Dear Friends,

This week I got called for jury duty here in Key West. I thought it was funny how so many of the prospective jurors knew each other or knew the defendant or the law enforcement officers. A small community of locals and a lot of tourists on this little island. It was a two-day trial and, while the jury was deadlocked for a while, we eventually acquitted the defendant. Now, I cannot be called again for a year but I am glad to have completed my civic duty. The right to a fair trial with a presumption of innocence is a cornerstone of our democracy and in little courtrooms all over the country that principle is being exercised, respected and supported.

The lighted boat parade is this weekend and while we certainly will not have a white Christmas, there are some colorful palm trees all decorated with lights all over the island. We did get way down to 60 degrees and I had to wear long pants, well, I had to wear long pants for jury duty. Some of the locals broke out their down coats, though.

This week’s Kibbles & Bytes exclusive features another Apple factory refurbished 13-inch MacBook Pro. I expect these refurbs to arrive this week and apologize for the delay for those that took advantage of last week’s special. This week we are offering the 2.3GHz i5 dual core processor with 8GB of ram and a 256GB SSD drive. This unit does not have the touch bar, is space gray, and has a 1-year Apple warranty. This week we are bundling with AppleCare + which extends that warranty to 3-years. You can get this bundle for only $1429.99!