Another WTF Wednesday

For one reason or another I seem to find myself ranting on Wednesdays and letting off steam about some WTF moments in my life. But as I sat down to write my post this morning I found myself in the unusual and unfamiliar situation with nothing to complain about! I woke up in a very good mood, the Husband has the day off and we have a great day planned, and no one in the media has crawled under my skin this week. But last night I was watching the news and at one point during the story I remember thinking “If I was in that situation and that happened to me I would be like - WTF!” So today I will speak on behalf of those I feel deserve some attention and some empathy on this WTF Wednesday.

Kate Gosselin
I am a big fan of the show Jon & Kate Plus 8 . I can not imagine what the strain of having eight kids under the age of eight would do to your marriage, and I’ll be the first to say that Kate uses the same tone of voice with Jon as she does with the kids (not a good idea), but none of that excuses cheating on your wife. And we really don’t know if he did or did not cheat. But regardless, he was photographed out with another woman and the implication and embarrassment is there no matter what. You KNOW Kate had a big fat WTF and a whole lot more to say when Jon came home.



The Flu
I have been really irritated with the media coverage of the Swine Flu but couldn't put my finger on the exact reason why. Then I saw Bill Maher the other night and he hit the nail right on the head. I respect the concern for this new strain of flu but the regular flu – or "Flu Flu" as Maher calls it – scares me far worse that the Swine Flu. It’s been kicking our butts for years and along comes this new Swine Flu and it gets more media attention than Paris Hilton. Not only should the Flu Flu be asking WTF but several other serious infectious disease should be insanely jealous and pissed off at their lack of air time after all of the havoc they have caused. (Warning, Bill Maher type language in this clip)




Elizabeth Edwards
She’s all over the press this week and has got the big interview with Oprah today to promote her new book Resilience. I have not read the book but by the title you can infer that she is one strong woman despite some hard times. Her oldest son was killed in 1996 in a car accident. In 2004 she was diagnosed with breast cancer, which she battled fiercely only to have it return and spread further in 2007. She is married to a man who has not aged in the last 25 years and so she looks more like his mother than his wife standing next to him. Despite that cruel superficial twist they always seemed like a very happy couple, until the news broke that John Edwards had an affair with a campaign worker and is rumored to have fathered a child with the woman. Adding the salt to wound, the affair occurred after Elizabeth's cancer diagnosis. Clearly this she not the type of person who sits around “why me”, but even the strongest woman at some point has got to say “WTF”! So I say it for her today. And if I ever met John Edwards I certainly would say it to him, right after I kicked him in the shins.