I feel dirty. Whilst having my bait at work last week there was a copy of the Sun lying around and I flicked through it. Knowing the editorial stance of the paper even the piece condoning waterboarding was hardly a surprise - although it does become quite comical when after picking sides they refuse to accept their man can ever do anything wrong and that those opposing his views are never right (a nice get out clause at the moment as negative news stories are Coalition policies not Conservative ones, hence the scrapping of the Child Trust Fund being accompanied by a photo of Nick Clegg. What bothered me was the accompanying article by Jane Moore where I detected some snide racism as she went off track to complain about chanting extremists outside a courtroom noting that two of the three men were called Mohammed and that this was now the most popular name in the UK for boys. I felt compelled to write a comment on their website concerning this and wondering as to the relevance of the name (the number of which had actually fallen) and pointing out that it smacked of incitement stirring up right wingers "Look at them coming over here, taking our names". Given that Phil Woolas has been suspended from Parliament and a by election called in his constituency for lying and using inciting language in his election literature I wondered what the difference between the rules for politicians and journalists was. Strangely enough they didn't post any of my comments and I'm left with the filthy stain of signing up to their website.
   On a positive note, yesterday Bethany took a couple of tentative steps causing much excitement after racing around with the walker she seems about ready for the next stage. However, the last few nights she hasn't been going to sleep, or dropping off only to wake a little later wanting to play. Teeth keep getting blamed and whilst they may well be a major cause she has also started putting her hand to her ear making us wonder if she has an infection - based solely on a doctor at Piper House asking if she had done that, indicating that it may be an ear infection. We had never noticed before but ever since when she does so we wonder if she may have an infection or is simply scratching.