Comment FAQ

For those of you who are new to blogging, I would like to give you a few guidelines on posting comments. First off, let us look at a comment that I received on my last entry entitled, Biological Log.

Anonymous said... Great Blog!I have a mortgage insurance site. It covers mortgage insurance related information.Come and check it out if you get time :-)
11:37 AM

As you might have noticed, I deleted this comment for a few reasons that will be addressed in our little discussion. Here we go.

Q. Why post a comment? Isn't just reading the blog enough?
A. Of course not! After reading my blog most people reach, as some have described it, "nirvana". You pretty much owe me a comment after you have reached this euphoric, enlightened state.

Q. What constitutes a good comment?
A. A good comment can do one of two things: Praise the blogger or praise the topic of the blog. For example; my good friend Garlic Boy has a blog entirely devoted to squirrels. An appropriate comment would say something like, "I love squirrels" or "Garlic Boy, you are the #1 stumma!". An inappropriate comment would advertise something unrelated to the topic, such as mortgage insurance. Advertising something like squirrel bait, while a little un-kosher, could be appropriate if you first obtain the permission of the owner of the blog. Note: when posting a comment on Garlic Boys' blogs, make sure your spelling is correct to avoid ridicule from the author.

Q. Do you even need mortgage insurance, Toasty?
A. Great Question! NO!

Q. Do you hate people that advertise mortgage insurance?
A. Another alarmingly good question. Not necessarily. If, per chance, I wrote a blog about mortgage insurance, an advertisement or two may be welcome in the comments section.

I hope that I have helped a lot of you, my faithful readers. My heart goes out to all the mortgage and loan representatives who call me at dinnertime, pollute my blog, and live in my house and work upstairs.

Biological Log

The subject of my blog today will be the meaning of the word "blog". Scholars argue that the translation was lost many years ago, probably during the Punic Wars. Some believe (and, yes, I believe) that the word is really a conjunction. (If you need help with this word, please buy this item. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/156949407X/103-8368682-6187828?v=glance) Biological Log, ladies and gentleman. Our blogs are living, breathing organisms that tell a story, just as any rabbit, squirrel or other biological creature would. Though the ability to mate was lost after cell phone radiation destroyed their reproductive systems, we have been successful in cloning them and domesticating them to use for our purposes, much like the horse. So, if any ladies thought that this was intelligent, or need more info, call me at... 5555-55585-5555-TOAST-HABIT. Fare thee well.

Back by Popular Demand...

My one or two fans have finally gotten to me. I apologize for the shortness of this entry; I was only thinking of you. If you, like many others, have been suffering from toasty withdrawls, a full fledged entry would only make you lapse into an epileptic coma(http://www.waiting.com/). Yes, I am that good. Welcome home, everybody. Welcome home.