   “You just don’t listen!”  When women tell us men how unhappy
they are, our job is to listen, not to try to fix everything.
What matters is empathy, not problem solving.  Here is a video
that illustrates the principle.  My apologies to all those who
saw this about half a year ago, which is often how these things
work, and my thanks to 6000, which is where I first encountered
it. Says 6000:  If my wife sees this, I’m dead. So let’s keep it
between ourselves, ok?  So, commenters, try not to shout.  My
main comment is that the still shot that introduces the video,
and the title of the video, both give the game away. But maybe
they have to, to get the video noticed.  Samizdata quote of the
day  “That commons had become too tragic for me”  Doc Searls,
author, columnist and all round guru, was heard to utter this
last night at the reception for speakers for The State of the
Net conference in Trieste, as we devoured the last of the
exquisite Italian antipasti laid out on one table and moved on
to the next table of