Stranger in Reading
Mar 24 2005
UK Vacation 8
In a tiny shop window a large banner declares that ‘Jesus Christ is alive today’. Minnie mouse flies by. A horde of Betty Boops’ unsuccessfully try to hold their dresses down from fictional wind gusts. Tweety-pie looks like he could eat a cat in one snap of his beak. There are no customers in this small shop. Its difficult to tell if its open or closed.
write the first thought on Betty Boop & Jesus Juxtapositioned
Mar 24 2005
UK vacation 7
Bethnall Green 
write the first thought on Tuesday night “in”
Mar 24 2005
The (London) Times describes the highlights of the contents of the fictional ‘average’ 650 contents of a British person’s shopping basket.
Excerpts:
What we bought in 1947
Lamp oil
Prunes
Iron bedstead
Gramophone record
Rubber roller table mangle
Whisky nip
Rayon blouse
Cod-liver oil
Corned beef
What we are buying in 2005
Digital camcorder
Champagne
Mobile phone handsets
Gemstone ring
Staff restaurant sandwich
Cinema popcorn
Gas barbecue
Concert ticket
Hamster
I’ve bought 4/9 items on the above 2005 list this year. “Staff Restaurant” is the posh name for work canteen. My excuse for this poor show is not living in Britain. There isnt quite the same hamster culture over here… …yet.. Though that’s not a good enough excuse for not having purchased a Gas Barbecue or Cinema Popcorn.
When I was in the UK I saw a fabulous TV advert for a car that showed a hamster running maniacally fast in a wheel, then the camera pulled back to reveal it was a car wheel… tee hee … hamster power. That car company had done their market research!
Hamsterless Wendy 
write the first thought on Shopping basket
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