And I admit that the picture IS amazingly powerful — like I said, I got a lump in my throat when I saw it at work. That said, I’ve scrolled quickly past each time I’ve come back to the site today, cause I don’t particularly want to see it again, and I think of what if that was my son and I had to make that choice and-and-and…wow, is it a little dusty in here or is just me?

I guess what I’m saying is, I’m able to appreciate it on an artistic and human interest level, on a personal level it gives me the heebie-jeebies and it’s not something I’d usually elect to click through to.

Prepping the baby name contest entries takes an insane amount of time (finding/resizing photos, finding links, editing submissions for readability, etc.). So I rifled through the top of my recent bookmarks and compiled a few pertinent news links.

I wouldn’t know if this story was covered on CNN, MSNBC, Fox, etc. because I stopped watching them last year due to their political-corporate bias and emphasis on entertainment over serious news. My primary reading for national and international news is Reuters and the BBC. So on news stories, I sometimes risk writing about something that pop media consumers have already been inundated by.

What drew me to the baby story was that, after the news broke a few days ago, the uncle’s story popped up. It interested me to think about being in that situation and having to let go of the baby and hope for the best.

Regarding meh, eh, maybe the contest submissions aren’t captivating either if you’re not trying to name a baby boy; I don’t know.

There is an awful lot of material I find that I don’t write about because I feel it’s not substantive enough to warrant people visiting Thingamababy to read. So I take your quality concerns to heart.

It’s entirely possible that I’ve turned into a giant wuss as a dad and I’m way off base here, so I’ll be glad to take my comment and shove it. I just know that it was a surprise to find this on Thingamababy rather than MSNBC or CNN.