I was surprised by the questions and I reminded him that these were the same prisons where we both used to work.
When Clinton keeps her cool answering a condescending question, I'm reminded that my mother has spent decades honing the same skill.
The incident in question, as I remind him, occurred at the memorial dinner for the writer Hunter S Thompson, in the dining-room of the Jerome Hotel in Aspen, Colorado, a few weeks after the writer shot himself in February 2005: an event attended by 200 or so including, as well as family members, Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, John Cusack, Josh Hartnett, Sean Penn and Jack Nicholson.
Pondering these questions, I'm reminded of the philosopher Daniel Dennett's thinking on "supernormal stimuli".
Walking the empty streets of Manhattan pre-dawn, and seeing the snow, we all found ourselves asking the same question: "Is that it?" It reminded me of that scene from Crocodile Dundee, when Mick Dundee is confronted by muggers wielding a switchblade.
Whenever I had the urge to make an interpretation or ask a probing question, I had to keep reminding myself to let it go.
When it comes to money, we look for a guru to answer questions like: I'm reminded of a meeting I had with an investment committee of a sizable endowment fund.
But when I remember my alarm, shock, dismay and total visceral thrill at discovering the many certainties I took for granted - like trusting all security forces without question - I'm reminded of powerful effect books written for different ages can have on their unintended readers.
But there is an answer to my question, and I was reminded of it the week after the assassination anniversary, by happenstance, in a theater in downtown New York.
But the recent answer to my question reminded me that I've also learned some of my most important parenting lessons from Yoko.
