Before you start telling me how I’m suppressing your rights, and how I must be afraid to face you and your comments, I suggest you take a look at this article by Greg Finn of Search Engine Land: Beware These Comment Saboteurs In Social Media

This article outlines 11 types of commenters that have little to no social benefit. I would like to point out the “troll.”

The troll

…These users seriously dislike you and want you to know it—publicly. Maybe you created better content than they did, or you downvoted one of their articles and they found out. The fact of the matter is that they are pissed. And they are going to follow you around to pester you.

I have no tolerance for trolling. Period and end of story.

Dislike of someone can be expressed via e-mail outside the public eye.

If you don’t like the content (see “the hater”), then that has plenty of room to be addressed in the comments, but please maintain a certain respect for the author. There is no law stating that you have to agree with every opinion I, or anyone else for that matter, may have. Offering opposing views ensures that the media is not skewed in any particular direction and ensures a good balance of opinions. However, if your hatred for me gets in the way of contributing to society and only proliferates hate, destruction, and negativity, then I’m simply not going to display it.

It’s so easy for people to hide behind their computer monitors and spout hateful and hurtful garbage pretending that everyone wants to hear their noise. Please try to remember that there is a human face behind everything and perhaps then there will be much less discord in the virtual world.

I’ve been asked about Orion a couple of times. The general answer that I give people is “I figured that if I had to create a boyfriend, I might as well create for myself a Greek God in the process.” This is why he’s a StarMan.

I recently had a dear friend of mine call me on my generalized answer. He said, “I always assumed that he was just a representation of your soul mate that’s out there.”

Dammit, I’ve been found out.

Yes, I’ve always considered myself “sensitive” to the everyday unseen forces around us. I’ve had dreams that come true, daydreams of things that actually happened in the past (without previous inklings), I’ve seen apparitions of sorts, and people have heard my voice before I opened my mouth to say something from 1500 miles away. I can’t explain these things, I do not claim to be psychic, I just acknowledge that these things happen (and usually have a connection down the road). I am spiritual by nature.

I really did (still do) talk to the constellation Orion as a child. He seemed like a real person up in the sky. I had dreams of a lifetime companion that was always there (I still have dreams of him, in fact). I took the traits of dream boy and made them the face of my favourite constellation. That made him real to me. If Orion really is out there, I haven’t found him (yet). I hope that one day, when it’s time, I will. Until then, I still have my imaginary boyfriend… In my head… And always with me.