I spent most of last week in Los Angeles for the auto show, which I attend for my job, but maybe not in the way you think. I do go to the press conferences and take pictures and notes and write stuff up immediately for About.com and later for the likes of HowStuffWorks.com or anyone [...]

Having spent time with 81 sixth-graders in three writing classes today, I can say I am indeed smarter — in most cases. But Miss Guttag’s classes had some great questions when I visited her at school today. Just about every year since my friend Bev started teaching, I’ve come into her classroom to talk about [...]

This carbon concept (it is the Sixth Element in Italian, you know) made its debut at the 2010 Paris Motor Show, after two weeks of teaser images on the Interwebs.

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Profile of Marty Ramirez, Oregon Humane Society volunteer turned humane investigator. Hoarding, neglect, and pets and people just down on their luck — Marty’s seen it all already in his few months as an officer.