Wow. Spring makes even Hartford beautiful.

With the warmer weather we've been having (Michigan) it makes me realize more clearly how much I hate winter/cold weather.

Oh, my. I was going to replace my round table and put my metal chairs outside, but a chair like that Adirondack one might be better. I think I need to get the measuring tape out.

The technical emergency that ruined my sleep has been resolved -- turned out to be a dumb mistake by someone not on our team.

Also, I have a "$100" reward from the corporate reward catalogue.

Today might be okay.

Did anyone hear that the 11th circuit court has agreed to re-hear the Schindler's appeal?

Actually, they are allowing the Schindlers to file a petition to request a rehearing of the appeal. They have not agreed to re-hear the case.

ita, they come in a lot of colors too. Want me to send you the 10% off email?

they come in a lot of colors too.

How did you guess I wouldn't buy one in red?

Want me to send you the 10% off email?

Please do!

Now to trek back to my car to get an envelope to pay rent.

How did you guess I wouldn't buy one in red?

I knew you were holding out for the pink. Email has been insented.

they are allowing the Schindlers to file a petition to request a rehearing of the appeal. They have not agreed to re-hear the case.

Sorry. What are the steps involved, bon bon? Don't they have to reinsert the tube if legal action is ongoing (though they haven't done so yet)? I got that impression from NPR this morning.

Lyra, here's Salon.com's not particularly hopeful take on it:

Terri Schiavo's parents will get one more chance to argue for the re-insertion of their daughter's feeding tube. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, which has already rejected previous appeals by Schiavo's parents, issued an order last night allowing them to file one more emergency petition. Although the parents' supporters saw the development as the opening for some kind of miracle, it's hard to read much into the court's one-sentence order. It says: "The Appellants' emergency motion for leave to file out of time is granted."

Under the court's previous ruling, the deadline for filing a new petition passed on Saturday. But in papers they filed with the court Tuesday, lawyers for Schiavo's parents said that additional research had persuaded them that U.S. District Judge Whittemore had committed "plain error" when he ruled against them after Congress and the president conferred jurisdiction over the Schiavo matter on the federal courts. In his ruling, Whittemore said that the parents had failed to show a substantial likelihood that they would prevail on their arguments that their daughter's constitutional rights were violated in Florida's courts. In their new filing, the parents say that Whittemore erred by considering not just whether the Florida courts afforded Schiavo her constitutional rights in the procedures they used to reach the conclusion they reached, but rather whether they should have reached that conclusion in the first place. It's not clear why Schiavo's parents didn't make that argument the first time around; it's just clear that they didn't.

While the court's order may be the best news Schiavo's parents have had in a while, there's at least one sign that it's unlikely to lead to the outcome they want: With Terri Schiavo in the last days of her life, the court did not order that her feeding tube be re-inserted while it ponders her case.

And tommyrot, thanks very, very much for posting the link upthread to the interview with one of the neurologists who've actually conducted a thorough examination of her. It's all still awful and sad and a wretched circus, but it seems clear that, whatever agonies her husband and parents are going through, she at least is spared any awareness of suffering. A grim blessing, to be sure, but if there's anything worse than the indignities she's going through it would be those indignities plus awareness and consciousness. It seems pretty clear that Terri herself is gone, free of this horror.

Did anyone catch this week's Veronica Mars? I'm confused about Weevil's assertion that he had nothing to do with the the shenanigans, he was just taking bets. Surely he knew who was rigging the games, right? And that person was obviously tied into the kidnap, because of the "don't play" ultimatum.