This newfound Puritan work ethic resulted from rebuilding my website, Kismet's Companion, with a better webhost. Lacking a Mom to do the Mom Test, I girded my loins and underwent the Brother Test - kinda the same thing, but much harder to survive with any remnant of self-esteem, as my brother thinks social niceties like sugaring the medicine are wasted on mere family.
It was very helpful, and very constructive; however, although over the years I have vastly improved my ability to actually listen to criticism, my endurance of it is somewhat limited. I will make some changes, based on his input, but the stuff dearest to my heart will remain unchanged. I think the sequence of cards (from Ciro Marchetti's Gilded Tarot) that best illustrate this experience are as follows:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLIPR7zjmDsnujtZTJ5oW4JrKuhUKpnCjiuPbxLeAr4YNXc99Gi3EiXo6Yqd1Yt9xhUNTL6TBJxE_RemV-PzTEFMxN_u9snLGyD8M-ixNVDVpHXtDWd2QDKOd_Wfy5GY15yyKBmSkGhN19/s200/Gilded+Tarot+039.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7MDiqf_nrwG5p-wpmxFJe1JHtLgwRNFHZdviSj9h-ZXggYi3W8RQ9dGqIALcU1iTW0AabRT6doiNFJLqmBDs_qaPLmqHBqpXXs1Y8deUtLEOhl5SVW8sG2Y-8GTmQZrLOJ861R7JmD9zu/s200/Gilded+Tarot+060.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtdZ99MYx2PAVoL6FHNC22ruY3T8YynlxEf_UOnz5f83j4MOPgyywHVSAKm56OIWxVOWxFiwfWAJWJZp0JppuA7eKNETwSeuvQdv-CmhWr2LzDdJd5Rf8KuRr1s9sKuttRxUtL316IhUng/s200/Gilded+Tarot+041.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD37u6kcr7o9o4eljX3PlPbCIFodJFpkNSlsbiCe88kDsVcDENVhQD8gz3JQnN7GNr-asiDF8UmnuMmf_tbnH0P9jW_Dp4ci0AqyM6WAbHwp6ZKanUOzxR4De3ZEo9jtRwJn2GEOM9jqZb/s200/Gilded+Tarot+072.jpg)
If you think other cards would be better at describing this situation, let me know ....