Careful what we post…

It appears that I'm not the only Missourian that made a trip across to Europe recently that's making waves here. Granted, I'm here on a visa and did so willingly, and these waves are being exemplified by way of my interview this week being re-published in The Romney Marsh Times, which serves the Shepway and surrounding areas of Kent. (Many cheers to Andy and his publication for providing that opportunity.)

However, a family from O'Fallon, outside St. Charles (which is outside St. Louis), found out two weeks ago that their Christmas photo was purloined by a Prague grocer and plastered across the city. A friend of the family living in Prague tipped off the family. The store, Grazie, which specializes in importing Italian and other European foods, quickly apologised to the family and offered to send them a sampling of their products. Meanwhile, the Smith family (who already have a name for themselves on the blogosphere with extraordinarymommy.com, are taking efforts to make sure it doesn't happen to them again. You can read her take on it here.

Just shows how we should be careful what we post. (*mutters to the side about those fanfics from 10 years ago.)

And on a more disheartening note, The Times of London reports that the accused 88-year-old gunmen who shot at two security guards at the National Holocaust Museum in Washington yesterday, killing one of them, attended meetings of Virginians sympathetic to the British National Party. This revelation comes on the heels of the BNP gaining two seats on the European Parliament in Brussels and/or Strasbourg. However, this group of US sympathisers has since disbanded. Apparently the BNP isn't as anti-Semitic as its one-time symphatisers.