Just reached 1,000 visitors today since I moved my blog to WordPress.com on June 3rd. Doing a little basic math, that averages out to 125 visitors a week, about 18 visitors a day.
For me, that’s a lot of visitors in a short period of time. I started blogging about political stupidity on February 3rd 2007 at http://hellbroadcast.blogspot.com. Between February 3rd and June 3rd I had 402 visitors at HellBroadCast. Some more basic math: about 24 visitors a week, some 3.4 visitors a day.
I don’t know what’s changed. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining about the growth in visitors. I’m ecstatic. But anyhow, my content has remained the same, the topic is the same, the writer has remained the same. The only things that have changed are the name, the domain, and the address.
I haven’t spent all week waiting for my blog stats to hit 1,000 visitors. Or just sitting at work. I did actually get around to finishing two posts on stupidity, which really is the theme here, isn’t it… Surprisingly, this week wasn’t on political or governmental issues. Not even on terrorism or George Bush. This week, I touched upon failings in education.
No, I’m not directly attacking the United States’ public school system, nor am I blasting the Department of Education. There are just too many factors which contribute to my first topic: 1 in 5 Americans believe the Sun revolves around the Earth and a few other idiocities.
20% of Americans allegedly believe this. Now it’s your turn to do the math. If there are some 300 million Americans, 20% is a whopping number of people…
We’re talking about failures in common sense here. For a quick rundown of contributing factors, let’s say Religion, Family, and Media.
I won’t launch off into greater discussion on the contributing factors. But I would want to hear your opinions on it! Read the post I wrote and drop some comments in my direction.
Moving on, my other post of the week, also related to school, was not on education per say, but on the learning environment that atleast one school in America has brought upon it’s kids: a middle school in Virginia has issued a “NO TOUCHING” policy at the school.
There’s too much to write here on the matter so have a read through the post and share your thoughts.
And here’s the link to the two posts of the week:
Stupidity Is All Around You
No Physical Contact In School? Huh?
And now for something else. Namely, Existential Questions.
At http://existentialquestions.wordpress.com, I’ve started a communal look into existential questions about the world we inhabit and the issues we face during our lives.
I invite all of you to participate in the discussions at the website and/or the Facebook group for the site.
Although only about a month or so old, many people have shared their opinions and thoughts on the issues we already have posted. Here’s a list of the issues we’re discussing right now:
Abortion
If Religion Matters Anymore
The Soul
Greatest Concepts
Extraterrestial Life
Perceptions of Heaven
Perceptions of Hell
Stem Cell Research
Creation vs Evolution
The Meaning of Life
Phobias and Fears
The U.S. 2008 Presidential Elections
(If any of the links don’t work right now, they will soon…)
You can see all the ongoing discussions and the polls from the links at the top panel of the website.
So go have a look, find out what it’s about, and share your thoughts, either by commenting on the topics below the posts or by sending us email with the contact form.
As a final thought, the extensive post I’m working on about the Transportation Security Administration is getting out of control… But I’ll remain strong and try to get it done. Everyday there are people searching for information on the TSA, and I want to give people what they want. Stay tuned!
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