If your comment doesn’t appear right away, don’t panic! It’s probably just hanging out in the moderation queue. My spam filter is a little sensitive these days, and sometimes catches Real Comments in addition to the spambot kind. I promise I’ll approve your comment before long. Assuming you’re not trying to “enhance our body parts!!!” or anything. If you're worried about it, feel free to send me a quick email (melissa at makingthingsup dot com).

And I know, I know, you don’t need reminders like this, but just in case somebody else does, here goes: Though I rarely, hardly ever, almost never mess with the comments left on this blog, I will delete inappropriate comments without any kind of warning or appeals system.

I’m a fan of kindly-intended disagreements and debate in addition to general conversation, and I’m happy to respond to such in the comment thread. Of course.

Just, you know. Play nice. Like usual.

I also have to remove any comment that infringes on someone else's copyright. (I'm sure you understand.)

This blog is a collection of my random thoughts and opinions, and is not a sneaky product-advertising mechanism. Products—including books—mentioned or linked to are included at my discretion and without compensation, unless otherwise noted in the content of a blog post. (In other words, if I get something in return for writing a post, I will tell you about it. If I am given free stuff and then blog about it, I will tell you that too. Right there in the post.) That is all.