(A guy’s guide to compliments)
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About a week ago — 24 January, in case you want to write down the date for next year — approximately three people in America observed the not widely known National Compliment Day. (Participation was even lower this year because most people were busy not being unemployed.)

As national holidays go, National Compliment Day is barely old enough to vote. The event was created in 1998 by two females named Debby and Kathy, although these days I probably shou...