I don’t have much witty to say tonight.  This evening I voted to convict a fellow citizen of a crime that ‘s going to put him in prison for a very long time.

Yeah, I know, he did the crime, he can do the time.  But it’s sobering to think that I judged his guilt and tomorrow I will be part of the decision as to how long his children will be without a father, his wife without a husband, and his parents without a son.  No matter what we decide on this man’s fate, it’s going to be a blow to the lives of so many people.

Luckily, Boo was still up when I got home, so I got to hug my son and talk to him for a few minutes.  That and a couple fingers worth of Kentucky’s finest in a tumbler seem to be doing the trick.

We’ll return to our normal content tomorrow.  I’m going to go off the net tonight because I’m afraid anything I have to say will be too maudlin.