If the people currently up in arms over Rick Warren inviting Barack Obama to speak at an AIDS conference being held at his church would fly one of the multitude of AIDS victims in Africa away from there to come live with them in their home, caring for them until they in all likelihood died from the disease, I’d be much more inclined to hear out their complaints.
Said it before, saying it again: if someone sends you an e-mail that isn’t spam, common courtesy says you write back even if to say nothing more than thank you for writing. Not doing so is just plain rude. And if you can’t do the little things like demonstrate simple courtesy, how can you be trusted with great things?
You know you’re mellowing when after having worked many years in retail, after a few years in an office you find yourself looking back and thinking “Christmastime was fun.” Not fun enough to do again, mind you. You’re mellower than you used to be, not dumber.
