Where There's Smoke...

Scandal in a small town is like a grass fire out of control; the smoke is everywhere and those that like a good fire are sorry when it gets put out. Our small Kansas town has had it's share of scandals lately, but the one that has all the gossip-mongers in ecstasy has to do with a young woman (over18) working at the high school and a male student (under18)...enough said. This young woman's situation is, to say the least, very sad. She is looking at real jail time, her family, her husband's family (yes, she was newly married in September) and the boy's family have been humiliated, and it's not over yet. It's really just getting started. 

The truly interesting thing, though, is that in this age of the internet and instantly available information, our little community has embraced the technological age and all of the current gossip is now online. The local radio station has a 'local news' page (I use the term news here, loosely) and everybody is posting their little hearts out. The station posts a news blurb, usually from the local newspaper's site, and then the 'community' posts comments. But, members can also start their own threads. That should terrify everyone, in my opinion, and not just because it shows that illiteracy is a problem here. While the biggest problem is the lack of facts, it is rather painful to read some of those posts. Kind of like listening to someone play the violin who doesn't know how. Back to the point; the potential for spiteful revenge should have us all concerned. There is a disclaimer down at the bottom in very small font and included in that is an admonishment to be polite, and it also states that comments may be deleted by the moderator, but I don't see a moderator anywhere. Yikes! I saw several comments that should have been deleted...

Monday was ca-razy! Both my boys had ball games; T-Ball at 7 pm & Baseball at 7:45. Every Monday is going to be like that for the next 5 weeks. The T-ball game was a lot of fun. The other team was a hoot to watch because every time one of our kids hit the ball, every kid on the field would run after the ball. It was swarm intelligence, lol. All of these little guys in orange shirts running after the ball would have looked like a swarm of insects if seen from above at a considerable distance. Or maybe an orange school of sardines, hee hee. Tucker's baseball team won their game, and this year he is in the Cal Ripkin League, so they are sponsored by local businesses. That means that when they win, they get to go to the local restaurant they are being sponsored by and get free ice cream. Which makes me wonder what the kids who are being sponsored by the other funeral home in town get when they win??  Think about that!  Ha!