WordHurdle

"Good enough" parenting vs. hyperparenting

Today Zach was diagnosed with strep.  It's the 2nd Vaughan strep casualty of the season so far.  But Zach's documentation said strep and "scarlet fever", which sounded ominous.  I did a little WebMD search and came up with the fact that scarlet fever is just strep with a rash.  No biggie.

Having solved the crisis, I clicked on another link at WebMD. From there, I read an article, which led me to Google something, which led me to this blog article titled "The Good-Enough Mother".

Seriously -- don't ask me how I ended up at MommyBloggers.com, but this article really struck a chord with me.  It contrasts "hyperparenting" and "attachment parenting" with "good enough" parenting.  I'm not saying it's the gospel truth, but this mom has a point, and it's worth a read if you're a parent, especially if you're not a perfect parent.

Trailer for the new Star Trek movie

In the way of Batman Begins, Star Trek is getting a facelift, and the trailer was released yesterday.  It has action, it has adventure, it has emotion, romance and apparently a little time between the sheets with Kirk and Uhura.  It gives insights into the younger Kirk and Spock and the coming together of the Enterprise crew.  And J. J. Abrams is directing it.  I could get into this.  The UK's Mail Online tears apart the trailer and tells us what we're seeing.

Mad soccer skills from a 6 year old

Obama flips the bird unconsciously at his opponent? TWICE?

This morning, the Drudge Report is linking to a YouTube video of Obama congratulating McCain for a hard fought battle.  But in the midst of the congratulation, he wipes his mouth 3 times, first with his forefinger, then with his thumb, and the last time with his middle finger.  So, looking at it one way, as he's in the middle of congratulating his opponent, it looks like he flips McCain the "bird".

Here's the clip:

If anything, it's hard to believe he would do that intentionally so publicly, so you want to think it's subconscious or just coincidence.  But YouTube's "related videos" column makes you begin to question that.  Below is a video from a North Carolina speech during the primaries during which Obama, slightly irritated, is discussing Hillary Clinton.  This one looks even more subconscious or inadvertent, but this version of the video has a slow-motion that notes the responses from audience members who seem to immediately notice that it looks like he just "flipped the bird" to Clinton while talking about her.

You've got to wonder what's going on here when it's happened in 2 different speeches at the exact moment when he's referring to his opponent.  Is it intentional?  Is it coincidence?  Is it subconscious?  How strange!