I was invited to the group "I Grew Up in Wisconsin Rapids", and since, well, I DIDN'T, I grew up near Rudolph, I didn't instantly confirm the invite. I went to the site for the group to see if I should join or not. I read through the wall posts, saw that many things we remembered were still there, including "Mary" still delivering papers (who I can only assume is the pre-op MTF papergirl/woman, wonder if she is closer or further from the op) and a few other things that indicated that yeah, I can consider myself part of Rapids too.

Then I read further down and discovered that the place in America where a gas station accidentally misaligned a decimal point at a gas pump (an event that I didn't even notice) just so happened to be in my other hometown, Wisconsin Rapids. Someone posted an editorial about the hoopla that started. After giving an overview of the debate, the writer mentioned a number of moral dilemmas we face in the modern world, finally ending with a zinger