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		<title>Most Favored Guest Status</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2010/07/favored-guest-status/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SP has just received an invitation to a beach house and it could not come at a better time to escape the heat of town. As I pack my bag to head out of town for the week, I thought a rerun  of a popular post would benefit us all. Of all of the elements [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Readers&#8217; Questions Answered</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2010/05/readers-questions-answered/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 22:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.socialprimer.com/?p=2480</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear SP, I have a question regarding wedding attire.  I would like to know if it is appropriate to wear a linen suit to a Chicago wedding on Memorial Day weekend.  My girlfriend has indicated it is not.  Please share your thoughts. Christopher Dear Christopher, The question begs more questions. The wedding is in Chicago [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Primer Best Dressed Men: 2010 Academy Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2010/03/social-primer-best-dressed-men-2010-academy-awards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialprimer.com/2010/03/social-primer-best-dressed-men-2010-academy-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SP</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.socialprimer.com/?p=2190</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you thought the 2010 Academy Awards red carpet scene looked like the March of the Penguins you would not be too far off the mark. To push the point further, one could say the men looked like clones of one another with no individual style. Again, your aim would be precise. And this is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gentlemen, Please: Decorum</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2010/01/gentlemen-please-decorum-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, another perfectly good evening was close to ruination. The cause? Inconsideration and a total lack of decorum by a few cretins masquerading as gentlemen. There is an appropriate quote from Fitzgerald in Tender is the Night, I believe, lamenting the lack of decorum in men but the passage escapes me so I&#8217;ll take this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Things that Bugged: Annoyances in Oh Nine (or maybe just a recap of Christmas week.)</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2009/12/the-things-that-bugged-annoyances-in-oh-nine-or-maybe-just-a-recap-of-christmas-week/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialprimer.com/2009/12/the-things-that-bugged-annoyances-in-oh-nine-or-maybe-just-a-recap-of-christmas-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rule 1. Every action done in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those that are present. George Washington Consider yourself forewarned. SP is channeling Andy Rooney today. After last week’s roundup of memorable Christmas quotes about the reason for the season and all that, SP ventured out into the world only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Invitation Trials</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2009/12/the-invitation-trials/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialprimer.com/2009/12/the-invitation-trials/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SP</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.socialprimer.com/?p=1660</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SP takes a fair share of heat.  When there is an SP feature in a newspaper’s online version or on a blog, oh Lord do they come for me in the comments section. As you can imagine the fate of anyone who deigns to assess civil behavior, the positions staked on this domain are pretty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Man Holds the Door</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2009/12/a-man-holds-the-door-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialprimer.com/2009/12/a-man-holds-the-door-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Isn’t it funny — and by funny, I mean sad — that the only photo around of a man opening a door for a woman is from the 1940’s? This fact should tell you more than you need to know and only serves to re-enforce the resolve of SP to offer up these little finds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing: The SP Roadie (Go Cup)</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2009/11/introducing-the-sp-roadie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SP</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.socialprimer.com/?p=1601</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SP has written, on many an occasion, of his love for the Go Cup, or Roadie to some. It is the essential partner to any aspiring bon vivant. What do you think makes us so social and eager to meet you? Booze, baby. And where do you keep that booze? In a Go Cup. And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Say Your Name</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2009/10/say-your-name/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialprimer.com/2009/10/say-your-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SP</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.socialprimer.com/?p=1535</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How many times do you find yourself in this social (or business) situation? You are standing in a covey of people immersed in a rolling conversation when all at once you realize that you don’t know the names of some of the people you are talking to. There is a queasy feeling of awkwardness rising [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ask SP: Readers&#8217; Queries Answered</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2009/10/ask-sp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Readers&#8217; questions answered. Reader 1 I am hoping that you could help me find a solution for properly responding to offers to shake hands in business situations. You see, I have Rheumatoid Arthritis, which I don&#8217;t particularly want to announce upon meeting someone new. Handshaking is very painful for my affected hands and causes visible [...]]]></description>
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