>So, you're agreeing with me: Some people would prefer to have no strip than to have a strip that they don't care for -- even if others do.<

Hey, no one is stopping Bachtell and Schlesinger from doing KOF on their own site--or you from checking it out to your heart's content. But people have every right to object to SALON and these two delivering a comic that is crap by even the most undemanding standards of 1) basic entertainment; 2) the comics field itself. In short, in a choice between getting crap and getting nothing, I'll take nothing any day. Why do you expect people to not only put up with entertainment that doesn't entertain, but like entertainment that doesn't entertain--especially if some of those people are paying good money for it?

...THE K CHRONICLES is consistently funny and thoughtful (and this week's installment is a standout.) As well, the guy behind TKC obviously cares about what he's doing and has respect for his readers' intellgence--two things KOF's creators sure don't. So, why should readers put up with the latter again?

a) Hate to tell you this, but a dismaying number of women don't live and die by whether they are "attractive" to men. Why? Because you guys can't even make up your own minds as to what attractive is. For a woman to try to please all of you--well, she'd have to 1) have no life; 2) be willing to go crazy trying to be all things for all of you.

b) Pant suits enable women to not have to deal with panty hose, which are always developing runs and usually a problem/distraction. But since all us women were put here only to please you despite their own comfort and efficiency, I wouldn't expect you to understand that rather simple concept.

Please. Her problem is is that she hates herself and her accomplishments because she thinks they keep her from being the "good little submissive and feminine Catholic wifey" that the successful men she wants to date are dumb enough to want. Result--she takes out her hatred on other achieving women. She's pulled this mess before on women like Michelle Obama and Howard Dean's wife, but Hillary is the most high-profile (and threatening) of the lot. Why Dowd hasn't figured yet that if a "successful" man is not worth having if he can't deal with your success remains a mystery. But she wouldn't be the first woman to sell out because she thinks that might give her a shot at being wifey someday...:P

1) If you use a bottle opener, opening a pickle jar is easy. For anyone...:)

2) If Novak is such an expert on single women, why isn't Oprah using her services instead of unleashing her on us? I'm sure PN would have a _lot_ to say about O's "emasculating" activities and all...:)

3) Playing helpless invariably attracts the kind of insecure, fucked-up guys who want doll-wives, not real women. And these kinds of guys are good for hating dependent women as much as they claim to want them. Why would such a guy be worth getting at all?

>I once dated a woman like this...

She expressed no opinions about movies, restaurants, etc., expecting me to be the MAN and make all the decisions myself. Of course, if I got the decision wrong, she'd sulk for the rest of the night.<

I've always wondered what happens when men who deal with women like this get sick of having to do all the heavy decision-lifting. :) Honestly, even the strongest man can't or doesn't want to do everything--and how realistic is it to expect him to be doing so 24/7?

>Maybe this stuff really works if you don't want anything more than a cave man. Just don't be surprised when he clubs a mammoth and expects you to cook it. If that's what it takes to make you feel feminine, be my guest.<

Yeah, if only those cave men and dumb women would hook up right off the bat and save the rest of us time and grief in dealing with them...;)

>Neither side should fret about not being needed. If you're together long enough, something is sure to come up and you'll get your chance to help out.<

Werd. Honestly, life doesn't lack for trouble or ample opportunities for either partner to step up to the plate. The important thing is being good partner and working as a team, not constantly "proving" you are sufficiently manly or womanly. If the latter is something a couple spends time constantly offering evidence for and tiptoeing around the "male ego" to prove, well, they've got worse problems than opening a pickle jar. :)

She and Aaron Sorkin could have married--then divorced. Which means we would now be condemmed to endless columns and screenplays (respectively) in which they both would bash insufficiently "womanly" women. Ugh.