The rules of sending mail and requests to Jerry Cooke:

1. If I don't know you and you feel the need to drop me an email, make it a little more interesting than "hey, what's up?" An introduction never sucks.

2. If I don't know you and you have nothing intelligent (or nice... or mean) to say about any of my galleries or images, move on to the next user who might have the time to delete your bonehead email about nothing.

3. If your profile photo is of a goth or emo or other rock star, we probably won't have anything to talk about until you grow up. Try me again then.

4. If every last photo you've ever posted on your account is of a goth or emo or other rock star or band, I'm not interested in adding you to my friends list, so don't even ask. You're already boring the shit out of me.

5. RE:RE:RE:RE:RE: messages waste my bloody time. Don't send them my way.

6. FWD:FWD:FWD:FWD: messages waste my bloody time too. Don't send them my way either.

7. If you have something genuinely original, interesting or funny, definitely feel free to point me to it.

8. Don't waste my time.

9. Repeat #8. Outloud.

Thanks for your time.