Comic for Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Posted: 8:15 am, Wednesday, January 16th

Man, let me tell you, nothing is as exciting as participating in the civil process. Damn. One of my fellow jurors is digging it so much, he wants to go check out other various trials while we're on lunch break. I will continue to go to the B&N down the street and read in their Starbucks, myself.

Not a lot to say, I guess, since I'm pretty tuckered by the end of my days in court, and since I'm not allowed - yet - to speak about anything. I have some stuff I know I *can* talk about, but I'm holding off 'til the end, anyway. I will say that the defense lawyer got kind of chippy with the plaintiff's expert witness yesterday, to the point where the plaintiff's lawyer objected.

Judge: On what grounds?
Plaintiff's lawyer: This is getting contentious.
Judge: That's what a cross-examination *is*.

That got a big laugh from the jury. Also, I would like to give ups to the court clerk, who gives us Halloween-size candy bars every day in the afternoon to keep our spirits up.

The only news I took in yesterday was this:

You can imagine the obscenity I unleashed. I wonder if the Saudis stoned a rape victim in celebration of that asshole's visit? (And to make up for breaking the Five Bucks rule of no-pictures-of-people-on-the-site, two days in a row, I added some horns to the White Satan. More, actually, because that's a Reuters photo and I figured I should edit it a bit.) Seriously, could he be any more in bed with those fuckers? Ergh.

Alright, then, catch you all later. I look forward to being able to hop on this full-time during the day again.

bullfrog