Seats and Laps

Toward the end of my first day here in the overflow press room (OPR), an observation regarding seating:

We press have a choice of two types of seats -- very comfy green-leather juror seats with arm rests that look like they should be in a hunting club -- or less-comfortable plastic and pleather chairs with a little flip-up half-desk like you had in high school.

Where you sit has less to do with which type of chair you prefer than with the availability of an electrical outlet for your laptop power plug. No juice, no journalism.

I would have chosen one of the comfy chairs but, alas, there was no outlet. Already, the juror box had an electrical-outlet octopus that would've terrified Capt. Nemo.

So I'm sitting in a little-desk chair but balancing the laptop on my, well, lap. Which is not really bad, except for: a) the heat from the battery and b) the threat of infertility in young men caused by the heat from the battery.

What the heck -- I'm only going to be here for a few weeks. What are the chances?

By Frank Ahrens |  April 5, 2006; 6:17 PM ET  | Category:  In the Overflow Room
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