Hurrah for Photoshop Phridays

Hahaha...

And for more Photoshop-abuse of LOTR moments (including plays on Office Space, Starbucks, Green Dragon, M.C. Hammer, and much, much more), go here. Really, you should. Be sure to click the "next page" button at the bottom of each; there are about five pages of these.

Jury duty questions

So, yay, I've been summoned for jury duty. If it turns out I actually have to show up (that is, if they don't cancel my "group number" when I call the automated number on Monday night), then here's what I want to know--and I thought it best to ask you people instead of trying to get through to any actual government or courthouse numbers:

1) Is it true that all I have to do to get out of it is to develop strong opinions on whatever they ask? (Without committing perjury of course.)

2) If they want me to be a juror anyway, will the trial start relatively soon--like within a few days--or will they say, "Great, so show up on November 4th..."? If the latter is the case, then I can't do it--classes start at the end of the month and I have to be a T.A. But if they want me as a juror for a few days in mid-September then I'm perfectly available to judge my peers.

*sigh*...such a pain to cooperate with constitutional rights sometimes. :)