I completely agree. That statement he gave was probably the best possible statement to give at this time. I especially like his response to the reporter asking who else he'd like to work with.

I wonder if calcium-free cheese lady actually meant casein-free cheese. People can have casein allergies, which is common in cheese (even vegan cheeses.) Either that, or maybe she was looking for a non dairy cheese?

I have big boobs, and I don't have those issues too often. It could be a matter of sizing and style of bra. I find it hard to go without a bra, as when I don't wear one, I find it more uncomfortable to move around even mildly actively than to just go for the underwire.

You're probably right. Eww.

I've found that everywhere in France that I've visited that isn't Paris is much better than Paris. France is a great country, with lovely people. You wouldn't necessarily get that idea from Paris.

Ugh, that, and they don't curb their dogs. Come on, Paris! If you want tourists to enjoy your city and say that it's…

Usually, when I think white people, I think Portland, Oregon. But maybe that's because I live on the west coast.

Damn, I live in California, and we don't have that kind of hubris. We take U.S. history maybe every other year, but if we did cover California history, it was a smaller unit within that class, or it was an elective class you could take in high school.

"Oregon Trail was a game you were supposed to lose. It's the Kobayashi Maru for second graders."

When I hear about overdone proposals like this, I cringe. There's an element of guilt tripping involved. The bigger the proposal, and the more people around to watch it, the harder it can be for the person being proposed to, to say no. If they say no, even for good reason, they're automatically treated like the…

It's shifty because there are ethical rules involved in counseling. A counselor can only break confidentiality if the client is harming themselves, harming someone else (or planning to), or being harmed by someone else. Harm very specifically applies to things like abuse, suicide, or planning to physically hurt or…

As someone who has worked as a counselor, I find this reprehensible. That is a screwed up loophole.

Ugh. Volunteer work is a great thing, and you can get personal benefit from it. You can put it on your resume and ask someone there to be a reference for you when you're on a job hunt. If that's not enough of a personal benefit for the volunteer, aside from the act of helping others, then they're not doing it for…

true. I live in the SF bay area, and Berkeley students are known to speak out, so I wouldn't think professors would last too long if they behaved this way.

I'm wondering how he even got tenure, though. I suppose maybe he avoided saying and doing things like this before getting tenure? I can't imagine someone who acts this way being able to hide that kind of poor behavior and bad judgement very well.

This is weird for Berkeley. I'm kind of surprised he's still teaching there, not just because of his attitude, but the way he treated his student. Not a smart way to keep a job.

I'm from the San Francisco area, so I was totally stunned when I heard that woman use "Oriental." Absolutely stunned. I think I'd only ever heard that word used on TV or in books. But then, I attended some schools where most of my classmates were Filipino, Chinese, Japanese, Tongan, Korean... I couldn't be ignorant.

I just couldn't handle Waffle House. Maybe it's because I'm a Californian and we don't have smoking in restaurants anymore in this state. I went to one in North Carolina, and the amount of smoking was so bad, I couldn't taste my food. I couldn't even finish my food. Everything just tasted like cigarettes. I don't…

I went to a cafe in Ohio once and sat at a table near a nice couple. The girl was Vietnamese. Shortly after they were seated, someone at the next table over looked at her and said, "are you one of them Orientals?" The reason I called the couple nice was because they very politely nodded and said yes, then that…

I think that's the thing. The types of food in the Midwest are less varied than the coasts. I also found that with certain parts of the South. I'm not a vegetarian or vegan by any standards, but I don't eat red meat, due to the cramps it gives me (I don't seem to have the enzyme to digest it more easily.) …

I admit I laughed, but at the same time, I could see the offensiveness of it. It's been in the news that girls have been running away to join ISIS, and their families are, I'm sure, terrified.