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This week I have the honor of serving my community by answering a jury summons sent to me a while back.

Mainly this means that I need to get up waaaaaaay earlier than I have been for the past, oh, five years, so I need to go to bed earlier than I'm used to, and get used to getting up before the Sun even thinks it's a reasonable rising hour.

With that in mind, I'd like to point out that I'm five minutes away from tomorrow as I type this. If you catch my drift. Well, even if you don't catch my drift, I'm still up "hella" late (as the kids say these days--that "hella" thing seems quite popular).

So, instead of sleeping in preparation for jury duty, I'm reading what other Seattleites have to say about it. So far I've found Matthew Baldwin's version of events (finely composed, as always, but difficult for me to read in that format, so I'm mostly reading the version here instead, though I'm having some slight trouble finding later entries), as well as the good Mr. Morrow's take on it.

Thing is, they both seem to have reported to different places than I, so perhaps I will have a fresh take on things. Expect me to report on fine and glorious things such as, "This room is nothing like what I expected, mainly because people were describing other rooms in other buildings," or perhaps, "And then I finally figured out where people put their coats and backpacks when they're sitting in a jurybox."

The excitement is non-stop here, people. Don't you forget it none.

Oh, and if I'm not updating much here this week, it's because of jury duty and spending time with friends and family for the holidays. (No, Mom, I'm not surprising you by flying out there for Thanksgiving, what, do you think I'm made of money or something? Sheesh.)

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