Scruggsellaneous odds and ends

In the crunch of daily blogging, inevitably some things get left behind. Sometimes they stay left behind, but sometimes, through luck and perseverance -- like the Rachel finding Ishmael afloat on Queequeg's coffin while searching for its lost children -- these castaways are rescued. Here are some of them from recent days and weeks:-- In the Renfroe v. Rigsby case, in federal court in Northern Alabama, Scruggs filed a petition for a writ of mandamus with the 11th Circuit. Although I've known of this since February 1, the day after it was filed, other stuff came up, I couldn't find it right away, etc. etc., typical blogger's lament. The writ asks the 11th Circuit to find that Judge Acker committed an abuse of discretion in failing to recuse himself from the case. Here's a post I w