What is Britney Spears thinking?  Does she have a stylist?  Does she have an advisor or a friend?  Does she have a mirror for goodness sake? 

Despite all of her partying, drug issues, car issues and general “bad parent” role model attitude that she’s been displaying in recent months, I’d of assumed that if she’s contesting the custody of her children going to her children’s father, that she would want to be taken seriously in court.  Instead she turns up looking like an escapee from rehab, complete with dark glasses and hair that must be false because the hair of us normal creatures doesn’t grow THAT fast. 

Even with all of the scandal that surrounds her, the news both true and speculated, and the rehab revolving door, wouldn’t you think that she’d of at least put on a “show” for the judge?  With a bit of guidance from any mother – including her own one would think – she’d of turned up to court looking every bit the young celebrity yummy mummy she should be.  Yes it would probably be a sham, but at least it would show that she wanted her kids back enough to make the effort to create the sham!  As it is, the slob look just adds fuel to the fire that says she’s not interested in the kids and they are safer with their father.

Perfect Fried Chicken.  Dallas Fried Chicken.  Master Fried Chicken.  Tennessee Fried Chicken.  Dixie Fried Chicken.  The list is endless, and something unique amongst the British urban landscape - The Fried Chicken Shop.  Most often halal, rarely over £3 and usually open late into the night, it has become the staple diet of young men and of many young women across London.  Be it the shift worker, the party goer or the church baptist, fried chicken and chips, with a side of ribs and a diet cola provides a tasty and filling snack with low prices to match.  Now that winter draws near, the fluorescent lights of these restaurants provide a comforting glow that promises hot food, quick and easy.

Ten years ago, these didn’t exist.  There were a couple of kebab houses.  The odd pizzeria and burger bar.  But most fast food in London was provided by McDonald's, Burger King and what was then, Kentucky Fried Chicken.  Pizza Hut was an expensive treat and the majority of readily available ethnic food in the capital was the Chinese takeaway or the Curry House, a step-up from fast food.  So how, against the backdrop of Fast Food Nation has the chicken house become a staple across the Capital?

The big American corporations have not expanded like this.  In fact the tales of woe that have followed the giants such as McDonald's have been rarely been out of the news.  And it isn’t as if fried chicken is any healthier than a hamburger.  Also, the chain formerly known as ‘Kentucky’ have not expanded at all in London.  So, what has been the success behind PFC, DFC, MFC, TFC and all the other FC’s?

It’s probably been twofold.  Being almost always Halal, the fried chicken shop has opened itself to a previously untapped market, the Muslims.  Secondly and just as important for survival, they provide filling food for the same price or cheaper than their rivals.  While the big players are now charging up to £4 for something that still leaves you hungry, the Fried Chicken Revolution has allowed the ordinary Londoner to be filled up for less than the price of a train ticket.  It’s not our diets that have improved, just the change in our wallets. Finally we seem to be progressing with the site.Grena has completely re-designed the perlane clinic part

It’s a sad reflection of our society when there is so much emphasis on saving the planet, and the fact that we’re all going to be obese if we don’t stop eating fast food, rather than the fact that there’s an increasing number of people – and in particular young people – being the victims of gun crime in the UK.  We have come to expect this from the US.  It’s so common there that we hardly hear about it unless it’s an attack on people in an educational or government institution.  Is this really what we want for our country?

On the Sky News website Commander Chief Superintendent Jon House is quoted as having said, “Gun crime is very rare in Sheffield, with only one other fatal shooting in the city in the last 18 months."  Perhaps it is “only” 2 deaths in Sheffield during that period, but what about the statistics of the country overall.  How many deaths have there been due to gun crime in the UK in past 12 months, and how much higher is that than 5 years ago? 

Following the massacre of children at Dunblane there was a public outcry about gun control and measures were taken to get guns off the streets.  It would appear from the amount of recent shootings that they’re back and it’s time the powers that be started to get tough again about guns before the situation becomes out of control as it appears to be in the US.  We are not ruled by some dumb decision that gives people the right to carry any kind of weapon so it’s time that our laws against carrying guns was enforced with the same enthusiasm that the US uses to protect its right to do so!

Finally we have had progress with the website. This is what I'm going to change next the sculptra clinic page

There are many great adult cartoons out there that cater to the humour of people over the age of 15. American Dad, Family Guy, Futerama… does anyone remember The Tick?
Of all the show's made, for me though South Park was the best. Why? What set it appart from the others? I'll tell you.
Like most people, ever show has it's line that it won't cross, a joke too dirty or a refernece too insulting. Every writer has a line he won't cross where blasphemy stops being funny and becomes evil and mean. South park has no such line.
It jokes where other cartoons would stop. It push's lines that other fear to tread. It openly insults with no shame because it thinks the insult is funny. It is for this reason that South Park will always be in a league of it's own.
Below I've placed an episode about Satan's "sweet sixteen" party! Why this one? Well firstly it's the only one I could find! Secondly watch out for the churshmen. It's wonderfully subtle, but they have had the priests have children on the end of leach's! They don't make an issue of it, they have it as being normal which is what I think is brilliant about it!
Check it:

What a day… you know when you have one of those days? Your computer goes down, the coffee machine runs out of coffee, the milks gone off and you don't notice it till you've already put it into your tea and taken a gulp (and there's no suger in it to mask the taste because there was only brown suger left and you're not eating that because your taking some kind of stupid moralistic stand that doesn't even make sense to you anymore against the tree hugging hippies)… you know?

Well my day wasn't quite as bad as that, but I'll say I'm glad that it's over. Ah… it's times like these that I'm glad that god/satan/dfs invented the Sofa.

“The Guardian” is reporting about Tony Blair’s regrets about his inability to change public services and that Lord Falconer is quoted as saying:

“–. Would be that we didn't realise quick enough that if you genuinely wanted to change the way the public service delivered for the public you needed to embark upon a process of cultural change."

Hmmm!  Hasn’t Mr Blair been in office for 10 years?  How much time does it take?  It sure didn’t take him long to commit our soldiers to a war that didn’t directly affect us!  Not to mention the financial resources he found to keep them there.  Imagine being able to put all of that money into the public health and education system of this country, how much better off would we be as a nation?  

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