Empathy 101

The other day I met a friend, Jim, for coffee. When he stepped away to take a phone call, I played with my own phone for a few minutes, reading a couple of emails and checking the all-important Facebook status feeds. I wasn’t eavesdropping, but the tables at Starbucks are not really meant for privacy…

Can You Take Some Feedback?

I have no desire to make society conform to my way of thinking. That would make society excruciatingly boring. Plus I’d probably be as irritated with other people as often as I get irritated with myself. But I’m a little intolerant of those who refuse to conform to the mores that are in place for…