Scottie slept well all night which was great. Me, not so much. Fair. Made it up early though, and eeked out a moderate meditation before dog-walk and heads down into work needs. Fasting today and contemplating if the 5/2 routine is better with the two being serial or staggered. Anyway, at work, I'd promoted that "Juneteenth" being recognized on Sunday.. "Thinking out loud… maybe we should consider joining the companies doing something to recognize "Juneteenth". Whatever is decide could range from a paid day off/company holiday to some other form of team-side promotion and awareness". It was side-stepped and I dropped it. It resurfaced, and a passionate discussion ensued in slack. I pressed back, hard, on one person's resistance, and feel I made compelling points and articulate arguments that we do SOMETHING. It escalated, and in the end the points were made and the company adopted a resolution to recognize it. I have other sentiments I'll express elsewhere but I'm grateful for the team that stop in unity to effect a positive change in our business. I took the afternoon off and caught up on busy-work. Looked into options to get some sort of vacation this summer w/the kids and coordinating such w/Linda resulted in a snide comment that I resisted the urge to respond too. What's the point when it won't be considered. My latest "ice" effort took 30hrs to cool and reach a 2"+ thickness. I took more time to cut out larger 2" squares and they came out awesome. The 'rough' nature of them really looks incredible. Listened to Cine-files episodes about "Silverado" and then "The Seventh Seal" and both were great. Really enjoyed them both, and all of the observation of the details and nuances of the latter. It's been a favorite for decades, I even used the 'dance of the dead' image as a blog header way back when. And yet I've just rediscovered it and learned more than I already knew about all the imagery and subtext it had. Gotta watch it again, just might do that now.