Yeah, that

Blogs like this one are the reason I want to be a parent. It's entertaining to read the blogs about stress and the funny stuff kids do, but my absolute favorites are the ones where parents just talk about the kind of people their kids are.

I've always wanted to hear what people (not just my parents) say about me rather than to me. Even when someone's giving you a compliment, there's a bit of skew in the message because they're talking to you rather than to someone else. So when other parents talk about their kids in ways that their kids aren't really reading, I just find it fascinating.

Let the good times (and pornbots) roll

One reader, whose feedback I enjoy, wondered generally on her own blog why some of us lock down our comment section with Captcha and moderation. Frankly for me, it's because my other blog receives a lot of comment spam from pornbots and viagrabots and dontspeakenglishbots. I figured that since Blogger is run by Google, and I don't view Google as a very security-minded company, the spamination would be orders of magnitude worse over here, and I've only got so much time in the day.

But in deference to those with more experience on Blogger, and because like any blogger I love getting feedback, I'll go ahead and ease up on the reins a bit and see where it gets me. Just don't blame me if the comments someday show acts that make you wonder "how is that even possible?!?!" I'll try to stay ahead of them, of course, but this is the internet. It's a petri dish for malcontents and misanthropes.