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Dear Readers,

Welcome to my website.  It isn’t always nice.  It isn’t always intelligent.  I have arguably questionable tastes.  It’s fairly self-deprecating.  But you are not a captive audience, and I am not addressing you (…shoot…Well, only this time).  Thus, I feel a certain amount of freedom to unleash the blackness of my heart in the form of hating on/loving on various things.  Usually just film, television, and Los Angeles.  I have a limited scope of life.

Earlier this year I received my first antagonistic comment on a post.  I was thrilled.  For real.  This was a person, whom I’d never met, interacting with something I’d written in an intelligent way.  I wrote back, prompting another response from a reader, this one not so eloquent.  And I’ve come to fully realize of the distinction between dumping my horrible half-baked opinions blindly into an anonymous silent readership and engaging directly with each other.  It is bizarre to me that I even have readers to write to, much less strangers who respond here occasionally.  For that, I’m truly flattered, but feel I need to make a few things clear.

1. This blog contains opinions.  They are mine, because this is my website.  They are not right.  They are not wrong.  They are opinions.

2. If you have something to contribute/refute/criticize regarding a post, you should comment.  If I have stolen an image, let me know.  If I have wrongfully stated something as fact, let me know.  If I have misspelled something, PLEASE let me know!  Lengthier and more private concerns can be voiced via e-mail.

3. I moderate comments.  This is predominantly because I receive a large quantity of spam messages.  It is also because lately I’ve felt I need to set up a policy of sorts (as follows):

4. I will post your comments, provided the language in them is clean enough to fly in a Disney movie.  The classic kind, with cartoon people.  So you can find a more creative way to call me a “condescending rhymes-with-witch.”  Consider it a fun writing prompt.

5. Know that I read all comments.  So you, know, message received– regardless of whether you actually do get more creative.

6. I also reserve the right to reject any sexist, racist, homophobic, or otherwise hateful comments.  (Not that I’ve ever encountered that.  Just throwing it out there).

7. I will respond thoughtfully to comments that disagree with/challenge me to the best of my ability.

8. I’m aware that my sense of humor can be mean-spirited (see: FAQ #4).  I’m also aware that sarcasm, as common as it is here, does not always read as such.  In fact, sometimes my sincerity reads as a joke.  I apologize if you find any outright or unfounded rudeness from me directed at someone who reads or responds here.  It is unintentional and unacceptable.

Please know that I really appreciate your readership and responses.  This stupid project that began as a way to temper the pains of unemployment has become more rewarding than I ever imagined.  That being said, I know in the grand scheme of things, this is not important at all.  Stop rotting your brain here on all this frivolous crap.  Now go read a novel.  The classic kind, not the kind in the Teen Paranormal Romance section.