Noddy

I am a Numenist Elder, old, loquacious, and adventurous.

This is a personal blog, not a private one, 99.9% public because I believe in total transparency except for the small amount that's none of your business. Of course, the really "none-of-your-business" stuff never makes it into a computer. I keep my private journals on paper. Here, I offer only my personal experiences and opinions on public affairs. I'm not going to go seeking validation and further documentation to satisfy you - that's what you're supposed to do on your own.

I would like for each of you to decide for yourself, to do your own research. Don't just take my word for it, although, if you want, you can. Just don't blame me if I misunderstood something or made a mistake - please notice the copious typos and poor grammar - even though English is not my native language, it is my primary one, and I still mess it up. If that's not some sort of indictment on my opinions, and you still want to take my word for it - on your head be it.

Doubt my data all you will, I won't be offended if you seek second opinions. In fact, I urge you to do so.

I will be offended if you call me names or cast aspersions upon my character. If you must call me names, please be so kind as to do so where I'm not likely to find out. I don't google my name, so feel free to say what you will.


"Friending" policy:

If I stumble across a blog (and that's usually how it happens) and like what I read, I will place that journal on my Reading List or link it. You are not obligated to add me to your Reading List. If you want me to remove you from my Reading List, tell me, and I will do so. I will not remove someone else from my list because you don't want me reading them.

I will never ask someone to place my journal on their Reading List. Either my writing interests you or it doesn't. You may freely place me on your Reading List or remove me at any time - no explanations or permissions needed.

If you place my journal on your Reading List and later remove my journal from it, I will assume it's because your interests have changed. It won't upset me if you change your mind.

Full Disclosure

No one pays me to speak up or shut up. Everything on this blog is my personal opinion, filtered through the lens of me. I am not paid to endorse or trash anyone's products on this blog.

My interpretations of the news and world events are filtered through me and my personal experiences and are not to be construed as objective or even necessarily as informed. Sometimes, the thoughts I post about current events are ones that I want to remember - spur-of-the-moment reactions and feelings, not deeply-thought-out analyses. Those deeply thought out analyses rarely make it on-line, so what you get here are the knee-jerk reactions.

I may do some research to satisfy myself - if it doesn't satisfy you, then go look it all up yourself. Google is but a click away, and the library isn't that hard to get to, and newspaper archives are accessible, and so on. You have at least the same access to the information as I do, and maybe more in some cases.

Any footnotes, substantiation, and so forth are offered for my personal reference so I can remember where I got, and not for you to check up on me to see if I'm telling the truth.

Linking Policy

Most of my posts are public. That means anyone can read them. Anyone can comment. Exceptionally rude comments may be deleted (haven't had any, so I haven't had to consider this). Anyone can link to any post. I retain copyright over my writings, the ones which aren't mine are usually quotes which have attributions. Please keep those attributions if you quote them. Consider it under a Creative Commons License.

Banning Policy

IF anyone should ever get abusive, I reserve the right to ban them without notice or warning.  I expect folks to be responsible and mature, and for the most part they are.  Abusive, whiny, threatening, or name-calling emails are subject to being posted and ridiculed.