Yes it is a violation, and they should sue. Even contractors and the like are subject to university regulations when on campus grounds, including Title IX and the like, so I don’t believe there would be any exemption for someone renting facilities—he believes he can buy himself an exemption to law, and this is…

My favorite is “shark week”.

It’s probably the 3D, which can be disorienting to some people at the best of times. I’ve ridden the one in Orlando, and it’s not a problem—but it’s also not in 3D, and it *does* have a lot of gentle swooping that probably feels much worse with 3D added to the mix. And yeah, they have to consider all sorts of possible…

As a person of Swiss ancestry, I find myself thoroughly unoffended by Yoko Ono’s statement. I, myself, have at times felt rather Japanese.

Yeah, gonna weigh in on PantsGate here. There are multiple “breaks” that you can choose when getting pants hemmed, but they are how the pants break when standing, not when seated, and if they cover your heel when seated they’re probably either too long or you’re wearing them at your hip rather than waist. As one who…

But he could call them Rohirrim, which is an awesome name for a harem. (It can still be a harem if it’s all guys, right?)

Please include Pete... and send me a link.

I kinda feel like maybe this is another “tiger blood” situation like with Charlie Sheen; maybe we’re all watching someone descend into serious mental illness, and not getting him the help he desperately needs to reconnect with reality. (Yes, ditto for all the people who think he has great ideas; mental health is…

Runaways, the early issues.

I once thought I was forwarding a poorly written solicitation, complete with my scathing critique of all the ways they were failing to market their product to us, to a coworker in purchasing. Turns out I’d replied to the solicitors directly. They emailed back saying they appreciated the honest feedback and had a good…

The worst part is Gun Oil isn’t even that great.

She’s not full of shit, though, just more informed. We have actual documentary evidence of human cultures, living in isolation and not engaging in animal husbandry but no less capable of rational thought than the rest of us, whose beliefs anthropologists recorded, that believed that pregnancy was caused by swimming in…

I like to call him “Sean P. Puff Diddy Daddy Combs”, just to cover all the bases. Also it’s just fun to say.

I really wish we functioned like the UK—if Parliament can’t pass a budget, there’s no shutdown, they are simply and immediately ALL RECALLED. How nice would it be if we could just mount an election when Congress can’t agree on a budget?

No judging here. I was dared as a child, so I know that cilantro tastes like earwax.

I’m curious what you find insulting about it. It’s there, it’s part of the history. It certainly doesn’t tell the whole story, but nothing ever does. In many Jewish communities, the outdatedness of Levitical law has been addressed in the commentaries and in the ongoing conversation about faith, tradition, identity,…

Yeah, and I can certainly understand the hesitation to directly broach the subject when you’re both involved in someone else’s wedding—you wouldn’t want to disrupt that for your friend who’s getting married.

Yeah, pretty much the only time I ask for a manager is if I have something very positive to say—I feel like people get enough negative, especially in service industries.

I know this may be too simplistic and out of your comfort zone, but have you tried flat-out asking? Just a quick, “do you dislike me for some reason I’m not aware of?” I know from my own experience, people have found me intimidating for no reason I can really understand other than a tendency not to be startled by…

You know, for some people (myself and a few others I know), the “I’m not going to shop here anymore” is real—but also *entirely* internal. If I have a bad experience, I’ll quietly leave, never to return. Basically, I don’t feel like I have to make a big show of it, but I’ll certainly tell all my friends about it. But…