1. I leapt into the Subaru and blasted out to Jake and Carol Lee's place on Rose Lake feeling confident that things were in pretty good shape as we prepare to set our 50 year Kellogg High School reunion into motion on July 15-17.
I had good reason to feel good. As our reunion meeting convened, we ran through what needs to be done. Different people volunteered to carry out tasks or had already volunteered in past meetings.
Everyone is ready to do their tasks and we all know what is going on.
The meeting was calm, intelligent, fun, and efficient.
It almost made me think about reconsidering my determination, upon retirement, never to be on a committee again!
This one's been awesome!
2. Once we finished our business, we broke out food. Jake mixed me a gin and tonic. Then a second. We listened to Greatest hits from the 70s on the Jacobs' Echo Dot. We fell into fun conversation about a variety of subjects, bemoaned that we wouldn't be seeing several classmates at our reunion, and enjoyed a relaxing time on the Jacobs' balcony overlooking a most peaceful and quiet Rose Lake.
3. I didn't turn on today's Select Committee hearing at noon because I didn't want to have to leave while it was underway to go to Yoke's and head out to Rose Lake.
I forgot to record it, but discovered an NBC channel that replayed the entirety of today's hearing at 8:00.
As today's broadcast ended, I thought about the character Omar Little from The Wire who famously said, "A man gotta have a code."
I thought today's hearing was about competing codes. Those testifying from the Justice Department made decisions late in 2020 and in early 2021 based on the code that guided their work and their understanding of the law. They were up against those in the administration and supporters of the administration who operated according to a competing code of conduct. Much like the men who testified on Tuesday, the men from the Justice Department held fast to what they understood the rule of law to be.
They prevailed.
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