Because WTF, even.

This is just how crazy things can be in the world today, in any ten-minute span of time.

5:20 pm — nice lady whom I don’t know knocks on the door, smiles and hands me a nicely boxed piece of special matzoh, made in Israel and courtesy of the local Chabad house. She wishes me a happy Passover. I thank her, and wish her a sweet Shabbat.

5:25 pm — a FB contact that I know through the drumming world sends me a message. A few years ago, I mistakenly sent this guy a message meant for another of my friends who is Jewish. I apologized for the goof and he said it was all good.

I hadn’t heard from this guy since, and we’re not FB friends. 

The unsolicited message is a video that contains disturbing, graphic images of the suffering in Gaza, with a voiceover by Democracy Now! Host Amy Goodman.

**Both of these things came unsolicited.**

One was someone offering me a joyous gift and friendly greeting.

The other was someone who thought sending me graphic images of violence — timed just before Shabbat — was a good idea.

After my head stopped spinning, I blocked the guy who sent the video. 

Because WTF, even.