Civic Duty

When I was 11 or 12 years old, Dad got called for jury duty in Waukesha County, WI. I am not even sure what time of year it was, but I knew I was out of school. I begged to go, and Dad let me on one condition. If I went, I had to take notes about what was going on. I sat for at least one whole day of the trial in the back of the courtroom and took notes. It was a drunk driving case on Moorland Road, I believe, not far off of Capitol Dr.

On Monday, I will answer my first call for jury duty. I am probably the only person on the list that is actually excited. First of all, work will not be able to reach me at all (lest I be held in contempt of court, and it's not worth it). Second, I am hoping to pick up some material for my second book. Court is a great place to watch people and pick up on human interactions.

If chosen, I will sit on a jury in superior criminal court. Three murder cases are on the docket and a wonderful smorgasbord of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to inflict serious injury, public assistance fraud, and felony breaking and entering. If I am not chosen, at least my calendar is clear for the week and I can take a couple of days off.

Don't worry Dad, I will be taking copious notes. :)

North Dakota

On Feb 6th there were several posts about my Quest, and how I was going to get North Dakota checked off the list on a chance trip to Canada.
Well it is Thursday night Feb 18 and I'm sitting in my hotel room in Minot, ND. By the way....Minot is known as the "City of Magic????".

My week in Estevan, Saskatchewan was a week of my life I will never get back....and when you're my age you keep count!!!!
People say that Northern cities have the equipment to remove snow, so driving in a Northern city is actually easier than driving in a Southern city with 1" of snow.

Well....Bullshit.....I spent a week in Estevan and drove on ice packed roads. When I asked about scraping the roads down to the blacktop they said we'll just wait for it to melt. THAT'S WHAT I HEAR IN SANFORD, NC!!!!!

Back to Minot, after tonight I will have satisfied my Quest and have checked off ND. My wake up tomorrow is 3:15am so I can get a flight out of "Minot International Airport" The airport is about the size of my family room, but they have a flight that flies to Canada, so they are International.

Watch out Kansas.....you're next.

Updated format and spreadsheet

Reunion Dates

Hi All,
I will monitor this post and update the spreadsheet. I will replace the existing photo every time someone submits their weekends.

Please submit the weekends via comments. Also, 4's are considered absolute NO's.

Alright, let's get this first step out of the way.