Prologue

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This is a new site as of May 2026. This document may get revised a few times as I focus in. It is intended to be a brief introduction as to my background, intentions for the site, and some ground rules. As I add to the site, I’ll open up some topics for discussion, but violation of any rules I establish will result in jettisoning the “participant” out the airlock.

Who are you?
Just a guy who’s made it to his granted “three shore and ten” mark in somewhat functional shape. I have no expectation of entitlement beyond that.

Why this site?
I have participated in social media before, but many are becoming obnoxiously untenable. Some of them have expired as time and tech move on. Facebook was one of my last bastions, but the current (mis)management is wildly inexcusable. So I (finally) managed to reserve a domain where I can put some ideas and comments without being “massaged” by those with their own agenda.

What type of content do you intend?
I’d like to focus on opinions or practical knowledge with (I hope) some relevance to others. What that may mean… well, we’ll see. I expect some “philosophical” diatribes, but also stories and maybe advice running to my primary interests and hobbies: tech, music, and a few other things.

What are the ground rules?
Well, let’s start with these, and see what revisions become necessary…

Politics and Religion
The first “no, don’t ever talk about that!” categories. But sometimes you have to. So let me say: don’t bring either up outside of a specific discussion. Propaganda (unproven and especially provably false statements) and proselytization specifically are paths to the (bad side of) the airlock. In particular, I will say any support for the current US administration is not an acceptable topic. I am not opposed to expressions of religious affiliations or beliefs, but they have no place in unrelated intellectual discussions. (That is, I don’t want to see “all glory to <deity>” posts about victories or losses. [I’m working on mote specific boundaries here.]

I still socialize and work with people who, I am sure, have strong opinions in these areas. I was very conservative when younger, and still lean that way in certain instances. I have moved toward more liberal alignments as the conservative (or, more accurately, reactionary) disciples have tried to codify repression and abuse as “their rights”. I also believe religious beliefs are your right until you base entitlement upon them. I’m not supporting that in any context. End of discussion.

Courtesy
Conversations should be respectful and civil. I have personally long held that insults and coarse depiction of others, especially with profanity and name-calling are invoked, are a sign of a weak intellect.. (Though subject to them myself, I will admit.) You have time to review your thoughts and phrasing before submitting a comment; use it.

Promotion
This is not a site for sales or promotions; at least not yet. I may consider some sort of limited ability once I get familiar with the host’s capabilities.

I may comment on items I find useful (or denigrate ones I do not). I will expressly identify any I have a financial stake in, though I amy not anticipating that any time soon. One reason I am doing this is to escape the onerous number of random ads and promotions I see elsewhere.

Let me make clear: as of yet, I am guaranteeing nothing in terms of value for this endeavor, and therefore the amount of weight I commit to giving others is zero. That said: I’d like to hear your opinions and eventually may be able to incorporate them to how things get done here.

This is sort of a start. Now I need to get to other things.