I’ve got a couple of guidelines that I follow for linking in the horoscopes. Plus, to be honest, the links are, often as not, merely a reminder of something I’ve seen. I’m not out to get anyone in trouble, that’s for sure.
I’ve erased links once or twice, at the request of readers. I’ve not gone back and changed text, even when I’ve been wrong, as I think that’s kind of cheating. If it’s a mistake or a link buried in the archives, it’ll probably stay there, unless I get some sort of legal document, in the form of a threat, and thus far, I haven’t had a problem.
I’m sure that the legal definitions and more specifically, my ass, is covered by the copious fine print, which is also an End User Legal Agreement, includes the privacy policy, as well as terms of service.
In the unlikely event that it’s not clear, if you’re reading this, you made it past the first page, and anything after that? My rules.
Part of the fine print stipulates that any site linked from astrofish.net is the responsibility of the person clicking on the link. Often as not, I don’t condone, endorse, or even suggest that you try whatever it is that is linked. That site has its own rules. You left here. You’re on your own. Some sites linked from astrofish.net might contain harsh words, satire, parody, nudity, illegal scams, or just plain dumb stuff. Some of it might be Not Safe For Work. In other words, maybe you shouldn’t be on that site while the corporate trolls are looking over your shoulder.
Most important: the top two paragraph and the bottom two paragraphs. Can’t say you weren’t warned.
Where do you find the links?
All over the place, the more obscure, the better. I’ve often discovered interesting crap on the web by following a suggested link, sent in e-mail, and then, following that link someplace else. Other times, it’s a pretty obvious connection with the message in the scope, and sometimes, well, it made sense when I was working on it.
If a blog has birthday attached to it, and if the author was interesting to me, caught my eye with a turn of the phrase, I tend to link from the signs. But that’s about the only guideline I follow, and like the fine print suggests, I can revise my guidelines whenever I want to.
Inbound links?
Inbound is encouraged. Copying and pasting my text on another web page is not encouraged. I know a bored lawyer who’s just hungry enough to make life miserable – and costly – for just such a transgression. However, deep linking to the scopes is welcome. For example, this index leads to the individual weekly scopes, which are then easy to access.
Free Flashback Music & more
I was poking around on iTunes, I don’t know, looking for some song, and I forgot whatever artist it was I was looking for, then a piece of memory jerked loose in my head. “Will Powers.” I clicked the search button.
Free music download. Free as of now, anyway, and wait, there’s more, not only is some of it free, but it also includes the video, albeit, the video hasn’t survived the test of time. So free on iTunes for a little while or something. Couldn’t find it on Amazon, but check the liner notes here. Impressive line-up of artists, and it was a minor hit in the early 80’s, if I recall, and I might not. Not like I’m clear on what happened at the time.
Bet that was cutting edge graphics, in the video, analog done to look digital. These days, it’s digital done to look analog.
Poking around a little more, I did uncover the back end of the artist’s story here.
Flashback reefers:
I’ve been waging a war, more than just one battle, behind the scenes, against trolls on the ‘net – just about every techno-geek has experience with this. So as I was sorting through the referrals, once again, tracking (and blocking) individual IP addresses, I kept noticing a spike. It’s driven by this link and it refers to something I wrote close to a year ago. I suppose I should update that information, a little.
Unrelated links:
I’m sure further research is needed.
New (and mean) crawdad discovered?
New CD from a personal favorite (and Sagittarius), Hank Williams III and it looks like a good album.
How it should have ended – click through to the archives.
Fate:
Always a question. I was just finishing reading the historical fiction novel by Robert Harris, Pompeii, which is a good book, engagingly put together with modern volcano facts and a touch of romance, when I happened across a short passage, part of the main character’s interior dialogue.
“And as for fate … he did believe in fate. One was shackled to it from birth as to a moving wagon. The destination of the journey could not be altered, only the manner in which one approached it – whether one chose to walk erect or to be dragged complaining through the dust.” (page 234)
It’s just tawdry little historical fiction where the main character is an aquarius, not the sign, but the job – a water-bearer – an engineer. Set against the backdrop of the historical fact that Vesuvius blew its top and covered Pompeii. Good reading material.
