conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What could be a title for a book about Whoopi, em>USA, Today</em with the genre: Biographies & Memoirs, Arts & Literature?
conversations.from: assistant
conversations.value: A title for this book could be 'Is It Just Me?'
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Do you know the first five paragraphs for this book?
conversations.from: assistant
conversations.value: Is It Just Me?: Or Is It Nuts out There?
  This particular blog apologized for lighting the fuse on that story, but it's not the first blog to get it wrong in a big way. Another one famously posted a death speculation about Fidel Castro back in 2007. A bit premature.
  The thing about these two bloggers, is that at least we know who they are. Shame on y'all!! But with most, you don't. They're anonymous. Anonymous assassins. They publish rumors and innuendo and sensational guesses. If it's about you, you're getting slammed left and right and you don't even know who it is.
  Bloggers are people who write stuff and no one has to check it. There's no one saying, "Is this accurate?" And true or not, once you say it in our wired-up society now, it travels around the world... four thousand times before noon.
  Hey, you anonymous, unaccountable blogger. You're a coward. And my name is Whoopi Goldberg, if you're looking for me. I'm not scared to tell you that you're a coward because you hide. You don't want the effects of what you've said to come back and kick you in the ass. So there are no consequences. And because there are no consequences, you think you're absolutely free to say and do whatever you want. But what if there were consequences to this?.. What if you had to register your real name? You'd have to take the heat that you stirred up.
  And that means that you'd have to own the consequences of your actions. Or your words. Let the lawsuits begin!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Do you know another paragraph?
conversations.from: assistant
conversations.value: It's a tough thing to say to a kid, "You're going to have to make a decision. And let me know what you decided. Just because I'm curious." But... that's empowering to a young person. If you make it OK for them to tell you that they've done something, they'll always tell you because it's not scary for them to do it. Because it's encouraged.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Swap the first and the last sentence.
conversations.from: assistant
conversations.value: Because it's encouraged. And let me know what you decided. Just because I'm curious." But... that's empowering to a young person. If you make it OK for them to tell you that they've done something, they'll always tell you because it's not scary for them to do it.It's a tough thing to say to a kid, "You're going to have to make a decision.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Do you know the last five paragraphs?
conversations.from: assistant
conversations.value: STEALTH SWEAR: As in, think the curse, don't say it. Gives you the advantage of feeling good without all that pesky fighting after.
  TALIBAN-ESQUE: Any behavior that imposes the beliefs of one person on everyone else. Conversations with the Taliban-esque are impossible. They aren't even conversations. With them, it's my way or no way.
  THE WTF LOOK: The expression that slowly grows on someone's face with the dawning unhappy realization that something bad is in the air. You see this a lot on airplanes and workplace kitchens when stinky food hits the fan. It's a look you don't want to get.
  First, I want to acknowledge Tom Straw because without him I would not have been able to have had this done on time.
  Have you noticed that things aren't as civil as they once were? Or that rudeness is no longer an exception but a lifestyle? Sure you have. All you need to do is set foot outside your door to see that bad manners are taking over everywhere. People are yakking on cell phones in restaurants, even at church. Folks in carpools wear enough cologne to make our eyes bleed. Complete strangers think it's OK to rub a pregnant lady's belly. Passengers abuse flight attendants, family outings to the ball park are ruined by rowdy drunks... a congressman heckled the President of the United States.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Reverse the sentences.
conversations.from: assistant
conversations.value: a congressman heckled the President of the United States.... Passengers abuse flight attendants, family outings to the ball park are ruined by rowdy drunks. Complete strangers think it's OK to rub a pregnant lady's belly. Folks in carpools wear enough cologne to make our eyes bleed. People are yakking on cell phones in restaurants, even at church. All you need to do is set foot outside your door to see that bad manners are taking over everywhere.
  Have you noticed that things aren't as civil as they once were? Or that rudeness is no longer an exception but a lifestyle? Sure you have.
  First, I want to acknowledge Tom Straw because without him I would not have been able to have had this done on time. It's a look you don't want to get. You see this a lot on airplanes and workplace kitchens when stinky food hits the fan.
  THE WTF LOOK: The expression that slowly grows on someone's face with the dawning unhappy realization that something bad is in the air. With them, it's my way or no way. They aren't even conversations. Conversations with the Taliban-esque are impossible.
  TALIBAN-ESQUE: Any behavior that imposes the beliefs of one person on everyone else. Gives you the advantage of feeling good without all that pesky fighting after.STEALTH SWEAR: As in, think the curse, don't say it