Month: April 2007

Welcome back. This week we’ll be continuing with our painting of the used car lot, featuring a 1959 Volvo.  The photo which I am using is seen directly below.  (The painting is 9×12.) When last seen here,...

Tomorrow is the first round of the French presidential election, which will see the two candidates with the most ballots (out of 12) go to the second round in two weeks’ time. First, some background: In an introduction to...

This is an Unhosted Cafe. Sit down, have some coffee, and don’t hog the funny pages. Please recommend (and unrecommend the Cafe/Lounge from earlier)

Last week I put forth that GM had shut down the Volt vote but what actually had happened was the Volt vote link had been taken off the GM website. I am happy to announce that you can still vote for the Volt. Just click on the...

Iraq’s massive oil reserves, the third-largest in the world, are about to be thrown open for large-scale exploitation by Western oil companies under a controversial law which is expected to come before the Iraqi parliament...