A rolling, sputtering, stalling ad

Every time I swerve into the neighboring lane, cut someone off or am overheard shouting four-letter words in traffic, my fellow drivers will think of the Independent Register.

After unearthing a tube of window chalk, I decided to mark up the exterior of The Albatross, my white Ford Taurus sedan that has most assuredly seen better days. I scribbled the Web address at least four times and tried -- unsuccessfully -- to duplicate the Indie Register's flag on the rear passenger side door.

If you see the Indie Register car in traffic, please oblige us with a quick visit to the Web site. To readers who may be viewing this blog for the first time, please post a comment if you got the Web address from the car and followed a link from the site to this blog.

I may soon decide to scrap this experiment and resort to a slightly neater method of on-car self-promotion, like printing the Web address on paper, sheathing it in plastic and taping it to the window or surface of the car.

But until then, long live populist paintings!