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		<title>Fraternity Pledge Required Reading</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2012/02/fraternity-pledge-required-reading/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe this should be required reading for every fraternity pledge class. If you are going to hold yourself to a higher standard by wearing those letters on your chest, you better know the rules. In the same vein – there should be a copy in every Sorority house for reference.  Ladies – this is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas to All</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2011/12/merry-christmas-to-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 16:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[But I am sure that I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round&#8230;as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely.&#8211;Charles Dickens Well, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Debutante Season: Rules &amp; Rites</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2011/12/debutante-season-rules-rites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah, the Debutante Season. The Official Preppy Handbook called The Debut one of the cornerstones of Prep Life that has seen its heyday pass. And that was in 1986. What does that term conjure in your mind? Well, before you answer, don&#8217;t think I don&#8217;t know what kind of elitist hot water I am jumping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill of Rites for the American Man now on Amazon</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2011/11/bill-of-rites-for-the-american-man-now-on-amazon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the past year while posting the Bill of Rites, I received many emails from readers telling me how much they appreciated the posts. Mothers forwarded to their sons, girlfriends to their boyfriends and many fraternity members to their pledges. It seems that while we all have a common sense grasp of the broader points [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill of Rites for the American Man: The Book</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2011/10/bill-or-rites-for-the-american-man-the-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally. At long last,  the book is ready and will debut on the SP Tastemaker Tag Sale on OneKingsLane.com November 10th.  A very long time in the coming, Bill of Rites for the American Man is a handy, paperback version of the popular series launched here on the site over the past year. With original [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Defense of Beauty: Miss UGA Pageant</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2011/10/in-defense-of-beauty-miss-uga-pageant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of you may know by now, SP was invited down to Athens, Georgia  last weekend to judge the Miss University of Georgia Pageant. Now don’t think I didn’t jump at the chance to not only be in a room full of beauty queens but also to return to one of my favorite college [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No White After Labor Day</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2011/08/no-white-after-labor-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 15:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we talk about rules and traditions, there are old rules, outdated rules, classic rules, indispensable rules, and then there are dumb rules. One of the issues we deal with here on SP is sifting through the dusty pages of etiquette books and pulling out what is relevant to our modern times. Some may disagree [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Most Favored Guest Status. House Guest Code.</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2011/05/most-favored-guest-status-house-guest-code/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialprimer.com/2011/05/most-favored-guest-status-house-guest-code/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 16:23:27 +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 hubbub of town. As I pack my bag to head out for the week, I thought a rerun of a popular post would benefit us all. Of all of the elements of living [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Endangered Trad: Classical Music</title>
		<link>http://www.socialprimer.com/2011/01/endangered-trad-classical-music/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 21:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SP attended the Opening Night of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra last night. That&#8217;s right. College Football season has ended and one must do something on a Friday night when one isn&#8217;t sucking down Bourbon and getting ready for gridiron greatness. It was a subdued opening night with none of the red carpet razzle dazzle that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SP Traditions &amp; Ceremonies: Debutante Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 23:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah, the Debutante Season. What does that term conjure in your mind? Well, before you answer, don&#8217;t think I don&#8217;t know what kind of elitist hot water I am jumping into here with this post, so just calm down, crackers and sit on your lips for a minute and hear me out. I go on [...]]]></description>
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