My name is Chris, and yes .. I'm a blogaholic

Since I started my own blog, I of course have become more interested in reading blogs of other people. This, I have found to be a most intriguing pass-time, and I am now realising, a dangerous one as I clock up many a "wasted" hour of PhD time reading the fascinating views of the world at large. Of course, if a PhD is meant to be the ultimate opportunity to broaden ones mind, then surely this is not really wasting time. However, I suspect my supervisory committee won't quite see it the same way come my six month progress report.

I have just recently added some links to a few blogs of friends of mine (on the right side bar). All are worth checking out. I will add more as I start to find them.

Also, I found Democrats Senator for Queensland, Andrew Bartlett's blog via Rob's blog a couple of weeks ago. It is well worth a read, and a great way to get a snap shot of life as a parliamentarian (regardless of your political persuasion, or lack thereof). It will be particularly interesting to read his views in the coming week, as a heap of senators who lost their seats in last years election leave, making way for the governments new senate majority.

I particularly admire Senator Bartlett's frankness on many important issues, as well some of his more personal posts. It's true, some politicians (maybe even most) are actually human!

Oh well, back to blog reading .. sorry ... I mean .. PhD work .... really ;-)