Welcome and Introduction
So, let’s go over the rules governing James’s Blog, by which I mean, how I do things. You can do whatever you want, within the bounds of the law. Hopefully, that includes reading the blog. Here we go:
1. James’s Blog is a general purpose blog. It’s like my brain dump, but hopefully better organised. However, within this steaming pile of dreck I hope to observe some small modicum of organisation.
For example, and not the only one, by the way, but, for example, I’ll almost always “tag” the title bar with a Topic Area, like, say, oh, Marketing. Or Neurophysiology. Or Food Porn. Whatever. That way, it’s only a matter of milliseconds before you can reject it and get on with your day.
2. Whenever I refer to someone (i.e. “I know a plumber named Big Al”), you can be almostly completely certain I’m making up the name. And maybe the profession, but usually not. The point of these falsities is to protect those people and their privacy insofar as possible. I bring this up both to be completely clear as to my motivations, but also to make sure YOU understand that I will be using elements of fiction sometimes to get a point across. Having said all the above, if I tell you “his/her real name” then you can be sure it’s their real name. I can’t freakin’ believe I have to explain this.
3. Like the previous para, this is another explanation. Unless I tell you, or demonstrate, in some OVERTLY clear way, that something is to be taken as fact, you should assume that every word, and most of the spaces, in this blog are my personal opinion. It’s what I THINK, not what I’m claiming some expert knowledge about, and no specific powers of greater authority than that should be assumed to inhere herein. I know that was babble, but I’ve ALWAYS wanted to say that. Say it with me won’t you? Inhere herein, inhere herein. It’s just, I dunno, nice on the tongue. As am I. Oh, I almost forgot. The above assumed to be almost always true in every way, if I tell you I know something for a fact (usually, I’m being a hothead about something), then I probably know it for a fact. Of course, the term “know it for a fact” has syntactical problems of its own, but I’ll work on that and get back to you.
4. I’m sure other rules will occur to me from time to time, and I may just perform a wheeling maneuver one of these days and revoke any, or all, of these rules, but for now, let’s just go with what we have. And, seriously, please enjoy the blog.
5. Of course, it goes without saying, but please feel free to offer topic suggestions or just drop fun stuff in. Just remember, you’re not the boss of me. By the way, has ANYONE, other than a TV writer, actually ever used this line? Why can’t it be “You’re not my boss” or even better “Bite me, you’re not in charge!”? I’m asking.
