1. Commenting is moderated. That means all comments go into a holding cell of sorts and are also emailed to me before they appear on the page. I go through all the comments as I get them before allowing them on my site. If your comment does not appear right away do not try to post it again. I am not, believe it or not, always at the computer. I do sleep on occasion
    
2. Comments will not be posted if I find them rude, off-topic, irrelevant, or stupid. Then again, I may allow these comments. It all depends upon my whim. This website is my house and I rule the roost.
    
3. You must use a real email address when you comment.  You may modify your email address with some obvious antispam device like putting "NOSPAM" somewhere in it. There really is no need to do so, since as I said emails will not appear on the public site, but if it makes you feel better; go for it!  I may not catch all fake email addresses, but don't take a chance if you don't want your comment to go in the bit bucket.
    
4. Comments will not be allowed to descend into abuse or off-topic hijacking. In other words, trolls-be-gone. Some people say that moderating the comment threads in this manner stifles the "free flow of ideas" or some such nonsense but as I am not really interested in the "free flow" of ideas, especially those that more closely resemble sewage, that is not really something that concerns me.
    
5. You will see my email address under the "contact" section of the side menu. It is a clickable address.
    
6. Occasionally I will edit comments, sometimes for small spelling mistakes that I think might embarrass you, sometimes for elements that irritate me or that I simply don't want on my site.
   
    

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