Blog Disclaimer

***This disclaimer is based on the all purpose one provided by Namaii.com and was heavily adapted for use on this site  Please note and respect all requests stated below.***  

It would be easy to assume that you know everything there is to know about me simply because you read my weblog on a semi-regular basis. DON'T!!  Any judgements you make will be based on the information I have provided to you about me, which, while I do my best to be as truthful as I can, can also be vague, incomplete or embellished. You can form any kind of opinion on me, or my life, and if you have an opinion on it, you are welcome to express it.   Just note that this is a personal blog.   If I want advice or opinions on personal issues, I'll ask for them (and sometimes, I actually DO!). 

You can contact me for more details on events or personal information, but I reserve the right not to honor that request. If you are meant to know more, you will.

All of my offline buddies know that  communication with me is very important. While weblogs are online journals, they're hardly less sacred than a diary hidden between the mattresses (after all, if you didn't want anyone reading them, why put them online?).  For the most part, my life is an open book (emphasis on the most part), and I like to share my experiences, and I like to get feed back from people who read them.  So let me know that you read this blog, and if you have any feedback on not just the blog, but my overall site as well.

If some old entries disappear, or if I suddenly stop posting, It's usually because the material or discussion concerned may have become "questionable" (such as someone reading a little too deeply into something I wrote, for example) forcing me to take the issue(s)/posts in question "underground" (Besides, I can't give aw ay ALL my secrets now, can I?).  If you are not on my "Friends" list at Live Journal, or my "Preferred List" at Myspace, feel free to ask why. I'll be more than happy to tell you.  But in private.

Please note that I don't take too kindly to "fishing" expeditions.  I can usually tell if someone, particularly a Feedburner subscriber, is poking around in my blog backlogs looking for an entry that was either taken offline, deleted, or (possibly) was never meant to be made public.  It's an invasion of my privacy, and I won't stand for it.  If you can't find it, then it wasn't meant for you to look at in the first place.  If you REALLY have to have a looksee, let me know, and I'll consider your request. 

It is important that as a friend, relative, co-worker or whatever you may be to me, that your presence here not impede my ability to express myself. This is my outlet, dammit!. My regular readers know that I feel safe enough here to go into orbit, sometimes. As I had gotten into trouble previously writing things about others and making them public, these days I'm doing my best to make up for that behavior by being all about sparing feelings, avoiding drama and maintaining privacy, of both myself  AND others. Please respect this.

 Remember, these are JUST WORDS!! They are not gospel, and NOT meant to be taken seriously!  Don' t even go there!

If I wrote about you and you didn't appreciate it, well, dammit, TELL me about it!  Explain that you are entitled to your privacy as well. I do my best to use  vague nicknames and such, but that doesn't always work. If you see anything negative about you in my blog, it's more than likely because I had a hard time talking with you 3D style, and since I know that you are a reader, this would be the only way to communicate to you how I truly feel about the situation. Because I get frustrated and angry and since I'm in no position to vent offline, I do it here.  It would then be up to YOU to get in touch with me and resolve this issue.  (Or let it blow over, as I would probably get rid of the offending comments anyway).  BUT, be reasonable, try to see if there is a way to resolve the issues and mend your relationship with me.   I'm quite amenable, in that way.

Ex-friends, lovers and estranged family members who have been cut out of my life can still come here and lurk.  I doubt they'd find anything of interest anymore, but, unless they're here to laugh at my misery, I don't really have much to hide.

Compliments will always be graciously accepted and appreciated. Criticisms and reproaches are fine if you have a problem with something (besides, I always enjoy a good debate), but  try to remain constructive. If you don't have anything remotely positive to say, that's cool. But flame wars are SOOOO Usenet 1993. I won't tolerate'em on my blog.  And I will bar anyone from reading my blog who tries to start one on it.

I always like to hear from new people, and if you are too busy to read my profile before contacting me, it's understandable.  Just expect a good toungelashing in response. P

Speaking of responses... I don't get a million emails a day, but if you don't hear from me right away, it's usually because I'm in the middle of a project, or I'm off having a life. Either way, don't take it personally.  Oh, and initial contact on your part via the words "You're hot" or "Are you single?" or "You're very pretty, let's fuck" or anything along those lines will definitely NOT be responded to.  I put some thought into my hellos.  I expect the other party to do so as well.

Don't be a psycho stalker.  Goes without saying.

 I list my IM handles on my Live Journal profile. Feel free to access them, however, I don't have my IM protocols on ALL the time.  Don't get pissy when you call out into the great digital beyond and I don't answer (yo, Junior! Does "Not Logged In" mean anything to you?). 

 Offensive language and materials 

My regular readers know that I cuss like a damn sailor.   Understand it, expect it, and respect it.  I spend my entire day to day appeasing others.  I broker no quibble over language or "questionable content" on my blog.  If you REALLY can't stand what is discussed on my blog, don't let the door hit your ass on your way out...

 Copyright and courtesy

I'm easy in terms of providing online help. If you want something I have, or if you want help with something I put on my blog(s), all you need to do is ask.  This thing of telling people not to lift items off of anyone else's site is an exercise in futilty.  I lift icons and wordings all the time.  I just make it a point to credit my sources.  I ask, if you are going to take anything off any of my sites, that you do the same, whether it be from  my Live Journal blog, my Myspace blog, my Yahoo blog, music blog, poetry blog or lyrics blog. a link coming back to me is ALWAYS, ALWAYS appreciated.  Not to mention that it promotes good kharma.

Remember, kids, "Copyright is protected by law and in effect the minute something is created, whether the author has a © notice or not. There are online tools where you can learn about copyright laws like What is Copyright?and Redistribution In Graphics Has To Stop."

I also don't mind direct linking, except I use a free hosting service and my maximum bandwidth is 1 GB a month.  If you must use an image that I have stored at my site, please download to your desktop and upload to someplace like Flickr. Icredit to me, of course, if I generated the thing in the first place).  I sure would appreciate it! :)

 Have fun reading!