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I welcome the thoughts and opinions of those who visit this site, be they complimentary or not. Try to remember that. I'll repeat it for you as a LOT of mail I get seems to totally ignore it.

I welcome the thoughts and opinions of those who visit this site, be they complimentary or not.

You should understand, though, that I do not suffer fools gladly nor will I subject myself to a barrage of e-mails or fits of obscene hysteria simply because you don't like what's written here. All I ask is that you use appropriate 'netiquette'. I understand and appreciate that I may have burst your balloon or you may have read something you're angry about: that's no reason, though, to engage in name-calling, profanity or multiple duplicate mailings.

Please don't waste your time or mine with proselytizing about your religious or political beliefs. This web site is about Freemasonry: not the religious and/or political beliefs of me, you or what you might think are those of Freemasons. I will not (please read that carefully: not!) engage in debate about religious or political issues so don't bother. It might make you feel good to think that you've made your point but more than likely, your e-mail will have hit the bin-bucket before your point was made. And please don't bother to make guesses about what you ASSUME to be my beliefs or about why they're wrong and yours are right. Just so we're clear here: do NOT e-mail about your religious or political beliefs. Got it? 

And - consider this a threat if you must but it's included here as a reminder - if I tell you to stop e-mailing me, you should do so and not try to get the last word. Failure to comply WILL result in a complaint to your Internet Service Provider, all of whom have 'Terms of Service' which any unsolicited e-mail will violate. Don't risk losing your internet connection by being deliberately obnoxious, offensive, or downright stupid!

For those who are about to write to me saying, "You threatened me...", take a deep breath and go back to read that sentence in red again - and again - and again until you get it straight that I'm NOT threatening you or anyone! I'm telling you that if I tell you to stop e-mailing me, you'd darn well better - or you'll suffer the consequences.

And there's more: Folks, I really don't need e-mails telling me that you're praying for me either. I haven't asked to be notified of such things and if you feel that you should pray for me, please know that your prayer doesn't need to be announced in order to be effective. In fact, in light of the recent study that showed those in the hospital who knew others were praying for them had worse outcomes, I'd quite prefer to NOT know about any prayers you might offer on my behalf, thank you very much! I also believe that those who somehow feel compelled to pray for me should instead consider the much worse plight of those suffering from starvation, terminal disease, or the many other problems of the world. Your thoughtfulness, however misguided I may think it is, is appreciated though!

And if you've just spent several hours being totally fascinated by what you've found on this website, do let me know! Yes, I really enjoy getting those messages and appreciate knowing that you've found this little corner of cyberspace.

It should also be emphasized that the "Famous Freemasons" listing on this site is NOT designed to be all-inclusive - by ANY stretch of the imagination. I wanted to simply name some men whom you might recognize but it was never my plan to become a repository of all Masons in all times. The continued "You forgot...." e-mails have gotten pretty tiresome. I didn't "forget" anyone, folks: I simply didn't try to name them all! Please understand - and appreciate the fact that the couple of hundred names there now are pretty representative.... If, on the other hand, you have someone with whom you've got a personal affinity and feel should be noted on our site, do write. However, Masonic membership credentials are essential (lodge name and location).

You can contact this site's creator at (BEFORE YOU CLICK, READ THE NEXT PARAGRAPH OR YOU WON'T GET THROUGH!!!) reply@masonicinfo.com but please know that I receive hundreds of e-mails each month (not counting the untold others that get rejected by the spam filter because folks didn't follow the instructions in the next paragraph) and as a result, I may not always be able to answer every one. This is one person's site, funded by one person's own funds. Mail is answered by one person only. It's a labor of love, granted, but it's also AWFULLY time consuming and there's more to life than being tied to a website - although some of Freemasonry's detractors with no lives themselves don't seem to realize that.

This is important - PLEASE make sure that the subject line of your message includes the words  MASONICINFO WEBSITE.  A spam filter is in place to separate the wheat from the chaff - and if you've at least been diligent enough to read this, then I'll definitely try to answer you. We all get SO much junk mail and a lot of it is designed to look like 'the real deal'. If your subject line is "Hi" or "Get real" or even "I'd like help joining Masonry", your message will likely hit the kill file rather than my inbox. You MUST use the word MASONICINFO in the subject line - and if you don't, please don't blame me or feel ignored when no response ever arrives.

Oh, and one other thing: if YOU have a SPAM filter service set up to challenge incoming e-mails, PLEASE add me to your white list BEFORE you send a message. There are few things more frustrating than to take the time to reply to someone and then find I've got to go through a little dance before getting that reply to them. I won't do it! I ignore challenge requests so if it's important enough to write to me about, take the extra step of making my reply available to you.

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Just click on "Prince, the Search Dog" to find things on our site. He's here on every page and he'll take you directly to our search form where you can see if we've written about whatever it is you're interested in. Prince has a great memory; he always remembers where things are! We also encourage you to use our Site Map and Contents Page for a full overview of the many things you'll find here.

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