Can we also add - don't respond to people who are clearly being deliberately ignorant? I think this is particularly important for starred commenters - often I want to tell people just how wrong I think they are, but I refrain, because I don't want their comment promoted. I think that's a good rule of thumb on all…

We should all write to Forbes Traveler about this. I wasn't a big reader of it to begin with, but if I was I certainly would never be reading it again.

@AnnaBanana: I'm not against merchandising, I'm against naked, sexualized merchandising.

Am I the only one who finds this totally disrespectful and inappropriate?

That Kitty Kelley biography is a total piece of fiction, I'm sure, but I doubt Aunt Katherine was misquoted. I work at a different publishing house than the one that published the Oprah book, but we go to great lengths to make sure that if we get sued, they won't have a case - and that includes sending sources the…

@alana: I often do the Smitten Kitchen ones with less expensive ingredients and they turn out OK, just not looking as pretty or amazing. One that I can recommend is the sausage stuffed potatoes - it was easy to do, and I substituted her fancy mustard for regular old French's no problem.

Sadie, do you realize that YOU are one of these women? Going to the gym in Barney Greengrass t-shirts?

Regardless of whether Lindsay is crazy, Michael's behavior sets off alarm bells for me - it's standard controlling behavior. When the person you're trying to control won't see you, manufacture a reason that they HAVE to see you.

@Penny: She may mean "I don't want to get fat," but it seems like pregnancy does 1000 things to your body that do not have anything to do with weight (hemorrhoids!) that she could be talking about. Has she had body image issues? I don't know much about her.

Why do we assume that she's talking about what her body looks like? Can't she just be talking about not wanting to physically be pregnant, go through the hormone changes, deal with having to restrict her exercise, etc.?

Just shake it out!

@F*ckin' Mireille: how does she work?: Oh I 100% agree - I was just saying, it isn't quite fair to blame the fact that he hasn't been charged on the police. He hasn't been charged because the victim has asked not to press charges - that doesn't mean that his behavior was above board, in fact, judging from the…

OK - not to defend Roethlisberger, who I have no doubt is a 100% Class A douche, but the girl asked that the case be dropped. There are probably all sorts of reasons for that, but it's not really fair to blame the fact that he hasn't been charged on the police, when the lawyer for the woman is actually the one doing…

Even people who are 100% awesome in most areas usually have one blind spot of prejudice. And it's always disappointing to see. But the good news is, people like that are more likely to be the people who can be educated about how wrong they are, and I've seen that they often become some of the most outspoken critics of…

I am not bonded to my waxers in any way. In fact, I go different places based on who's running a special, because Brazilians are so freaking expensive. And I prefer them not to talk to me - it's awkward enough. But I figure, whatever they want, I'll do. So if they talk, I talk. If they're silent and brusque, so am I,…

@Peppermint: I'm so happy to hear that there's another Teddy fan! I always feel so alone.

@abdouglass: Whoever wears him seriously does not wield his giant head very well.

@LaMorena: I'm jealous! Root for Teddy!

@MissClimpson: Lately it's been one of the few reasons to go to the games! :)

Sigh. And yet this guy gets no love!