It was now time for us, the jury, to begin deliberation. But before that could start the judge had to give us some instructions on the applicable laws. He spent an hour going over the Connecticut motor vehicle laws, some of which went right over my head. I clearly remember thinking of all the years — Continue reading »
The Boeing affair
📆 March 14, 2005
Being liberal minded goes along with accepting the concept of live and let live. Somehow in the US we have a morality crisis by which every person seems to be solely judged by their personal lives rather then their public talents. The resignation of the Boeing CEO over an alleged affair with a female executive — Continue reading »
Credit cards and bankruptcy
📆 March 10, 2005
Hardly a day goes by that I don't receive multiple credit card offers in the mail. It's always from the same gang of goons trying to rope me in with some enticing offer. 0% APR until hell freezes over, free balance transfers, use the money for home improvement, new car, vacation, college bills, or maybe — Continue reading »
MSN Spaces, Where's the Space?
📆 March 2, 2005
Now that blogging has taken the Web by storm, in its true, come-from-behind style Microsoft has joined the fray with its MSN Spaces offering and it is rapidly adding subscribers to this free blogging service which is currently in beta. Spurred by an enticing link in my Hotmail account, I recently paid a visit to — Continue reading »
MSN Spaces, Where's the Space?
Now that blogging has taken the Web by storm, in its true, come-from-behind style Microsoft has joined the fray with its MSN Spaces offering and it is rapidly adding subscribers to this free blogging service which is currently in beta. Spurred by an enticing link in my Hotmail account, I recently paid a visit to — Continue reading »
Jury duty, Part III - The testimonies
📆 March 1, 2005
The testimonial phase of the trial took 3 days to complete. There is certainly a stark difference between going to work and going to the court as jury. The proceedings start relatively late in the day, lunch time is never shortened or delayed and the sessions end promptly at 4:45. The wheels of justice move, — Continue reading »
Jury duty, Part II - The opening statements
📆 February 20, 2005
On the morning of the first day of the trial we arrived at the court and proceeded to the same location as the selection day. We didn't know each other yet, we only knew that were selected for jury for the trial. After some time passed, we were called in as a group by the — Continue reading »
Jury duty, part I – The summons
📆 February 14, 2005
In my February 2nd jury duty blog, I had griped about being selected for jury duty. At that time I had hoped that it would mean a wasted day in the courthouse where you just sit around the entire day and then learn that you weren't selected for any trials. After arriving at the courthouse, — Continue reading »
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