Is this the only comic that can be made about the Taliban without me getting my head cut off? Maybe, only time will tell, and I’ve heard time is being coy these days about telling us anything.

So yes! I am totally a dad now! Little Man is coming up to his third week of life, and his geopolitical opinions are a little rough around the edges. It’s ok, we have time to iron them out I’m sure. I had a whole lot of great gags written here but WordPress deleted it all. So this post is going to be much more brief.

Auckland just got it’s first lockdown in about a year due to someone walking in some Delta variant from Australia. Nice one guys I hope it was worth it. Although in all honesty I haven’t noticed any difference. I’ve been on paternity leave lockdown since Little Man was born. So my life has not been impacted at all.

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An old hand brushes tenderly along a shelf arrayed with scrolls.
Caption: Thirty years I’ve walked these rustling aisles, the world’s wisdom at my fingertips.

An old man walks the halls of the Library of Alexandria, several scrolls clasped tight to him. Smoke flows along the floor from out of frame.
Caption: Each scroll a beloved child or old friend.

The man stands between the shelves, silhouetted and dwarfed by a raging inferno, fast approaching.
Caption: I won’t leave them now.