Ask the Demon

[VandalHeart]

Thank you Demon

No problem, Imp. That is a great story, and a wonderful lesson you've taken away from this: sometimes the lesson is outside of the curriculum.

Also, remember the old Jewish proverb: Much I have learned from my teachers, little I learn from my colleagues, but the most I ever learned was from my students.

 

[rhyst_hatchyk]

I'm studying to become a teacher myself, and I hope I can become half as great a teacher as you, Imp.

 

[gesshoku]

Dear Daemon,

Where are you?

 

[ImpishSeraph]

No problem, Imp. That is a great story, and a wonderful lesson you've taken away from this: sometimes the lesson is outside of the curriculum.

Also, remember the old Jewish proverb: Much I have learned from my teachers, little I learn from my colleagues, but the most I ever learned was from my students.

Oh so true! Thank you again!

I'm studying to become a teacher myself, and I hope I can become half as great a teacher as you, Imp.

Wow! That made my day...thank you Rhyst!

 

[VandalHeart]

Dear Daemon,

Where are you?

Ya never know....

 

[Lady Reiha]

Dear Mr. Demon-with-a-long-hard-spikey-dangerous-looking- phallus-shaped- pen 15,

Who thought up the term "Birds and the Bees?" I know what it means, but why use a bird and a bee to teach younger kids about sex? It's clearly known that birds and bees cannot reproduce or even be pleasured by each other.


Sincerely,
http://a928.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/110/l_07173456e89efb53b63f453747062007.jpg

 

[VandalHeart]

Dear Mr. Demon-with-a-long-hard-spikey-dangerous-looking- phallus-shaped- pen 15,

Who thought up the term "Birds and the Bees?" I know what it means, but why use a bird and a bee to teach younger kids about sex? It's clearly known that birds and bees cannot reproduce or even be pleasured by each other.

The subject of the birds and the bees is a way for adults to openly signal to other adult that they're about to inform a child of the intracacies of sex and the family. Specifically, the "birds and the bees" discussions are meant to be something of a rite of passage for children into one of the mysteries of adulthood.

Now, it's going to look like I'm changing the subject, but I'm really not, so just bare with me.

The American naturalist John Burroughs was born in Roxbury, New York in 1837. He was close friends with Walt Whitman, Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford, and was one of the most successful short work authors of his time. And nobody remembers his name. This is because his work has been almost completely subsumed into English speaking Western culture. Like the birds and the bees.

His work, Birds and Bees: studies in nature was a short work concerning the work of nest-building creatures using language that children of the era could understand. Usually, this meant comparing the nest-building bird and the worker/drone bee to the father who provides for a home. Eventually, this work fell into rarity, although it was still in the minds of the general public. It was so deeply entrenched in the public consciousness that it became a household expression, although it eventually went in reverse, using the way birds and bees build nests to explain the habits of the by then nuclear family archetype.

 

[shykittyme]

Dear Demon,

Just a comment, not a question...

I do so enjoy your pearls of wisdom and fact...It always brightens my night to see a post of yours.

Very sincerely,

shykitty

 

[VandalHeart]

Dear Demon,

Just a comment, not a question...

I do so enjoy your pearls of wisdom and fact...It always brightens my night to see a post of yours.

Very sincerely,

shykitty

Thank you, darlin'.

 

[gesshoku]

Dear Daemon,

What's a good way to learn patience?

--the impatient kasumi

 

[VandalHeart]

Dear Daemon,

What's a good way to learn patience?

--the impatient kasumi

That's a tough one. It's really a matter of letting things you can't effect slide until you can actually deal with them. For the most part, it's a matter of being content, no matter the situation. When something is pushing you over the edge, so to speak, just let it go. There is no point to clinging to things you can't make a difference about. You have to learn to maintain equilibrium no matter the situation. Adapt to your situation until your situation is forced to adapt to you.

 

[~His Kitten~]

A random film questions...

1) What is the name of the movie (early 90s, maybe late 80s) involving a princess who is forced to marry a prince. Its set in a magical place where everything is winter. She has long, golden hair and is beautiful, although her sisters hate her. The prince is handsome yet is cursed. He is a polar bear until night when he visits her for *ahem*. When she finally looks at his face he is sent back to the witch who cursed him. The princess then goes on a quest to get him back. I remember her getting magical shoes from a dwarf to climb up a wall.

Help me please....I can remember the plot but not the name. I think it was called Polar Queen or the Polar Princess/Prince.

 

[VandalHeart]

A random film questions...

1) What is the name of the movie (early 90s, maybe late 80s) involving a princess who is forced to marry a prince. Its set in a magical place where everything is winter. She has long, golden hair and is beautiful, although her sisters hate her. The prince is handsome yet is cursed. He is a polar bear until night when he visits her for *ahem*. When she finally looks at his face he is sent back to the witch who cursed him. The princess then goes on a quest to get him back. I remember her getting magical shoes from a dwarf to climb up a wall.

Help me please....I can remember the plot but not the name. I think it was called Polar Queen or the Polar Princess/Prince.

The Polar Bear King

 

[BoomerP]

Dear Vandalheart

What do you do when someone asks you for your advise?
Do you answer to the best of your ability, do some research first, ask your friends?
Are you a human lexicon, fortune cookie, teacher and shrink put in one?

Tell us how this process of yours develop

 

[VandalHeart]

Dear Vandalheart

What do you do when someone asks you for your advise?
Do you answer to the best of your ability, do some research first, ask your friends?
Are you a human lexicon, fortune cookie, teacher and shrink put in one?

Tell us how this process of yours develop

Well, Parrish, it all depends. Sometimes it's one of those, or it's a mixture of some or all of those things. If you've seen any of my videos on YouTube, you'll know that Albert Einstein once (probably) said, "I don't know everything, but I do know where to look it up." I try to emulate that every time I get a question on here. If something requires a little research, I research it. If it's mainly based on opinion or conjecture, chances are I just made it up. There is no formula. I just give whatever answer I think best suits the circumstances.

 

[gesshoku]

Dear Vandal,

What do you do when noone asks questions?

 

[BoomerP]

Dear Vandal, where have you been? Why don't I see you post in other threads?

 

[VandalHeart]

Dear Vandal,

What do you do when noone asks questions?

I like to think that I stalk or prowl, but I think the technical term is wait. Or be lazy, one of the two.

 

[alisonwunderlnd]

Dear Demon
what do you think is the number one mistake women tend to make in relationships?

 

[VandalHeart]

Dear Vandal, where have you been? Why don't I see you post in other threads?

I've been here. I usually post in the SRP forum, but my threads there have been slow lately, to tell you the truth.

Maybe I'll get back into an old on or jump into a new one soon.

 

[VandalHeart]

Dear Demon
what do you think is the number one mistake women tend to make in relationships?

Woah! Missed one! Sorry about that.

#1 mistake ANYONE makes in a relationship is staying out of respect for something arbitrary and stupid. This includes thinking that you can change the other person, thinking that you are the one in charge without any accountability, anything that tells people they should leave but they refuse for stupid reasons like having been at it so long, having children, whatever. When it's time to go, it's time to go. People need to stop getting into relationships that they know from the get-go won't work.

And for the record, fuckups are not gender biased. We all make the same mistakes as each other. And they usually come down to lying to ourselves.

 

[gesshoku]

Dear Demon,

How do you calm someone down from a manic episode?

 

[VandalHeart]

In my experience, northing but chemical intervention can curtail a manic episode. Good luck with that.

 

[LadyAria]

Dear Demon,

Why are old movies so much better?

~LA

 

[Lady Reiha]

Dear Vandy-San,



Is it true that Head and Shoulder's Shampoo actually doesn't get rid of dandruff, but instead; gives you more if you stop using it after a certain amount of time? From what I was told, H&S leaves a sticky goop on your scalp which washes away after so many washes and ends up drying your scalp, hence; making your scalp more prone to flaking.

Is this true or not?