Riots in London

A 140-year-old furniture store burning.

Youths are rioting near me right now: Hackney, Tottenham, Clapham Junction, Ealing, Brixton, Lewisham, and basically every high street in London.

People are talking about it in Lavender Hill.

All the reporters on the BBC sound like they're running for their lives-- they keep explaining how impossible it is to get pictures of anything because the kids just keep popping up everywhere.


Right now the Debenham's I ride my bike past every day is on fire.

Lots of faraway sirens but it's way quieter than usual-- I think all the youth from my neighborhood are out rioting instead of shouting at each other, which is what they usually do.

Jesus!

Urgent repairs

Someone stuck this to my door, pointing out that the colo(u)r is in urgent need of repair. Am I in danger?

Food porn gone wrong

Hey, Mr. Pony. I rephotographed eggs chips mushrooms beans according to your instructions and it looks even more disgusting!

(UPDATE: Actually, reading them again, I think I did not follow your instructions well.)

I AM UK

I became a British citizen today!
     

I, Ruby Tenneco, swear by Almighty God that on becoming a British citizen, I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, her Heirs and Successors, according to law.

James' boat

James is carrying on down the river apace.
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update:

Mission accomplished!

James' next trip

James is going down the Thames in a boat he made from wood he found in dumpsters next to the river. He's leaving somewhere upstream on Friday morning and coming back to Westminster or thereabouts on Sunday night.

... don't you think it might be a good thing if you began at once to keep a boat at the Temple stairs, and were in the habit of rowing up and down the river?
-- Great Expectations

UPDATE: James is on his way. He's really good at twittering.

James is home!

James made it back to where he started, the band shell in Hyde Park, today. He beat the record for round-the-world cycling. He is fast!

I cycled with him the last little bit from Richmond Park, but my bike imploded 1/2 mile away from the bandstand and I missed the actual moment. I showed up a few minutes later covered in bike grease and saw him drinking champagne though so it was still pretty exciting.

Anti-Terror Vigilance!

I thought of this because of this.

Dark days in London

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