Disclaimer

My brother told me once to only write about the people I don't care about. If I meet someone and he's a tool, then by all means, share his idiocy with the masses. But if I hope to maintain peoples' friendships and confidences, then I must refrain from writing about them, even with name changes. I've tried to stick to that. I've tried recently to only write about people recently that I don't really care about offending. The problem is, I care about offending everyone. I don't like to be out of favor with anyone. So then I find myself only writing banal trivialities or -- when I dare to write something of substance -- worrying that I'll offend someone. It's a catch-22.