(sigh) Salon: stop unleasing your new interns to write fake troll letters just to spice the letters to the editor so we normal folk log more "hit" time. Those of us who have been around the block can smell a manufactured later from a Minnesota mile.

A big German bear hup to jjoanna for the recipe.

Garrison Keillor writes a column for Salon. This is not a blog.

I will be bold here and say that he is not interested in performing any acts of contrition for the opinions stated in his column last week. If you don't like him, don't read him. You will not be missed.

The writer and his wife live in a miniscule studio in Brooklyn-not a mansion in the Hamptons. This hardly qualifies him as a raving narcissist. As far as we know no children have been abandoned and his cat is not shivering under a bush in Prospect Park. If I was feeling peevish I would fault him for not taking his vacation in Florida where the economy is really sagging from the loss of tourist dollars. But I will not tread water in that pitty pot.

I hope this piece will get you more consulting work or even a travel writer gig with Lonely Planet.

I thought that was a bedrock value at Fox News. Taking a comment out of context and twisting it in to a self serving lie. Isn't that the definition of "spin?"

I've been happily married to a Brazilian man for over 10 years. Much has already been written re: the Latin/Brazilian awe but let me add to the drumbeat:

On the beaches of Barra in Salvador proud mounds of fleshy boudas swing languidly in the soft breeze almost as an afterthought. Their mysterious sexual power over the average Brazilian man is comical to watch.

When I was very sick a few year ago I lost almost 20 lbs-mostly in my behind. I am tall and long legged so the extra flesh was missed. It hurt to sit on a hard chair and long plane trips were excruciating. I am now back to my normal weight,butt, and energy level. I will never be buxom by N. American standards without scary surgery(no bags of salt water stapled to this chest). Regular exercise keeps the whole show firm enough to wear a bikini at the beach. Unless you are sick or injured there is no reason not to exercise. Even the Obamas get their time in.

It's not such a bad idea for some people to peel away from their screens every once and awhile. I never could wrap my brain around the need to blog every friggin' mood, thought and action in my life. I do enjoy reading other people's blogs.

It's taken me 10 months in Colorado to re-grown some manners.

Cropdusting: When a flight attendant has a gastrointestional compulsion to slowly stroll down the aisles, wearing a bemused smile. This need is usually signaled to a fellow attendant via the code words "cover my rows-I'm going to do a little crop dusting".

This interview brought me back to H.S. when I asked a girlfriend of mine what was it about having children that compelled her to be a parent.

Here response: "I want to see what they would look like."

..even the usual sourpusses couldn't inject their "Oh Grown Up!" whines in to this one.

Caringtoo-your letter was lovely. It speaks for so many of us 50s kids who remember.

..and I bet he's makes a great dinner guest. We ARE frightened of the wrong things. Thank, Bill for the reality check.

There are already enough divisions between the sexes -- do we really need to demand another?

No

Sigh. This is why I don't blog. Have we re-enrolled in high school?

"The most that any of the girls get down to is vintage lingerie, which is corsetry and stockings," Gale told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio on Friday. "It's not like we were doing full nudity and simulating sexual acts or anything like that."

"There was not even a midriff on display," she said.

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This sounds about as risque as a episode of "Deadwood" minus the profanity.

Let's all take a tip from our hot climate friends and get the wax. Here in S. Florida you can find a gentle Brazilian woman to do it quickly and efficiently in about 7 minutes and $30. Razors are for manly faces. Plus it lasts an entire month and your panties don't ride up. Unless you want them to....As the Brazilian say(I am translating poorly) oral sex without a decent wax it closer to flossing, not love making.

To reveal my bias on the get go, let me reveal that I work in the medical field with patients with Type II diabetes. Most would not have developed diabetes if they were of normal weight. Numb toes from neuropathies, constant monitoring of blood sugars, poor wound healing-not a walk in the park. My point? Obesity is not just an inconvenience, it is a medical condition that has been implicated in increasing susceptibility for a myriad of other illnesses. If you decide to go with this man, you might what to have a heart to heart with him re: wanting him to be healthy and around for a long,long time. Even a 5-7% weight loss would cut his risk of a cardiac event by 50%.

Thanks, Tobbar for putting to screen what I was thinking.

I thought the article was hilarious and right on target. The part about humping anything she could get her legs around -what a visual.

Great writing. Reminds me of Citra Wilson.