Before everything else, we’d like to say that we’re amazed you’re actually reading this post. Thank you for actually taking the time to read this - we’re now officially fans of yours.

That being said, let’s get down to business.

Unless we say otherwise, we own all text, images, and anything else you might find on this site. We protect our copyrights fiercely, and that also means we will respect yours. If we don’t own it (basically if we borrowed it from another site), we will make that clear.

Of course, this doesn’t mean you can’t do anything at all on this site. On the contrary, we encourage you to make yourself at home here - so long as you follow a few simple rules:

Play nice.

We want you to feel at home here, but like it or not, you’re still a guest - so don’t be rude. Your comments and suggestions are welcome here, but if you start insulting others, cursing, and basically asking for a fight, you’ll be asked to leave. We don’t want anybody disturbing the peace ’round here.

Pay attention.

Comments are great, but before you start tapping away at your keyboard, take a moment to ask yourself: is my comment actually relevant to the discussion? Will the links I include matter to the other people reading this post? Am I contributing to the conversation?

If you answered yes to those questions, then by all means leave a comment. Of course, if you simply want to say that you liked the post, or that we made an interesting point, you can do that too.

The point here is don’t spam us. If you try to stay on topic and you include only relevant links, we’re ok.

Don’t steal.

Like we mentioned earlier, we own everything you find here unless we say otherwise. If you want to copy an image and post it on your own site, feel free to do so - but make sure you give us credit. Drop a link back to where you found it.

If you want to link to the articles, that’s great! You can post a summary or a portion of the text that you want to highlight, but please keep it as short as you can. Just make sure to put a prominent link to the original post.

Now if you try and copy entire posts, that’s not cool anymore - put simply, that’s copyright infringement. If that doesn’t sound too serious, let’s put it another way: that’s theft - and we don’t take kindly to thieves.

We’re a peace loving kind, but thieves deserve whatever harm comes their way - and we will take pleasure in hearing about (or even inflicting) such pain. Then again, we’re a peace loving kind, and we’d rather sic our lawyers on these thieves. We’ve heard they’re masters at hitting where it hurts. Not sure what that means? Let us break it down for you - punitive damages and legal fees will drown you in debt. Capisce?

These are the house rules. Simple, right? We suggest you also check out our Privacy Policy for some other light reading - we’ve included some important information on what data we collect from you as well as what we do with it. Go on, it’s not too complicated.

After that, you can get back to reading the real meat of this site, and enjoy the rest of your stay.