Here in New York City, the high today is 55. Tomorrow's high is 14.

Oh wow, I totally didn't realize it was the same Fitzsimmons doing that work! Thanks!

That's awesome. I keep thinking I should send him a thank you card for awesomeness to humanity, or something. "Thank you for being a small beacon of hope in the cesspool of legaldom."

Crazy O'Clock. Brutal in the middle of the night. (I'm thinking of getting one of those automatic laser pointer tower things to try to wear them out during the day to stop it.)

And here my parents grounded me when I fed my brother mud pies as a kid. I WAS A CULINARY GENIUS, YEARS AHEAD OF MY TIME, KEPT DOWN BY THE MAN! OPPRESSED BY THE MEATLOAF AND SPAGHETTI PROLETARIAT!

NEXT FOOD TREND!

Haha. Am loving what everyone is calling it.

Well, I grew up in the Bay Area, have been to Fresno multiple times, and still hate it. So clearly YMMV.

There are days where I want to send Jane Doe's legal team flowers, candy, balloons, thank you cards, and all the possible love and affection in the world. They've truly been stellar.

There's been a rash of Attorneys Behaving Badly in the media lately. I suspect they're out to make a name for themselves, either to become Talking Heads on a 24hr news channel, or to have the name recognition to sell a book.

We call that monorailing in our house. One of the cats loves to monorail around the living room floor (using the sofa, ottoman, chairs, your ankles, whatever else is available).

Mitt Romney announced the name and addition of his grandchild to the public in September, posting a picture of the kid with Ben's wife, via his Twitter account, which is still associated with the RNC, political fundraising, and PACs. It's a political Twitter account, serving a political purpose.

Actually, Mary didn't speak out publicly until the second campaign, either at the end or right when it was over. In fact, in the first campaign, Mrs. Cheney denied that Mary was gay and got really bitchy at the interviewer for asking.

No, it's like saying that Mary Cheney's sexual orientation was fair game for people to discuss while her father backed anti-gay legislation.

No worries. I just hate seeing the hospital dragged over the coals on this one, since I doubt any of them are like THIS IS A GREAT IDEA!!! But I totally wouldn't want to be a hospital lawyer (or doctor, or actually possible, ethicist) in Texas these days, because yeah. No one wants to be case law :/

Note: the hospital is not going crazy. The hospital is saying "our hands are tied, state law." Big difference. (They've been clear that they wish they could honor his wishes and remove her from life support.)

It doesn't matter if it's in writing. (The biggest negative from the Schiavo case: people believing in the power of paperwork.) The Texas law is clear enough that the hospital is understandably worried about being sued by the state, regardless of what Fine, et al, argue the "correct" interpretation is. (Which is why…

Chances are good she was without oxygen long enough to irreparably damage the embryo, but there's no good conclusive "test" for that. So yay, Texas - forcing a woman to stay on life support (until her body just gives out and refuses to play along, which is possible prior to viability of the pregnancy) and then…

From some quick Googling, it looks like there was near-instant outrage when the baby was revealed, and the Romney's released a statement saying that he was named by his birth mother. (Take it for what you will.)