Blog Notes and Torrents of Spam

No, not the slimy pink meat product. The comment spam I get on this blog. Seriously people, like over 100 spam comments per day. Many are filtered by my comment moderation program, but many slip through and I have to delete them. It’s SO annoying.

Blogging may be light over the next few days because I am taking care of my 2-month old nephew. So I’ll be a Mom of three for the next four days! I’m going to try to blog my adventure, but I can’t promise anything.

For now, I’ll leave you with a few undeveloped ideas that I plan to write more about in the future. I have a slew of posts in draft mode and I thought it might be fun to let you guys vote on what you’d like to see first. Or perhaps I am deluding myself into thinking that I have oh so many blog readers that actually care what I have to say…?

1. Liberty’s Kids. I get all kindsa crazy when I see how our young people are being taught historically inaccurate information. I’ve watched this show for several years and have repeatedly noticed how they subtly change the facts of history. In one episode, Shays is rallying other distraught farmers to storm the courthouse and James stops him and says “Are you talking about rising up against your own government?” Shays responds that yes, it must be done. In the end, James implies that his article for the newspaper helped prevent an armed uprising and avert a violent clash. The story is left at that. I understand the need to soften some historical events for the 3-5 yr olds that watch these PBS shows, but softening should not mean changing the facts. There was indeed an uprising - several in fact - and the rebels led by Shays were actually captured and sentenced to death, although later pardoned.

2. Do they really outperform? Why is the effectiveness of an education system gauged by standardized testing? So often we hear, “Students in country X outperform students in America.” How does the ability to score higher on a standardized test reflect whether children are “better educated?” I excelled at test-taking. Then promptly forgot every damn thing on the test. I consider myself woefully lacking in some knowledge simply because I was never taught in the context of the real world. I was just taught what facts to remember to get a good grade.

3. Save the wealthy, the poor can go to hell. PHAT Daddy has to read Church Business magazine for business purposes and he came across this article on targeting the right people in the congregation to get bigger donations. The church suggests that people should live humbly, but the church itself wants to be rich in order to spread the word and save more souls. Maybe I should solicit money to spread the word about homeschooling? I think homeschooling could save the world.

4. The one-comment stand. Blogging is a lot like dating. And when people don’t return to your blog, well, maybe “they’re just not that into you.”

So there you have it. The random musings of PHAT Mommy’s brain. Out of these four topics, what do you want me to write about first?