Mark My Words: Blogger Disclaimer and Guarantee

A disgruntled blog reply came through decrying my sophomoric writing, my pointless ranting, etc., and I realized, after the steam stopped coming out of my ears and the clanging stopped — that he had a point.

Although I hadn't been called sophomoric since 1973-74, when I actually was a sophomore, I had to honor the fact that this was a fellow sentient being and I had somehow let him down. 

How best to not let people down? This is the question. Poof! An answer came to me: lower the bar on their expectations. Issue a disclaimer and there is no way they can be dissappointed in you. I don't want to have to do this too often so I plan to make my disclaimer very universal, setting the bar of expectations limbo low. 

To whom it may concern (a very small pool one may surmise):

This blogger promises only two things when he submits a blog post. 

1. You will get your money's worth when you read it. 

2. The blog may be foolish. 

For those of you who want to spend their times doing meaningful things, I suggest you read the great philosophies, volunteer in a soup kitchen, take a homeless person to lunch or smile and say, "hello" when you pass senior citizens on the sidewalk. Blogging and replying to blogs is pretty much a pastime — enjoyable enough — but not too large on the scale of really big things.

I wish I thought about disclaimers when I was married.