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May 4 04: life going on
Right then. I spent most of the last seven working days doing my civic duty, serving as a juror on a criminal case. (Weapons possession in the fourth degree: guilty. Weapons possession in the third degree: guilty; not guilty; not guilty; not guilty.) If we, the jury, could have sentenced two of the four defendants’ attorneys to being fired into the sun we would have, but that option was never made available to us. Alas. Still, I feel that justice has been served as best as was possible, and I am glad to have been able to help it along. Here’s a little shout-out to the three acquittees: keep your noses clean, gentlemen, and be smarter about how you spend your Saturday nights, and with whom. You may not be so fortunate next time.
Jury duty is good for many non-obvious reasons: you get lots of reading done, for one thing; and you get to wander through Chinatown and Little Italy seeking lunch. Many lovely meals to be found there.
And then today I went back to work. It was one of those days where quarter-to-six settles in at about one-thirty and then stays. By the time the clocks all caught up with the psychic time-zone we could barely keep ourselves from running out into the street with our arms in the air.
We’re going to Memphis this coming weekend. Those of you who can spare a kind thought for Paul’s father Ray, or can encourage those powers who bring comfort to the dying to bestow a little of it upon him, are asked to do so. He’s come home from the hospital, but it’s not an easy time for the Phillipses.
And meanwhile in California a little girl who has just turned one year old has been visiting her grandparents. Happy birthday to my most delicious niece.