Thursday, December 08, 2005

12/8/05

11:04 a.m. I am currently waiting to testify as an expert witness outside of a courtroom in La Crosse, WI. The client in one of my cases way back when decided to press charges. I guess it irritated them a little to make disability payments to a blind guy that drives his kids to school every morning.

It was bitterly cold and snowing when I left my house at 3am. Just like the good old days. I take a sip of Mt. Dew and then place the cold can to my cheek to keep me awake. I'll have to pull over soon if I can't get over this tired. I watch as flimy whisps of blowing snow curl across the pavement in front of me. I am currently feeling very smug about buying a truck with seat warmers. I take a sip of Mt. Dew. I will need it. It's a 5 hour drive to La Crosse.

Anyway, I've been sitting here since 9am and at this point I am so ticked off that I'm tempted to blow the case for them.

More later... They just called me in.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

A blind guy who drives his kids to school? Makes me think of the movie Sneakers and the blind character Whistler.
edfsxsom - an elf with sexomnia

Anonymous said...

Mtn. Dew in the morning??? eeeeewww. Sorry, I must be old school.

How about a nice hot/warm cup of Jamacian Blue Mountain? Best coffee in the world. A bit too pricy for the JMB? How about a nice tasty Hawaiian Kona? Yummm.

And if nothing else, a cup of Starbucks will do much better than a Mtn. Dew or a (God forbid) Pepsi at o'dark thirty in the morning.

PollyME said...

Ah, back in the day I would drink my weight in coffee. Then that pesky ulcer thing started and I had to switch to....battery acid.

:-)


iteum -- Latin for something small

Anonymous said...

Ahhh Ulcers (shudder), another story entirely. I recently cut out caffinated coffee going cold turkey. The headaches lasted about a week and now I'm down to a mug a day of the stuff.

Even so, I don't know if I have the courage to have a Mtn. Dew in the am. Hats off to you !!

BB

gnulp -- sounds like a Norwegian gulp

Anonymous said...

Interesting, Pol, but they had an incredible story on tonight's news about a blind guy teaching phys ed in the NYC public schools! He can see shadows but that's about it and has an assistant teacher, but basically he uses his other senses and keeps the kids in line.

fbduvm - character on 50s daytime tv

Anonymous said...

The wheels of justice turn ever-so-slowly in La Crosse.

How's your hand, Polly?

Dec. 12, 2005
yqqrl - a Yiddish squirrel

Anonymous said...

Tap, tap, tap, Is this thing on?

What happened to more later ....

Anonymous said...

They just called me in

Did they ever let you OUT?

What in the world did you SAY in there?

-gtwuvuo - I got nothin'

Anonymous said...

Methinks that our dear Polly may have spoken too sharply to a judge. Probably one with a notorious habit of throwing sharp MI's in the clink for what's known as "contempt". Does she need to be bailed out?

tkkju - An obscure martial art

DonnaJo said...

Polly no longer loves us.

*sniff*

Anonymous said...

Maybe she's having another brain fart, guys. See thread immediately below (and I quote):
Now where was I? Oh, yeah. Straddling Dead Guy taking pictures.

All we need to do is look for a dead guy being straddled by a svelte M.E./PI/Expert Witness and, voila!, we'll have our Polly back.

12/15/2005
fwetcrt - a Certs that your dog just finished licking.

DonnaJo said...

*looks through Polly's rolodex for a PI to go looking for her*

vscnskc

Gedhunteit