minorthird

so…the Red Sox won the World Series — yay!
so…the City of Boston is having a “rolling rally” for the Red Sox today — boo!
large crowds stress me out. I don’t get stressed out at the game — those people belong there — but the thousands of extra people standing outside my office building, and taking […]

so…two posts in one morning…some strange is afoot…
actually, nothing strange, just three more things…
to counter the effects of the 5 people in the office that MUST turn on ALL of the overhead lights in the office WITHOUT warning, I need to invent a “cone of darkness.” It would be like the “cone of silence” on […]

so…three things…
Red Sox!!!
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we have a neighborhood skunk, and on occasion I’ll see him in the morning. We exchange civil looks and the occasional grunt — mine saying “dude! We’re cool, I’m just moving sllllooooowwwwly to my car” and his saying “hey, you allllmmmooost scared me, but I’m too tired to spray you, so I’ll let […]

so…my mp3 player just started playing Christmas songs!
WTF!

so…I was in the first group of 60 to get called up to a courtroom. After all of the challenges, I came 10 people away from being impanelled.
In the first pass through the 60 potentials, at least 20 stated that they might have a hard time serving their duty. I understand that. However, at least […]

so…actual conversation:
Clerk: ma’am, please hold your coffee. I don’t want you to spill it on my papers.
Lady #123: Oh, sorry. Does that happen often?
Clerk: It happened six weeks ago. The woman is still here.
ahhh…jury humor.
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8:10am…someone has already busted ass and stunk the place up!

so…I’m sitting in a room with 125-plus people. The way the tables are set up I would think that we were getting ready to play bingo, but the “JURY POOL” stencil on the back of each chair is informing me otherwise.
I, unfortunately, didn’t have the time to radically change my appearance — add a few […]