Letters to the Editor
I'd rather not say
Published Letters: 172 Editor's Choice: 23
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He's not alone
[Read the article: Please, Mom, please: Not another dress shirt!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]My husband also received a dress shirt from his mother every Christmas for years. His brother also got one, as did the brothers-in-law. Just to show that her sons are special, she also got the sons underwear. To top it off, the shirt was always the wrong size.
Someone finally gave her the word to get something else, so she switched to casual shirts (although I think she has since reverted to the dress shirt). Meanwhile, her daughters get varied individual gifts. The daughters-in-law usually get nice gifts similar to each other (which makes good sense) but not the same thing every year.
Although it kind of hurt my husband's feelings to keep getting such an impersonal gift (it was always a really boring and clearly not pricey shirt), I don't think my mother-in-law meant anything bad by it. She has a large family and a lot of gifts to buy. But I think she just doesn't think of men as beings who think about gifts or care much about them. Certainly her husband never seemed to expend much effort on gift giving, usually buying whatever a daughter said their mother wanted. Also, I can't recall a time when my husband ever came up with the gift idea for my mother-in-law, unless she needed some technology. Maybe he reaps what he sows.
So, to the writer: maybe don't take it so personally. Second, how much thought do you put into gifts you get for her? And finally, do what we do: give the shirt to charity, still in its packaging, and take some pleasure in the thought that someone might enjoy wearing the fresh new shirt.
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Chick flicks = pink
[Read the article: Giving "chick flicks" flack]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This story reminds of something I saw on Sports Center last night (yes, "chicks" do watch ESPN). The University of Iowa has a pink visitors' locker room, with pink showers, pink carpets and pink urinals (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9517000/). It refers, of course, to the idea that the worst thing you could call a guy is a girl. (Left unexamined is the idea that men are so easily threatened.) Chick lit and movies are just more of the pink.
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SNF is unlistenable
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I came across that SNF drinking game when I was Googling to see if I am the only person writhing in torment when listening to the execrable Sunday Night Football team. They are so busy trying to impress each other they forget about the game. And Paul Maguire spends the whole game shouting and trying to show Theisman he's cool enough for him. I wear out the mute button when that game is on.
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In love with another woman
[Read the article: I'm in love with my co-worker]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I think talking sbout this issue with the other woman is playing with fire as far as his marriage and kids are concerned. The writer should seek to limit this friendship, not expand it with "playful" conversations. I can understand that he can have feelings for another woman and still love his wife, but if he loves the wife (and kids) he will do whatever is necessary to protect the marriage from a tempting situation. If he's smart, he will minimize contact with the coworker, and might best consider changing departments or even jobs.
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To "a man"
[Read the article: Meet the drama kings]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You wrote:
"Just stop for one second and consider what it feels like to be informed that, no, you're not important, no, you're not essential, no, you don't make enough of a difference to be necessary. You're a nice option, like a CD player in a car, but as soon as you can't or don't deliver the goods, you're gone. God help you if you have a problem, or get sick, or need some help,or are blocked for some other reason. Commitment? Principles? Values? Nah. You don't build a life together, you sort of acquire an accessory with a penis."
Now if you just substitute "big breasts" for the last word of your paragraph, you will have described the situation women have always faced. Just ask any first wife who has been dumped in favor of the younger model.
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I love football
[Read the article: We heart football]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]My sisters and I grew up watching football with my dad. An early rite of passage was being taken to a Dolphins game. (My sister and I cheer every year when the perfect season records holds up again.) My older sister is a sports freak who got satellite radio so she could hear NASCAR. She also listens to sports talk radio.
Football is exciting, there's lots of action, and the guys look good in the uniforms. What more do we need?
As for the gear, I own numerous long and short-sleeve T-shirts, magnets, a cool visor, a knit cap, pajamas, a T.O. poster, and more. Fly Eagles fly!
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meet the press
[Read the article: "The greatest gift"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]can't see the video. Is the link broken?
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SNF & MNF
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I am happy to see Madden and Michaels stick together. They don't try to act hip, as Michaels did so painfully when Dennis Miller was there, and Madden has toned down the schtick in recent years. And he provides good explanations that enlighten the viewer.
As for the ESPN team, words cannot express how happy I am to see the end of the Paul Maguire threesome. They were so insufferable that I frequently hit the mute button just to be spared their ceaseless, too-loud yammering. Just see the Sunday Night Football Drinking Game (http://paulkatcher.com/archives/000565.shtml) for everything that was wrong with those guys.
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G for guys
[Read the article: Rated G for guys]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"The message is clear," she wrote. "Boys are the norm, girls the variation; boys are central, girls peripheral; boys are individuals, girls types. Boys define the group, its story and its code of values. Girls exist only in relation to boys."
Here's the problem with Broadsheet in a nutshell. Salon is news for people, but apparently "women's news" is so peripheral it has to be kept in its own pink box, even on Salon.
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Olympic coverage
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]King,
Really enjoyed all your Olympic coverage. Especially all the curling stories. Can't wait for the summer games. Thanks!
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Microsoft iPod
[Read the article: If Microsoft packaged the iPod]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Must-viewing for any graphic designer/marketing dept.!