Please observe the following rules and guidelines in your blogs and comments.

• Civility

-- Be respectful. Remember that you are writing for your friends and neighbors as well as the larger world.
-- Review what you write to be sure that it won't be misinterpreted.
-- No insults. No flame wars.

• Copyrighted material

-- Don't post complete copies of copyrighted materials unless you own the copyright. This includes writings, photographs, art, and sounds.
-- You may post short excerpts from someone else's copyrighted work as part of a review or a quotation in your own work. You must give attribution.
-- You may link to copyrighted work elsewhere on the internet.

• Who can do what

-- Members can blog and comment on other blogs.
-- Guests can comment but cannot have their own blog.