Cooking With Richard

I think this is a brilliant concept. This artist called “SLINKACHU” paints snails and then photographs them in urban environments. Previously he was famous for doing these little people on ordinary city streets.

I really hope that the artist lets the snails “go free”, perhaps to be discovered by a bemused commuter, or a snail connoisseur…

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While I was looking at this snail art, I saw that the artist had painted a sadly familiar “tag” on a snail, “TOX.08“. If you regularly travel through London, you will be familiar with the depressing vandalism of this teenager. I found this 10 minute documentary on the internet about the culprit of this eyesore, it’s worth watching because it shows the people who have to clear this spam off tubes, and where tube trains go in the night …

Oriental City has been under threat for so long, but it is finally to close at the end of May, to make way for soulless flats and a DIY superstore. (There aren’t enough DIY superstores in London apparently, so a one-of-its-kind shopping centre has to be leveled to make way for one).

I’ve been going there regularly for at least ten years, but today was the last time.

There aren’t really any alternatives. Chinese Wing Yip, down the road, is expanding, but they don’t have the other shops or non-Chinese food. Japanese TK Trading is miles away.

More discussion of the closure …

Thanks to ex-Mayor Ken Livingstone for valiantly defending the store — oh no, in fact he approved the planning application. Well, he’s been thrown out of office now, but his stupid planning decisions like this and others will linger on.

This is what I got from Utsuwa no Yakata Japanese pottery shop:

In Japan:

In Britain:

I think the white duck’s wearing the trousers …

Previously …
Preeeeeviously …

Laughably bad terrorists watched some videos on the internet, go to Homebase, buy some propane cannisters and a can of petrol, and try to turn themselves into suicide bombers. Unfortunately they don’t understand even the basics of explosives. Perhaps next time they should buy the Anarchist’s Cookbook. There won’t be a next time for these fools because they will be spending a very long time at HM’s pleasure.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/29/more_fear_biscuits_please/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/02/terror_idiocy_outbreak/

Hard to believe that 10 years ago we were happy to get rid of a spent and morally bankrupt government ……

… oh wait …

Thanks for RIPA, policy laundering, data retention (previously), section 44, collaboration with that oh so “special” relationship, indefinite detention without trial, ignorance and stupidity, bribes, …

Image by the excellent C4 illustrator / b3tard Beau Bo D’Or.

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The sooner we can get rid of these stupid government monopoly/cartels, the better. Read more and even more and for the geeks …

Sign the official petition to save Oriental City which is due to be “redeveloped” (turned into a B&Q superstore of all things) without any consideration except for profits.

Links

• Petition
• If-else blog
• BBC Inside Out programme describes the “real Chinatown”
• Developer’s website describing the work

Cameron shows how gutless he is.

I’d respect him a great deal more if he just came out and said that he did it, and we should all be permitted to smoke dope.