Once a year, like clockwork

I got a jury summons today for Los Angeles county court, with a report date of September 3rd. Since I'll be on an airplane that day and unable to report to the courthouse in the morning, I used the automated phone system to postpone until the next week, September 9th. (I could have postponed to any Monday for the six months after September 3rd, but I wanted to get it over with ASAP.)

Last year, I served jury duty in Federal court in downtown L.A. In fact, it was exactly a year before this jury service. In fact, my initial reporting date for that jury duty was...September 11, 2001.

This can only mean trouble.