Archive for November, 2008

Hospitals and falls

Monday, November 10th, 2008

Without going into too many details, what is it with many people falling and getting hurt recently? In the past 2 weeks, at least 5 people I know ( or friend of a friend sort of thing) have fallen or been injured in someway. None are connected or related, though none are young.
 
Is it just [...]

Civic Duty: Jury Duty

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

In addition to voting today, I’ve been selected for Jury Duty Wednesday morning, at the Compton Courthouse.
 
With any luck, it’ll be like last time. Sit there all day, read two books, watch two movies I’ve already seen, and get a bad practical joke run by the guy in charge: telling everyone they’ll be sequestered for a 4 defendant/jury mass [...]