Sometimes in the midst of the glorious experience that is being in love, we forget how complicated love can be. However, marriage is fairly straightforward: either you are or you aren't. It seems to me that crossing the line even tentatively with another woman would be completely dishonest when the potential line-crossers are married to other people. Similarly, it seems a bit late and even deceptive to introduce polyamory into the situation now. (I was monogamous when I married you, honey, but now I've changed my mind. Bummer for you and the kids!) These feelings will fade with time, but why wait that long when they're causing such a distraction? The wisest course would be to get away from the person who is exciting the love-hormones so, and to get over it. It seems that he already knows that this, too, could have been otherwise. There is no need to further discuss a subject that will surely lead to pain on somebody's part.

as a graduating student about to enter the lovely corporate world, i can say, from my perspective, that almost all of you letter writers have succumbed to the negative american workplace described by Anne.

I spend many hours in a computer lab, and i find it to be the same as at multiple internships I've had-there are people who put their personal gain above a greater good. i guess i am just shocked at the lack of support or empathy expressed in so many of these letters. have we all decided to take what we can and run? i think its possible that LW enjoys her work, but doesn't understand why others disrespect their tasks and others as well. i can understand that. olga clearly doesn't care for her work. if you put in nothing; you get nothing out. i guess she's ok with that.

LW might be whiny, but she believes in the value of hard work. she knows what quality is. I can't believe anyone would defend Olga's work ethic. I agree that LW could use more time off, but Olga is abusing such benefits-not bad in itself-but bad because it negatively affects others. if all of you defend this rotten work ethic, you are no better than olga, and in no way are you contributing to anything beyond yourself. especially discouraging are the managers. i hope never to work for you.

LW-really, unhinge olga from your mind. complaining obviously doesn't work, in fact, you have found that apathy rules the day. solace will have to come from within, for now.

thanks tom, for contributing so much to the conversation. i hope your attitudes continue to help you "get by".

I'm not sure if anyone noted this, but it was published in The Week's most recent issue that 15 of the 47 lacrosse players have previous alcohol-related arrest records. So if we ignore the woman's previous arrest records, then we should ignore this evidence, too, I guess.

this article challenges us to do something a little risky; try out a whole new way of purchasing music. amazon's setup sounds competitive and i will try it out. something even crazier that i do sometimes is to actually leave my computer, walk out of the house, get on my bicycle, and go to a real physical (and locally-owned) music store to buy something called a "CD".

weird!

"A satirical drawing is a satirical drawing, regardless of which magazine's cover it runs on."

mr. kamiya this is untenable. context absolutely determines meaning. and you of course, are only adding to the 'furor' of a cartoon by devoting column space to a strawman issue.

people who say that humor has been killed should not forget WHY we can't laugh now. our basic freedoms are in danger, and i for one don't mind being "serious" for a few months if it makes any difference about what direction our country goes in next. president mccain would be a true disaster...we've already had 8 train-wreck years. its really not funny, gary.

Not sure if you watched the Texas-Texas Tech game a few weeks ago, but with even novice-level clock management on the Longhorn's last drive, Texas Tech never would have gotten the ball back, and Texas would still be #1. Driving to an eventual score with four...three...two minutes left in the game, Colt McCoy regularly snapped the ball with 5, 10, 15, even 18 seconds left on the play clock. Erasing the moments would have meant that Texas either scored to win, or time expired with them trying. I'd never let Tech's offense on the field to potentially win the game, but Mack Brown and Colt McCoy allowed it to happen.

Sorry, that was off-topic, but in terms of clock management, it had even bigger consequences than the Steelers game.