tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104951117718966173.post4390534089299580849..comments2023-06-27T05:08:26.659-04:00Comments on B.I. Redux: Hearing a different drummer.Secret Agent Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104951117718966173.post-66361493548989633402013-07-11T18:04:27.614-04:002013-07-11T18:04:27.614-04:00Scruff is okay and can even be sexier. But neck b...Scruff is okay and can even be sexier. But neck beard - no!Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104951117718966173.post-72881215189655891022013-07-09T08:20:58.666-04:002013-07-09T08:20:58.666-04:00Oh my goodness, you're perspective on Walden i...Oh my goodness, you're perspective on Walden is hilarious and telling! I like a little scruff but a neck beard is a deal breaker.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01564542013071462911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104951117718966173.post-75162142832574263602013-07-04T13:59:03.748-04:002013-07-04T13:59:03.748-04:00I wonder if any of his friends every let him know ...I wonder if any of his friends every let him know that style was unappealing?Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104951117718966173.post-69658061617610937902013-07-04T13:58:34.509-04:002013-07-04T13:58:34.509-04:00Thanks!! I alos get tripped up by an annoying voi...Thanks!! I alos get tripped up by an annoying voice - it's hard for me to stick with it enough to see the good.<br /><br />I'd say the War and Peace kid was doing everyone a favor by taking a vow of silence!Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104951117718966173.post-43439222182211893642013-07-04T13:57:28.995-04:002013-07-04T13:57:28.995-04:00It's a peaceful little place.It's a peaceful little place.Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104951117718966173.post-37508045464235632902013-07-04T13:57:17.719-04:002013-07-04T13:57:17.719-04:00It was more of a pleasure trip, but I read the boo...It was more of a pleasure trip, but I read the book mostly after I visited. Happy 4th to you, too.Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104951117718966173.post-53703052049457496122013-07-04T13:56:40.026-04:002013-07-04T13:56:40.026-04:00His was a short-term experiment in giving things u...His was a short-term experiment in giving things up, and worthwhile as a mindfulness exercise. But I'm a believer in balance. (And my 19 year od son does his own laundry.)Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104951117718966173.post-83967725053325310822013-07-03T16:59:54.440-04:002013-07-03T16:59:54.440-04:00I never thought about the hypocrisy he lived, very...I never thought about the hypocrisy he lived, very interesting. And seriously, the neck beard is a definite no-no.Liz Mayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13960276167677132860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104951117718966173.post-50835675877091423482013-07-02T18:08:00.873-04:002013-07-02T18:08:00.873-04:00I LOVE YOU! You nailed it. I...hated...Thoreau'...I LOVE YOU! You nailed it. I...hated...Thoreau's voice in that book. Condescending as hell, socially inept, snobby. But he did say beautiful (along with boring) things. My biggest problem was there seemed so much artificial about the experiment. So much performance. I knew a college kid who took War and Peace on a vacation to Mexico with other college students, and announced he would not speak until he'd finished it. Pretentious,look how smart I am, crap. Very Thoreau. (And I'm selling short all the good stuff about his work but when a voice is that annoying I have a hard time getting past it). Theresehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12548448958613700678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104951117718966173.post-11716540449755961492013-07-02T15:45:16.633-04:002013-07-02T15:45:16.633-04:00So glad you got to visit. I hope to visit someday....So glad you got to visit. I hope to visit someday. Debby@Just Breathehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685398064340027809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104951117718966173.post-11067622539340387912013-07-02T15:22:32.356-04:002013-07-02T15:22:32.356-04:00I was forced to read this book.
And I've also ...I was forced to read this book.<br />And I've also been there.<br />Aren't educational Road Trips awesome?<br />Your pics and recollections are top notch Doc.<br />Have a Great 4th of July...GalenG-Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14968807697181554781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104951117718966173.post-23280396596202492642013-07-02T01:47:34.031-04:002013-07-02T01:47:34.031-04:00Him and I would not get along. I'm way too mat...Him and I would not get along. I'm way too materialistic and I enjoy worldly pleasures and foods way too much to even consider giving them up. Plus, I can't grow anything other than a patchy beard.<br /><br />Though, if I have my Mother do my laundry until I'm 28 we might have something in common.DWeihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01052727489537771147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104951117718966173.post-11738149880235949472013-07-01T17:21:13.683-04:002013-07-01T17:21:13.683-04:00If he could have followed his own advice and strip...If he could have followed his own advice and stripped away the unnecessary, it might have been more readable. <br /><br />Ha! The beard as a protective device!Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104951117718966173.post-11919355396142806262013-07-01T17:15:39.788-04:002013-07-01T17:15:39.788-04:00I think he was a bit. Privileged and self-absorbe...I think he was a bit. Privileged and self-absorbed. But also on the right track with things like slavery.Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104951117718966173.post-51072830405314897932013-07-01T17:14:54.824-04:002013-07-01T17:14:54.824-04:00Oh, I'm sure not recommending it! This post i...Oh, I'm sure not recommending it! This post is like the cliff notes for Walden!Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104951117718966173.post-9470290730750546992013-07-01T17:14:29.456-04:002013-07-01T17:14:29.456-04:00I guess I get bored with myself if I don't blo...I guess I get bored with myself if I don't blog about an array of things. Maybe themes just don't suit me?<br /><br />And yes, the pond and woods around it are lovely and serene.<br />♥Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104951117718966173.post-19679038343824407382013-07-01T17:13:16.235-04:002013-07-01T17:13:16.235-04:00The underlying message is a wonderful one, isn'...The underlying message is a wonderful one, isn't it? Just so hard to wade through.Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104951117718966173.post-12183998317476637842013-07-01T17:12:43.991-04:002013-07-01T17:12:43.991-04:00Just knowing the snippets you've already heard...Just knowing the snippets you've already heard the best of it. And yes, I think men relied on women more than they wanted to admit.Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104951117718966173.post-77770693940023569612013-07-01T17:12:02.422-04:002013-07-01T17:12:02.422-04:00I think men rarely took care of themselves back th...I think men rarely took care of themselves back then - it was either a mother or a wife doing the work.Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104951117718966173.post-72882353601398969302013-07-01T09:13:44.646-04:002013-07-01T09:13:44.646-04:00I read Walden for the first time in 2001 after my ...I read Walden for the first time in 2001 after my retirement. I thought that it was highly over rated for its artistic merit as well as its content. As you have pointed out, there were a lot of contradictions. To be fair because some others in my circle of reading friends felt otherwise and so I read it again last year and literally had to plod through it. I have not changed my mind.<br /><br />Now I know why I am now unattached as my beard is most assuredly deflecting amorous advances and preserves my virtue in perpetuity.Rummuserhttp://www.rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104951117718966173.post-66257972072296417752013-07-01T06:24:09.942-04:002013-07-01T06:24:09.942-04:00Never read it but from your review he sounds like ...Never read it but from your review he sounds like spoiled brat. Just sayin'.Akelamaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234268568845148285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104951117718966173.post-35531916218726949192013-07-01T03:33:49.858-04:002013-07-01T03:33:49.858-04:00I'll give the book a go... but can't promi...I'll give the book a go... but can't promise I won't through it in the sea half way through. Jus' sayin' ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104951117718966173.post-28356316288091938482013-06-30T23:00:41.225-04:002013-06-30T23:00:41.225-04:00if i were giving an award for best variety in a bl...if i were giving an award for best variety in a blog, you would get the top spot, cs. xo<br /><br />i've never read thoreau--oh i probably did because i majored in english but it must have taken second place to playing whist in the college basement. <br /><br />i was gone at the laundry fact. now that's great self sufficiency---your Mom does your laundry.<br /><br />i have been to walden pond a zillion times and i love it for its simplicity and for it's swimming hole<br /><br />love<br />kjkjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104951117718966173.post-71309048521658386842013-06-30T22:08:58.706-04:002013-06-30T22:08:58.706-04:00I read this back in the Dark Ages during my high s...I read this back in the Dark Ages during my high school years and never knew his mother did his laundry or cooked him Sunday dinners. I remember finding the book a bit dry but the message of simplicity was one I took to heart although it took me a while to work out how to put that in my own life.<br /><br />Thanks for this post.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104951117718966173.post-73341935526895818542013-06-30T20:19:30.747-04:002013-06-30T20:19:30.747-04:00I always enjoy the snippets people quote out of Wa...I always enjoy the snippets people quote out of Walden, but I only made it about ten pages in before I gave up. <br /><br />What's really ironic is that he seems to think he WAS being totally independent as he has his mother wash his laundry. A sign of the times, I suspect.Alice Audreyhttp://www.aliceaudrey.comnoreply@blogger.com