Peer Pressure

Ok. We caved.

Our Mr. Bentos are on their way. :-) We're looking forward to having lunches that look at least HALF as good as Jessica's.

Triumph!

Today was a day of triumphs! We spent most of the day fixing things around the house. Two major projects: replacing the toilet "innards" for the downstairs bathroom and replacing the kitchen faucet (they were both leaking).

It took us about 4 hours to do both projects (and clean up) not including the trip to Home Depot. And only one trip to Home Depot - which is a victory in and of itself!

Next on the list is probably planning a job we won't be doing ourselves - remodeling the downstairs bathroom altogether. But you never know what might come up!

Citizen Me

Or... "You, the Juror."

Seriously. A 20-minute tape they made us watch at the beginning of our service as Cook County jurors that explained who all the people in the courtroom are, what their roles are, the basic outline of a trial, and what the role of a juror is. Corny as hell.

And totally useless today, since not a single juror-to-be ever even left the room.

It was cool, though. I got to read a whole book. And how many times can you perform your civic duty and do a little off-track-betting? (Well, I didn't actually, but I did have lunch across the road from the courthouse at the OTB/racetrack.)

And now I have a little certificate that says I never have to do that again... well, for a year. Better than nothing!

Moment of Truth

So, later today I get to find out whether I'll be a juror or not. Cook County has a call-in system if you're designated a "standby" juror (which I have been). I call in tonight and they let me know if I actually have to show up or not. Pretty nice - saves me a car trip if their needs are lower than they anticipated.

If I don't get selected, I'll be off on a work trip Monday-Wednesday of next week (someone else will go if I have jury duty). Further details if it actually happens!

... Or is it Memorex?

The Onion just couldn't make up stuff like this...

Cheney Shoots Hunting Companion

More Shakespeare...

One of the other theater subscriptions we got is to the Goodman Theater, and, oddly enough, the first play in the season was another Shakespeare play. (The rest are more modern plays, even at least one brand-new play.)

The play was Pericles - which was unique in that neither of us had read or seen it before. Comedy/drama - I'm not sure why it's not staged more often. There were a couple of touching moments, and a couple of places where I laughed out loud. The costumes, staging, and use of music was great. All in all, a successful experiment.

We're looking forward to the other plays in the season, too

One for the thumb

What an amazing game.

What an amazing season.

And Jerome? Thanks for an amazing ride.

Go Steelers!