"I have subscribed to The Tribune for nearly 40 years. Until recently, I have looked forward to reading the paper each morning. The content and appearance becomes more unsettling every week. I will be canceling my subscription soon if the ridiculous content of the front page continues.

"The huge picture and accompanying article 'According to Dooce' is totally inappropriate for the front page of a major newspaper. The continuation of the story took up far too much space. I applaud Heather Armstrong for battling her debilitating depression, but this article should have been less extensive and published in a local section or even banished to the Friday community pages - which are nothing but fluff articles anyway."

Or like this:

"I felt that Saturday's article about a blogging mother was interesting. However, the erotic story it opened with was totally inappropriate. Please be cleaner in the future."

Or this:

"May I tell you how horrible the story 'According to Dooce' was. How could such a bunch of garbage talk show up on the front page? I am an avid reader of the Trib and have been for 30 years or more. I have never had such a negative reaction to something in all my reading history of the paper. The opening story on the front page had no business being there."

First, let me clear this up: The anecdote on the "front of the back" is not original; it has been part of a naughty joke for at least 40 years that I know of. Unless this was a coincidence, her husband needs to get some new material.

Second, this woman is enormously successful at blogging. She supports her family by blogging. And, she is terribly clever. If you read her - www.dooce.com - you might understand why she is so popular. She is witty, wacky and probably stands as a voice for millions of women who are stay-at-home moms.

That said, the article might have been less objectionable with a lead that had more wit and less sex. I knew when I read it that a number of readers would stop right there - sputtering and threatening to cancel their subscriptions before they finished the piece. They would have missed some wonderful ruminations on the human condition.

Now, as to the comment: "banished to the Friday community pages - which are nothing but fluff articles anyway." The Close-Up sections are extremely popular with readers. They provide stories about people's schools, governments, neighbors, children and about local restaurants, shops and other places where residents gather. In an era of 300 million Americans, that kind of local news is important to people who live in various communities.

Finally, let me repeat this invitation: Members of the public are welcome to attend our news huddles at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays. Call or e-mail me with your request as we have to escort you up to the top floor due to security.

Where's Lotto? For years, The Tribune was able to run the Idaho lottery results on page 2 of the Utah section on Thursdays and Sundays.

When the format of that page was changed, the results had to move around in the Utah section.

Please, stop calling me and telling me we left them out.

Here is the easiest way to find them:

Take Utah section in hands. Let it unfold. Look at the color bar on the bottom of the page. The word ''lottery'' will be listed there along with the number of the page where the results appear.

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* The Reader Advocate's phone number is 801-257-8782. Write to the Reader Advocate, The Salt Lake Tribune, 90 S. 400 West, Suite 700, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101. reader.advocate@sltrib.com

This week's stats

* 61: Number of people upset over Dooce blogger article

* 46: Number of people who think photos are too big

* 15: Number of people asking about circulation problems

* 37: Number of complaints about messy printing with ink smears