I am the Editor of your Open Salon, who brought you out of the land of Blogspot, out of the house of anonymity;

1.)  Thou shalt not have any other blogs before me.

2.) Thou shalt not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of any trinket that can be produced on the Zazzle above, or that can be resold on the Ebay beneath, or that is listed on the Amazon as well as the Ebay.  Thou shalt not infringe thy Salon copyright or resell thy logo; for I the Editor of your Open Salon am a jealous Editor, punishing bootleggers for the iniquity of their copyright infringements, to the third and the fourth generation of those who violate my copyright, but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who ask for express written consent and tithe thy royalties unto me.

3.)  Thou shalt not take the name of the Editor of your Open Salon in vain, for thy Editor shalt not grant a cover to anyone who misuses his name. 

4.) Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy. For six days thou shall blog and do all thy research. But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Editor of your Open Salon; thou shalt not do any blogging. For in six days the Editor made headers and RSS feeds, wrote the Open Salon code, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Editor blessed the Sabbath day and consecrated it.

5.)  Honor thy Father Salon and thy 1_Irritated_Mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Editor of your Open Salon is giving you.

6.)  Thou shalt not kill thy Editor's time with blogs exceeding 1000 words.

7.)  Thou shalt not commit adultery with Slate.com.

8.)  Thou shalt not steal covers by posting on the pet topics of favored bloggers.

9.)  Thou shalt not bear false sources against thy neighbor's blog.

10.) Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s blog; thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s cover story, or Editor's Pick, or rating, or comment, or any views that belong to your neighbor.