"Though pompous, he was an entertaining person."

Although these words could aptly be said of me (or a friend of mine) in a eulogy, this was actually the first question on an assessment form I needed to fill out in order to be considered for part-time employment at the local Blockbuster. Phrased in this way, "_____ pompous, he was an entertaining person," I next had to fill in the blank with one of these four choices: Before, Never, Though, and Despite. I never expected grammar to be so highly valued by Blockbuster, especially when considering the employees with whom I have been in contact. See, there it is again, that darn pomposity of mine.