Oh hello friends. Welcome to OFD Mailbag number 3. If these were seasons of television, we're already ahead of Firefly, smack in the middle of the best season of The Wire, and somewhere all existential-y in Mad Men. As always (for the third week in a row), questions are from real readers. Or their legal advisor acting on behalf of the reader vis-a-vis their opinions on varsity football at the University of Notre Dame. Had to put that in after we got sued by the coleslaw lobby last week -- they give their lawyers some serious cabbage. Without further ado, let's get into this week's edition:
Flattery Gone Wrong (Will Still Probably Get You in the Mailbag)
If I have learned anything from reading the first 2 editions of OFD Mailbag, it is that the best way to ensure one's submission be included is to compliment, or "butter up" the author.