"Every day I witness the recovery of formerly hopeless people like you and I."

Should have been:

"Every day I witness the recovery of formerly hopeless people like you and me."

But so what? Cary got his point across. If he had said it out loud in casual conversation, he would have been understood. Maybe he even typed in in correctly and some naif junior editor made the change without thinking.

I think this is the most beautiful and truthful response of Cary's that I have ever read.

LW- I am sure you weren't expecting that response, but I hope you wil take it to heart. I think it would be a great favor to your 16 year old who no doubt has already seen his share of uncertainty and unpredictability in his life.

Waiting is good for the other children too. Toddlers are far too young to live on the water. Do you expect to have them in life preservers every waking (and sleeping) moment of their lives? What if they wander off momentarily? The drowning hazard is too great.

LW- you are a good person for being a parent to these three young souls.

If you can find someone to care for the little ones during the weekends, it would be a great thing if you could spend some time each week doing renovations with your son. Ask him to compromise-- he helps you renovate and you agree not to uproot him before he finishes high school.

You can spend a lot of quality time together working on the boat, even if he isn't a big talker. Some types of communication is best left unspoken.

About 10 years ago, I remember Jay Mohr doing a stand-up comedy bit about being molested by a dolphin during a "swim with the dolpins" experience that made me spit out my beer.

I think this also was handled on "King of the Hill."

This letter is certainly a different spin. I think it DID happen-- I think the LW did get a minor, (as a opposed to raging) hard-on from seeing the dolphin show. But I think all the subsequent dramatic crap with his wife and winding up in a Motel 6 was bull caca.

I think sometimes life is a turn-on. You can be sexually aroused by things that seem to be not-erotic, but instead strike a chord within that resonates with the ideas of life, regeneration, energy, survival, fecundity, whatever.

So whatever, the guy got a woody. I knew a guy that would be turned on if the wind blew a little too hard.

Chances are, the way it actually happened, he needed a moment to recover after the show, and his wife glanced at his erection and made a snide joke if she was feeling mean-spirited toward him that day, or teased him more gently if they were actually friends.

Then the guy used the experience as dramatic fodder to embellish for this story.

Letter Writer-- you are an idiot.

Some of us, lacking true genius in any specific medium, become well-rounded individuals. That is a great source of anxiety in the decade between 20 and 30, when most geniuses make or have already made their mark.

Letter Writer, as a well-rounded individual, you are in good company and probably a delight to be with. Cycle through the various projects that make you happy, and sell some of your works at art and craft shows if you can afford the application fees and mileage.

As for your career, just find something with health care benefits and a high enough salary that you can pay the rent and a little extra for your art supplies.

Bar review is hell.

I can't imagine putting myself through it more than once. If you had taken the commercial course, you were probably the most prepared you ever were that first time you bailed at the last minute. I guess you just couldn't stand the nauseating, smothering sensation of impending doom for just a few more hours?

Why do you want to practice law? Because of your LSATs?

Your ability to score high on the LSAT has a negligible relationship with your capacity to practice law. Your procrastinating will have a direct and profoundly negative effect on your ability to practice law.

You can do many things with a law degree that have nothing to do with practicing law. I agree with Rayinkorea.

You would be a miserable attorney even if you didn't procrastinate and bail on things at the last minute. The fact that you do have these traits will make your professional life that much more miserable.

You must have a profound fear of failure-- that won't serve your psyche well in a profession where you aren't the final authority on what happens to your clients even when you are on the top of your professional game.

Your gut is trying to tell you something. Find something else to do with your life and realize that you dodged a bullet.

Do something that helps others, that makes you feel good (and earns you enough to make the minimum payment on your student loan debt, if you have saddled yourself with that additional burden).

I understand you and in some ways I envy you your freedom-- but not if you have a lot of student loan debt.

Good luck.

Ludicrous.

Also, Scientology is a dangerous ponzi scheme masquerading as a religion. Did not deserve mention in this article.