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It’s now that much easier to fake your own death

It turns out there is a lot of ‘helpful’ advice on the web for faking your own death. Here are just a few:

How to fake your own death from Everything2
How to fake your own death from eHow (heavy on the etiquette and a little light on the practicalities)
Faking  it: How to do a Reggie and [...]

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There is now an ETA on first contact

I like people that are confident enough in what they’re predicting to say it’s going to happen within two decades – whether it’s meeting aliens or predicting the end of the world. This time though, it’s the aliens (read the story at the Daily Galaxy.)  So it’s time to start figuring out the appropriate etiquette, [...]

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What’s in a funny name?

People think they’re being tolerant  of unusual names and being  multicultural by having enough spaces on the form and making a desperate attempt to sound things out without creating swear words inadvertently.  But what about people with well, funny names?  Legitimate, multi-generational family names like Pancake or Six? Turns out the discrimination is rampant and [...]

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