near my house there's a big old building on the bike track. it was empty for years, being owned by a clueless council. then a bike repair place started to move in. they did up the interior and cut big windows in the brick wall facing the track, in the process cutting through a gigantic dinosaur mural. I thought, well, that can't be helped. then a few days ago I saw they'd painted over the dinosaurs a blank white, and I was furious. my kid loved those dinosaurs. I considered getting some spray paint and defacing the white with "bring back our dinosaurs." I decided I would never go to that bike shop.

this morning, I saw a new mural, half-finished; funky robotic 21st century dinosaurs, riding bikes. and I liked it. very much.