The one thing I really admire about Europe is the architecture. (I admire a great many things about Great Britain, but then half the point of Britain has always been that it both is and isn't really a part of Europe, hasn't it?) Here is an excellent speciman, one much to be admired: hyperlink. For more information on Mont Saint Michel, see the Wikipedia entry.

No Oracles at Delphi
Ladies and gentlemen, as of this morning I am a prospective member of none other than the UAW, formally the United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union. The Last Angry Man in the UAW. Bog below, what's next? Skeeter at the Republican National Convention? K. Steeze at Brett Ratner's house for drinks? Daddy Dylweed at a pro-Ticketmaster rally? Welcome to the Summer of Industry, gang, it's going to be a hell of a ride.