In Praise of the Ghost

Check out this article from my hometown of Garner, NC. Finally, something happened in Garner!

There are some sweet quotes within, like this: "Fears that the vandalism is being seen by others as a blow to Garner's dignity." And ""It's an eyesore," Binns said. "It detracts from the community."

Um, no, it'd be pretty hard to detract from our humble community, we of the main roads through town that haven't been paved since the Hoover administration, we of the low test scores and corrupt lunch ladies (seriously, we had this cabal of lunch ladies who stole like a million dollars from the high school), we of the mailman mayor in drag, we of "we're just like Cary, except we're poorer and we have crime!", we of nary a bookstore in sight in a town of 20,000, we of...you get the picture. No, this doesn't detract at all. Anything that adds a little cachet, whenever someone actually does something unique and interesting in our town, even if it's a little bit illegal (c'mon, we're not talking about a serial killer here - though that would be much cooler) I say it's ok. It's better than ok. It's welcome.

Graffitti on, Ghost.