Dear So and So

[Owlie]

It's totally stupid. USOC went after a winery based in Washington for using "Olympic".( While the owner won that contest, it meant that she was unable to promote the wines outside that region). There was a Cafe Olympic in London that was forced to change its name. Yes, USOC has a right to defend its trademarks, but I'm not so sure it should be allowed to trademark "Olympic" and its derivatives.

Dear "friend"
Maybe I'm being overly sensitive about this, but saying "Do you want to come to a movie with us? It's at such-and-such a time, and we're meeting at this restaurant for lunch an hour before," then following it up with "OH! I wanted this to be just me and A! Do you guys mind hanging out after the movie? We wanted to talk about some personal stuff" is just rude. The whole idea was that it was a movie that several of us wanted to see. Were you planning on talking during the movie? That's pretty rude too. I get that you want time together because our adviser's immature daughter screwed up your last lunch date (or so I hear), but extending an invitation to someone else and going "JUST KIDDING, LOL!" immediately afterward is not nice. You could have just not mentioned it, or not mentioned getting lunch beforehand.
Know what? If you really don't want to associate with me outside of school hours, fine. I am increasingly regretting my choice of lab, partly due to your (unrelated) actions. I'm just going to get my crap done and get out of there.