I don’t know where it came from, but the other day the thought popped into my head: I don’t have a disclaimer on my blog. Since one of my mottos is “better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it” I decided it was about time to get one.

I started my research with my friend, Google, which turned up a ton of resources to beg, borrow and steal from. As clever and humorous as some of the disclaimers are, I prefer to come up with my own material so I sat myself down with an extra-large caramel cappuccino sugar-free with skim milk of course and wrote my own. I’m not a lawyer and certainly don’t play one on TV so there are probably some points I’ve forgotten. I’m not responsible for those either. I don’t take responsibility for much more than getting myself dressed in the morning.

Blog Disclaimer – Things I Take Responsibility For

• Content:
  This is a personal blog. All opinions expressed here are my own and not those of anyone else. I am responsible for the content – not anyone else. If I ever have an employer he/she would not be responsible, any group, organization, church, agency or entity ever created that I may be associated with. It’s all about me, me, me, only me, and I like it that way.
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• Mistakes and Stupidity:
  I may make a mistake or say something stupid. Actually, chances are pretty good that I’ll do both at some point. I’ll do my best to refrain from stupidity (It’s ironic that I had to retype “stupidity” 3 times to get it right) but I don’t make any promises. I’m only human and make mistakes just like everyone else – probably more than everyone else. Waaay more. Just for the record; any mistakes belong to me and me alone. Not that I want to claim them but since they’re mine I’m kinda stuck with them.
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• Changing my Mind:
  Over time my thoughts and opinions may change. In fact, Teacher will tell you it’s a sure bet that I’ll change my mind – often. Posts are intended to give insight into my life at the time the post is written, but not necessarily forever. Current posts may express different opinions than earlier posts, that
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• Copyright:
  Since most everything in the blog comes from my brain, it belongs to me. It’s still all about me. But if you like a post feel free to link to it! You may use a portion less than 1/3 if you’re going to be picky of a post as long as you link to the original post and give me credit. If you want to use more than 1/3 of a post please contact me to request permission. I’ll probably say “Sure, go ahead!” Thank you for respecting my intellectual and the not-so-intellectual property.

Blog Disclaimer- Things I’m not Responsible for:

• Eternal Accuracy:
  The information in this weblog is provided “as is” with no warranties, and confers no rights. I’ll do my best to make sure all the information, including links, are accurate at the time of posting but there’s no guarantee that information posted today will still be valid or accurate in the future.
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• Incoming Links:
  I can’t control who links to me. If I could you can get I’d be getting some major PR juice! If you see a questionable site linking to my blog take it up with them, not me. I don’t submit my blog to “link farms” or directories so if they find me it was all on their own.
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• Personal Offense:
  I promise to try my best not to not knowingly injure, defame, or libel anyone. Posting that Aunt Mabel’s puce sweater is hideous doesn’t count cuz that’s my opinion. Please don’t tell Aunt Mabel! If content matter, bad grammar, slang or punctuation translates or is interpreted into something bad in your country or culture it was certainly not my intent and I will not be held responsible for it. If you’re bound and determined to find insult where none was intended feel free to close the window and not return.
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• Bad Decisions:
  Just like the witches in my favorite Nora Roberts books, my intention is to do no harm. I’m not a doctor, lawyer, therapist, trainer, chef, or any other type of expert so what I write is not to be taken as fact nor absolute. Use your own brainpower instead of mindlessly making decisions based on information in this blog. You won’t be compensated in any way if you suffer a loss/damage/inconvenience because of something written in this blog.
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• Making Money:
  This blog is not used to promote products or businesses for gain. I don’t make deals to trade posts for free samples, links to my websites, or anything else. Although if someone offered me a million bucks to post I may reconsider. I’m totally against paid recommendations disguised as personal opinion so anything you see me rave about is because I want to share something amazing with you, not because I was paid to say it.However, at some point I may add some advertising to help pay the bills that keep My Happy Crazy Life online, like hosting and coffee.
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• Comments:
  Feel free to disagree with me or tell me I’m completely crazy in the comments section of each blog entry. Please be polite because my feelings are easily hurt. I reserve the right to delete any comment for any reason whatsoever – like abusive, profane, rude, anonymous comments, and spam. Once a comment passes moderation I won’t be held responsible for the contents of blog comments. And I’m not responsible for any laws that may be broken in any country through the content, implication, and intent of blog comments. Don’t bother commenting just to spam your site cuz I’m on to you and will delete your comment. Who needs that much Viagra anyway?! But if you’re leaving an honest-to-goodness comment please link to your blog or site – I’d love to see it!
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• Matching Socks:
  I may take responsibility for getting myself dressed every morning but I don’t promise I’ll be wearing matching socks – sometimes two go in but only one comes out.

I hope you enjoy all my ramblings.