Jury Duty Down; London Up

Well, that was quick; I’m back from jury duty.  Actually, not "back," rather "deferred" (until some time in January). The issue, about which they give you eminently fair and civilized warning, is that there’s an outside chance one...

Jury Duty Starting Tomorrow

Jury duty starts tomorrow for me.  (Lawyers used to be exempt in New York State, but lovely as that was while it lasted I cannot quarrel with the decision to put us back in the pool, as it were.) Needless to say, I have absolutely no clue how long I will be...

Heading to San Francisco for Four Days

I’m heading to San Francisco this afternoon for four days (back Wednesday night on the red-eye):  Mostly business, but a bit of pleasure as well in my second-favorite City, and I’ll be staying with friends in the East Bay.  If the business part...

For the Community, From the Community

"This one’s for you," dear reader: Courtesy of my site-stats server, you can see that "Adam Smith, Esq." enjoyed over 90,000 visitors during the month of July and at this rate should be easily over 100,000 visitors/month by Labor Day. I am...