He's right about one thing, he "works" too much. He should take some time off; lets see, hmm, how about 25 F'KIN years as a hermit, that would sort his bad throat out.

next up... a half dozen hermits burn a chinese flag in a walmart

brava!

All better. Thanks.

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*dead

>> ^BoneRemake:

Where is the video ? does it need time to settle into its new spot ?


Huh? Video worked for me even right now. Try again? Is anyone else having this problem too?

Here is my take. And if you get tired of discussing the topic, let me know. I love to debate but I cut my debate down because I was too long winded.

Parents need to be active in children’s lives. True. More important than the influence of parents, studies and observations show, are peers and new stimulations. I.e., “Monkey see monkey do,” or “new pussy wins out.” This works for the conformity and anticonformity mindset. Even the hermit who goes to live alone in the forest was a product, most of all, of his peers (They molded him to be a loner.) Education and parenthood can remove some of this commercialist mindset we inherit from our human genes, but that takes a long time. That statement is broad and is not meant to be 100% inclusive of everyone nor everyone's reactions to different scenarios. Some are better at being individuals than others. But those exceptions are rare.

Adults are the same way. The way you interact with one 'teaches' that adult what is normal or abnormal. You may not have children Blank, but you most likely interact with children or parents. So you mold them one way or another. Because of this, you should definitely have input on education. In fact, think of society as a job. You should have a say in how everyone does their jobs, fills their niches. That survey at the end of a training session? It applies to everyone in the class of life.

Good parenting is required for good children, yes, but it only shapes an outline. Genetics and new stimulus children encounter account for far more.

Further Blank, you are still a part of society. Casting responsibility away for the woes of our society, meanwhile griping about away for whatever reason, is unacceptable (By that I mean, don't be mad when your house get's burglarized or your car get's stolen by some punk kid. You left them to their own devices, now they are making their own choices. By logic, you should have no say in what they do---just as you should have no say in matters of their education. I am not saying you do cast away responsibility and gripe, I am just making a point.) As long as you admit you were potentially part of their delinquency, I am cool with that. That is the world you crafted through inactivity or distance, and the world I actively crafted.

I volunteer at the Big Brothers mentor program, not because I love children or wish to be better than others... I am not altruism at its finest. I do it to shape one child's life so that hopefully he does not become a danger to myself, my family, my friends, my neighbors, or anyone, even you. Do I owe this to Blank? Do you owe it to me to do likewise? Only if you don’t want punk kids running the streets with their gangs. If responsible people won’t accept them, then someone else will.

You could say you owe nothing to anyone and you would be correct. We all could---parents, children, sons, daughters, why stop at you? Why should mom or dad be any different than you? Their responsibility, technically (Just like your responsibility is technically nothing,) is to drop the kid off at a fire station. "They chose to have children," and? They then chose to abandon or deject their child. Just like you chose to abandon taking care of the place you live in.

Your last paragraph is on point and would be nice.

>> ^qualm:

There's an interesting book by translator and poet Bill Porter (also publishes as "Red Pine") titled "Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits". Porter hikes and climbs these sort of trails and interviews many Taoist and Buddhist hermits living in the huts and caves of these same mountains.
http://w
ww.amazon.ca/Road-Heaven-Encounters-Chinese-Hermits/dp/1582435235/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1281393253&sr=1-1


I just picked up this book this weekend, currently on page 83! His description of that walk doesn't exactly do it justice. A very interesting read, nonetheless.

There's an interesting book by translator and poet Bill Porter (also publishes as "Red Pine") titled "Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits". Porter hikes and climbs these sort of trails and interviews many Taoist and Buddhist hermits living in the huts and caves of these same mountains.

http://www.amazon.ca/Road-Heaven-Encounters-Chinese-Hermits/dp/1582435235/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1281393253&sr=1-1

*promote
(and here's the original blind hermit scene this is based on, from "Bride of Frankenstein")

kinda....They had some initial appeal-the novelty wore off kinna quick-I try to imagine going to a show of theirs and watching a set, trying to stay tickled and it doesn't happen-the geek factor is pretty pronounced with these two-This version of SNA??....whiny?? I dunno man, this is a period of my life where the critic collides with my inner muse-I have been out of the musical loop for so long(been years since I played, practiced, or performed and right now I am focused on other things....I'm a bad go-to guy for novelty right now-Plus, the site has also lost a great deal of appeal for me lately-as evidenced in the lack of participation of the group in that 4 year anniversary contest where I was the only enthusiastic entry...THE ONLY Entry..I keep getting images of a bunch of wankers sitting around in their underwear trying to come up with clever one-liners for their comments on some inane stupid human tricks....degredation ios at an all-time high here.....I'm turning into a bitter hermit.

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Thought you'd like this! http://www.videosift.com/video/7-Nation-Army-Cover-Nataly-Dawn-Pompaloose

Well it was a live album released in 2006, and he had two studio albums (i think) before that. I haven't heard anything after 'desireless,' i was just reading up on him while rediscovering the album. 1998 was just an incredible year for music. There are a few albums I haven't really stopped listening to from that year, mostly Canadian releases. 'Clayton Park' by Thrush Hermit, 'Silent Radar' by The Watchmen, 'Navy Blues' by Sloan... man I love the late 90's.

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Interesting find. I listened to this album again a month ago, there are a few great songs there. He did release a couple albums since then, including his most recent release in 2006, of live material.


he released an album in 2006?was it any good?i loved his earlier stuff..downtempo and chill.

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Veined Octopus, Amphioctopus marginatus
I don't know about the two shell thing, but I've seen octopuses in single coconut shells before.
Here is the paper:
http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2809%2901914-9

The "tool use" argument hinges on the definition including items that are carried for use later on being tools. This is why the authors claim that hermit crabs aren't using tools.. because their shells always afford some protection. Of course, octopuses carry rocks to their dens and use them as doors... as do some crustaceans. It's a neat behaviour, but "tool use" comes off as kind of gimmicky.

Hehe, it thinks it is a hermit crab!

Hermit Man?

Here on Vancouver Island one has to work, get cold and wet, chased by bears, or pot growers, to find any colours. With gold steady at over $1000/oz a prospector can expect to now make a little more than the full-time kid at McDonald's. I know two miner hermits, same region, ajacent claims. The first claim-staker lives in a nice big house, gets a new truck every other year. The other guy hangs around outside the lodge, mooching cigarettes and picking butt-ends from the ashtray. (He's probably the guy with all the gold.)