blah, blah, blah and no pineapples or coconuts

According to WB2, Time magazine has named Allard one of the 5 worst Senators. I can't find the article on the Time site but the reason WB2 gave was he is so blah.

Poor Greg N this morning was sent to interview people who had already filed their taxes on their thoughts on folks filing today. JB wonders if he was a dictator in a former life and his punishment is to be given the worst non-news assignments from WB2 in this life.

I must go and sit in the jury selection room now... and see if anyone pulls a pineapple out of their briefcase.

Update: I was dismissed from Jury Duty- never made it out of the jury selection room. Overheard during my sit...

- Annoying professional sub teacher (note much discussion about how this was by choice, doesn't want to work full time): she was unsure if she should fill out the employed or unemployed juror form. CD2E is concerned that this woman is teaching children even on a part time basis.

-Sat next to a nervous woman who laughed like she was at a comedy club at all the very, very dumb jokes made in the "welcome to jury duty" video. She either doesn't get out much or was very, very high.

- Another potential juror was trying to tell anyone who might listen about what a pain in the neck her pregnant sister is and how she should be exempt under the caretaker of a disabled person rule so that she could go home to care for her cranky sister.

At first I was annoyed by the "no cell phone" rule. I regularly use my cell phone in airports and other public locations. Then after about a half hour of listening to people talk to complete strangers- I realized what a NIGHTMARE a jury selection room full of cell phones would be and began to wish a Library code of silence would be implemented instead.

"We all judge. That's our hobby. Some people do arts and crafts; we judge. "
- Standford, Sex and the City