06-23-2012, 04:14 PM
(a) Todd is mad poet sexy for sure -- I love minds beyond all measure, this place is like a brothel for the intellect 
(b) Direct experience is not necessary. What IS necessary is empathy and a willingness to accept that you might be wrong, then the flexibility to change when you are. I haven't done a whole lot in my life but that doesn't stop me from wanting to write about it -- I just never assume that I've got it right, and pay attention when it's not.

(b) Direct experience is not necessary. What IS necessary is empathy and a willingness to accept that you might be wrong, then the flexibility to change when you are. I haven't done a whole lot in my life but that doesn't stop me from wanting to write about it -- I just never assume that I've got it right, and pay attention when it's not.
It could be worse
