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I got the bad news late Thursday afternoon:  my jury duty has ended, jury duty for January 29th has been cancelled — apparently because of lack of interest.

I consider this cancellation bad news because it denies me the opportunity to demonstrate the Big Three ways to get out of jury duty:

• wear a full beard,
• flaunt your education (especially advanced degrees)
• dress for gardening.

Juries called for the beginning of the week, Mondays or Tuesdays have a high probability of being seated.  Juries called to appear near the end of the week, especially Fridays, have a high probability of being cancelled — as mine was (Friday January 29th).

But, cheer-up, there’s always next year (actually not always).