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This is our website
policy and promise to you.
We encourage every visitor to read this!
No Ads
We swear that we are
totally ad free and make no money in any way from this site. Besides
having no obvious banners or affiliate buttons, you should also notice, that you
don't have to click 5 pop-up ads before even viewing my pages (esp. when
scanning our FREE backgrounds unlike some other sites.)
If you experience any commercial pop-up ads when you come here, then they are
either lingering ads from whatever URL you have previously visited and did not
click-off yet; or they are built in from your ISP (i.e. AOL, Microsoft, etc.) or
some other program you have installed on your system.
We also don't solicit for
ads.
No Spam From Us.
No Newsletter.
I do not (nor have I ever)
sent out a newsletter. So, I do not send out spam of any kind. There are
volumes of emails now being sent that contain viruses. They are being done by
redirecting them through other people's email. I do not approve of this.
We Do Not Collect
Any
Information on our Visitors
We NEVER collect any information on you personally as a visitor!!!
Unlike some sites which
require that you give them your e-mail address to enter, or
to receive a FREE cartoon, background, joke, etc., I simply let you come and
enjoy without asking a thing of you.
I also do not sell
anything myself to you. (See next item.) So there are no stored names, addresses,
or credit card information anywhere on this domain for hackers to break into.
Yes, we have website stats that are private for me alone.
But these stats NEVER invade your privacy. They basically tell me what pages
or topics you are asking or going to, the countries, states and hits/returns.
I do my best to make this as much of a child-safe site as possible.
AGE
APPROPRIATNESS
This website was
originally created to teach older children topics in a fun way; and to provide some new
kind of bear cartoons for today's lifestyle in which everyone can relate
and not bears who live in some forest with animals as friends. I wanted
them to experience life like we all do. But
unlike Winnie The Pooh, my site is not for pre-schoolers or toddlers. In
other words, it's not for Elementary School or younger. I always
list my site as ages 12 to Adult. And feel it's OK for Jr. High, High and
College.
This is why I won't water down some topics for teensy
children. So..
If I feel something is
inappropriate for even 12 year old kids, I try to tell you!
I realize parenting levels vary home to home, but I will try. ;)
Our Ethics : We Don't Steal from Other
Websites. 
We are ORIGINAL!
ORIGINAL CONTENT means
that all the art work is my own making.
So if I need something, I simply make it! On the few occasions
I've
used another's work, I've asked and given credit.
Example is the bicycle in my History of the Tour de
France illustration.
ORIGINAL
CONTENT means all ideas are mine!
This means all the trivia phrases, bingo games, etc.
ORIGINAL CONTENT also means that all information on this site is presented with "my
creative approach" and not taken in the same wording, same format,
etc. from another website.
I might tell you the same thing as someone else. After all, facts are facts,
such as "Tomatoes are really considered a fruit, not a
vegetable." You might find the same fact on a gardening or
cooking site? But when it comes to an entire educational
presentation, I earnestly try not to intentionally do it in another
person's same words. If I do use information from another site, I will
give a credit link to that site (usually in my "Source") at the bottom
of the page if the page is still active.
If it's no longer around, it's removed only because I don't want broken links.
I also lack respect
for people who choose to link to the plagiarized pages of my work on another
domain and not me! Why would people support stealing?
Bottom Line: If you find something on my site and find it on
another site, the odds are they took it from me. I don't steal!
For further views see my Stop Copying Page.
Crediting My Sources
Although I write the information in my style, I do put the sources for my information at the bottom of the pages. This is like when you list your sources in a school paper. ( Wikipedia also lists their sources on the information pages they have for credibility.) This in no way means we're stealing from a book. It just means, we're sharing the information that the book gives.
It also is to let you know what books to buy if you want to learn more. And, also to let you know that I did the best I could to provide you with valid information and not made up stuff. It also helps promote the sources, if they are still available. I realize some of my sources are out-of-print. Like me, I bought some of them used. In a few cases, I've also used information from other websites. If so, then credit links are given when applicable (or the website is still on-line). All my sources I like or I wouldn't use them, list them at the bottom of the page, nor recommend them.
With the crazy, silly, bizarre, unknown daily holidays area, I've given credit to my visitors who have informed me of valid observances that I don't already have on the monthly page that they are celebrated.
As far as the songs, I do
my best to credit the writers and performers.
Why no Music (Midis
& Waves) Credits?
I will not give link credits to the sources for my midi files and (some) fonts.
Why?
Many of the sites that offered midi music no longer exist. And, frankly, I
forgot where I got them from.
Also, I found many sites with the same music.
I also won't pass out any music files! So please don't write me for a tune
that's on my site. Many other sites offer free music (or for very small
fees) for downloading, such as Yahoo Music, MSN etc. go get your songs from
them. The music on my pages are for sing-along fun and education.
Please, do not ask me to send you any of my music files. Thanks. :)
Our On-line Persona
and Integrity
Although I believe I am
the "first" Brownielocks to be on-line, no longer
am I the "only" Brownielocks now on the internet.
There are hundreds of thousands of game sites and forums (public and private).
It's impossible for me to go to them all of them (or pay to be a member) and register
the ID "Brownielocks" to get the name first.
I am signed up on a few forums, but they are nothing offensive (mostly for
car talk, art chat, etc.). So, if you find a "Brownielocks" in
an on-line game, a chat room or on a forum speaking rude, vulgar or in anyway
offensive, it
is not me.
I do not engage in flames, verbal abuse etc. I try to keep my internet
participation child safe in other areas as well as here on my own site.
I also can't expect everyone to like me (personally) or this site, whether I
feel it's justified or not. To repeat, I make no money, so I'm not out to be
popular.
Unfortunately, I've found
forums with some pretty disgusting comments about me and to me per se (some
sexual in nature
) although I was never a
member.
I'm not flattered by this
type of negative public relations. People have the right of free speech, which
includes being critical to downright filthy (unless it's not allowed on that
forum?). What does disturb me are the
comments that actually imply real physical violence or sexual acts to me.
People often forget there is a real person behind this cartoon persona. But I
hope those that do enjoy this site and run into negative comments about it at
other URL locations are mature enough to consider the source and email me if
they feel I need to be informed for my own personal safety or other reasons.
Thanks!
But, please don't start up a flaming Brownielocks topic on a forum just to
try
to get me to join that forum for your entertainment. 
I
don't appreciate being baited. And, I don't have the time to join forums just
to get into debates with strangers over assumptions, petty issues, defend my website,
my art style, etc. I wouldn't get
anything else done if I had to post on forums all the time. I don't
go on other forums and bash other websites. If I don't like a site, I simply
never go back to it. I bought this domain for 10 years. It's not going
away even if you bash it or me.
My Goals and You!
I create because it makes
me feel more alive! 
I also feel it's what God wants me to do right now in my life. And money isn't always the end
objective for God's purpose. I pray for ideas, and God seems to provide me
with them.
I'll keep doing it until I feel led to do something else as an outlet for my creativity.
If you have any ideas for watercolor backgrounds, a cartoon, a topic of some sort, I'm always open to suggestions and CONSTRUCTIVE criticism.
But, PLEASE, don't write me just to complain or bait me.
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