Civics class

One of the joys of living in the city is that every once in a while you get called to jury duty. I’ve lived in town for 43 months and I’ve been called 3 times. I lived in Bucks County for 30 years and was called only twice. I was originally scheduled to attend back in July but I had other pressing matters, so I rearranged it to last Monday. If you’ve never attended jury duty here in Philadelphia, it’s not as bad as you might think. It’s one day or one trial, so if you don’t get picked for a jury you get to leave at the end of the day. Both previous times I was released at noontime which wasn’t bad. This time, as soon as I got there I was put in a panel of 50 people for a trial that was to begin that day. I was #42. So they took us out of the assembly room and brought us up to an unused court room where we proceeded to spend the rest of the morning until we were taken to the actual courtroom where we were sworn in and the judge explained the process and asked us a few questions about hardships, physical limits, etc. He said the trial could last 3-4 days. We were sent to lunch and when we returned the judge questioned us individually as to our capacity to be jurors. I missed that part because by the time they got to #42, they already had seated the jury and two alternates, so I got to go home at 4 PM. I dodged a bullet there. Hey, I did my civic duty and responsibility for the year.


We’re in the middle of a 10-game Phillies home stand and my knee is holding up pretty well. Plus the Phillies are getting hot at the right time so it could be another Fall to remember.

All for now. Enjoy your weekend. Go Phils!!