November 21 - Why doesn't this happen when we have jury duty? The week before Thanksgiving is Juror Appreciation Day in New York State, and a dozen notable personalities visited the state Supreme Courthouse in Manhattan to praise the U.S. justice system and to pose for TV news cameras. Singer/songwriter Roberta Flack sang and danced with the police officer posted at the courthouse entrance. Actress Julianne Moore is the daughter of a military judge, and hopes to be selected to sit on a jury someday. Actor Chris Noth (Sex and the City's Mr. Big) recalled shooting the TV series Law & Order in this very courthouse, and said, "Jury duty is like an audition - you don't always get picked." Does actress Kathleen Turner feel, like we do, that the jury call comes all-too-often? "Seems like it; pretty often", she agreed. We asked an average citizen on jury duty how many fellow jurors were in the room. "Just a few, they're all out to lunch", she informed us.