Before coming to NLADA I received a Jury summons in the mail. Not being worldly enough to know that there was such a massive difference between petit jury and grand jury, I really didn’t make much of it. It would be a couple days at most, and I am sure I would be passed over. […]
I got to spend some time hanging out with Martin Marty at Renaissance Weekend a couple years ago. All I knew about him was gleaned from lunches, dinners, and panels together. During last night’s run, my friend Marty Marty started speaking into my iPod earbuds in the form of an interview on Speaking of […]
May 19, 2002, Washington, DC – When you are 32 and charmed, its pretty difficult to leave the Mister Magoo world of happy obliviousness. Well, being on the Grand Jury with our focus on Murder, Mayhem, and Sexual Abuse is like a boot camp for getting out of my guilded carriage to see what […]
Ultraviolet is a visually exciting and not just because of Milla Jovovich’s bare belly, either.
My mom just sent me the best story in response to Stone Soup,
“Back in the late sixties Bob and I went to Staten Island on a Sunday afternoon to hear Pete Seiger sing. When we arrived there he was constructing Rock Soup in a huge pot with veggies, etc., donated by people arriving. […]
When I was “32 and charmed,” I spent five weeks as a juror on Grand Jury Duty.
Well, I have finished three-of-five weeks of being a Grand Jurist. I am the Sergeant-at-Arms and one of 23. We are down to 22, but a quorum is 16. Let me tell you, this job sucks […]