My Yahoo! + Movable Type Blog http://aargeeem.com/blog/ This blog was created for you automatically by Yahoo! and Movable Type. en-US Copyright 2008 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:30:26 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2ysb5-20051201 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Apr 27-27,'08 Cat Nation Fanciers, Erie PA My camera is fixed just in time for the end of the show season.

Aar-gee Em's R'ingo Starz.

Aar-gee Em's R'ingo Starz

]]> http://aargeeem.com/blog/2008/04/apr_272708_cat_nation_fanciers.html http://aargeeem.com/blog/2008/04/apr_272708_cat_nation_fanciers.html Cat Shows Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:30:26 +0000 Nov 02-02,'07 Mid-Michigan Cat Show, Mt. Clemens MI GC Aar-gee Em's R'ingo Starz

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]]> http://aargeeem.com/blog/2007/11/nov_020207_midmichigan_cat_sho.html http://aargeeem.com/blog/2007/11/nov_020207_midmichigan_cat_sho.html Cat Shows Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:50:17 +0000 Oct 28-29,'07 Hallmark, Brockport NY GC Aar-gee Em's R'ingo Starz

GC Aar-gee Em's R'ingo Starz

]]> http://aargeeem.com/blog/2007/11/oct_282907_hallmark_brockport.html http://aargeeem.com/blog/2007/11/oct_282907_hallmark_brockport.html Cat Shows Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:48:54 +0000 Oct 21-22,'07 National Siamese, Rockport NY Aar-gee Em's R'ingo Starz

GC Aar-gee Em's R'ingo Starz

]]> http://aargeeem.com/blog/2007/11/oct_2107_hallmark_cat_club_roc.html http://aargeeem.com/blog/2007/11/oct_2107_hallmark_cat_club_roc.html Cat Shows Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:46:31 +0000 Oct 13-14,'07 Cleveland Persian, Parma, OH

GC Aar-gee Em's R'ingo Starz

]]> http://aargeeem.com/blog/2007/10/oct_131407_cleveland_persian_p.html http://aargeeem.com/blog/2007/10/oct_131407_cleveland_persian_p.html Cat Shows Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:28:56 +0000 Sep 29,'07 Queen City Show, Wilmington, OH

GC Aar-gee Em's R'ingo Starz

]]> http://aargeeem.com/blog/2007/10/sep_2907_queen_city_show_wilmi.html http://aargeeem.com/blog/2007/10/sep_2907_queen_city_show_wilmi.html Cat Shows Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:27:19 +0000 Sep 16,'07 Thumbs Up Cat Show, Westland MI

GC Aar-gee Em's R'ingo Starz

]]> http://aargeeem.com/blog/2007/10/sep_1607_thumbs_up_cat_show_we.html http://aargeeem.com/blog/2007/10/sep_1607_thumbs_up_cat_show_we.html Cat Shows Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:25:05 +0000 Sep 01-02,'07 Rochester MI Cat Show

Pretty ribbon, hanging next to me,
Pretty ribbon, the kind I like to see,
O, Pretty ribbon!

]]> http://aargeeem.com/blog/2007/09/sep_010207_rochester_mi_cat_sh.html http://aargeeem.com/blog/2007/09/sep_010207_rochester_mi_cat_sh.html Cat Shows Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:37:22 +0000 Aug 25-26.'07 Sacred Cat, Medina OH Show

Aar-gee Em's R'ingo Starz, number 130, wonders what the heck is going on with his owner! 

]]> http://aargeeem.com/blog/2007/09/aug_252607_sacred_cat_medina_o.html http://aargeeem.com/blog/2007/09/aug_252607_sacred_cat_medina_o.html Cat Shows Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:28:58 +0000 Aug 18, '07 Westland MI Cat Show

It's lonely in here.  Well, at least I have a ribbon!  :)

]]> http://aargeeem.com/blog/2007/09/aug_18_07_westland_mi_cat_show.html http://aargeeem.com/blog/2007/09/aug_18_07_westland_mi_cat_show.html Cat Shows Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:26:37 +0000 Aug 04 Zanesville Cat Show GC Aar-gee Em's R'ingo Starz

Showing off!

]]> http://aargeeem.com/blog/2007/08/aug_04_zanesville_cat_show.html http://aargeeem.com/blog/2007/08/aug_04_zanesville_cat_show.html Cat Shows Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:56:12 +0000 Sep 28-29 CANUSA Cat Club, Winsor, ON Camera Problems

Camera Problems

]]> http://aargeeem.com/blog/2007/08/sep_2829_canusa_cat_club_winso.html http://aargeeem.com/blog/2007/08/sep_2829_canusa_cat_club_winso.html Cat Shows Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:54:43 +0000 GP Franklee Irish Coffee of Aar-gee Em Bob and Cofee chilling!

Bob and Coffee chilling out!

]]> http://aargeeem.com/blog/2007/07/gp_franklee_irish_coffee_of_aa.html http://aargeeem.com/blog/2007/07/gp_franklee_irish_coffee_of_aa.html Cats Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:39:07 +0000 Cat Tattoo Circa 1200 BC. The first reference to the domestic cat appears in the eleventh dynasty. Because it was hostile to snakes, it became a sacred animal of the Sun God. In the New Kingdom, the male cat was regarded as an incarnation of the Sun God and the female cat was equated with the solar eye. Feline figures may display a scarab, the symbol of the rising sun, engraved on the head or breast thus showing their solar significance. The domestic cat attained special significance as the sacred animal of the Goddess Bastet. Hundreds of figures were set up as votive offerings in the temple at Bubastis in order that the donor might share in the Goddess's grace. Actual mummies of cats were buried by the thousands in special cemeteries in the area. 

Cat Tattoo

My friend got an Egyptian cat tattoo.  What a pinhead!

]]> http://aargeeem.com/blog/2007/07/cat_tattoo.html http://aargeeem.com/blog/2007/07/cat_tattoo.html Personal Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:35:35 +0000 The Second Ring of Gyges In Plato's second book of the Republic the chapter discusses the just and unjust person. 

Gyges the Lydian was a shepherd laboring for the then ruler of Lydia and some part of the earth was shattered by a violent thunderstorm developing along with an earthquake and a chasm appeared at the place where he was pasturing. Seeing this and wondering, he went down and the fable says that he saw, among other wonders, a hollow bronze horse having openings, through which, peeping in, he saw that there was a corpse inside, as it seemed, greater than is usual for men, and wearing nothing else but a golden ring at his hand, that he took off before leaving.

The Second Ring of Gyges

When time came for the shepherds to hold their customary assembly in order to prepare their monthly report to the king about the state of the flocks, he came too, wearing this ring. While he was sitting with the others, it chanced that he moved the collet of the ring around toward himself into the inside of his hand; having done this, he disappeared from the sight of those who were sitting beside him, and they discussed of him as of someone who had left. And he wondered and once again feeling for the ring, he turned the collet outwards and, by turning it, reappeared. Reflecting upon this, he put the ring to the test to see if it indeed had such power, and he came to this conclusion that, by turning the collet inwards, he became invisible, outwards, visible.

Having perceived this, he at once managed for himself to become one of the envoys to the king ; upon arrival, having seduced his wife, with her help, he laid a hand on the king, murdered him and took hold of the leadership."

So, what if there were a Second Ring of Gyges.  Mabye it was silver with a gold collet?  A ring that was given to a just person.  If that ring were given to a just person then would the fear of punishment no longer exist and the person would become unjust or is justice something like the desire for health (we all want it)?  What would you do if you knew you could never be discovered?  Is this the origin of Tolkein's ring of invisibility? 

A collaboration between Bob and (mostly) Russ Sharek of The Morpheus Company produced this one-of-a-kind design.  See http://dare2dream.com for more.

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