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28 Feb 2008
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Jury Duty - Almost hit the jackpot
28 Feb 2008 03:20 pmWell, after being on call all week for jury duty, I was finally summoned in yesterday along with about 120 others. We were the winners in the Jury Duty lotto -- we were part of the first round jury pool for a double murder trial with gang overtones, one that was expected to last six weeks minimum. Unlike the majority of the folks there, as the day passed it became more and more apparent that I was just the sort of juror the judge and lawyers were looking for, at least to pass along to the final selection (most folks had some conflict of interest or prior exposure to the case).
Unfortunately, there's this Halloween trade show that would be coming up in the big middle of it. After describing what I do and what the trade show was to the judge, he agreed that serving on the jury (thus missing the trade show) would create a hardship for myself. So, I was off the jury. Still, it took most of the day to get to that point.
If the trial (and my call for jury duty) had been a month earlier or later, I'd almost certainly be on the jury or one of the alternates.
The judge (and the defending attorneys) were amused at the existence of a haunted industry, at least.
Unfortunately, there's this Halloween trade show that would be coming up in the big middle of it. After describing what I do and what the trade show was to the judge, he agreed that serving on the jury (thus missing the trade show) would create a hardship for myself. So, I was off the jury. Still, it took most of the day to get to that point.
If the trial (and my call for jury duty) had been a month earlier or later, I'd almost certainly be on the jury or one of the alternates.
The judge (and the defending attorneys) were amused at the existence of a haunted industry, at least.
Torchwood, season two
28 Feb 2008 09:40 pmWell, we're eight episodes into the second season now. Unlike the first season, the members of Torchwood aren't hanging onto the edge of their sanity, aren't jarringly disfunctional in the face of alien horror, and frankly, haven't been as interesting. This season's episodes have been pretty inconsistant, more The Men In Black Saturday Morning Cartoon instead of a developing storyline that you'd care about. With a mostly gratuitous gay subtext, naturally (it *is* Captain Jack, after all), but mostly a lot of shallow flash instead of meaty substance.
Episode eight is one of the high points so far. No spoilers, but it is one glaring (and unneccessary) plot hole away from being one of the top episodes of any TV show I've seen. One of the Torchwood crew is having ... issues, multiplying from earlier episodes. The episode opens with that crewmember and a random stranger, having just met atop a tall building where they're both contemplating taking that long step off the roof into eternity ...
(And BE WARNED - spoilers may pop up in the comments.)
Episode eight is one of the high points so far. No spoilers, but it is one glaring (and unneccessary) plot hole away from being one of the top episodes of any TV show I've seen. One of the Torchwood crew is having ... issues, multiplying from earlier episodes. The episode opens with that crewmember and a random stranger, having just met atop a tall building where they're both contemplating taking that long step off the roof into eternity ...
(And BE WARNED - spoilers may pop up in the comments.)