White New Zealanders, have you ever stopped to ask yourself "Who am I?", "What is my identity?", "What defines who I am?", "What words and symbols do I feel comfortable associating with myself?". For White New Zealanders, those can be hard questions to answer sometimes. What is the basis of our identity? What does "Pakeha" mean? Does it just mean "White person living in New Zealand"? Anything else? Anything special about that anyway? What symbols do we have? What do we call ourselves?

Friedman Is Dead @ 94 Both a Revolutionary Economist and a Libertarian Campaginer, he advocated the decriminalzation of prostituion and drugs. He also worked towards the cessation of the draft in the 1970's more inside

Comics I Don't Understand - a site trying to figure out the funny. Look here for responses to strips people didn't "get".

Curious George: Why is my energy so fickle? My gas tank is empty, and I don't know why. more inside

Necro-Beastiality in the News A man is accused of having sex with the carcass of a deer that he found lying beside the road – but his lawyer denies that he committed bestiality, on the grounds that a dead deer isn't an animal any more. And while on the topic of neco-beastiality: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=22746&in_page_id=2

The view from your window

RIP VHS 1976-2006

Girls read comics (and they're pissed). Someone's working on improving female depictions in comic books. Hoo-bloody-ray!

It’s all one big happy circle of misogyny! Feminist criticism and activism seeks to break the cycle, raise awareness, and promote the idea that human females are real people, not f**kholes and baby machines. This extends to their fictional representation in anything, including comics.

Karen Healey is the "shrill harpy" who is working to change the industry.

Curious George: The Dish that Passeth Understanding What does everybody know you're bringing this year? more inside