ABOUT

Halfway To Concord celebrates its 5th year of blogging goodness.

About this blog
Halfwaytoconcord.com is a weblog designed to be a moderated open forum for interesting, and hopefully, humorous posts and observations by me and my readers. Sometimes we achieve both goals. Other times not so good.

Two houskeeping items before we move on to the fine print:

RULE 1
In the interest of timeliness, this site may contain occasional typographical errors. This is the same lame disclaimer the Associated Press makes, so get over it.

RULE 2
Posters and commenters must earn the right to publish on this site. Please don’t complain about “censorship” if your post is not approved or your snarky, bombastic comments get deleted. Comments must advance the discussion (bump) and not be just some emotional ejaculation on your part. Go to Craigs List, or the Contra Costa Times to do that.

THE REST
That said, please feel free to join the discussion and take part. You may post original comments in the main blog. Make them short and to the point with a link. If you want to respond to a post use the “comments” link for that. There is no copy editor so send all typo notifications to editor@halfwaytoconcord.com and they will be fixed when I can get to it, so please don’t take it personal.

At times the blog will make brutally frank observations on current events and contain a lot of general complaining and ideas that may not always be completely thought through or make any sense to any of you at any given time. Beware that most of the content on this site should be considered adult-themed. Therefore, if you are not an adult (18+) or cannot act like one, simply go to Craig’s List or the Contra Costa Times. The blog offers no warranty implied or specific about cogency or making nice.

The blog will be updated during the week and on weekends when necessary. Suggestions for other public uses of the blog are welcome. This will include postings of public policy statements and archiving of certain documents. Papers and articles not suitable for commercial publication may be posted here too. As a rule we don’t publish pictures of kids on the Internet and make a special effort to protect the identity of all minors if we do when publishing group or event news.

Terms of Use
Use of this website/blog is offered to you on your acceptance of these Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy and other notices posted on this website. Your use of this website or of any content presented within these pages indicates your acknowledgment and agreement to these Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy and other notices posted on this website.

If you are not an adult or do not act like one, or do not agree to be bound by and comply with all of the foregoing, you may not access the website. Halfwaytoconcord.com has the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, add or remove any terms or conditions of these Terms of Use and Privacy policies without notice or liability to anyone. Any changes to these Terms of Use shall be effective immediately following the posting of such changes on this website.

This website is for informational purposes only and is not intended to provide specific commercial, financial, investment, accounting, political, sporting, tax, marital, or legal advice. It is provided to you solely for your own personal, non-commercial use. You may link to and refer to this website freely. You must, when linking to this website, twirl around three times while thrusting your fist into the air yelling “death to tyrants.” This site is not responsible for any deaths to tyrants or any other negative activity except for the yelling, which we normally do not condone except in this context or… well, never mind.

This website does not guarantee the accuracy of any information and users cannot sue us for stupidly believing everything they read. Most of what is on this website is simply bullshit and should be treated as such. Moreover, use of the word “bullshit” shall not constitute an insult to any users of this website or any person living or dead except Santa Claus. Accordingly, we do not guarantee the accuracy, timeliness, reliability or completeness of any of the information contained on, downloaded or accessed from this website.

The performance of this website and all information contained thereon, downloaded or accessed from this website are provided to you on an “as is” basis, without warranties of any kind whatsoever, including any implied warranties or warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement of the rights of third parties.

If something weird happens to your computer because you accessed this website, you cannot blame us in any way. We will tolerate one nasty note and nothing more. You are allowed other actions, legal or otherwise, only if you stand in the middle of Concord’s Todos Santos Park during normal business hours completely naked and scream the words: “I am not insane. I can hear the prisoners of Xtgon-8 begging to be released.” You must do this for one hour or until your arrest.

We reserve the right to modify, disable access to or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, any part or all of this website or any information contained thereon without liability or notice to you. We tell you this for no particular reason since you cannot do much about it anyway, and may never notice.

As a visitor to our website, you acknowledge and agree that any reliance on or use by you of any information available on this website shall be entirely at your own risk. In no event shall Halfwaytoconcord.com nor any of its data providers, contributors, commenters, advertisers, friends, allies or hangers-on or wannabes be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential or exemplary damages arising from the use or the performance of this website. And don’t let the door hit you in the ass on your way out!

Privacy Policy
We do not currently do pop-ups and do not give a rat’s ass about your personal information. This may change, as noted above. One never knows.

Confidentiality and Transmissions over the Internet
The transmission of data or information (including communications by e-mail) over the Internet or other publicly accessible networks is not secure, and is subject to possible loss, interception or alteration while in transit. Accordingly, we do not assume any liability for any damage you may experience or costs you may incur as a result of any transmissions over the Internet or other publicly accessible networks, such as transmissions involving the exchange of e-mail with us (including those that may contain your personal information). We don’t control the Internet or how it works. So we make no efforts to safeguard the privacy of the information you provide us, period. End of that discussion.

Read this one carefully: All submissions to this website or to its editor in any capacity via email or any other means, becomes our property to make life easier for us. You accept this and live with it. It’s too much work otherwise. In no event will the information you provide to us be deemed to be confidential, create any fiduciary obligations to you on our part, or result in any liability to you on our part in the event that such information is inadvertently released by us or accessed by third parties without our consent. See RULE 1 and RULE 2 above.

User Conduct and Obligations
You agree to follow all applicable laws and regulations when using this website and further agree that you will not transmit junk mail, chain letters, or other unsolicited bulk e-mail or duplicative messages to any email address listed on this site without first agreeing to pay to Bill Gram-Reefer the sum of USD $18,000 per item per address per incident.

By uploading, posting or otherwise transmitting through or to our website any content, you grant to us, our successors and assigns, a non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty free, perpetual, non-revocable license to use or distribute such content in any manner otherwise than as stated in our Privacy Policy.

Indemification by User
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold us and our friends, spouses, children, pets and agents harmless from any loss, liability, claim, demand, damage, or expense (including any legal fees) asserted by any third party relating in any way to your use of this website or breach of these Terms of Use. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you, which shall not excuse your indemnity obligations. In other words, find someone else to sue.

Third Parties and Links
No matter how much we say we love these sites, consider it Bullshit (see reference to “Bullshit” above). As far as we’re concerned, links or pointers to other websites and references to products and services offered by third parties are provided to you for convenience only and do not constitute an endorsement or approval by us of (i) the organizations that operate such websites; (ii) the content, privacy policies or other terms of use on such websites; or (iii) such third party products and services. As we have no control or responsibility over websites or content maintained by other organizations, or for products and services offered by third parties, we do not assume any liability for your use of any of the foregoing, which use you acknowledge and agree shall be at your own risk.

Proprietary Rights
Our policy is to comply with all intellectual property laws and to act quickly upon receiving any notice of claimed infringement. If you believe that your work has been reproduced on this website in a manner that constitutes copyright infringement, please let us know immediately by sending email to editor@halfwaytoconcord.com.

General
If any provision of these Terms of Use is held invalid or unenforceable in any respect by any court having competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law, and the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use shall continue in full force and effect. No waiver of any provision of these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such provision or any other provision of these Terms of Use.

These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California and the laws of the United States of America. The parties consent to the exclusive jurisdiction at a place to be determined by Halfwaytoconcord.com at the last minute.

Adapted from http://www.dvorak.org/blog/