A brief introduction

Good day, internet-dwellers.

My friend Barnabus and I decided to create a pocket of cyberspace to call our own, and then name it "The Coalmine Regulatory Committee" for our own inscrutable purposes. We have various reasons for beginning a blog, chief among them a heartfelt desire to better the blogosphere (by entering it).

We both currently reside in New Zealand, and are primarily concerned with the culture, society and politics of that country, though undoubtedly world events will occasionally merit mention.

Although our industrial-era names and birthdates might seem to indicate libertarian tendencies in our worldviews, I assure you this isn't the case. We cannot be held responsible for the names our parents decided sounded marvellous, or the birthdays god gave us. Not that we believe in god, being atheists. But if we did, we couldn't be held at fault.

In any case, that will serve as enough introduction for the present moment. We shall let our postings speak for themselves.

Tea and crumpets!

Darcy