Rules of the Road

also known as, "this blog's sort-of-formal User Agreement."

Rule 1

This blog is mine. There are many like it, but this one belongs to me. As such, I'll be using my blog to post my commentary, my opinions, and my rants. This might be a surprise to some people, but I am entitled to have any opinion I want to have, whether other people agree with them or not, and I'm equally entitled to voice those opinions online or off-line, as I see fit. (With the exception being certain legal things like slander, for example.)

Rule 2

These posts and the opinions, rants, and commentary contained therein are mine and mine alone. Maybe my opinions are on issues you feel differently about - that's okay. You are entitled to your opinions just as much as I'm entitled to mine. However, this is my blog. Which means, if what I say offends you, irks you, annoys you, or you just plain don't agree with it, my blog is not the place to discuss it. Your blog is. Take your rebuttal, commentary, and complaints to your own space, not mine. It has no place in my email, my comments, or anywhere else on my blog.

Rule 3

The comments feature is not a discussion board. You can disagree with my posts all you like, but my comments (or my email) are not where you go for rebuttals or angry flaming messages on how unfair, horrible, annoying, etc. I am. If my one opinion matters to you so much that it upsets you enough to send me a nasty message, you should either take a good look at yourself and ask why one person's opinion matters this much, or go and whine on your blog or to your circle of friends.

Rule 4

Advertising is evil. I will never put any kind of advertising banners, buttons, or other junk on my blog. I don't care if Google's Ad Sense will make me money. I'm not so hard up for money that I'll annoy my readers with revolving revolting ads. I will also not tolerate any ads being posted to my comments. They'll be deleted faster than you can say "ad sense".

This post was partially inspired by Pat Kirby's blogging resolutions.