Hampered by a few jury duty curveballs courtesy of the criminal justice system, which are presently gracing me with some 17-hour days. Case in point: set to conduct an interview this morning via cell phone, with recorder jacked into earpiece, while I’m driving to Van Nuys, as that was the only mutually convenient time I was free. We’ll see how that works out. Exhausting, yet it’s also interesting to be thrown together with a random cross-section of folks — a reminder of what’s out there, as Jack London might not say.