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I'm kinda busy today so a short one.... LONG one tomorrow!
Part 10: Sea Monk
Illustration from The Book of Days, published in 1869
The sea monk, or sometimes monk-fish, was the name given to a sea animal found off the coast of Denmark almost certainly in 1546. At this time it was regarded to be a sea monster and described as a "fish" that looked superficially like a monk. It was mentioned and pictured in the fourth volume of Conrad Gesner's famous Historia Animalium. Gesner also referenced a similar monster found in the Firth of Forth, according to Boethius, and a sighting off the coast of Poland in 1531.
The sea monk was subsequently popularised in Guillaume du Bartas epic poem La Sepmaine; ou, Creation du monde where the poet speaks of correspondences between land and sea.
"Seas have (as well as skies) Sun, Moon, and Stars;
(As well as ayre) Swallows, and Rooks, and Stares;
(As well as earth) Vines, Roses, Nettles, Millions,
Pinks, Gilliflowers, Mushrooms, and many millions
of other Plants lants (more rare and strange than these)
As very fishes living in the Seas.
And also Rams, Calfs, Horses, Hares, and Hogs,
Wolves, Lions, Urchins, Elephants and Dogs,
Yea, Men and Mayds; and (which I more admire)
The mytred Bishop and the cowled Fryer;
Whereof, examples, (but a few years since)
Were shew'n the Norways, and Polonian Prince."
In the early 1850s , Danish zoologist Japetus Steenstrup suggested that the sea-monk was a giant squid, a theory more recently popularised by writer Richard Ellis. Cryptozoologist Bernard Heuvelmans[4] , believed the report was based on the discovery of an errant walrus. More recently. it has been suggested that it was an angel shark Squatina squatina, which is commonly called monkfish in English or munk in Norwegian. Other suggested suspects for the sea monk include a grey seal, a hooded seal, a monk seal, or a Jenny Hanniver.
Steenstrup's comparison of a squid with two drawings of the sea monk from the sixteenth century
In Japanese mythology, the Umibōzu is a sea spirit which bears a resemblance to monk, albeit of a Buddhist rather than Christian persuasion.
A monster called a "sea monk" also appears in some fantasy-based computer and card games, such as Lost Kingdoms II and Final Fantasy XI.
Sea Monk Boss from Final Fantasy XI
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I have a 4 gigabyte iPod nano with Itunes, 736 songs, I have a mixture Zelda soundtracks, movie soundtracks and album music from the past and present.
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From Denver Colorado U.S.A, The Boston Red Sox have once again dominated the Rockies 10-5! In a startling turn of events Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka formerly of Japan's Pacific League team The Seibu Lions was the player of the game for helping the sox take a commanding lead not only on the mound but also at the plate. If the Sox win sunday, they win the World Series. GO SOX!!
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a skull axe wielding stalfos knight.
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It's not fair I can't get the Fierce Diety mask it's too hard to get I can't find all the other masks.
I know what you mean, it took me a while to get them all, i kept having to go back to day 1, but eventually...
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I'm reading "The Mist" By Stephen King, it's about the day after a big storm when a strange Mist moves in while a group of people are in a supermarket, everything seems normal until weird creatures emerge from the mist and try to get in.
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Part 9: Monopod
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Monopods (also skiapods, skiapodes, Monocoli) are dwarfs or dwarf-like creatures with a single, large foot extending from one thick leg centered in the middle of their body. The name Sciapodes is derived from σκιαποδες - 'shadow foots' in Greek, monocoli from μονοκωλοι - 'one legged' in Greek.
These were first described by Pliny the Elder in Naturalis Historia. Pliny describes how travellers have reported their encounters or sights of Monopods, and he records their stories.
Pliny remarks that they are first mentioned by Ctesias who places them in India. Pliny describes them as thus (Natural History 7:2):
He [Ctesias] speaks also of another race of men, who are known as Monocoli, who have only one leg, but are able to leap with surprising agility. The same people are also called Sciapodae, because they are in the habit of lying on their backs, during the time of the extreme heat, and protect themselves from the sun by the shade of their feet.
The legend of the Monopod survived into the Middle Ages. Isidore of Seville mentions this strange creature in his Etymologiae.
C.S. Lewis revived the tale of monopods in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
From the account of Pliny, monopods have one large foot in a shape that somewhat resembles a small boat or canoe, so instead of walking, they would hop from one location to another, landing with a huge thud. Another notable characteristic of the monopods was their method of sleeping. Instead of lying on their side, they would put their foot straight into the air and lie on their back. Thus the foot became a giant umbrella that could protect them from sun and rain.
A stone image of a monopod (bottom), from the Cath
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I think I saw one in a Hot Topic once,but honestly I would never choose it over my army jacket.It's like a second skin to me.It's like the brother I never had.A good coat is hard to find. But were talking about a protective rubber covering for our Nintendo Wii's remote control, also called Jackets. Sorry for the confusion.
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Lol, everyonwee seems to know I would love this! xD Its great Diamond Triforce, it really is! :]I see you've got the picture I based it on in your sig. I just replaced the Goron mask with Majora's mask, gave link a creepier smile and took some of the "goodness" out of his eyes.
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argh! didn't realise there was going to be a picture..I was eating!
Sorry, but my ranting anger doesn't convey without a visual aid.
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I left my apartment today and walked over to my car. I get in and am all prepared to go when an all to familiar smell goes wafting by. Yep it's dog crap, some inconsiderate jackass let his dog poo on the sidewalk and I step right in it. You just can't clean that stuff off so I went to Wal-Mart and got some new shoes.
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That's awesome I wish he could use majoras' mask. (he he strong Young Link I wish he could be stronger in a cooler mask but the strongest one I have is the goron mask. You don't have the Fierce Diety mask? It's awesome! link has a helix sword that fires energy disks, beating Majora is cake with the Oni Diety Mask!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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That's great, but it's kinda... skrunched? It feels kinda small you know what i'm saying.
Keep at it, you have all the faith of Hyrule.net on your side!
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I found this pic, i did in 2004 for Halloween, thought i'd post it here!
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Part 8: Drekavac
Drekavac /drekavats/ (literally "the yeller"), also called drek and drekalo is a mythical creature in south Slavic mythology. Belief in drekavac was widespread in Bosnia, western Serbia,
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meat on the bottom then lettuce then sour cream then cheeseyum yum my favourite!
I dont think we have taco bell here in Australia.. Id like to have it.. I love taco's!
Taco Bell's Australian franchise launched circa 1999 with a handful of stores in Sydney. There were also outlets in shopping centre food courts, "piggybacking" off existing KFC or Pizza Hut shopfronts. The venture only had moderate success, and eventually some standalone Taco Bell restaurants were 'split' to offer KFC as well. The Taco Bell dog was used in commercials with promotions such as 99 cent tacos used to encourage customers to try the chain. However, Sydneysiders never really warmed to the concept of Mexican fast food and Taco Bell disappeared in December 2003. Former Taco Bell sites were rebranded as KFC or Pizza Hut.
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During tonights game 2 of the world series the Red Sox successful stolen base has achieved a goal set by Taco Bell's "Steal a base, Steal a Taco" promotion, on October 30th from 2-4 p.m, go into any Taco Bell location (north america only, sorry!) and "steal" a free taco. Go Sox!!!!!
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hard corn Tortilla, Taco meat(beef! Turkey is for chumps) mozzarella cheese, tomato, lettuce, black olives and a cold as ice diet Pepsi. And guess what Taco lovers (in north america) thanks to Red Sox's Dustin Pedroia on October 30th from 2-4 p.m go to any taco bell and get your free taco.
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Men are from the Twilight Realm, Women are from the Sacred Realm(parody of Mars,Venus books by John Gray)
Keaton King's The Twilight Realm(parody of Stephen king's The Mist,great read)
Gossip Stone(parody of Gossip Girl books by Cecily Von Ziegesar)
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Part 7: Zombie
A zombie is a reanimated corpse devoid of consciousness. In contemporary versions these are generally undead corpses, which were traditionally called "ghouls". Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Vodou.
Other more macabre versions of zombies have become a staple of modern horror fiction, where they are brought back from the dead by supernatural or scientific means, and eat the flesh or brains of the living. They have very limited intelligence, and may not be under anyone's direct control. This type of zombie, often referred to as a Romero zombie after the filmmaker who defined the concept, is archetypal in modern media and culture.
According to the tenets of Voodoo, a dead person can be revived by a bokor or Voodoo sorcerer. Zombies remain under the control of the bokor since they have no will of their own. "Zombi" is also another name of the Voodoo snake god Damballah Wedo, of Niger-Congo origin; it is akin to the Kongo word nzambi, which means "god". There also exists within the voudon tradition the zombi astral which is a human soul that is captured by a bokor and used to enhance the bokor's power.
In 1937, while researching folklore in Haiti, Zora Neale Hurston encountered the case of Felicia Felix-Mentor, who had died and been buried in 1907 at the age of 29. Villagers believed they saw Felicia wandering the streets in a daze thirty years after her death, as well as claiming the same with several other people. Hurston pursued rumors that the affected persons were given powerful drugs, but she was unable to locate individuals willing to offer much information. She wrote:
"What is more, if science ever gets to the bottom of Voodoo in Haiti and Africa, it will be found that some important medical secrets, still unknown to medical science, give it its power, rather than gestures of ceremony."
Several decades later, Wade Davis, a Canadian ethnobotanist, presented a pharmacological case for zombies in two books, The Serpent and the Rainbow (1985) and Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie (1988). Davis traveled to Haiti in 1982 and, as a result of his investigations, claimed that a living person can be turned into a zombie by two special powders being entered into the blood stream (usually via a wound). The first, coup de poudre (French: 'powder strike'), induced a 'death-like' state because of tetrodotoxin (TTX), its key ingredient. Tetrodotoxin is the same lethal toxin found in the Japanese delicacy fugu, or pufferfish. At near-lethal doses (LD50= 5-8
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Is green hill zone the first stage of Sonic 1, if it is then that's the one.
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More news from Boston. Game 1 of the World Series is over and the Beantown heroes trounced the Colorado Rockies 13-1, one of many Series records broken during a very one sided game. The fresh as daisies sox were to much for the rusty rockies having been inactivate for 8 days due to a sweep in their Championship series. But with 3 games (depending on game twos victor) left to play it's still anybody's game.
GO SOX!!!!!
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Navi would be tied with Midna. NO ONE SHOOT ME YET! I just never warmed up to her....she's ok...but she always got on my nerves, I don't know why....maybe it's because she lead me straight to my death 1 million times....ok, you can shoot now.Ok if you insist. *Chicka, chicka...clunk!* Damn it jammed, you got lucky this serbian made sniper rifle is a MAJOR P.O.S!!
Ghost Hunters Live 2007
in Entertainment
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On October 31st the T.A.P.S crew
(SciFi Channel's Ghost Hunters) will be conducting a live all night Ghost Hunt from the Waverly Hills Sanitorium in Louisville,Kentucky U.S.A, one of the most haunted locations in the country.
63,000 people died here from tuberculosis. Many eyewitnesses have seen spirits including the Hunters themselves who explored it previously.
Waverly Hills Vid...YouTube