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Yellow Shoe
Yellow Shoe Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. Curse this pollen for all it is worth. It is one thing to prevent my breathing, but could we please stop making my shoes look all jaundiced? That is all.
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Post Seasonal Beer
03-17-07_1817.jpg Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. Red Brick Winter Ale at Two Urban Licks.
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Me, The Juror
… find in favor of not doing this again, not for a very long time. And when I do, I will cross my fingers and hope for a case far simpler that that which we confronted this week. After returning to the Court House before 9:30am to continue our deliberations, we reached a verdict and…
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Deliberate
And so, it carries right on. Weather permitting, jury duty shall continue tomorrow morning. We’ll pick it up where we left off this evening. Right now, all of you should be very thankful that still I cannot discuss any particulars. If I could, no screed limit would hinder me. As it is, let’s just have…
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Sustained
Jury Duty. Continues. There is little worse for a word fiend like myself to be confronted with a Really Big Word — one that sounds a like a cross between onomatopoeia and aglio y oglio — while being oath-bound not to look it up on the Google. The only true consolation is this: the experience…
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All Rise
So, yeah. I got picked. Not entirely happy about it, but I’ll make do. Of course, I can’t talk about it. The deliberations are supposed to last no longer than Thursday. Afterwards, I’ll talk all I want.
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Summonings Of Two Sorts
01-28-07_1906.jpg Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. After taking in a late afternoon matinée of The Last King of Scotland with Janice and Wendy, Nikki and I stopped by the our nearby Publix for a couple of necessities. Having not heard any news since this morning, it was quite obvious that the local weather wizards have been…
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Sonny Said
This week, Governor Sonny Perdue appeared before the Georgia Assembly and delivered his 2007 State of the State. But what is the state of our state? Let’s read along and learn together, shall we? To understand the State of the State, we must not simply look at Georgia as a snapshot. Georgia is a changing,…
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Freaking Huge Monitor – Free To Good Home
Step right up! Everyone’s a winner, bargains galore. Well, let’s make that one single solitary bargain. That’s right, you too can be the proud owner of a not-too-new, but really, really big 21″ monitor. That’s full-color, folks! Made by Sony, a brand where the quality goes in before the name goes on, this Trinitron Multiscan…
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More Comic Book On-Ramps
Note: I promised more about The Question, didn’t I? That’s coming, but later. Promise. And this time, they’re all free. While I still think that anyone who loves a great story and good art should pick up the first issue of the Justice Society of America reboot, I understand that this is the holiday season…