This is going to take a while...

Jury selection for Barry Bonds' perjury and obstruction of justice trial (aka King Canute v The Tide) is starting this morning. Among the questions being asked of potential jurors:

• Have you ever participated in organized sports?


• Have you ever heard of BALCO?


• Have you attended a Giants game in the last five years?

BALCO has been in the news off and on for over a decade in the Bay Area. Very few adults haven't participated in some form of organized sport in their lives, and while many people haven't been to a Giants game, if they're hoping to exclude Giants fans, good luck with that. after last fall, it's hard to find anyone on San Francisco who doesn't have at least a good feeling towards the team.
( Now batting, number 25, left-fielder BARRY BONDS!!!! )

Did Bonds use steroids? Seems pretty clear that something was going on? Did he know about it? Who knows? He's such an arrogant jerk I can almost believe that he'd not bother to question his trusted trainers. Can the feds prove their case? Seems doubtful to me.

But the best part of a Bonds acquittal would be watching the haters' heads explode.

I'd love to hear the opinions of the lawyers I have on my friends list on this.

I question the veracity of this "Spring" thing

This photo was taken about 90 minutes ago,



That's a hail burst bouncing off my truck. Lasted about fifteen minutes. One of several we've had today. We're expecting stuff like this all week. The earlier edge of the storm has resulted in Highways through the Sierras being closed due to zero visibility. Which is a pity, because the Tahoe-area ski resorts are reporting several feet of fresh snow, and some of the ones at higher elevations are making plans to possibly stay open through the July 4th weekend.

The next person who says the word "drought" in my presence will be beaten to death with the brick from my toilet tank.*

I'm not complaining, it's great to see all this moisture hitting our parched state. Problem is, we're getting too much at once and a lot of it is going to be wasted due to (wait for it) our decaying infrastructure. Our levees are weak, a lot of the Hetch Hetchy system that supplies San Francisco hasn't been upgraded since the last WPA worker left, we have dams that haven't been inspected in Halford only knows how many years, and San Francisco's storm drains were installed after the 1906 earthquake.. and have never been replaced.

Hopefully the levees hold. Although it would be just like me to go to a San Joaquin County Council meeting after a levee break there and say "For the love of God; first y'all complain that you're not getting enough water, now you got water all over the place, and you're still complaining? Make up your minds!" Hopefully the state water resources people can get up the mountains again for yet another check of the snow pack and release more water for the farmers. I'm just happy I have no appointments this week. This is one of those days when being this broken almost seems better than my job. But honestly, given a choice, I'd be out there on the road.

How's the weather in your neck of the woods?