Archive of Posts...
End of the line with Dr. Che
September 2006
Jesus that cow can sing (Sep 29)
The Emperor's New Clothes (Sep 24)
Metics Finito (Sep 18)
Mavens (Sep 14)
Nine to Five (Sep 11)
Thickening (Sep 05)
August 2006
Momentum (Aug 28)
Clod Stompers (Aug 22)
Soothing [Gin and] Tonic (Aug 14)
Meditation on Freedom (Aug 08)
On Not Loving Israel (Aug 01)
July 2006
Genesis (Jul 24)
Metics Fourteen (Jul 17)
The Cure for Tinea (Jul 10)
Bright Light Over Yonder (Jul 03)
June 2006
Taiho on the kaiawhina (Jun 29)
Huha (Jun 25)
Dumbing Things Up (Jun 18)
Info Overload (Jun 08)
Munted (Jun 04)
May 2006
Jigsaw Puzzles (May 29)
Dr. Che's Chicken Sandwiches (May 27)
How do you do (May 21)
You gotta wonder (May 15)
Pit Bull Terriers (May 09)
One vs. Many (May 05)
Metics Thirteen (May 01)
April 2006
Les, I forget. (Apr 27)
Shedding Layers (Apr 23)
E Noho Tatou (Apr 17)
Too lazy to write (Apr 13)
Who's got the goods? (Apr 09)
Metics Twelve (Apr 05)
Please Note: (Apr 05)
March 2006
Talking Crazy Talk (Mar 29)
Money or the Bag (Mar 27)
Too Much of a Good Thing (Mar 20)
Solidarity (Mar 17)
The Cheek of It All (Mar 15)
Metics Eleven (Mar 12)
Imagined Community (Mar 08)
Soul Food (Mar 06)
February 2006
Doctor Who (Feb 28)
Over the Top (Feb 23)
Martini Time (Feb 16)
Enemy Mine (Feb 13)
Sitting on Stones (Feb 09)
Topical Again (Feb 07)
Applying a Topical Debate (Feb 02)
January 2006
Melting Without Cheese, Please. (Jan 31)
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Jan 24)
Macheesemo (Jan 19)
Big Blue Planet (Jan 16)
Each and Every Story (Jan 12)
A Kingly Sum (Jan 09)
Wet Behind the Ears (Jan 05)
December 2005
Years End (Dec 26)
Road Tripping (Dec 21)
Black Between the Ears (Dec 15)
Metics Ten (Dec 13)
Dearly Departed (Dec 08)
Peter! (Dec 07)
Mentor as Anything (Dec 04)
November 2005
Kao, Hori (Nov 29)
Conduct Unbecoming (Nov 23)
Herded on the Grapevine (Nov 21)
The Song Remains the Same (Nov 16)
Reserved As (Nov 13)
More than making off with the money (Nov 09)
Banter (Nov 04)
Metics Nine (Nov 01)
October 2005
Hapless Misadventures (Oct 26)
Suspiciously Simple Solutions (Oct 20)
Cain v. Abel (Oct 18)
Cracks in the Footpath (Oct 15)
Metics Eight (Oct 12)
All New Zealanders (Oct 10)
Yawn (Oct 09)
September 2005
Political Science Fisticuffs: Jab, Jab, Left Hook! (Sep 29)
Māori Seats Not Bad (Sep 27)
Metics Seven (Sep 21)
Tired Old Warhorses (Sep 19)
Coughed up the Lolly (Sep 15)
Original Sinners (Sep 12)
Peak Oil (Sep 10)
Metics Six (Sep 08)
No place quite so humble (Sep 07)
White Nation (Sep 04)
So What? (Sep 02)
Metics Five (Sep 01)
August 2005
Clearing the Air (Aug 30)
Hori Old Chestnuts (Aug 30)
Generation Me (Aug 25)
Metics Four (Aug 24)
Setting Myself Up (Aug 22)
Theory of Relativity (Aug 19)
Burying One's Feet (Aug 17)
No Comment (Aug 16)
Winding Up Right (Aug 15)
Metics: Three (Aug 12)
The Frightening of the Natives (Aug 10)
The Shutting of The Yap (Aug 08)
Many Rivers (Aug 04)
Metics: Two (Aug 03)
Hard to Say (Aug 01)
July 2005
Slapping Each Other With Great Bundles of Cash (Jul 26)
Metics: One (Jul 25)
Sex, Drugs, and on the Dole. (Jul 22)
Janus Faces (Jul 20)
A Past We Needed to Escape (Jul 18)
Taking on the Great Unwashed (Jul 15)
Yet another challenge (Jul 13)
A few home truths (Jul 11)
Do not be afraid (Jul 08)
Right Ways and Familiar Habits (Jul 06)
Clayton Intellectuals (Jul 04)
June 2005
Representations (Jun 29)
Mything Persons (Jun 27)
The Sunscreen Rant (Jun 23)
Sitting naked, playing drums and chanting. Not. (Jun 21)
Democracy for the Few (Jun 16)
The Roast (Jun 14)
Hanging With 'My People' (Jun 09)
Battling On (Jun 07)
Breaking Ranks (Jun 03)
Respectful Mentions (Jun 02)
May 2005
Summer Foods (May 31)
PAYCHEQUE (May 26)
The Security of Big Brother (May 23)
All in this together (May 19)
Always Dressing the Same (May 16)
Shellfish Times (May 13)
Selling One's Soul (May 11)
People Too (May 09)
Meals to Impress (Women) (May 05)
The Ruffling of Feathers (May 04)
Sifter Palace (May 02)
April 2005
Whinny the One-Trick Pony (Apr 29)
Destiny's Child (Apr 26)
CRAAAAAPPP (Apr 25)
Grumpy Old Men (Apr 22)
Army of Helengrad (Apr 20)
Rocking Horse (Apr 16)
Sharp Lines (Apr 14)
Keeping Mum (Apr 11)
Pluralism (Apr 05)
Exexpat (Apr 04)
March 2005
Two Ways (Mar 30)
One Way (Mar 22)
Easy Rider (Mar 15)
My Own Remembering (Mar 11)
Critters (Mar 07)
Tricks for Young Players (Mar 04)
February 2005
Spending way beyond my income (Feb 27)
Making with the 'whoopie' (Feb 17)
Conundrum (Feb 15)
Bastards I have Met (Feb 11)
The Murder House (Feb 02)
January 2005
I've been thinking (Jan 26)
Bye Bye Birdie (Jan 19)
Engagement (Jan 12)
Solitary Man (Jan 06)
December 2004
Nothing Left to Say (Dec 28)
Mafiosa (Dec 22)
The Wood and the Trees (Dec 13)
Oops. (Dec 06)
Fine Feathered Friends (Dec 01)
November 2004
Moving Past Rumbling (Nov 26)
To Distraction (Nov 21)
Travel Sickness (Nov 15)
Nations and nation-building (Nov 08)
Hubbub (Nov 05)
Zen and the Salt Air (Nov 01)
October 2004
The Veils (Oct 29)
Idol gags (Oct 25)
the unbearable lightness of being me (Oct 21)
A bet each way (Oct 18)
Spooks (Oct 14)
Trojan Horses (Oct 12)
The clash of optimisms (Oct 08)
Redrubberneckery (Oct 04)
September 2004
A more formal introduction (Sep 29)
Niche nationalism (Sep 03)
August 2004
The Politics of Hate (Aug 26)
Imagining ourselves together (Aug 19)
This whispering in our hearts (Aug 12)
The Cult of Forgetfulness (Aug 05)
July 2004
Application for Continuation (Jul 28)
Making up words to prove a point (Jul 19)
Waking up to realise you've been asleep (on the tram) (Jul 13)
The Rabid and the Bleeding Hearts (Jul 08)
June 2004
Chicken Coops and Rotten Eggs (Jun 22)
Political Correction Fluid (Jun 16)
The multicultural freak-out (Jun 08)
May 2004