Where are the nice cars? A walk through the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show There are certain cars that just look and feel right. Their design suggests quality and precision. The metal looks solid and the doors close with a solid thunk, and no tinny ... Read More

By Louis the Scooterer Okay early up, sunrise seen, breakfast eaten.. lets go find some bridges that River Jordan flows under…in this area. Remember we stopped at Arik bridge which is on the main road, where the Jordan flows into the north end of Kinerret ... Read More

The Methane Army is coming to get you. By Major Pong People of Earth, We are The Methane Army. We are billions of molecules of stinky atmosphere warming gas and we are putting on our boots and getting ready to come through the door and ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak Nake Islet, part of Millenium Island, formerly known as Caroline Island, now in the Republic of Kiribati, is the closest point of land I could find after moving the Google Earth globe around to a spot that showed the least land. The only ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak Are any of these cars truly green? The Greater Los Angeles Auto-Show, Green Car Ride and Drive Event, November 20th 2008. Audi A7 TDI (clean diesel) BMW 335d (diesel) Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell Chrysler Aspen (hybrid) Dodge Ram 3500 (biodiesel) Ford ... Read More

Powwow 101 Powwow 101 - Songs, Dances and Public Participation An article about the original American dance form by Corina Roberts There are a number of dances that have evolved from tribal traditions into the styles we see in the arena today. The men’s northern ... Read More

Artie Shaw passed away on December 30, 2004, at age 94. Sigmund Shonholtz, his friend in later life, spoke at the funeral, and his well-received words on that day were almost exactly as written below. By Sigmund Shonholtz My friendship with Artie Shaw began over ... Read More

Artie Shaw passed away on December 30, 2004, at age 94. Sigmund Shonholtz, his friend in later life, spoke at the funeral, and his well-received words on that day were almost exactly as written below. By Sigmund Shonholtz My friendship with Artie Shaw began over ... Read More

By Jeffrey the Barak Far from the million dollar science grants and laboratories of Pasadena, and Los Alamos, in a village in Romania, and in the kitchen of a most unattractive apartment building, Gnelj stumbled across the secret of gravity control. Impossible you say? Isn’t ... Read More

By Poldy Bloom The following article is an excerpt from a future publication called Lenin Park which will be a journal of an American’s life in Hanoi, Vietnam. The story I want to tell you is not about Lenin Park. It is about Vietnam and ... Read More