creative option to share your secrets without fears of arrest. Design your own confessional postcard, audio message, or video, then send it to:
PostSecret, 13345 Copper Ridge Road, Germantown, Maryland, 20874, U.S.A.

How does PostSecret work? " Frank Warren, who created the project in 2004, when he passed out 3,000 postcards to strangers, asking them to mail him their secrets, reveals:

"You are invited to anonymously contribute a secret to a group art project. Your secret can be a hope, regret, funny experience, unseen kindness, fantasy, belief, fear, betrayal, erotic desire, confession, or childhood humiliation. Reveal anything - as long as it is true and you have never shared it with anyone before.

"Create your 4x6-inch postcards out of any mailable material. If you want to share two or more secrets, use multiple postcards. Put your complete secret and image on one side of the postcard.

"Please consider sharing a follow-up story about how mailing in a secret, or reading someone else's, made a difference in your life."

PostSecret also has online chat sessions, if you feel the need to talk about your secrets to Frank Warren, the creator of the PostSecret project.

Since the project's inception in 2004, Warren "has received more than 150,000 postcards and they continue to come at a rate of about 1,000 per week. Every Sunday, Warren posts secrets on his award-winning PostSecret website, which has been viewed more than 100 million times."

Just remember, once you mail the postcards, these secrets now are the property of Frank Warren. The postcards may end up not only on the PostSecret website, but in an international art exhibit, or in a book. You are granting PostSecret a perpetual, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, distribute your postcards and otherwise exercise all copyright and publicity rights in regards to them.