I've had a lot of Jewish friends in my life. Most notable were my decades long friend Beryl in Hawaii, we've been in contact today. And our two investors in Hamilton Graphics back in the late eighties were Israeli tank commanders for the IDF.

They approaced me one day and asked if I would like to create an anti-virus program for the PC, which didn't exist at the time, and I said no. Hell, I could have been Peter Norton!

I flew up to Seattle with one of them as they bought our Oakland, CA business out. These guys were no nonsense, badass tough guys. He had a meeting with Microsoft and as we shook hands at the airport, my computer connection with all that we had built in California, was over.

Riley and his mom had moved to the Seattle area a couple months earlier, and when I showed up at their apartment in Kent, WA, my adventure as his dad continued. He was just a toddler, but I had made the decision to be in his life, forever.

I could have gone anywhere but I finally knew where my heart was. Dove and I had a great chat on the plane about family and values, and as Israel gets ready to roll tanks over these baby killing Hamas monsters, I think fondly of my old badass Jewish partners.