I like it when people comment here either:

• participate in the discussion at hand or point out where a similar discussion exists elsewhere,
• bring knowledge, questions, or both to the conversation,
• say something funny, or point out relevant and/or extremely funny things elsewhere,
• are more intelligent/perceptive than I am, and demonstrate it constructively and conclusively (hell, just demonstrate it. I don’t care if you’re polite as long as I learn something),
• make me look good by being revoltingly stupid (most trolls fall into this category).
• Do any or all of the above in a language I can read. I know just enough Russian, French, and Spanish to detect spam, but not much more than that. Please use English, because a machine translation will suck.

Do any of these things (and this covers a lot), and I promise your comment will be posted.  Anything else will probably die a quiet death.

Lastly, you may have observed the above guidelines and you’re wondering why your comment hasn’t appeared. I have my spam filter set on “kill,” so your comment is probably moderated. Give it time; good things are worth waiting for. You can be assured that I cherish every intelligent commenter who stops by (but in a safe, non-threatening, maintaining-a-socially-appropriate-distance kinda way).

Contact me if you have any questions.