Tom Colicchio has the personality of limp lettuce--iceberg, not Romaine. That's why no one buys his books. He's not charismatic (he should never be in the same shot at Tony Bourdain) and he's not warm. His crankiness is his sole human-like quality. In meatspace, he's probably a great guy, but his TV persona isn't endearing. Tim Gunn, he's not.

But Hepola's lackluster interviewing skills don't delve into any real probing questions. Why didn't she ask about his loss of his Michelin star (that's the real difference between him and Gordon Ramsey--Ramsey actually does a little cooking on his show)?

"Yes, and Alice did all the things that women like Judy don't want to do and can't do: Write great poems and novels, devote oneself to world work, crusade for human and women's rights. Rebecca: Trust me, a woman really cannot do both. The myth that we can is a dangerous one."

As Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis said

"If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much."

Chesler's trying to excuse Walker's lousy job as a mother, while reminding us that she (just like Walker) wrote books nobody reads. A woman can't raise a family and crusade for human rights? Nonsense. Most of the real human rights work in the world happens at the family dinner table.

It's so cute when Cary tries to answer questions out of his ass.

California might be touchy-feely but show business and the entertainment industry are not. Read Lynda Obst's Hello He Lied.

The hard cold truth is that few, if any, "creative" positions are open to beginners. Basically, a 22 year old is there to assist the creative people, most of whom have had to do the same in their time.

Going home and writing a screenplay or a treatment will just put the LW farther behind. There's no disgrace in deciding that the film and TV world is not for you. But hanging around, bitching about the hours, the screamers, the assholes, just makes you bitter and jealous and marks you as someone who couldn't cut it.

Acting, producing and directing are only three of many, many career paths in show biz (ie, the 3 Cary's heard of_--there's development, representation, art direction, distribution, cinematography, etc.

But if you can't figure out where you fit after 2 years, you're most likely not very interested in figuring it out at all.

Bravo history? Isn't that like dog years or cat IQ? Once again, Hepola is devoid of purpose.

Izard's great, but it's not a significant moment. Nancy Silverton is a name that Hepola might research, as is Alice Waters. A TV reality show winner, while of the moment, isn't to be considered in the same light as those who built careers and businesses over the years.

How sad is Salon when the staffers have to write about another on-line magazine's piece? Too bad Salon can't find these stories.

(And if you're going to reference a movie, try to find the time to watch it.)

"But I refuse to compromise my integrity"--don't let the door hit you on your way out.

After weeks, or rather, months, of touchy-feely, verbose advice, Cary hits one out of the park. While it's possible that the alleged sin could be insider trading, I'm willing to bet that the LW was asked to fetch lunch or laundry or look the other way while the boss used company letterhead.

"Shouldn't an administrative assistant, as well as every employee, have the right to question a superior without fear of wounding an ego, inevitably resulting in an H.R. violation -- usually "insubordination," the vague corporate offense that encompasses anything not pleasing to a superior."

Sure, but most companies have actual work that needs to be done, and it's rather difficult to have a seminar to discuss every assignment.

So, LW, go back to school and get a useless degree, and join the struggling adjunct professorate. Think business is full of BS--wait til you experience dept. politics.

Are Salon's readers really so backward that they need to know more about the birds and bees? Price delivers the finest in amateur content, once again.

Kate Harding doesn't have kids. Last time Salon ran one of these outrages, Catherine Price was ranting about plastic cottages. Can't Walsh find an actual mother to write these pieces? Why not have the Table Talk contributers weigh in on these pressing issues--at least they're in the game.

Her work with Kelly in Brigadoon wasn't quite as fabulous, probably because she's a more modern dancer (her "classical ballet" sequence in The Bandwagon is painful to watch).

But can the Girl Crush thing just freakin' stop? Tributes to notable women are fine, but the forced giddiness is just painful to read. Hepola's right about herself--she's not very articulate.

Nice to see Erin Aubrey Kaplan's bringing her own brand of racial angst to a national audience--we here in LA have been treated to her racial prism for years now.

This piece is really more about Kaplan and her grievances, and how odd that in her litany :

"I was born and raised in South Central Los Angeles by parents who were themselves raised in the segregated old South; when I was born in 1962, there were black people who still couldn't vote. I grew up in an entirely black neighborhood that was working class but by no means deprived. I earned a couple of college degrees and eventually became a journalist (alas, not for six figures) focused on issues of racial equality. Along the way I've run smack into racism both subtle and not."

she never mentions that she married a white guy.