Is it wrong of me to want to get between that?

And that's the biggest bullshit part of this.

I sought counseling for a sexual assault committed by another student.

If I am reading the story correctly, the records were not subpoenaed but rather the university just handed records from the counseling center to its own lawyers completely outside of judicial process. I agree they may be discoverable, but this seems like a very different situation.

When I was in school, at one point I made use of my university's counseling center for several months during a personal crisis. I'm fucking horrified to find out that any records of my time there could be accessed like this, and had I known it wasn't covered under HIPAA I would have likely never made use of it in the…

"She isn't suing for damages. She's suing under Title IX."

She isn't suing for damages. She's suing under Title IX. The student makes no claim of malpractice or wrongdoing by her medical providers (although that letter certainly raises the possibility that malpractice might have happened too).

But they should do it through the court system and the trial so that they are only given what a judge says they are allowed to view. This bypasses that system entirely and probably gets them documents they are not supposed to have.

You are pretty much right about the midwest food thing, but steak isn't the best example. The midwestern farmers I know never overcook steak. Steak is the best thing about midwestern cuisine. My favorite story is asking for the beer selection and being told they have "everything: Bud Light, Coors Light, Bud Light…

I bartended for several years (though granted, it was in college bars), and have never heard of a Perfect Manhattan. I also just asked a friend of mine who regularly dines in very nice restaurants, and she's never heard of it either. So I think it's safe to say that maybe it's either regional or not as common as it…

It was an interesting conversational phenomenon. My son and I were at the DMV behind a mother daughter and they were looking a their phones and said (so matter of factly; so wrongly), "White and gold." My son and I were looking at the same photo and were like WTF? It's blue and black. How could anyone see otherwise?…

Apropos of nothing, have I ever mentioned that yoga is for people too uncoordinated for tai chi?

My strongest reaction was to the sanctimonious whiners in my FB feed complaining about why people are wasting their time on #thedress when ISIS was destroying relics and kidnapping Christians, and [horrible shit that happened last week]. It was fascinating and fun and silly and when there's a ton of horrible shit…

Can we simply admit that we were all consumed by the dress for thirty minutes or so? And that's okay?

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Scientifically: 4 if you're single; 6 with a partner; >adults+kids+2 with a family; 12 if you have a farm. +1 to any minimum if the average winter temperature where you live is below freezing.

Looking at Gwyneth Paltrow's picture.... The struggle of trying to take a picture with people who are much darker or much lighter than you.

Can your kid be my wingwoman? seriously.

My best pickup wasn't even mine. It was my kid's.

My own started when I was working as a clerk at the library, and this guy I'd seen - and I'd also noted that he was The One That I Wanted - at punk shows came in a few times a week. I started to throw candy on his table every time I saw him, and I would not look at him and just walk away. One thing led to another…