events to global warming, which by the way is another emerging scientific consensus that will be waiting for you when you wake up from the half-sleep you're still in), the labels you still don't like (such as "climate change"), and the environmental advocates who still rub you the wrong way (Gore). And, the classic apex of your post, that the left should not attempt to make political hay out of this, because it puts people like you right off. This is all beautiful. It's like an evolution denier (OOPS I said the word) who finally accepts the evidence, then blames their long ignorance on the fact that Richard Dawkins is really mean to religious types. Well, grow up. And stop calling yourself a "skeptic". Nearly all scientists are skeptics. People who ignore scientific consensus because it means they'd have to change their worldview are NOT skeptics. They're just pigheaded. @ianholmes-if I had spent the entire day formulating a reply to this blog entry, I would consider it a day well spent if it even came close to what you wrote, which happens to be a perfect summary of what I thought after reading the blog entry. There is absolutely nothing new here...I mean I'm glad an individual was able to re-package the information so another stubborn (read: not skeptical, but stubborn) fool believes AGW is real, but it's almost becoming embarrassingly comical to hear personal reflections of becoming a "believer" in AGW. They may as well confess to finally believing