You'll get your pageviews, Joan.

Sarah lies and her politics suck. If she were merely famous, then this storytelling might be mildly compelling, but she wants to govern, she's irresponsible on Facebook and Twitter. She has power whether you want to believe it or not. She's "weird" all right. And what difference does it make if Alaska is the reason? I don't care about any of that.

I can't wait til Camille Paglia chimes in or has she already?

Ugh.

Keep up the fantastic work. I sincerely appreciate the light and reason you bring to this painful debate. I thank you.

Courteney Cox was the unsung hero of Friends, in my opinion. She was very funny, tragic at times and pretty without being insecure about it nor did she mug for the camera the way all the others did.

And judging by the photo above, her face has finally been ruined with plastic surgery that she certainly did not need yet. Pity.

Every time Pollan writes an article, people mildly freak. I'm getting tired of it.

He is merely here to show us a new (old) way: gently and intelligently.

Take your time. Let what he's saying soak in. Don't get cranky. Eat your vegetables. If you can't afford organic, it's OK. Learn to do the basics in the kitchen. Try, people. That's all.

Signed, a feminist.

anyone who turns up anywhere "unannounced" (on the other side of the globe, no less) is a control freak. I don't approve. I think I've known too many not cool dudes like you, LW. You want it your way, all the time. You want to break up, drop in on her life (still shuddering) and then wave a magic wand and get her back.

I don't mean to sound harsh but you do need to move on. You probably are not so into this woman anyway. You either failed at other relationships or you've gotten scared and put her on some kind of pedestal.

Yeah, I'm jaded but now smarter.

I wouldn't even endorse snail-mailing to tell her this. It seems like more of a manipulative scheme on your part. Cary, if you did that, it would seem genuine, but not this fellow. No.

Just let it be done.

LW, good luck to you.

for the record, I am not a stoner; have never been a stoner and I haven't touched the stuff since high school and even then I hated it.

I'm a smart chick with a degree! and I know lots of big-brained, non-stoner, professional peeps who have mad love for "Tim and Eric". It is hit and miss, but when they hit, they hit big.

tune into "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!" on Adult Swim, Cartoon Network. There is nothing more funny, weird, inappropriate and straight up high-larious on TV.

...but I'll check this out. Looks promising.

thank you. I'm one of the few people I know who HATED American Beauty as well. I liked some of the chemistry between Kevin Spacey and the teen...but those moments maybe amounted to a minute or two total. Contemptuous, cliche and hateful in the extreme. Plot heavy. A Brit doing his "take" on terrible suburban America. Sigh.

I feel like pinball machine balls when I see this review.

Bounced from Mendes (ugh) to Krasinski (one note, I fear) to Rudolph (can't see her being married to Krasinski) to Eggers (some props, but the cutesyness could worry me) to Vida (unknown).

That's all. I'll likely rent it because of Eggers.

I watched an hour of it last night and found it very moving, touching and real, and yes, I have been curious to see what cancer "looks" like.

Not to be mean, however, what was most shocking about seeing Farrah, wasn't that she's 62 and suffering with cancer, it was what looked to be bad plastic surgery. I'm not against a little nip and tuck, but it looks like she went overboard. Aren't there any surgeons in L.A. who do good, subtle work? Farrah would be beautiful without it. I like her spirit and it doesn't matter that she was a star 30 years ago. An icon is an icon.

That being said, I hope she doesn't suffer too much and I wish her well.

I agree. You have to walk the walk of separation. As much as you can, don't open emails, don't watch Nat Geo, move somewhere else, if even to another house in the area, get a new job, seriously, as much as you can to pull away. You seem to know an awful lot about this past love-- in current time--his partner, his career trajectory etc. You seem to be in awe of his fame. Stop knowing about the fame. Cut yourself off from that. Healthy is pulling away, completely, and you don't have to make a grand announcement to the brother and father, just do it, be polite, politely distant, but limit your involvement.

Also, to the "fusing" with the pregnancy: I believe that that is a choice you are making. There's no chemical fusing you to him. Instead of assigning continued great importance to this pregnancy/abortion, why don't you see the gift that you gave this unborn soul. It was not his/her time. You gave a gift. In the absence of being birthed, there was a conscious act, borne of love. There is nothing wrong with that. I commend you for your choice and admitting it here but it doesn't have to be a weight on your own soul. No way. If the both of you were not ready to parent; if that soul wasn't ready to be here, then so be it. All good.

Been there. Time heals when you do it right. And yes, do go live YOUR brilliant life. We won't care if you're on TV or not.

You're a good writer, by the way. Go do that.