El primer poste verdadero.

So, we're here. We have a name! We have 5 contributors thus far, and hopefully several more on the way.

We've gone for a 'blue' feel for the page, given that blue is both my favourite colour and also superbly relaxing, so there should be no stress. Pretty soon, I'll also be expanding the sidebars to include more funky stuff. Currently there's a feed to one of the strangest yet loveable webcomics I know, xkcd.com. Have a look their way, if you have a little spare time. :o) I may add more feeds to webcomics, or perhaps rotate them semi-regularly. We'll see.

So, this thread is just a little housekeeping. I know we're s'posed to be avoiding politics, but I wanted to put a few guidelines down early. :oP They're not about stifling anyone, but more just to keep a kind of standard style for this blog, so that outsiders can come in and enjoy it.

- Mainly, when you create a post, I ask that we all put just a little effort in to doing so. Not a huge amount, mind. ;o) When you're commenting, pretty much anything goes, but just to keep things easy to follow, when posting, just check your spelling, punctuation and grammar to the best of your abilities. :o) I'm not gonna be anal about it and tell you off, it'd just be nice if we all tried. Can you tell I'm the son of an English teacher? ;o)

- Anything goes, in regards to post topics. Obviously, don't go too far (and you *all* know where too far is :oP ), but we're here to interest each other, and to provoke thought (gasp!) and - crazy as it is - sometimes simply make each other smile. :o) So feel free to be wacky and zany, or thought-provoking and interesting, or heartfelt and emotional. Heck, if you like, try being all of them! Photo posts are cool, but make sure you don't break the dimensions of the blog, and if you do, go back and edit your post so that you don't anymore. :oP

- Try and keep replies to each post in the comments, rather than creating a new post just to reply. Blogger looks pretty ugly if you just do small posts replying to previous small posts. :o) That said, if what someone posts starts an idea for your own post, by all means, create one and reference back to it. If you've only got a couple of sentences to write, though, then probably just comment it. :o)

- Just be happy. And rock on.

I'm sure we're all going to get along just fine...