For years I've felt like changing my name in real life. I wanted to have a name that was definitely male. I wanted to have a name that means "peace", which I finally have in my life and want to grow. Wilfred is the name of a much-maligned grandad I never got to know. Fred preserves his name in a short, dated sort of way. Fred Franz sharing the name is a bonus, for me, since I'm a loyalist at heart. I like to learn about languages and various perspectives that are all true.
Eveready is a play on "always ready" from 1 Peter 3:15, which was the real beginning of practical Christianity for me, back when I was about 12 discussing the Bible over a chess board.
Freddy is actually the first 4 letters of Fred and the last 2 of Eveready. Which is similar to Jah being the first letter and the last 2 letters of Jehovah. I sometimes use Fred E or FredE, as well.
Hathaway is interesting, too. "Hath a way" is a quaint way of saying "has a way" (showing optimism and endurance and persistence and there's room for me regardless of the path I've taken). "Hathaway" means heath-way, I think of the common "heathen" and the "heath plant" with its small purple flowers that color a whole hillside. The purple triangle was worn by both religions I've been a part of. Hathaway happens to also be the surname of William Shakespeare's wife, Anne; as well as of Jane Hathaway, who is well respected by the Clampetts (even Granny) on The Beverly Hillbillies.
I've used several avatars, including a picture of Iao in Hawaii (I was thinking of the Paradise, and a Greek version of YHWH.) I used a Q-shaped version of Q*bert from when I merged my Q. Bert identity with Fred E Hathaway's. (Q. Bert allowed me to be at the very beginning of the Qs on the Member Directory, and was a phonetic version of what I and my sibs got called from my brother and I having the high scores on it beack in high school.) Then I got tired of the Coily images and the Q*bert's exclamation being thrown at me. I decided that cursing would no longer come into my language. That was April 2, 2007. I typed in a few of the characteristics I am interested in developing, and I came across the "foxbird" avatar that I'm currently using. I like the look of the fox, smart-looking, alert. I like the way the fox was blended in with the bird; it shows a lot of creativity and thought, whether it's Jehovah's design or a human's I don't know. It suits my sense of humor and (color) coordination, the way I see things.
