This article, based on four months of extensive research has convinced me of one thing - there must not be mcuh impropriety on the part of recent judicial appointees.

If you want to publish a thoughtful article on why it might not be a good idea for any judicial candidates to make political contributions regarldless of which party is in office, then write that. Not this.

We all need a little empty calories now and then. For me, the difference between The Fix and other gossip tidbits was the same as the difference between a box of chocolates and a bottle of Yoohoo. Neither gives me anything nutritionally and too much of either could rot my teeth if I'm not careful. But in the moment> The box of chocoates is WAY more satisfying.

There's a line in the Big Chill, when Mary Kay Place's single woman character bemoans the dating scene to Glenn Close's mostly happily married character with "I've gotten to the point where I can tell within the first five minutes of meeting someone whether there's anything there." That pretty much sums up how I feel about TV Shows, only it's more like five seconds. For example - seeing the premise of Traveler and learning what the guy's name is? Click.

Nothing personal, but your question regarding whether or not Lohan's Georgia Rule role sheds light on her personal life sounds manufactured. I assume we all noted the connection but other than a possible casting gimmick, what's there to wonder about?

Incidentally, I just saw this movie and found it to be strange and uncomfortable - and not in a good way. The Magic Gary Gloss, which paints a premise happier than it is, worked ok regarding the reality of prostitution (Pretty Woman) but did NOT work here. He was just not the right director for this project.

Also the script sounded like it was based on a series of topic sentences, with inadequate exposition.

Loved Fonda's performance, though, and agree wholeheartedly with your suggestion that she accept smaller, WORTHY roles.

I won't really be impressed until I see them purchasing canvas I'm Not A Plastic Trash Can Liners.

Tracy, Tracy, Tracy...

Were you having a difficult time coming up with an idea? I love your stuff but really - there was no article here.

My pattern is set. For about ninety minutes each morning, I sip coffee and surf whatever the web has to offer on a given day. Usually I skim, sometimes I read. Once in a great while I find something that not only engages, but speaks to a part of me that had been searching for that very thing.

Such was my reaction to the reader who wrote to Cary Tennis about feeding the homeless without interacting with them, and Cary's response. I have read it twice now, word for word, and am about to forward it to a few thousand of my closest friends.

Regardless of whether we judge the amount of "stuff" that we have to be a little or a lot, whenever we encounter one who has substantially less, I think there's a natural tendency to feel a pang of guilt. Or should be. Just a quick pang, a little reminder. Does it mean we should give away all of our "stuff" to someone who has none? I don't think so. At least not all of it, especially if we worked hard for it. Sharing part of it, however, seems to work well.

But the resultant disparity should also NOT be a reason to isolate and ignore, right? And I myself am struggling, so do I resent those with more? Not really but maybe deep down...Frankly, on my own - that's as far as I've gotten in thinking this through. That's about where my brain short circuits and I becomes subtlely overwhelmed with a lack of answers.

And that's the part of me that was touched by the column today. The honesty of the writer, and the depth of Tennis' response has filled in some important blanks for me. And I have a feeling I am not the only one. I thin many of us might find it to be a connecting piece in our individual journeys to find what fits, to feel comfortable in wherever we stand in the realm of have and have nots.

Ever do volunteer work? When I was young, I volunteered as a Candy Striper in our local hospital. Along with giving out magazines and selling snacks, I quickly learned that part of my job was to be nice to strangers who were bored or lonely. It was the first time in my life that I experienced interaction with others that was not from my own desire to bond, but instead, from a place of compassion. Perhaps you can assist this woman - in an amount of time that fits for your life and doesn't feel like indentured servitude - simply from a place of compassion. In other words, try to step back emotionally in the personal friendship category, but stay connected in a from-one-human-to-another way. Best of luck with it. To you and to this woman.

As I steered my mouse towards the "comment on this article" button, SoFla Kate's comments caught my eye.

Well, that's pretty much what I was going to say, so allow me to mumble my agreement and step back into the crowd.

Wait - there's one thing ...

She commented on the corporate world being a "soul crushing (something or other)." My addendum to that would be to add POTENTIALLY to the phrase. What often saves it from being that is, of course, a sense of humor.

Long live The Office and 30 Rock!