- Joss Whedon’s top 10 writing tips http://dannystack.blogspot.com/2009/01/joss-whedons-top-10-writing-tips.... It’s mostly predictable, but “Cut what you love” is surprising.
- This article has me wondering if all the nonsense-science supporting Global Warming is perhaps a backlash at the Bush administration’s treatment of the Scientific Community http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2009-01-18-obama-scientific-climate...

As I’ve pointed out repeatedly, Global Warming is a myth just like Santa Claus and Supply Side Economics, and now the Australian Press is starting to agree w/ me: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23411799-7583,00.html (Thanks to Republibot 1.0 for pointing this out to me) The question now becomes “Why are those in charge insisting a phenomenon that does not exist is happening?” Is it simple misinformation (Government officials are notoriously a decade behind on scientific and sociological events), or is it maybe an attempt at social engineering (“Dammit, I’ll turn these people into ecologically sound urban atheists if it kills me!”) or is it an attempt to shift the basis of our economy (“That’s it, I’ve had it with them Ay-rabs! Let’s find an excuse to justify great inconvenience on our part to avoid buying oil from ‘em anymore!”) or is it simply clever marketing? (“I think we’ve sold everyone just about as many cars as we usefully can, now let’s make them feel bad about driving them, and talk them into buying different *kinds* of cars…”) or a purely political motivation (“We need to make people believe there’s a major crisis afoot so that we can gain a lot of power and hold on to it for generations.”) or some other option that hasn’t occurred to me? If anyone wants to discuss this, I’m up for it, just post it in the comments below, and I’ll answer!