About Honor

Marcus Aurelius on Honor.

About Honor

Seems, and this is more apocryphal than anything else, but seems like there was a problem in World War II because the mindset of one of the opposing forces was impossible for an American to understand. It’s about how honor, and for that matter, “face,” a kind of societal pressure was more important than the essence.

“It’s more important to look good than feel good.”

Not sure that quite captures it. It’a a point where the idea and the ideals of ones honor is at stake, and jeopardizing that is greater evil than endangering oneself.

There’s a cultural, ancestral sense of shame attached. One does not dishonor one’s family.

“If thou wilt fight, fight by thy father’s side,
And commendable prov’d, let’s die in pride.”
Exeunt.

Henry 6.1, 4.6.57 (seen here as Geek Pride)

They die. Out of context, maybe even in context, but out of context, just quite alone, “Let’s die in pride” sends the message about honor.

Portable Mercury Retrograde

25 Jan at Nature’s Treasures in Austin

25 Jan at Nature’s Treasures in Austin

Natures’s Treasures

4103 N. Interstate 35
Austin, TX 78722
Phone: 512.472.5015

11AM – 5PM, appointments encouraged. E-mail.
Tuesday at Nature’s Treasures.

It’s really him,” at the rock shop in Austin.

Austin’s Own Nature’s Treasures

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Use the code, “sparkle faerie” at the check out — for applicable discounts.

Price Selection Won’t Be Beat!

Vincit Qui Primum Gerit

“First to arrive gets the best deal.” (Source.)

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#Austin

Various Archetypes

Simple link to a post titled Dali time.

The current blog motor lets me insert a decent footer, and the one that is currently running is a fragment of image, just some clouds I liked. Took the picture with a phone camera, out the window of a Las Vegas (NV) hotel, looking easterly — towards home.

Ah yes, good old Sin City.

There’s a dirty — to me — energy that runs through that town. Might be the lights, the artificial atmosphere, who knows what. Great place to visit and even better if one has money to burn. It’s almost fun — an adult play land.

The image was a spectacular source file, used those clouds over and over, just resonated with me.

The picture of Dali’s “Time” harkens back even decades earlier when I could afford to spend time in and around London (UK).

Dali was a surrealist, and he was adept at marketing himself, and his works. Get an image then reproduce it. The placement of the sculpture and so forth, and I’m guessing it was intentional with Big Ben as a backdrop, that’s pointed towards the Westminster Bridge.

Seems like the sidewalk from the Westminster Tube towards where that sculpture was placed, seems like it is used in every scene in a movie or TV show. I recall walking that sidewalk, it was my preferred route to the theatre. Think that’s called “Queen’s Walk,” but I don’t recall.

The various archetypes, from Las Vegas, Nevada to London, England. Imagery. Why I like that post.

At some point, one of the self-published ventures, I used an earlier version of that image on a “blook” (blog — book). Image at that time was the first in a long succession of “fish cameras,” portable, inexpensive digital image devices. I recall that first one, Radio Shack special, right at a hundred bucks — 1 (one) megapixel. Or megabyte, or whatever. Lasted the longest, so there was that.

Various Archetypes

The various archetypes in the single post, two images, one from the wild, wild west — and the other from the seat of western civilization — both wrapped in a single post.

Paging through the archives, I happened across that. Speaks to roots, causes, sources, and useful data about my motivation and understanding.

Dali Time.

Portable Mercury Retrograde

Richard III

via Richard III, Act V, sc iii
Ghost

#Shakespeare

Independence

Independence

Spurred by post on another site, hat tip to The Brooks Review, about ownership of data.

Started more than 25 years back, and think, in internet years, that’s a virtual millennia, but at that point, I stuck with maintaining my site as a home base, as a root source, as a catch-all for what I do.

Think: this was before my URL astrofish.net. Even before there was blogging.

Independence

The point of it all?

Who owns the content?

And what happens when a particular “platform” craters, goes off-line, or just diddles with your data?

Always been a question, and the simple answer, I own my material. Simple enough, starts here, and ends here. The other point, though, in my own defense?

There are very few Shakespeare-quoting, fishing guide professing, liberal Texans who write horoscopes in broken grammar. While I shoot for a transparent style, yeah, not happening, not by now. Still have fun, though.

Independence

When I ran astrofish.net as a subscription site with its paywall? The only way to log in was via the site’s interface. No “Log in with …” WordPress, LinkedIn, FaceBook, Apple, Twitter, or any other kind of third party engine. Independence and transparency.

For years, I jealously guarded my client list, both e-mail and postal, more worried about privacy than the average millennial. While still secure, I doubt I’ll ever be sending postal again. Post-pandemic, new rules. However, the notion of owning one’s own content, that remains.

Being platform independent is a clear advantage. It’s also “growth-oriented,” and most important? Independence is sustainable.

Independence

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