Blog Policies

This blog is, in many ways, an exercise in nostalgia. It is entirely without profit-motive or unified purpose, and for that reason is about as liberal an exercise of leisure as Josef Pieper could wish for. 

However, as with any form of recreation, a blog is better when it allows for free movement within a few reasonable boundaries.

Accordingly, here are my blog policies. I may add more as I see fit. 

1. Comments 

I reserve the right to ban, block, or censor comments as necessary to maintain a congenial and free-flowing exchange of ideas within my comments box. I hold the blog hammer and will use it if anyone uses my comments box to abuse anyone else.

That said, I do not actually anticipate this being much of an issue, as even in my hottest blogging days, I never managed to attract a ton of commentary. Nor do I have much taste for censorship. Be essentially humane and you'll be fine.

2. Blogging Frequency

I've learned that the more weight and stress I put on writing frequently or to a schedule, the less apt I am to actually sit down and write. Therefore, my official blog policy on posting frequency is "whenever I feel like it." This leads me to the next policy...

3. The Apology

Here is my blanket apology for all my failures as a blogger and writer:

I am genuinely sorry if I disappoint any readers I might have because of: a) gaps in blogging, b) posts that are longer than normal, c) posts that are shorter than normal, d) posts that are extra serious OR posts that are extra frivolous, e) boring posts, f) posts that cause unintentional offence, or g) poorly-written posts. 

I also apologise in advance for h) Canadianisms, i) geeky references, j) puns and wordplay, and k) gratuitous use of Personalist language and ideas.

All of these things may bother one person even as they please another, and while I would love to be able to make everybody happy, I know that is impossible, so this is the only place I will apologise for any of these blogging peccadilloes. I would like this to be a place where I can send out and bounce around ideas that are still half-formed, and I can't do that if I'm flying with my shields up all the time.

However, I will gladly apologise each and every time a reader justly calls me out for a failure in living up to my own principles and ideals. If I harm another person through rash words or misrepresentation, I hope they will bring their grievance to me and give me an opportunity to apologise and make amends in whatever way suits the nature of the harm done. 

And I beg your forbearance for anything stupid posted under external stress or at any hour after 11 P.M.