Whatever happens with the election this year. I am very happy that we have a female Prime Minister in Australia. I am even happier because Julia Gillard:

1. Lives in Melbourne's West
2. Western Bulldogs supporter
3. Labor
4. A red head. As an Aunt of red heads I celebrate the recessive gene whenever I see it :o) I love red it's my favourite colour.

The twitter stream and the ABC have been my main news sources during one of the most exciting times in Australian politics. The journalists in the twitter stream that I watched most: @bernardkeane, @firstdogonmoon, @benpobji and @crickey_news. I must say that Chris Uhlmann, Annabel Crabb and the ABC coverage has been terrific. 

Kevin Rudd's farewell speech was moving and very emotional. It will be a very exciting year in politics. Bring it on.

I just wanted to say again yay Twitter (the microblogging service with the mostest). Thanks to all the folk who posted positive feedback about Book Depository  I made my first purchase and the books arrived today. Sallysetsforth has a nice post about the Book Depository if you would like to check it out. Many, many librarians are fans.

Today I received Gail Carriger's Soulless: The Parasol Protectorate and 6S Volume 3. I have three pieces of flash fiction in 6S and of course I went through and bookmarked them immediately with old catalogue cards.

The books came with a lovely bookmark featuring upcycled softies on it (nice). How did they know? One is even in the Aussie colours. Actually they ran a bookmark design comp you can have a look at the winners too. The sock creatures bookmark is designed by an Australian.

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Jo who I also follow on Twitter mentioned that she was purchasing some moo cards (custom business cards). I first saw them in use last year at Social Media Melbourne (Fridays for breakfast at Tulk) and fell in love with them. You can choose your own design and/or add your own photos. So I decided to get some of my own for my crafty stuff. They feature my studio, crochet, haiku and umm Dr Who.

Thank you to the all the informative and friendly peeps I follow on Twitter you enrich my personal and professional life.