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Disclaimer:

This might be a shocker, but these pages are filled with my opinions.  Go figure.  Throughout many of my postings, I provide URLs to external sites.  I do this to add to the content in my postings, and I do my best to make sure that at the time of my posting, the links are operational.  However, despite being a blogger, I am not much of a navel gazer and I do not re-read my old posts regularly.  If you find a dead link, please contact me here.  and let me know so I can fix it.  As far as the content at the other end of the links, it is solely the opinion of that content provider.  Please do not infer any endorsement on my part of the ideas contained there. 

Name Changes:

So, if you’ve read more than one or two of my postings, you’ve no doubt noticed that I often use aliases instead of actual names when referring to friends and relatives outside of my immediate family.  Why do I do this?

The names have been changed to protect the innocent.  No, not really, but I believe that people have a fundamental right to privacy.  I first thought about this problem after reading a collection of short stories by David Sedaris.  At least I think it was David.  It might have been his sister, Amy Sedaris.  I love them both.  Either way, one of them writes about how their family often reacts negatively to being written about for public consumption.  I think it was in a short story about “Who will play me in the movie?”  When I write about my friends on this blog, it is open for anyone and everyone to read.  So, how do you resolve those two opposite view points?  

I could:  

A) Not write about them.   Problem: How boring would that be?  I write about my day to day experiences and my friends and family are a part of them.  

B) Ask their permission.  Problem: Sure, but what happens when one of them finally says, “No, you can’t write about me and my kids”?

C) I could get their permission ahead of time.  Problem: Students of psychology no doubt remember the Hawthorne Effect.  Simply put, people alter their behavior, usually for the better when they know that they are being observed.  Many of my friends and family are NOT naturally well behaved.  Why would I write about them when they are?

D) I could uses aliases.  Problem: None.  This keeps the integrity of my stories intact and protects the innocent from unwanted or at least “un-asked-for” attention and scrutiny.

So, what about you as the reader?  I care about your privacy too.   I follow my ISP’s and Server’s security policies to prevent unauthorized access.

Privacy:

I do not sell, share, or trade personally identifying information collected through this website, unless required by law. 

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A Brief Word About Ads:

Why do I include ads on my site?  They’ll certainly never make me rich.  In fact, last year all the ads from all of my sites barely made enough to cover the cost of domain registration and server space.  I include them for two reasons.  First, they do cover the cost of maintaining my sites, which makes this my least expensive hobby.  Second, I do my best to write the HTML and meta tags so that the ads presented are relevant and interesting to my visitors.  If you’re reading a specific page, I infer that you find the topic interesting and therefore hopefully the ads are too.  I try my best to display ads in an unobtrusive way.  I don’t want them to detract from the quality of my site.  Some of my best web surfing experiences are when I go looking for one thing and stumble upon something only tangentially related.  

So, if you see an ad for something interesting, click on it.  You are under no obligation to purchase anything.

Comments:

I welcome and encourage your comments, even the ones (especially the ones) that express dissenting opinions.  I don’t expect everyone to view the world as I do.  Provided that your comment is not overtly disrespectful or abusive, I WILL post it.  I moderate comments before they are posted to prevent spamming or abuse.  My comment volume at this point is low, so I don’t rely on an automated anti-spamming program.  If volume increases in the future, I may.  Ultimately this is my corner of the web and I am responsible for the content of these pages, so I maintain veto power over what goes up and what does not.

Note to Other Bloggers:

I am mindful of the desire to increase traffic at your own site.  That is one reason I use CommentLuv as a comment manager.  It’s a convenient way of linking back to your own blog.  All I ask is that your comment is relevant and not simply an excuse to insert your link.

If you would like to “cross-pollenate” blogrolls to increase traffic, I ask the following: please review my site and see if you like it first before adding it to your blogroll.  I will do the same before adding yours.  Also, please make sure that your blogroll page is “crawlable” by robots.

Any questions or comments please feel free to contact me here.