REFUDIATED? ... The much-ballyhooed children's biography of She Who Was Governor, set for publication this fall, has been pulled by the publisher. No reason given, according to Slate, the online magazine, except October "is not the optimal time" for releasing it.

Titled "Speaking Up," the book is a truncated and very favorable view of Sarah, part of a series of biographies of famous people produced for the children of Christians.

Ear is really sorry it got pulled. It sounds hilarious. In the words of a Slate columnist who got an advance copy before publication was canceled:

"At one point, within the space of three paragraphs, Palin is compared favorably to Taylor Swift, the apostle Paul, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver -- in that order."

BANKS AND SCHOOLS TOO? ... In the interest of fairness, Earwigs who read the item last month about Joe Miller supporters showing up at the family-oriented Bear Paw parade in a black Hummer and carrying semiautomatics should know the other side of the story: In an interview shortly after the parade, Miller told the Washington Post/ABC that packing heat is no big deal in Alaska. People carry guns openly here at political rallies and in parades, he said.

"So you know it's not unusual to walk into a Wal-Mart or to walk into a gas station, and see people carrying guns," he assured Outsiders.

Well, yeah, right before they say, "This is a robbery."

LIFE'S LITTLE IRONIES ... The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blew into town this past week to hear arguments in a series of pending Alaska cases, including an appeal of some Glacier Bay fishing restrictions. In the federal courtroom Wednesday, presenting the case for the unhappy fisherman, was Juneau attorney Bruce Weyhrauch.

Luckily, Weyhrauch's appearance as a plaintiff's attorney didn't interfere with his appointment in the same courthouse Friday as a defendant in the federal corruption case against him. Bruce attended that one by phone and let his lawyer, Doug Pope, do the defending.

TED-LESS ... Speaking of federal court, Alaska's man on the 9th Circuit, Judge Andrew Kleinfeld, has ascended to "senior status," that approximation of retirement for federal judges, and U.S. District Judge John Sedwick is going the same way in March. The search for both replacements is on. This used to be a simple process. Uncle Ted said who he wanted and that's who got appointed. But with the players being a Democratic president, a Republican senior senator, a Democratic junior senator and a dysfunctional Senate, who knows how things will go.

The new disorder has already given rise to rampant rumors that the Obama administration wants to give Kleinfeld's job to Anchorage Native rights attorney Heather Kendall Miller to make up for not giving her a big special assistant's job in the White House. Earwigs say she went to law school with the president. People who beat federal charges say Alaska Supreme Court Justice Morgan Christen is her only real competition.

As for the Sedwick seat, U.S. Attorney Karen Loeffler and Federal Magistrate Deborah Smith are obvious contenders. As usual, Ear knows nothing, but everyone assumes the Sedwick job will go to a woman -- we've never had a woman on our federal District Court, if you can believe that.

FRIENDED BY THE LAW ... APOC finally published rules for candidates who keep personal Facebook pages. One of the rules is that candidates have to include a disclaimer. Here's Rep. Les Gara's:

"And the law says I have to write: No state or campaign $ or staff are used here. Unlike a certain ex-Guv. who sees Russia from Wasilla, I write my own stuff."

KUDOS ... Friends report Dick Reichman, actor, director, playwright, radio reader, piano tuner and Renaissance man with Cyrano's Theater Company, is in Australia with his wife, Christine, for the opening there last week of his play "The Big One." It's about the Exxon Valdez spill and unexpectedly timely. Described as "part docu-drama, part taut thriller," it was presented by Sydney's New Theatre and got good reviews.

A SMALL TOWN ... So, there was Sue Fison, retired director of city planning, assembling flowers for her daughter's wedding bouquet last weekend. Painstakingly designed in Seattle, the bouquet called for Lady's Mantle leaves as foliage. Alas, back in Anchorage, she couldn't find a florist who sold it.

Not to worry, said Girdwood Master Gardener Catherine Renfro. Call the Cooperative Extension Service, ask them to put out an emergency locate.

And so it came to pass, in mere minutes, according to Sue, that local gardener Claire Chan, a stranger, called. Come on over, pick all you want, she said. Thus the marriage of Elizabeth Fison to Benjamin Hudson went off as planned on July 23 at Arctic Valley. They're honeymooning in Bali.

ON THE MOVE ... Sadly, two familiar bylines are disappearing from Your Favorite Good Morning Newspaper. Megan Holland has already left for an adventure, walking from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean across the Pyrenees. Police reporter Jim Halpin and the family are off to North Carolina this month.

• Anchorage writer Rich Chiappone isn't moving anywhere but up. A collection of his essays, short stories and poetry, titled "Opening Days," has been published by Massachusetts-based Barclay Creek Press. It's about fly-fishing and is available on Amazon.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD ... as we know it, Olive Connolly Reed, new daughter of Paula Dobbyn and husband John Reed. It's probably more appropriate to say welcome to the family. Paula and John's adoption of Olive became final last month. She's with Trout Unlimited and he's a biologist with USGS.