Throw away post: And what do you think about Balloon Boy?
I caught a bit of the drama yesterday; and, this morning I learned of the huge controversy about whether Falcon's (who would do that to a kid) parents staged the "tragedy."
I don't care too much either way. I do feel a bit tainted by having read the "Entertainment" section of CNN.com to get what I know about this national obsession.
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On the news tonight the sheriff said that this was "an unusual family" so nothing would surprise me.
This kind of story is one of the many reasons that I hate TV news and refuse to watch it.
well balloon boy interfered with me watching the weather channel before I ran down to get the girls. I had no idea what I was going to run into because TWC was broadcasting it like they were CNN... and why... because it was a retired weather chasers son? blech. Glad the boy is OK.
This was on the TV in the bank when I stopped in Friday afternoon -- and when I stopped by the drugstore that evening to pick up a prescription the pharmacist was talking about it. I was able to fill him in about the kid being found in the garage attic.
Now they're saying it's all been a hoax... which it may have been... but the behavior exhibited by the kid is very typical and instinctive: When kids do something that they think will get themselves in Big Trouble they run away and hide. Thus, accidentally launch a balloon and run and hide in the garage.
Or -- and I had a case like this many years ago -- two little kids -- something on the order of five and six -- accidentally set the curtains on fire while using a lighter to spy for Christmas gifts.
Mom had left that at home... alone... for just a few minutes while she went to pick up their big sister from church. A 10 minute roundtrip... tops.
But the fire sucked all the oxygen up in the well-constructed suburban house. It was out in just a couple of minutes: The Christmas tree started to burn and stopped. The wallpaper burned.
The little kids were found, hiding, under a bed in their room.
Both very dead.
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