Ground rules

Okay, so since I set this thing up, I'm going to give some suggestions for making this blog useful and safe. Since personal information tends to get written on blogs and the whole world can see, lets be a little careful about what we reveal to the world. This is not email.

SAFETY:
1. Do NOT post the names or ages of children in our family. If you must refer to them, use a psuedonym. This is to protect them from online preditors.

2. Since the name of the blog gives our last name, it might be a good idea not to use our real first names for posting. I for instance post with the name mwz (or maybe mwz444, I forget).

3. Do NOT reveal anything that you wouldn't tell your neighbors.

OTHER:
4. Please only post things that you are the original author of. If you find something you want to comment on, cite the source and quote it. If it is large, post a link and comment. If you don't have anything to add, I don't care about it. I only care about you.

Okay that's about all the paranoia and control mongering that I want to exhibit right now.

mwz

UPDATE:
Since the name of the blog no longer contains our last name, we can be a little more liberal with our first names, I guess. But still be aware that you are posting to the internet.