Two free days coming up

Well, not really free days, but I won't be trying a case to a jury for the next two days. Washington County Circuit Judge Kim Smith's office just called to say that my jury trial scheduled to begin tomorrow in Fayetteville got bumped in favor of a case ahead of us on the docket.

The reprieve allows me to resume reading sections of the paper I normally forego in time-crunches like this. Today's legal notices section in the Texarkana Gazette says that our cable provider is negotiating with KATV and KSLA (CBS-Shreveport) to continue airing those two stations after December 31. We lost our NBC affiliate for a time two years ago, and the only reason I still have cable rather than a satellite is for KATV, AETN, and the "Weather on the 8s" on the Weather Channel. With satellite, I'd be forced to have an all-Louisiana lineup with Louisiana Public Broadcasting and all Shreveport affiliates, but I don't want to pay $60 per month for cable just for AETN.

Sleeting at 43°

I know many of you in northern Arkansas are seeing flurries. You have to look in the corners of the windows for evidence, but we're getting some white stuff down here as well.