Jury Duty Today

I'm on jury duty today. Definitely, I have that feeling like many people that there are other things I'd rather do with my time. However, I think that jury trial is such an important right that part of me feels proud to be here to do this.

Meetings start one week from today. Summer is almost done, and I've got quite a bit of stuff to do in the next few days. But overall, a good summer.

I got a pseudo-rejection letter over the weekend. The editor of a journal where I had submitted something a couple of weeks ago emailed me to tell me that this was not the best outlet for that paper. The editor said "don't think of this as a rejection of your work." That's why I say "pseudo" rejection letter.