I have always considered it rude to ask a stranger their name before offering my own. Accordingly, it raises my hackles when someone asks me my name before offering theirs. Is that idiosyncratic? UPDATE: I’m not talking about on the phone, but in person.

If you were stranded on a desert island with an unlimited supply of only one alcoholic beverage and one food item, what would they be? UPDATE: You get to have your alcoholic beverage and your food served at the appropriate temperatues and with ice cubes as necessary.

So let me get this straight. Pursuant to getting bailed out by the United States government, the CEO of General Motors, Wagoner, is forced to resign his position, even though he had agreed to take a salary of $1. And he was a lifetime GM company schlub, who spent decades working his way up to …

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CPP is equal to the creationist. It’s uncanny how similar the mindsets really are. Both are filled with assertions and prefer to rely upon popularity over actual content. There is no debate about creationism in a church, and there is no debate on sexism on feminist blog church. Creationists are constantly offering to do so, …

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