Highlights: Happy birthday, JS! Jen joined Mark & me for How's Your Coffee. We bought flowers at Safeway (saw Thomas Murphy) for Yoshi and Yoshia and gave them to Yoshia as a thank you for the wine and the years of being good neighbors. I worked further on Checkfront implementation, which was needed to manage a complicated book club setup. Jen and I went to see Hamilton at the Campbell movie theater. It was amazing. Even though I've seen it seven or eight times in person and watched this video more than once, sitting in the theater with a great sound system and a massive screen with Jen was a joy. What an accomplishment that musical is. Amazing, fun, poignant and inspiring. Ended the day with a call from Lauren, which is always wonderful. I love the family we share.
Insights: The day included a call from Tommy sharing the shocking news of Charlie Kirk being shot and killed. It hit all three of us deeply. I was not a fan or a hater of his opinions or agenda. I agreed with some and not with others, as is likely the case with any two people exchanging perspectives. This was not only a senseless and tragic act, but it's a huge step backwards for our country. Nobody should die because they have differing viewpoints. To his credit, the exposure I had to his talks and debates were impassioned and aggressive dialogs, yet not outright aggressive dismissive character attacks like others I have witnessed. We can and should all be able to agree to disagree with civility. How else can we learn and evolve if we can't openly entertain and discuss opinions other than our own? This struck me as a potential turning point in our society, similar to the Columbine shootings. Is this to be the new norm? I fear that our divisive polarization may devolve into a society that fails to recognize our shared humanity, dependency and connections as a species. It's like the line in the movie today: "… I was too young and blind to see... I should've known. The world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me"
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