But is her privacy violated? A few people will recognize the specifics and identify the people involved. That doesn't cancel out the value in a story about the mental health system, an odd illness and our mixed up approaches to both.

An as Aspie with a ton of student loan debt, I'm willing to entertain this "lack of consent" thing to the point I get to cancel some loan bills.

Yep. Know someone like this. Always has a tumor, a pregnancy, an Ebola...never ends. So scared of getting sick that all of this person's life is consumed by wondering about being sick and imagining it.

Your Kennedy reference is oddly apt, as he owes his whole career to his Dad's promotion when RFK got shot and the old boys' club of DC.

It's not uncommon in my experience, although I don't do much labor law and the ones I do see probably get to me because the union screwed up. Sometimes union reps have favored people, like the English speakers, and the rest don't get full protection, or sometimes they have favorite issues, like making sure the party…

Following the other Vassar professor that posted on Gawker recently, there were some students (involved in incidents he described) who posted and said much the same. I remember the one woman writing about when the black woman was arrested jaywalking, out of a crowd of students, and she could do little more than gawk…

he's also a very talented painter. Layers, man.

Holt teaching Diaz to apologize will never not be funny.

I'll leave the standard /dickjoke to the pros and get sappy for a moment.

boyega in the suit reminds me (in the strange way my mind works) of an old SW comic (Marvel? An annual?) of a young man with Force ability who was a storm trooper because his family needed him to work, in this war torn universe.

Especially when the team's top player is a brand himself—I'm sure Peyton wouldn't be too happy about having his carefully cultivated marketing image linked to Richie in the press.

Soon we will all be Auroran Spacers, self-isolated from all the rabble, until we're murdered by our robot servants.

I like that the headline on this one isn't speaking as if the law is ever settled or final on any case. While this holding is likely, it's also certain that we'd also be looking at a trial court, an intermediate appellate and a final review on each particular issue and who knows where any might come down on a…

When I was a kid, I was teased because my hat bill wasn't curved enough. Now I see kids looking at me like a square because it's not flat. I've decided I'm going to wear my hat however I see fit. Which includes backwards, as I don't like the brim over my eyes most of the time.

Not the main point, but part of what builds to it: nerd stereotypes.

I think I have that issue, or had it in my collecting days. Perez really did amazing work.

As a lawyer, although not much of one, I'd also recommend that a good number of public libraries have those Nolo (or other company) DIY books on wills and the like, especially if you're in larger states. State bar associations may also have forms and guides on their websites.

Idiocy.

I'm wishing peace to her and her friends and family, wherever they all may be.

I totally have that.