Limoges Porcelain Decorative Eggs for Easter

Limoges porcelain decorative eggs are the perfect gift for easter. The link between Limoges, Fabergé and eggs goes back to the 19th century. The tradition started when Czar Alexander III commissioned the Russian jewellers to make an Easter Egg as a gift for his wife, the Empress Maria.

The Fall of the Romanovs

The train from Kiev to St. Petersburg, Russia took off much later than scheduled. Eleanor Schmidt and her two little sons were in their compartment room when a well-dressed man of peasant appearance managed to get in the room. He was acting...

Obama Czars

Despite my title, not all of the people mentioned here are Czars but they do share a common radical worldview. They say you can tell a lot about a person by the company they keep. One cannot choose ones parents, but it is interesting that both of...

Pablo Acosta -- One of Mexico's Most Famous Drug Lords

Author recommends book "Pablo Acosta -- the Life and Death of A Mexican Kingpin -- and adds a very personal note.

Start a Fabergé Style Egg Pendants or Egg Style Pendant Collection

The phrases "Faberge Style" and "Egg Style" come from very historical roots. Peter Carl Faberge who is also known as Carl Gustavovich Faberge was born in Saint Pertersburg Russia on May 30th 1846. His father...

Oppression in America?

Any good college textbook on "oppression and how to make the masses scream for it" will tell you that the following pattern must be followed: 1. Introduce oppression as a theoretical idea. Gauge the...

I Got Passed Up By A Prius : Poem For Now, Song For Later

I Got Passed Up By A Prius is pretty much self-explanatory. It was written as a song and will surface eventually as a YouTube video, but my fingertips (for cleaning off guitar chords) aren't quite back in...

Russia History

Prohibition Persists In Alabama, Don't Bet On Any Changes!

I have lived in Alabama my entire life and there are a variety of things which piss me off. One of them is the fact that I can't buy beer in Walker Co. Jefferson Co., the county where Birmingham is located,...

OBAMA A TREASONIST ?

 I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. Allow me to first...