Reading is a privilege....

I took my blog off "private" status for a probationary period. Yep, I work with people on probation every day and have decided this is the action I should take. You have served your jail time and now you're on probation.

Here are your terms and conditions:

1. If something offends you, um, don't read my blog anymore. Simple.

2. If something offends you - resist the urge to tell others who would get offended just how offensive my blog was. While I may slightly enjoy the fact I offended someone, telling others what an offensive jerk I am bugs me.

3. I reserve the right to say what I want on my blog because well, it's MY blog. It's not my husband's, my son's my dog's, my mother's, my coworker's. It's MINE. . . and one of the only things in this world that is mine alone - so what is said here is solely the property of me and no one else. Don't blame them. If you want to write something on YOUR blog about how much you don't like me or what I do/say/think/blog, that's your right too.

We normally print out these little agreements and have our probationer's sign. Since I can't do that, I'll just assume if you read the blog, you agree. As judge/probation officer/prosecutor of this blog and my readers, I retain the right to revoke probation at ANY time. And remember, as we like to say in this business, probation is a privilege!

I plan on putting a sidebar with some of this information on it just to remind those of you who need to pull out your probation agreement every once in a while and look it over...