So this morning I had to show up and check in by 8am to serve as a juror.  The last time I had to do this was back say about 16-17 years ago in Seattle.  I made a joke to a co-worker about 1 1/2 months ago as he got called up to serve on a jury panel, and I told him, “thank goodness I haven’t been called to serve since I moved to Texas.”  Sure enough, 2 weeks after that fateful conversation, I get a summons in the mail “Sweet”

So this morning dragged on and on.  They had us all in there like sardines in a can.  I believe she mentioned something about 750 people but only 700 chairs.  It was like sitting on the worst airline with the worst seating.

So I get early so I don’t have to stand, and sit and listen.  About 11ish she just calls a group of 70 to sit in these black numbered chairs.  Part of me was like “OK this is it, I will get picked for this one”  No pick, so all the jurors move to these black chairs and next thing the bailiff said.. “Fill out this questionnaire and then you will be reporting to court ________ blah-blah_______ at 9:00 am tomorrow morning.  LOL, you should have heard the moaning and groaning on that one.  At that point I was happy to be NOT PICKED.  Then she said all of the next group of names make your way to the back of the room and you will be dismissed..  AWESOME!!!

So I received my whole $6 for my close to 5 hours of service sitting there.  Then I was free…………..

image by tazdog…

A few more teams I was watching tonight or should I say following..
UT-Arlington - Mainly cause they were quite the underdog and a local team to me.
North Carolina- They seem to be good every year and I have followed them for a number of years.. and
Oregon.

UT-Arlington  just lost to Memphis 87-63..  Not really close, sorry guys…
Oregon is also out with a loss 76-69 to Mississippi St. and
North Carolina putting a whipping on Mt. St. Mary’s 113-74

I know there were some upsets tonight but I’m too lazy too check them out, lol…

And the current game just finished Clemson vs. Villanova
This was a seed upset:  Seed 5 Clemson lost to seed 12 Villanova 75-69…

Seeded 6th Oklahoma, wins out over Saint Joseph’s 72-64 to advance to the next round in the Final Four 1st round…

I just felt like putting up a mazzie picture today…
I love my dog…

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So we have had this account (personal checking) for 6+ years.  So back in Feb I opened up a business account with the same bank.  So today I go and deposit some checks and they are like,

Sorry but we have to put a hold on these checks for 7 business days.
Um, WHAT? 

So I go on explaining about our personal account and this and that, and what did they do..

Sorry

So thank goodness I dont need that money any time soon.  This kind of service would make you yank your money out and go somewhere else…

Good news is that at the end of the month the ban will be lifted.. muahhahaha….
Customer service rant will be coming up shortly..

So I have to say that the storms that blew through here the last 2 days were ok I guess.  We did get a lot of rain, I think somewhere around the 3.5″ mark in 24 hours, some other places around here it was over 5″

There were not really any huge or severe thunderstorms as I hoped there would be.  I know it’s early on into the spring storm season, or should I say it really hasn’t started, but was hoping to hear some good thunder and watch some good storm development.

I know that it’s just coming into the season, so hopefully more will be on the way, and would it be too much to ask for some on the weekends so I can chase them?  I might just have to go to Oklahoma this year…

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0124.html

Not quite close enough, but maybe this storm will hold off till after practice tonight.
Although they say the next 48 hours should have some interesting fun weather, with possible Wind, Hail and Tornados possible.

Right now there are 2 severe thunderstorm warnings up in Oklahoma in the following counties;
Kiowa, Washita, Greer and Jackson (Extreme Southwest Oklahoma)