What's with today, today?

Oooh, look how topical I am! Politics, climate change... I've seen some good articles lately, so I thought I'd put up some links in case anyone is interested. An article from The Economist about debating climate change. I quite like this, it says that while the magazine believes in climate change, it also believes in scientific debate, and scientists with alternative views should not be silenced to support the orthodox view, because that's not what science is about. Sounds reasonable to me! An article from the SMH basically arguing that Tony Abbot's stance on climate change is inconsistent and untenable, from an politico-economic perspective. I first came across this argument on Jordan's blog (you can find the link to the relevant blog post here ) apparently Malcolm Turnbull has expressed similar views. Once again, sounds like a good argument to me. I wonder what the best solution would be? On a totally unrelated note, I find it ironic that my blog's spell che...

" Mr Abbott said he would work to bring the party together because it's easier to manage a party when they oppose rather than negotiate with the government. "The best way to unite a political party is to really go after your opponents, which is what I intend to do," he told the Nine Network today." -Tony Abbott in the SMH This is the kind of attitude I hate in politics, obstructionist for the sake of it and refusing to co-operate to get anything done. A bad sign for the future?

I've been composing a blog post in my head about how I don't think Twilight is all that bad for people, even though I agree with most of the criticisms of it, but now that it comes to actually sitting down and writing a blog post I am already bored of my arguments. Feel free to call me out if you disagree with this, and I will outline my thoughts. I was going to include a quote (o.k., more a rough paraphrase) from Fahrenheit 451, which I think is an awesome book, if that helps. So having said what I won't be talking about, here is what I will be talking about. Seeing as it's December, and 'tis the season, I will be doing a Year in Review- my annual reading list! Since I lost this year's diary and didn't get around to putting up last year's list, this will be the books I read in 2008, but I hope you enjoy all the same. Great Expectations- Charles Dickens Mister Pip- Lloyd Jones Kind of appropriate to read next to each other, good books but Mister Pip was ...