What's your political orientation?

Try the Political Compass

For future reference my result was:

Economic Left/Right: -7.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.21

which means I'm more anti-authoritarian and left wing than Gandhi.

I must start drinking my own urine immediately

Just in time for Spiderman 2

Here's a series of rejected strips. Reload your browser to see the next one.

[from diepunyhumans. Where else?]

Yet more writing news

"Remembrance Day" has just been sent off to "Fables and Reflections", "With This Ring I Thee DEAD!" will be performed on the 12th of September. The details are here.

Whinge

My CD-Burner appears to be dead. Won't be able to get a new one for a while.

I better not lose anything...

Why we are at war

Please note that I disagree with much of this article but I do think the central metaphor is a good one. I do not see why, though, a struggle against the dark age of Islamofascism should lead us straight into a dark age of "radical conservatism". I'm against dark ages in general. And I just can't see Bush as Theseus. Minos, yes.

Terry Jones puts it in perspective

How to raise children the Donald Rumsfeld way.

Why Mormons are dangerous

You know, I'm trying to make stuff like this up. Real life beats you every time.

Mark Latham = Colonel Kurtz/

Interesting article that collects most of the negative stories about Mark Latham

Purely for research purposes only

Some of Monash University Library's more unusual acquisitions

The Sex Scandal that wasn't

The intern who didn't sleep with John Kerry tells her side of the story - and attempts to find out where the rumour started.

Fascinated as I am with the US political scene at the moment, it hasn't produced many admirable characters. Alex Polier is an exception. You go, girl!

Word for today

armigerous: bearing arms