No, it's only that the author and I are educated in both history and Katy Perry's track record of racial insensitivity.

Do you have kids? I'm just wondering — I don't, but this doesn't strike me as an inability to say no and I'm curious if you are speaking from a certain experience. Isn't part of the point of saying 'no' that you can say 'yes' to reasonable requests? And isn't part of being human and having a life that sometimes you…

While I'm really late to the party, I want to address a couple of things.

True Blood invented characters too, so do a lot of tv shows based on books. Tv and books are different media, I don't expect tv shows to follow a book to the letter. And sure, she's an invented character but her story arch follows the generally dark and rapey character of the GoT books and tv show so I don't see what…

Where exactly are all these people mad at HBO? I cant find anyone beyond about 5 people on Jezebel.

The first two words describe the author of the article, and yourself to a 't.'

Well all I saw was an aggressively titled article that promised new insights into the evolution of Internet. Surely a the death throes of a giant like Facebook would have resounding consequences for our current world...

Well played.

Was the offer only good for 10 seconds?

I remember going to a few weddings where I had incurred a lot of expense to get there, and didn't get a peep from the brides (note: in these cases, I was close friends with the bride). At one of the weddings, the bride went to far as to thank people who had come from out of town and named a bunch of people but didn't…

Come on — I say "brides" because most of the people reading this website, demographically, are probably women and therefore more likely to be brides. And yes, if it's you getting married, it's your responsibility to say thank you to your guests enthusiastically and graciously.