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Kee-rist&mdash;an <I>irony</I> mark? BMAFG!

Possibly not, according to John Gibbens. He says the records we all know (and many of us worship) have always been played at the wrong speed.

Over on our <a href="http://ssl.blueearth.net/primedia/giftcert.php">eCommerce page</a>, you can now purchase gift certificates. Give as little as $10, and as much as you want. There's no limit to the giving. You know there's that audiophile friend of yours who's wanted that $600 set of every back issue we have in stock.

Much too short a list, but it's a start.

Michael Bywater thinks he knows what your problem is.

It's knots! With animation!

I think Gene Weingarten may be the best long-form newspaper writer in the country and this profile of <I>Doonesbury</I> artist-writer Garry Trudeau is Exhibit A.

Besides dumpsters and dust, IN New York magazine left us with some profound silence. We spent much of the morning admiring it. Today, the ninth floor of 261 Madison Avenue, which can comfortably accommodate nearly 100 dedicated employees, saw only seven.

Although it can sometimes seem quite illusive, or only reserved for the chosen few, high-end proof of the proverbial scales of justice surfaced in the last room I was privileged to visit.