Today a Woman Went Mad on Facebook

 She was a Maplewood Mom, and she wanted to complain about our schools.

Many other Moms pounced. "You want to go after our over-worked school employees? Martyrs--every one of them!"

This became a kind of rallying cry: "LET'S HEAR IT FOR SCHOOL-WORKERS! LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR THE MAPLEWOOD EDUCATORS!!!!"

"My child's teacher is THE BEST!!!!!"

"Oh my God, Ms. F-- at Jefferson is LITERALLY a saint!"

(Curiously, school-workers seemed not to see these fulsome messages--or seemed to greet the messages with silence.)

Then someone wrote in search of a budding entrepreneur who could make a "smash cake." 

The "official" local baker wouldn't accept the task. 

But then *another* Mom said that the local baker *would* construct a smash cake--on the down-low. You won't see the service listed on the bakery website. However....if you ask nicely.....

And I found myself Googling "smash cake."

This is my life.....