Late night early morning thoughts

Awake and reading things on my phone. Who would have ever thought I'd be saying that. I'll keep it short because the battery on my phone says it needs a charge. Getting ready to sell off the last if my clutter. Useful stuff but not stuff I see fitting in my life right now. Like a lot of things I find myself needing stuff I gave away every time I try to do a task or repair. Yes my life is simple. As I said I'm using the phone for LJ.

One knee is giving me problems but I know there is little can be done with arteritis and a slight case of gout adding to the complications. I just have learned to adapt. That seems to be a recurring theme in life.

I didn't think about it till someone else mentioned it but a close friend is definitely bipolar. Yes, mental illness is all around us. Maybe she can get help but only if she wants to. That is the key to mental health. I know that even when the other person mentioned the word she became very defensive. We will see how this goes.

Economic injustice

Who would have thought that jury duty would be a battleground. It seem that in my area jury duty is compulsory. No excuse is acceptable with a final decision on any excuse requiring the potential juror to appear before a judge. In the case I am involving myself in a person is summoned to jury duty but has no transportation available. They told her to find a way to court or face a failure to appear notice and potential fines and jail time. I have asked the court to explain their logic and they say they are making jury duty compulsory and do not accept "weak" excuses to skip this "civic duty". My next step is to take this to the media and let the court of public opinion rule on this. Yes I am rocking the boat but is see this as something that needs to change. Why should someone feel threatened by the courts because they do not own a car or lack public transportation? Oh, and I will also bring this to the attention of the ACLU. I will post more as this develops.