This is the continuation of a cautionary tale about the perils, especially those of us who are elderly, I just turned 70 this year, who wish to write and share what others may find useful in their journey through life. Socrates had said, we are told, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” Many, who have gone through their productive years working in “the system,” raising families, building careers, etc. did not have the time or inclination to pursue spiritual journeys of self discovery or self-knowledge. More and more, even younger persons are in search of meaning to their lives. Our society’s myriads of ways to enjoy the material realm does not involve what one might call a “journey of self-discovery,” that provides meaning to one’s internal life. In my early twenties I found myself dissatisfied with all I had achieved materially, cut a long story short, I decided to go on a quest. A journey of self knowledge to find out why, what was a successful life, left me in danger of self destruction. This long introduction is my segue into my introduction to Automattic through its WordPress.com. Initially I had started a free blog, ev7.com with WordPress.org the Site Title “thefirstmockingbirdofSpring” was the overall name of my main website that I had started on the hosting site Bluehost.com. The latter, i.e. Bluehost.com contained (before the advent of Automattic) all my life’s work: personal, research, sources and continuing writings. It was and still is my magnum opus, which I subscribed to SiteLock.com website security to protect.After using Wordpress.org as an incubator for ev7.com, and finding “issues” with 24/7wpsupport,com that made the next step in the development of what was now still under the Wordpress.org held domain ev7blog.com was thetranspersonalway,training which I upgraded to Wordpress.com which I came to realize was part of Automattic. The domain remained with 24/7wpsupport.com which is part of Wordpress,org. I later transferred the domain ev7blog.com from 24/7wpsupport.com paying $78.00 for Item list: File and Domain transfer File transfer-$49.00 Domain transfer-$29.00 to Bluehost,com as a subdomain of my primary domain evergreen7.com. I also added its own SiteLock security subscription.I was determined to protect my life’s work that I had sacrificed everything else for, through thick and thin, I reiterate, it is my magnum opus. Initially, all was well with Wordpress.org where I had upgraded thetranspersonalway.training to. Incrementally, I found the same “issues” that plagued my relationship with 24/7wpsupport creeping in. This time though, it was more serious, since I was now attempting to create a training program that would eventually develop into a business. I had already found the web developers I planned to use to develop the website, into the final package. Automattic had earlier requested that I transfer my domain ev7blog.com from 24/7wpsupport Wpordpress.org, the latter refused, since Ibwas already having problems with Automattic, the transfer from Wordpress.org 24/7wpsupport, was a no-brainer. I received an email from ICANN regarding thetranspersonalway.training with Automattic listed as the Registrar. I contacted Automattic seeking an explanation for Automattic’s claim as the Registrar of thetranspersonalway.training since their previous request for the transfer of the domain ev7blog.com which thetranspersonalway.training was upgraded from, to Wordpress.com but still part of the domain had been rejected by both Wordpress.org 24/7wpsupport and I. Automattic had been incommunicado most of the time, and their euphemistically named Happiness Engineers😁 were a misnomer. Eventually needing to send certified return receipt 🐌mail informing them of my intention to file a complaint with ICANN. I also informed them that I was going to migrate my site since my subscription with them was shortly due to expire and they wish it renewed. I filed my complaint with ICANN and informed them. It was then that the journey that now has me filing Pro Se ‘in forma pauperis’ complaint with the United States District Court Southern District of New York started, and continues.Pro Se means “for one’s own belalf; in person. Appearing as oneself, as in a case of one who does not retain a lawyer and appears as herself in court.”‘in forma pauperis’ “A phrase that indicates the permission given by a court to an indigene to initiate a legal action without having to pay court fees or costs due to her lack of financial resources.” This is the background to what the next installment will be, the warning about the perils the neophyte to the world of digital technological communication and the shark 🦈 infested 💦 waters that make this journey “Twelve Labours” of Hercules/Herakles 21st century version.💐
