I hope you've realized by now how funny this is. This woman could have just tossed to stick into her own trash, yet she went to all the trouble to walk the stupid thing 4 houses away to prove some petty point. What a nut! And she pulled you in! Please take the high road. It's for your own sake, not hers. You don't want to be the kind of miserable human being that takes a simple stick and blows it up into That Evil Stick Which Clutters the Yard of My Soul, right? What a horrible life. Throw the stupid thing away and be glad you don't have to be her.

Does anyone else wonder (or should I even wonder?) if this is where Tina Fey got the idea for MILF Island?

I fear it may have been the other way around. Yes, someone was watching 30 Rock and when a MILF Island clip appeared, that someone said "hmm, you know, this isn't a bad idea at all!" I think I may be sick.

Wonderful review though, as usual.

That is, if we stay on the "market-driven" road we're on, all this life-extending, anti-aging healthcare will be accessible only to the wealthy. Death (from old age at least) would be for the poor, while the wealthy could live on and on and on.

That is a sickening thought. How much value does anyone think poor people will have in a world where they're wearing out, 2, 3, 4, or more times faster than their wealthier counterparts?

Yelling: you can get mad without hollering like a fishwife. You might think it makes you sound big and intimidating. In reality it makes you sound like an out-of-control idiot. Leave a camcorder pointed at your kitchen or living room for a couple of days, then play it back to yourself and get a load of how you look and sound. Not like a rational, respectable person, I promise you.

Locking her out of her house: yes, it is HER house too. Figure out some way for her to have responsible supervision at home, make her come hang out at your work with you for a couple of hours after school, or make her get a job or some kind of after-school activity where you can confirm that she is there every day that no one is around to be home with her. Stick around on the weekends too, or take her places you're going. I do not understand why you think locking her out of the family home is a good idea. You have no idea where she might go and who she might be with, and you've taken away one safety net she might have if she wants to get away from a situation that makes her uncomfortable. Most irresponsible damned thing I ever heard. She's your kid, she has a right to the security of her own home.

Now please watch Kiwi at my signature link. Kiwi is fantastic.

What's the problem? Can nobody recognize dystopias anymore, or has everyone gotten so precious and emotionally sensitive these days that they have to hide under the bed from them before they can get the point? Yes, the people at the Dollhouse are kind of likeable people sometimes. But even comics and cartoons rarely use Snidely Whiplash cackling villains anymore.

Seriously, am I just watching a totally different show from everyone else? The reviews I've read addressing the moral issues have just floored me with their total lack of sophistication.

What do you tell your daughter about why she isn't supposed to pick at her nose or buttcrack out in front of people? You could probably tell her the same thing about her vagina. It's another one of those "bad manners" things.

Of course she'll still ask why, because that's what kids that age do.

Certainly a lot of what she had to say about what she went through the first 8 months of her marriage sounds immature and ridiculous, BUT

Most of it happened in her head. The rehearsed speech to her parents happened IN HER HEAD.

You people know that things that only happen in your head are not real, right?

Real things happen outside people's heads, where they can be (theoretically) experienced by other people too. Outside your head, they matter. Literally, matter. Get it?

In the head = not real, doesn't matter.

Out here where everyone gets to play = real. Does matter.

In less than a year, out here in the world where it matters, the writer managed to pull it together with her husband and solve some very real compatibility problems. I know people that couldn't manage to solve pettier, simpler problems in eight years. She had some immature and irresponsible thoughts and fantasies along the way, but she kicked them aside and got over them. She's a good lady.

Something similar anyway. It was called "Area Man Has Naked Lady Fetish". I thought this was funny too.

Also, Cary? I love you. Many things you've written have been of great value to me. But I think you are burning out. It's OK; it happens to most people at some point. I haven't a clue how Ann Landers, et al kept up this racket for as long as they did. But maybe it's time for you to explore some of your "someday I'm gonna"s? Seriously, you'll be a new man for it and I've no doubt we'll all enjoy whatever you come back to share!

In which maybe we acquire enough maturity to be able to work with people on critical issues about which we agree, instead of turning up our noses at them because they don't agree with us about everything. Who knows? Maybe we'll get enough numbers to start WINNING again?