Let me first say that I love Heather and would not go a week without her column. Sometimes she's a little late on some shows - my wife really could of used the Boateng "thumbs down" last week before she wasted an hour of her life. "Unwatchable," she said...

All things considered, the "quiz" smacks of 2 things I don't care for in my entertainment writing: Sophomoricality and Filler. The multiple choice quiz is something I'd expect to see in "Parade" or "Seventeen" and isn't something I've attempted since my college "humor" rag days.

It isn't funny, re-hashes what you've already said in sentence form, and (like the LW who started the complaint) warrants an immeadiate scroll-down and "Letters" click. If you've run out of things to say, HH, just finish. The half page of quiz-ology (where's the key, BTW, or ratings system - how will I know if my SO and I are compatible without a key!?!?) is a waste of time. Are 2 more paragraphs on ANYTHING (e.g., Kathy Griffin, Real World Hurricane, Celebrity Poker) that hard to type? There's a "summer" season for a reason, you know?

Couldn't you just add a few more refs, something like our NFL sideline refs?. It seems absurd to me that an official would have to run down the field to see an offsides when adding 2-3 sideline only refs could easily alleviate this problem. At least on a professional league basis...

1: The defintion of a sycophant is "a servile self-seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people". Now I'm not sure how influential TT is, but I'm sure the most one could get out being a TT sycophant is maybe a favorable email or a book signed. Most self-seekers would probably need more to justify their sycophancy - think 50 Cent's entourage or Dick Cheney's staff - not fans of a comic.

We're all impressed by big words here - just try to use them correctly.

2: I was with you until you brought up Springsteen. That shit has sucked since Reagan, dude. Reliably sucked...

5 to 1 odds on Stephanie Zacharek not liking "Snakes" and possibly getting a character's name wrong! Any takers?!?

They should have Heather Havrilesky slum for one week and review it instead of Zacharek. Heather knows cheese. Beautiful, delicious, unnatural, drippy cheese!

Volumes have been written over the ages trying to figure out why humans love crap. We'll be trying to figure out Dubya for decades to come!

On a lighter note, I believe the "Grammar Nazi" was a sly reference to the "Soup Nazi" of Sienfeld fame. People should really be up to date on their pop cultural references before they start criticizing articles about pop culture.

"Snakes on a Plane" article, complaining that TT didn't like debate and had the editors shut down the "Letters" section.

Umm, yea dude, sometimes the availability of the "Letters" section is a bit delayed after the posting of the actual article. No, the letters section is not being shut down due to your unwavering diligence. As a matter of fact, unless you're a paying member, Salon makes money every time you click over to complain. So I'm pretty sure they love you and your trumped up "controversy"!

says bravo... as he logs another entry in the "These people are so lame... but not lame enough to ignore!" war that is the lifeblood of the internets.

Hey Bravo: Try subscribing; otherwise your just making Salon more money when you click-thru to check who has responded to your lame letters about our lame letters. It's all rather lame, isn't it?

SNAKES ON A PLANE!!!!!!!

Today in France, a country known mostly for cheese, fancy sparkling wine and rudeness, a large group of men rode bicycles for a few miles. Some of it was through wooded areas. Other parts were uphill. None of these men were named Lance Armstrong.

At the end of said miles, one man had done it faster than everyone else. He gets to wear a special shirt. This guy was not named Lance Armstrong and has not overcome cancer.

Another guy, not necessarily the guy who won today, has the lowest amount of overall time. At the end of the 20 or so little races, the guy who has the least time overall will win. This guy will not be Lance Armstrong, has not overcome cancer and has about 5 more wins in this particular race (preferrably consecutively) before he's a household name.

Stay tuned for the Non-Armstrong winner to be announced later on. Bicycle racing: Alot like car racing except not as fast and the crashes are less spectacular.

P.S. Edwardo should come out to Chicago (its a short drive from Indiana). We have a really nice bike path along Lake Michigan where you could see guys who also take themselves way to seriously AND wear those tight shorts. Sometimes they run into each other, too!

http://www.olntv.com/tdf/

http://www.bicycling.com/tourdefrance/

http://www.tdfblog.com/

The Tour Blog had this interesting piece:

"For the first 16 days of the Tour, 23 percent fewer French viewers watched each stage, while in Germany, viewing fell by 43 percent. France in particular has had an outstanding Tour, with 3 stage winners, 2 riders in the top 10, and a remarkable race by French team AG2R. Of course, both countries had teams that went deep into the World Cup, compounding whatever fall-off may have resulted from Operación Puerto."

So even the Frogs aren't watching? The Tour deserves a paragraph (maybe two) from King. When its over.

Please STFU now...