They can terminate an account for reasons of fraud or violating the TOS, certainly. But if the lawsuit is accurate, they just randomly terminated people based on race. Which is illegal. You can't discriminate against protected classes.

I'd be happy to get into the logic behind it. [I work in the brand image protection industry]. It's essentially brand paranoia/customer protection. As you know. counterfeiting is a huge problem in China. What's less well known, and what Sephora was likely trying to [poorly] ensure against, is the resale market is also…

This is who he's addressing specifically.

Who is reading this guy's posts where he thinks "Yeah, they'll probably want to hear all of this horseshit but they'll probably be pretty offended if I use bitch. I should probably just hint at it.".

He spoke specifically about that in an interview a while back and I just love him more every time I hear something from him.

That's one of the many things I love about Patrick Stewart too. He's this epic, talented, actor who has done all this difficult and classical works and he's all everyone is going to remember me for Picard and I'm fine with that. Far too many actors are snobbish about their work. Sure Star Trek and X-men aren't the…

the harry potter cast seems generally delighted and honored to have been a part of those films and look back on them with joy and fondness, which makes me have joy and fondness.

One thing I like about Dan Rad is that he never complains about the ~burden~ of Harry Potter or trashes the movies/character or anything. He always seems to be willing to talk about it and just accepts that that's how people see him. You so often hear actors talking shit about the parts that made their careers…

We've trained all of our cats over the years to only sit on the furniture if there is a towel put down for them. It's the only way they're allowed to sit on the couch or bed or whatever.

We did it twice on our wedding night. Is that weird? Once the second we got in the door. (blush) and again after I finished getting the five million bobby pins out of my hair, because I was going to put that white negligee to use, damn it.

Okay bears, don't say we never did anything for you

I will take this over another Ebola freakout story

My husband is an unapologetic yawn-interrupter. He sticks his finger in my mouth when I yawn at least a few times a week. He does it to the dogs, too. He also wonders why I tell him to get his hand off me every time he touches my thigh. It's because he has some kind of sick compulsion to squeeze right above my knee…

So in this case, when the national chapter of Phi Delta Theta said, "No more of this behavior," they really meant ... no?

Fascinating.

You know, I allow for emotional distress here.

If she's suing for the funds it will take to relocate her family and keep them afloat until new jobs are found, I'll allow it. That seems like an expense that is necessary for this child's well-being that would not have been necessary but for the mixup. If she's suing for emotional distress, she can get bent.

Hat-Themed wedding.

We've always used the proper terms with our kiddo (I'm a biologist, I'm not going to call it a wee-wee or a hoo-haa or whatever). She was then told by other kids she was saying "bad words." Her teacher started to tell her not to say those and she proudly said "My mommy says those are the right words and not to use…

the kissing thing was bullshit, too.

Look, I'm not saying they didn't have their reasons or do what they thought best for their particular job- you can absolutely argue that they did— all I'm saying is that they committed a crime against humanity of unfathomable size.