This is a personal web blog intended as a place to hang out, be entertained, be informed, converse and share ideas on a variety of subjects.

1. You own your own words. Accordingly, you should choose them carefully.
2. I assume no responsibility, legal or otherwise, for the content of user-contributed comments.
3. Any illegal, slanderous, libelous, abusive, offensive or SPAM comments will be summarily tossed to the lions.
4. The IP addresses of all site visitors are duly recorded. Repeat offenders will be invited to become acquainted with Mr Boot and their IP address irrevocably banned.
5. Any comment citing Biblical chapter and verse will be tossed to the lions. This also applies to citations from the Qur’an, The Tibetan Book of the Dead, and other ersatz fairy tales.
6. Repeat offenders will also be tossed to the lions.
7. I reserve the right to move any comment to a top-level post of its own, either as an expression of appreciation or contempt.
8. Paraphrasing the immortal, blue comic Belle Barth, if I embarrass or offend you, tell your friends.
9. I assume no responsibility for software, hardware or server glitches that my cause this site to be unavailable. I have only so much baling wire, cellophane tape and patience.
10. I assume no responsibility for broken links or content at sites to which I link.
11. Nobody detests SPAM like I detest SPAM, even with eggs and toast and more SPAM, so I would never commercially give up, share or abuse anyone’s personal email information.