Comment of the Day: What's the Deal With Lawsuits?

Is it something or nothing that an author's cookbook about hiding pureeed vegetables in children's food is similar to a later-published cookbook about hiding pureeed vegetables in children's food? Well, if the later cookbook's author is Jessica Seinfeld and Jerry Seinfeld refers to the other author as a "wacko" and "nut job," it means a lawsuit is in the works!

Our readers debated the merits of the lawsuit (plagiarism claims are unclear, but defamation seems a sure thing). And there was a brief flashback, courtesy commenter Matty, to a time when there was something about nothing:

If only she invented a coffee table book that is not only about coffee tables it turns into a coffee table if you don't have your own coffee table!