Jury Duty, Popcorn and a Candidacy
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I’m scheduled for Jury Duty in Camden, New Jersey on Tuesday. The courts in NJ are giving me another chance to show up. I was scheduled to report on the same day in February, but I tried to get out of it by telling them I work out of state and to travel to NJ would be a financial hardship. (OK, not that much of a hardship, but you know….) I had forgotten about the summons for a few weeks, so I made the request to be excused in early February.
No dice, they responded, all but saying, “Show your butt here on Feb. 24.” Well I didn’t get the response until a day or two before and I was here in the DMV. I didn’t show.
The courts, in their wisdom, then told me to show up March 24. They added that if I didn’t report on the new date, I’d have to stand before a judge and tell them why I didn’t show up twice.
The last time I reported was in 2002. I was in a jury pool for two cases – on a drug case, a couple of guy charged with selling crack near a school; the other was a civil case where the family of a man who died in an apartment fire was suing the apartment owners for negligence. I wasn’t picked for either.
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I have a question: Is it good form to re-pop the unpopped kernels in a microwave popcorn bag? I don’t know about you, but I hate seeing those wasted kernels at the bottom of every bag and seeing them go to waste.
Call me weird, but I feel like those poor corn kernels missed their callings simply because the heat didn’t make them pop, but I never do. I should start trying to re-pop those kernels.
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And to top things, off, The Spouse is running for a seat on the school board in our NJ town. The election is April 21. The term is three years. She’s one of four candidates vying for three open seats. How it works is that one-third of the nine-member board is elected each year.
She’s told she may be the first former teacher ever to serve on the board. My beloved will be following in a proud family tradition. You see, my mother served on the same board for 15 years. Mom was first elected in the spring of 1977, my senior year of high school, too late to do me any good. Had she run a year earlier, I could have used some major leverage up in that spot.
As you may know, The Spouse was forced to retire from a classroom teaching position in the local high school due to a permanent back injury inflicted on her by a student. So she’s trying to go about her mission in another way. I ask that you pray for her successful candidacy.
Try to stay from under the jail, Mr. Man. Can you do that please?
I’ve always said there are enough brothers in the criminal justice system, thank you very much. I refuse to add to those numbers.
Comment by A — March 24, 2009 @ 2:22 pm
LOL that popcorn kernel question sounds like something i would say. i, too, hate wasting all those kernels. that’s like, $0.25 worth of food! BUT i think there’s a warning on the box or somewhere i’ve read about NOT repopping them. i’m assuming something bad will happen? maybe they’ll explode lol.
congratulations to your wife for running for school board!! that’s exciting! i pray all goes well.
Dfly, I tried to repop the unpopped kernels, but I ended up burning them. So I threw them outside for the birds to grab.
The wife is running for school board against an entrenched, politically connected cabal. She’s being backed by a former board member who’s clashed with the powers that be. We’ll see what happens. Thanks.
Comment by dragonflysoul — March 26, 2009 @ 12:03 pm