Argh! Unexpected civic duty! Well, I showed up for my jury duty call, and somewhat to my surprise, actually wound up on a jury—in a criminal case, no less.

So today I’m going in to the office early, just long enough to put out any brushfires and carry home anything I can deal with over the weekend. Then it’s off to Kings County Supreme Court for a meeting between the jury and the judge, at which I gather we’ll be told our schedule. My impression is that we’ll be in court two or three days next week, and one or two days in the following week, although of course these things are never entirely predictable.

Obviously I’m constrained from saying anything about the trial in progress, and obviously it’s going to be like having two full-time jobs for a little while; but I’ll try not to vanish entirely. In particular, I’m going to try to use this weekend to post some things I’ve been meaning to get to, so do check back hereabouts. [07:14 AM]