I'm flattered, no really, I am

It's nice to know that I'm getting under people's skins enough that they are creating profiles on Blogger just so they can leave insulting comments here on my blog. On the other hand, it's kind of sad to see that there are people who have such pathetic lives that they have nothing better to do than to create profiles on Blogger just so they can insult people.

Oh well. As usual, all insulting comments towards me and my readers will be deleted as soon I see them.

Get over yourselves

Okay, this is my blog and here are some rules for commenters:

• Don't get into a pissing contest with me. If the terrain or weather where you live is different from mine, then that's cool, but there's also no need to tell me how much better yours is compared to mine. I know it gets colder north of here, I know it snows more north of here, I know it gets hotter south of here, I know there are mountains higher than there are here, so there is no need to tell me those things again.
  
• Refrain from using my comments section to argue with other commenters. If you feel strongly about what another commenter said and you have a blog, then please write about it there and don't post multiple comments on my blog.

It's hard to tell when you're joking, engaging in gentle ribbing, or actually pissed, so to save people's feelings from getting hurt just follow the above rules and there'll be no bad blood.

Thanks.

Comment Policy

First off please know that I love most all your comments and I am deeply grateful that so many of you take the time to read and comment. It never ceases to amaze me that so many people read what I write. I never in a million years thought that I'd have a blog and that I'd make friends with people all over the country and all over the world though it. So again, thank you all for reading and commenting.

Now having said that why do I delete some comments? For these reasons:

• the commenter is a right wing troll who has been insulting to me or my commenters in the past.
• the commenter annoys or has annoyed me in the past.
• you pointed out a typo for which I am grateful and it was corrected so your comment has been rendered moot.
• your comment denied the premise of a comedic post I wrote.
• you took issue with and started an argument another of my commenters in my comments section.
• you are a spammer and are trying to use my blog to drive business to your blog or web page.
• you left multiple comments on the same post or responded to another commenter repeatedly.

If you see I have deleted your comment please don't be an ass and keep trying to leave the same comment or leaving another comment about how I am abusing your freedom of speech because I am not. If you have the ability to comment on my blog then you can write your own blog. And then I can feel free not to read it.

As for what comments may annoy me, it's really a crap shoot. What may annoy me one day may not annoy me the next. If you are a long time commenter who usually leaves funny or complimentary comments I'll let you slide if you write a comment that may annoy me one day. I'll also give the benefit of the doubt to most Canadian women, a few Finns, and to a player to be named later.