I've been watching the sausage-making of the IPCC for the last week or so. Because it's an intergovernmental panel, a lot of the more strongly worded sections got, ahem, smoothed a bit. As in, passing from a large intestine. Nevertheless, they did manage to sound alarmed. Time will tell if they also sounded an alarm that got heard. The Union of Concerned Scientists has a fine piece here. And more good stuff on global warming here. They're scientists, and they care. What could be better?
Meanwhile, locally, it's cold enough for spit to freeze before it hits the ground and go skittering into restaurants before you. Embarrassing. But it's good fun to watch the local hipsters negotiate long underwear under their tiny, tiny pants. They've taken to stuffing the long, pointed toes of their shoes with newspapers, just like their hipster great-grandparents. It's so sweet when fashion comes full circle.
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