| Monday, July 16, 2007 |
| Civic Duty |
I'm off to sit in the City Courthouse building with the unwashed masses of Baltimore's mean streets for the day. My annual right of civic duty for the city.
I am juror #723 until 4:30 this afternoon, and they called jurors #1 - 900.
Last year, I dragged the laptop along thinking I could get some work done, and live blog the day's events, but it's more trouble than it's worth, and frankly, not worth blogging about. You have to pay $10 for internet access, and then every 30-40 minutes you have to pack up all your stuff to go stand in a line, move to a new room, etc... and there really isn't any good space to sit and work.
So, today I am happily taking along the latest issue of Vanity Fair, and a good book on the history of China to while away my time.
I've been chosen to sit on a jury two out of the last three times I've gone, so I'm hoping I have a legitimate reason to recuse myself this time.
I'll be back later with the results. Hey, at least I get to wear khakis and sandals instead of a suit and heels. |
posted by Broadsheet @ 7:42 AM   |
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