"Hillbilly art"?

I stumbled upon great paintings by Jesse Wiedel. I don't know if he's amateur painter or if he cunningly impersonates amateur painter. I know I could probably find out easily but I really don't care and I don't want to spoil the impression. His works remind me of the stuff I see painted on amusement park rides.

1000 MB of rising sun

Finally, I was able to upload all my photos from two trips to Tokyo - 2002 (120 photos) and 2004 (over 1100 photos!!!).



If some of the photos seem suspiciously non-Japanese (e.g. Mayan pyramid), that's probably because they were taken in one of Tokyo's Disney resorts.

Kobliha no more

It's official. Our cat is now called Kryspin.



Not a bad choice. He definitely has some of Crispin Glover's personality...

Railroad by foot (and Dick)

Today, I took the dogs for a "little" walk. We started at Prague's Main Station (Hlavni nadrazi) and went to Vysocany (to have a look at our new flat). The catch is, we went mostly ALONG THE RAILWAY TRACKS and saw some fascinating sights. See the whole photoset here. It's amazing how much decay and dead things you can find literally few meters from the busiest streets.



Cat name update: Karolina came up with "Dick"! I emphatically agreed ("Our pussy is now called Dick!!!"), however, several hours later, she became suspicious why I'm smiling all the time and remembered her English lessons... :(

"Bloodthirsty Jewish terrorist"

OK, this is it. Israeli soldiers are now shooting Israeli Arabs (and then being lynched by them, it seems). This would mean that war on terror is officially over and the terror has won. Congratulations, terror.

Say no to politically correct fairy tales!

This might seem like a joke but it's really true. While in the bookstore, I saw nicely illustrated children's book "Little Red Riding Hood". I picked it up nostalgically and flicked through the pages (less than 20 in total) to be shocked. The whole plot was "slightly changed": No one gets eaten at all and, in the end, grandmother and Little Red are discovered hiding in the closet! What the hell is that? I don't want this crap for my (future) children. I want blood and freudian symbolism!



To calm myself, I immediately had to visit SurLaLune fairy tales page, read the original version(s) and excellent analysis of this and other fairy tales. Bring back Brothers Grimm and Andersen!

How fast is God, exactly?

Another nice example that most of Czech media outlets take their stories verbatim from one single news agency: No matter what story about the latest space shuttle launch I watch or read, the words "I wish you godspeed" are always translated as "I wish you to be as fast as the God"...

The hunt goes on

Based on your requests below my previous post, there are now some photos of our cat's pubic area here and here. Do YOU see anything resembling penis or testicles? I sure don't.

Also, the name "Kobliha" ("donut") has now been deemed unsuitable by Karolina, so we have to think of something else. So far, all of "Satan", "Asmodeus" and "Nekobus" were nixed.

Kobliha's dark side

It seems the previous pussy reports were greatly exaggerated. Thanks to the medical expertise of well-known animal doctor, we are now sure that Kobliha is male. WTF?

London calling

If there's no money to go to Tokyo, I enjoy visiting London. My last visit was on the 2004/2005 New Year and now, thanks to the miracle of Flickr, you can see the photos.

Mind you, I don't care about galleries and statues of famous dead people very much. You'll see Sigmund Freud action figure, pro-Bin Ladin poster and George W. Bush family paper dolls...

UPDATE: Now also available: London 2001 and London 2003.