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I took a two-page printed list of the books from my Amazon wish list with me to my local library branch, since I start jury duty on Thursday. I’m a pretty fast typist, so I checked a bunch in a couple of minutes, but soon a little old lady tapped on my shoulder. “Are you going to go through that whole list?!” she asked. I told her I was almost finished, pointing to the item on the page I was then checking. She asked, “Is that the end, or are you going to flip it over and do some more?” I assured her it was really at the end.

My jury duty is at 60 Centre Street. I welcome any nearby attractions (ha!) or restaurant recommendations, particularly Vietnamese. This post from Chowhound pretty much sums up the way I feel about those court buildings.

Maybe I’ll get a chance to sneer at the Kerik Complex while I’m there.

I can’t find much about this other than this page from firstop. Doesn’t anyone bother to update web pages anymore?

Saturday October 2nd and Sunday October 3rd , 2004
12 to 8 PM

The third annual open-studios and exhibitions event reveals whatÂ’s happening in design in this thriving Brooklyn neighborhood. Featuring the latest in fashion, architecture, graphics, interior, furniture and industrial design, the event reflects the current state of Williamsburg: its lifestyle, industrial past and new creative talent.

Maps listing participants and locations will be available during the days of the event at the Bedford Ave L stop or come back to our website for full listing, detailed event information and directions.

We saw a card for this when we walked by some graffiti artists working on big murals at a space just off Bedford on Grand Street, with a sign that said Bauplatz.

Two young suits, probably Wall Streeters, walking down my street. One points behind him at the Hotel Chelsea.

Chelsea Hotel? Serena’s, downstairs? Fuckin’ sorority party!

Bloomberg says:

You can’t arrest 1,800 people without having somebody in the middle who shouldn’t have been arrested. That’s what the courts are there to find out afterward.

Apparently they’re there to sort out the journalists too if necessary.

Editor and Publisher has an article today titled Reporters’ Legal Hotline Drew Nine Calls During GOP Convention

A special legal support hotline for reporters covering the Republican National Convention, set up by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, received at least nine calls for help from journalists who were arrested or detained at the event, the RCFP said Tuesday.

Although that may be considered low, since nearly 2,000 protesters were arrested during the week, RCFP leaders contend it is significant, since a similar hotline set up for the Democratic National Convention in Boston prompted no calls.

Go read the whole article. They have a list of people detained by the police. Some of them were held for well over 24 hours.

Via Tom Tomorrow.

It’s not him, it’s a female protestor, for those confused by jumping right to his post.

Christopher Ryan sent me a link to his account of being arrested during Critical Mass.

While I cringed a bit at his use of “flamer”, his politics seem to be in the right place generally, and I’m not quite sure what a straight ska-punk musician should call a homo these days…

From Smart Mobs, via Eyebeam reBlog, currently guest-edited by Tom Moody.

I like Tom’s editor’s comment at the end:

[Speaking of the risks of city-funded wifi… –TM]

Last night we went to The Tank to drink liberally with bloggers and others. We shook the hand of Markos of Daily Kos! We spotted Mrs. Atrios, but we didn’t meet Mr. Atrios. We also met Julia of Sisyphus Shrugged.

We also met Andrea Fraser — we are huge fans of her work, especially the video we saw at the Hammer at UCLA recently. I would have to say if someone asked me to guess where I would eventually meet her and talk with her, a blogger/RNC-related event at The Tank would not have been my first guess.

Madge the Manicurist (of the Church Ladies for Choice) dancing with Florent staff, with fabulous signs behind them

Afterward we went to the pro-choice night of Florent’s RNC-related evenings. It’s hard to take photos inside at night there, but here are a few.

His account.