Gossip

    I don't like to think of myself as a gossip. The problem is that it's impossible for me not to tell a good story if I know one, and if it concerns somebody I know I have no brakes that automatically activate and say "Whoa! Not a good idea!" I caught myself doing it again yesterday. My excuse is that most of my social interactions are with a cat, and as she's fairly unlikely to repeat anything I say (intelligibly at least) my instincts for discretion have atrophied. I guess I should work on that.