Prohibit Hanzel from Breadcrumbing Gretel

Oh goody, the latest internet bill has come up! The Social Networking Prohibition Act - I guess they chose the name because prohibition has always worked so well in the past. It's a tamer version of a Georgia bill - SB 59 - which states that the owners of said social networking sites cannot legally allow a minor to sign up from a protected computer. What's a protected computer you ask? Any computer within the great State of Georgia yee haw. Now since this isn't a federal bill, I'm unsure of how an owner in New York can be prosecuted for it. I'm also confused as to who will be monitoring all the Georgia computers to make sure no minors sign up. It's a good thing minors don't know how to lie about their age online.

Here's the bill http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/fulltext/sb59.htm

OK, so here's my defense of public computers being used for mysp - I mean social networking sites. Information literacy is crucial to a comfy lifestyle, right? I mean, schools, colleges and professional workplaces demand a certain level of information literacy. Where's the one place you can utilize and practice these skills - such as, typing, uploading files, manipulating images, searching, managing simple webdesign, etc.? And where's the two places a child without a computer at home can access this - dare I use the word - tool? Ummmmm

I can see the concern and how, on the surface, it doesn't seem like Jenny Stupid Teenager posting pictures of her staining little Betty Hoeface's tennis shoes with cool aid vodka puke is a good thing but if we accept the idea of play as learning in children then we should assume that the same should be true of adolescents or even adults.

It is the responsibility of the parent to try and keep their children safe. Knowing what their child is doing at the library or at home is just a part of good parenting. And accepting that they probably don't know the half of it but that there's a fairly good chance the teenager will see adulthood is part of it too. I really feel for the children who become victims and I would hope to god that Fox would never have anything horrible happen to him - I just don't get how shutting down sites will shut down perverts. If nothing else, I see it widening the cutely termed information divide.

Most recent life lesson - Seasonal Candy

t's getting to be the rainy season in Georgia so I'm drinking tea with my montydog at my feet. It's a very domesticated scene, I'm telling you. I want to talk about two subjects. 1. Seasonal Candy and 2. AI

I did want to post a power point on Seasonal Candy but can't figure out how to do that. Basically, there are four prime points in the year. You have your Halloween - which is sort of meh because it generally consists of regular candy made up to look like seasonal candy. But an m & m with a pumpkin face is still a candy shell covered chocolate.

Then, you have Christmas which I tend to skip for homemade goodies which always ALWAYS top seasonal (with the exception of the greatest seasonal confection ever which we'll get to later).

Next, is Valentine's. God bless this saint. I love conversational hearts. All kinds, the sour ones, the chalky ones, the big chewy ones. And I don't care what anyone says, typing messages on candy - is clever.

Finally, comes the crux of the seasonal candy, um, season? Easter. This brings mini-eggs which one might argue is simply a Wopper but you are wrong. The added shell and cute suggestion that you are munching on baby robins roots it firmly in a seperate catagory. Then, the various forms of chocolate bunny, including my favorite, the white chocolate bunny. Have we mentioned Peeps yet? Mmmm, peeeeeppps. And finally, we come it. The jesus of seasonal candy - the Cadbury Egg. Is there anything better in the world??? It also has great commercials! A bonus!

Something is a bit amiss this year though. Danny got his first cadbury of the season when we noticed...it is much smaller than usual. What the fuck cadbury? I'm going to do a bit more research but this could warrent an angry letter. You should have at least a small stomache if not a full blown sugar meltdown after eating one of these and that tiny little shit egg seemed quite manageable.