Welcome Ben, Will, and all our new folks!
Cardio/Pulmonary as speciality, but General medicine comes before that.
My father convinced me to join this sight. He thinks that i have prophetic dreams and would like me to right them down here. My name is Logan. My dream is to be a writer but i also love all sorts of music, i play cello, standup bass, bass and normal guitar and mandolin, I love to paint, brew and cook food for my family. I am not a delinquent but i have serious system issues and though ive sworn never to do drugs school just isnt working out. I am to poor to pay for college and it appears my life is set…but i don’t really care that much.
Hi welcome, I’d love to play some musik : )
Hey logan and all others! pleased to meet you !
Hi all
My name is Robert Mckay and i’m from Nottingham in England
i’ve been lurking about on this site for a while. For a long time i thought i was the only person who thought like this i’m so glad 2 have found people 2 talk to ;D
I’ve called myself Son Of Fire because Mckay is anglesized of the gaelic MacAoidh which translates to Son Of Fire and i enjoy cunjering flames 
I look forward to talking and hopefuly meeting up with some of u ;D
Wild Yo! I was just thinking about how our names are usually taken from different languages that has a meaning attached to it, and subsequently it loses it’s meaning.
My surname means “Oat grain” in German. 
Welcome, Logan and Robert!!
Welcome to ose I hav not welcomed thus far n thanx fo yo’ introductions and diversity u add here! 8)
My surname meaning is “spearman” in German. I always thought that was cool as my favorite weapon has always been the spear from as long as I can remember (and it’s variants like the javelin, atlatl & dart, etc).
My name needs to rewild. >:(
Silverarrow, I think your name is plenty wild - isn’t it the wild oats that get sowed? Though I guess that implies agriculture. Though I imagine you could sow oats in a permaculture kinda way?
But I can sympathize, my first name is not too wild either, it means “crowned,” though I guess that could be a thistle as well as human head, I guess…
Hi Everybody
My name is Autumn Lox because I have auburn hair, I wanted to be Barefoot but someone took that name. I’ve always hated wearing shoes. I’ve dreamed of living close to nature (and away from everything else especially) since I was in primary school, it gives me great joy to see trees and great pain to only see them on the side of the highway.
I want to be cured of processed food, being annoyed by flies and the concern that I won’t be able to feed myself unless I smell like nutrasweet laced with CFCs. I’m indoorsy because I’m stuck in the suburbs with nothing else to do.
I’ve never really fit in with anybody, except my husband. Hoorah! The moment we can, we’re f*g off to the bush, and this stinking city with its stupid jobs that don’t pay for anything and all the other bt can get stuffed.
But enought about me, how about you?
–AL
Hello, I was just looking at Jason Godesky’s thirty theses. I was reading some of the responses and came to the last post by Jason. It’s not a big deal but in a way I find it hard to swallow. In the last post he says this in response to someone saying that his thirty theses Are reminiscent of the “60’s” doom movement (whatever that is) and represents a secular humanist point of view.
“As for “the 60s ‘doom’ movement,†to quote the documentary What a Way to Go, “Remember thirty years ago, when scientists told us, ‘If we don’t do something in 30 years, we’re going to be in some serious trouble’? Well it’s now, and we are, because we didn’t.†If The Thirty Theses seems reminiscent of claims you heard back in the ’60s, it’s because for people like me who weren’t alive at the time, we now need to face the consequences of your inaction. You were the last group that had a chance to change things, but you didn’t even try. That’s why my generation now needs to come up with some way to deal with the mess you’ve left us.”
I was born in the 50’s and grew up in the 60’s and was very involved in alternative things starting in about 1975. I could take you all on a tour to visit people who have been working on the kinds of things you would like to do for 30 years or more.
I just find these gross generalizations about “my generation” and “your generation” to be really unproductive and tiresome. The kinds of conditioning and brainwashing that we all are trying to reject and make our escape from is huge. I could go on about how fucked up my parents generation was, but what I’ve learned is that my mother broke the cycle of abuse in many ways’ so that I could stand on her accomplishments to move towards breaking those cycles even more. Whether my children know it or not, they are standing on my shoulders and have the privilege of making choices that my parents could never have dreamed of.
Lets all keep moving towards the life we dream of together.
(Sorry I didn’t know where to put this. I tried a couple of other threads but they were locked or something.)
Heyvictor-
I absolutely agree. Thanks for posting on this. Since Jason posted it in the comments section, and not in the meat of the Theses, I wonder if he has updated his thoughts on this since then.
Well, like Willem pointed out, I said that in the comments–not in the Theses. Look at the comment I said that in response to: “Secular humanism  boring and reminiscent of the 60s ‘doom’ movement if not downright destructive to freedom. Sickening.” Obviously, this individual did not take part in what he calls the “60s ‘doom’ movement,” as you did. I don’t think that such generational generalizations have much value, either, but I didn’t choose that arena–the commenter did. Maybe I should have made some effort to break out of that paradigm, but as I wrote in the next paragraph:
If it’s any consolation, you’re only the latest generation of the past 10,000 years to pass the buck, and each time it becomes a little heavier. When you passed it on, it crossed the line into the full-blown threat of human extinction. So we can’t pass it on like you did, or your parents or your grandparents, because if we do, there won’t be a humanity left.
Each generation that simply passed it along, compounded the problem that they passed on. Do I blame my parents’ generation for the problems we face? Well, no more than their parents’ generation, or their parents’ generation–all the way back to the Agricultural Revolution. If we do the same thing all our ancestors have done, that will probably mean the end of the human species at best, and far, far more than just the human species at worst. Blaming generations past rather misses the point, though, which I thought that paragraph covered fairly well. Perhaps not, but I thought that paragraph did break out of the original poster’s paradigm. Still, any time you converse with someone, it means playing at least a little bit on their playground, doesn’t it?
hey everyone. i’ve made a couple posts but never got around to introducing myself, so here i am.
my name is paolo. i live in san francisco. i’m 18.
i like reading, drawing on things, petting dogs, surfing the interweb (an addiction i’m not too proud of), improving what little primitive skills i know, reading, walking, and breaking civilization into tiny little bits. i’m trying to heal myself and at the same time i’m trying to make sure this culture doesn’t hurt me any more than it already has. some day, i want to be able to live in a way that isn’t dependent on civilization and it’s destruction of the planet and the larger community of life. i’ve always had trouble with this culture, but it’s only recently that i’ve been able to define and understand it more.
i don’t have much to offer in terms of experience and knowledge, but i’m pretty excited to have found this site and maybe i can learn a few things and meet some spiffy people too (even if it is through the interweb). still, if there is a way for me to give something back for the knowledge i get here, i’d be glad to.
- paolo (aka thunder thighs)
Welcome Paolo! And all the new folks who haven’t introduced themselves. We have burst the 300 member mark!
Long live the Rewilding Revolution!
I read that we’re supposed to introduce ourselves before posting, so I’ve already messed that up (it was just one little response :)).
My name is Dan, and I’m 23 and live in the northernmost part of Rhode Island in a mostly rural town being taken over by yuppies. I’ve been practicing wilderness skills to some extent for 5 or 6 years now, but have only become interested in rewilding recently. I’m philosophically and politically an anarchist, and religiously I practice Asatru, ADF Druidry, and various elements of indigenous animistic beliefs. I’m currently finishing up my BA in anthropology and psychology, as well as becoming ordained in the church I belong to. My siblings and I (two brothers and a sis) are descended from people from the Phillipines, Italy, France (through Canada), Scotland, the Mohawk Nation, and the Cree Nation. In short, a lot of my ancestors were very open to other cultures, though sadly we are"Lost Birds" when it comes to the Native American cultures, and I’ve only become involved in these through my own effort and study.
I’m interested in networking with others in the New England area, as well as tinkering with various technologies and crafts such as bowcrafting, blacksmithing, firearm construction, trap-making, home construction, knitting, brewing… the list goes on. My interest in this sort of DIY tech is part of what influenced my understanding of what I consider peoples’ harmful addiction to non-useful tech, as I consider most of the technology we use up our resources on are far beyond that point of diminishing returns.
Now that I’ve let you all in on my pertinent information, I’ll finish reading all of your introductions.
Welcome, thunder thighs and incendiary_dan. What poetic sounding names.
Looking forward to your posts.