I like conversation. Talking is good.
I also like meeting people. New people are fun to play with.

I spend silly amounts of time writing posts for the blog (mostly time I should be spending on actually having a life so I have new stuff to talk about on the blog, but that’s by-the-by) and it’s always nice to hear that my work is appreciated. At the same time, life would be dull if everyone thought the same way about everything, so I am always open to hearing different sides to my arguments.

These things taken together should give you the clue that I love comments. See the little link at the bottom of each post that says “please comment”? I mean that. I want to hear from you. Some of the best conversations have happened in the comment sections.

This blog is more than me writing and you reading: it is (an albeit small, but perfectly formed) community of friendly people who like having a laugh together, look at the world in a slightly odd way, and who help each other out with those awkward questions such as “why are penguins just so darn evil?”

Whilst the tone of this blog is, as mentioned elsewhere, lovingly irreverent and wonderfully sarcastic, it is never disrespectful or nasty to other people. So, when you comment, please bear two things in mind -
no spam and no meanness.

I reserve the right to delete anything I consider spam, obscene, or overly offensive.

Feel free to challenge me, question, or scold me, if you should so wish (praise is always welcome too), but try and do it without being too nasty. Let’s keep the conversation rolling

How to comment:

• If you don’t see the form at the bottom of the post (when you are on an individual post’s page), click on the “comments” link at the bottom of that entry. Scroll down to the end of the post (and any other comments) to the form where you’ll enter your comments.
• Enter your name (a nickname or first name will do) and an email address. Even though the form asks for your email address, I do not save them except as part of the comment, and you won’t get any spam email from me. It isn’t published with the comment, so you won’t get spammed by creeps who “harvest” addresses from web pages, either.
• If you have a site of your own, enter your URL in the field provided. I do check on who’s left me comments, so you’re guaranteed a visit from me, at the very least. But, if your URL links back to a “splog” or spam blog, I’ll either delete the link, or the comment, if there’s no other value to it.
• Simply type your comments in the field. If you know it, you can use HTML, or use the quicklinks provided.
• And that’s it! Try it, you might like it. Strange and wonderful things have been known to happen in the comments field - whole new conversations and parties it would be a shame to miss out on.

(Due to the stupidly large amounts of spam I get hammered with on a daily basis, I’ve got some fairly strict comment moderation going on in the background. Don’t let this stop you - I keep an eye on the moderation queue and you’ll rarely have to wait more than an hour, time zones permitting, for me to rescue a legitimate comment. If your comment goes missing for more than a day, prod me or try again).