Jury Duty

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Guess what? I got called for jury duty. Most people try to get out of jury duty, but I must admit, I’m pretty psyched.

Jury duty means $40 a day from Uncle Sam (aka Gov. Spitzer). That’s right, forty bucks a day just for sitting, listening, and giving one up-or-down vote at the end. Sounds pretty sweet to me.

No hustling for this gig, they send me a legally binding summons.
Usually, I don’t get paid unless I write about stuff. With jury duty, I’m mercifully forbidden to write anything about what I see or hear. Just sitting, listening, and meting out a legally binding opinion on the facts.

Maybe they’ll even make me the foreman.