So the last poll had a clear winner. Lost is the best TV show out there right now. I’m actually a bit more addicted to Boston Legal right now. Kirk still rocks.
The new poll has a few more options. Where do you think my next home will be? Have fun voting. I wonder if all 8 of my readers will vote on this one.
OK..the best local publication recently started a blog. I figured I’d eventually get around to mentioning this one. Be sure to see all the excitement on the mall on their main site.
Yet another reason to hate this miserable little village. No where on the web do they list the phone-in line to find out who is on jury duty tomorrow. No where in the phone book do they list that number. If you call the court you just get a lovely recording telling you they aren’t open, giving you no options such as “press 1 to connect to the jury pool hotline.” Instead it is a machine from the 50′s that sounds like a good scratchy cassette tape recording spoken with an accent I can’t really understand.
Now, as you can guess, I’m heading off to jury duty tomorrow like a good little Indian. If I don’t dress conservatively the judge said he may throw potential jurors in to prison for the day. You have to look like a good Virginia old-school boy. In the courtroom they keep the jurors lined up like targets in front of the judge. If anyone in the courtroom pulls a gun, the judge just ducks right below us worthless jurors. The judge can also sit there watching us from behind which is good for watching us take notes (if we are brave enough…see ahead).
For the training session they showed us a video that was clearly made on a PC by a monkey. It was brainless. It hurt to watch. It warned me about five times to not feel discouraged if I get rejected by either the defense or prosecution. Discouraged? Try happy as hell if I don’t have to find out why smoking Billy Bob wants $10k for his car because Joe Billy left a cigarette smoking in it as he watched NASCAR on his cousins TV set.
The video also went in to depth about what you can do as a juror. You are allowed to take notes if you wish, but it is highly discouraged. Note taking can distract you from the case (is that why teachers make you take notes?). At the end of every day you have to turn your notes in. At the end of the case your notes will be given back to you. Why do they discourage this? I guess jurors would get bored to tears and start playing tic-tac-toe. Note takers tend to be the ones that did well in school. They are usually the sharp ones. Lawyers don’t like sharp tacks.
As soon as I mention the word nuclear and PhD during jury selection tomorrow I have a feeling both sides will reject me. Lawyers have never met a smart person they like. At least there is a new lawyer joke every day. I wonder if I mention this tomorrow they’ll laugh…or throw me in prison. Prison or Charlottesville…hmmm…
Oh well. I’ll be sure to blog about anything of interest that happens.
I was a bit shocked when I got up. We actually had a dusting of snow in the wee hours of the morning. It was all melted by noon. The day was rather enjoyable though. Cloudy and 45 degrees.
I may upgrade this site to WordPress 2.0.1 this weekend…so if it goes down…blame others!
The village…the village. What more can I say. Remember that Twilight Zone where the little kid controlled the entire rural farm, and if you weren’t good the kid would turn you in to a jack-in-the-box? Charlottesville is more or less run by plague-ridden kids that turn their parents in to provider-like robots. Have I become a Jack?
Not that we have any snow around…but the picture cheered me up.
Rumor on the web has it that Ricky failed his 4th drug test. In the NFL that means one year with no pay, and probably the end of his career.
He couldn’t have waited a few years to have a smoke? He could have made 20 million over that time. Instead, he owes the Dolphins 8 million. If true, he is really stoned.
Now…the only thing that matters is will the Fins make the Super Bowl this year.
So it made it down to 10.9 F last night. Since it was in the 60′s last week that seems rather drastic, but I’ll be honest, it feels so good to actually have some winter here. I pulled out my winter coat for the one and only time this year. It is supposed to be back in the 50′s by Tuesday.
While walking to the coffee shop this morning I saw van full of church goers. The license plate was “Son Sam 2.” So I’m sure here in VA that just means that someone gave two of their kids the biblical name Sam. Maybe they hope their kids emulate the Son of Sam and go out and start killing a few people, but then become saved and bring praise, glory, and honor to Jesus. I guess I’ll invite the Son of Sam over for dinner one of these days.
I wonder if the kids in the van were related to the local school bombing teens? Could I get a cool nickname? Villain of the Village? Schmoozer of the Shenandoah? I think I’ll go with Savant of Charlottesville. Usually the word idiot is associated with that…right? 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 = LOST. The Savant speaks.
This week was a crusher. I have no energy, but have to head off to a small party in a few minutes. I’d rather curl up in a ball under a blanket and watch an old silent Hitchcock movie with a candle burning.
Friday nights are for young people that aren’t freaking out over their job/workload. Us mid-lifers are dead on Friday due to brain overload. Oy.
No energy. Not pure energy as Spock would say.
Every year the Olympics get just a bit less important. It isn’t really amateur athletics, everyone might be taking drugs, it takes place in bizarre time zones so you already know all results, etc. There are many reason. Even shows like American Idol, Desperate Housewives, and Grey’s Anatomy dominate over it in the ratings.
I wasn’t planning on watching much this year, but NBC has done a truly amazing job of broadcasting the event. Every single minute is in glorious high def. I get chills as skiers fly down courses, I feel a bit queasy going around the corners in the speed skating events, I lose energy as the cross-country skiers loop through mountainous regions. The broadcast quality is amazing. Buying my HDTV almost two years ago was the best $2500 I ever spent. Watching it really does get me out of the village for a few hours every evening, and transports me to an amazing array of sports.
Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sport! The thrill of victory…and the agony of defeat! The human drama of athletic competition! This is ABC’s Wide World of Sports!
OK…so this year it is on NBC, but I’ll survive. At least MNF is on ABC…oh wait..that is now on ESPN. So many letters…so little time.
