Where the Hell have you been?

17. November 2008 by admin.

Two words, Gentle Readers:  Jury Duty.

And not even the fun one where I got to decide someone’s fate.  Instead it was the ’sit in a room and wait for your number to be called’ type duty.  Not that the other is so much better, but at least you feel like you have a purpose.

I did get some decent writing done, mostly on the next story (more details later).  I’ve been late getting things posted because the jury duty, combined with the missus having a new night job means I had to adjust to a new schedule.  Things should go back on an even keel now (until the next crisis hits).

I actually didn’t mind doing jury duty.  Coming so soon after the election might have been part of it; the recent reminder of how lucky we are to live in America eased the inconvenience of the whole process.  Ask me after I’ve been called a second time.

I did get a PBN  out of it; that we choose people to judge others based on their ignorance  just seems absurd; that it apparently works so well is scary.  I know the idea of a paid juror position has been bandied around for years.  I wouldn’t want to trust my fate to someone compensated to be professionally uninformed.

I’m sure the Navy could have come up with a better plan than earmuffs.  It probably would have been funnier too.

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