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Why we love to hate Paris Hilton—not that most of us would behave any differently had we been given the chance to grow up entitled and ignorant.

Ever been stuck for a word&mdash;say, you know exactly what it means, but you just can't remember <I>le mot juste</I>? A good reverse dictionary can help.

<I>The Amateur Gourmet</I> received a press release promoting Alain Ducasse's $320 white truffle <I>prix fixe</I> menu. He wrote back that neither he nor his readers could afford that, but he'd gladly come taste it and report on his experiences. Ducasse said sure and <I>TAG</I> posted his report, as promised.

"The Cat Attack uses the latest research in chaos theory and complex systems to emulate the movements and personality of a cat's favorite prey. This "virtual mouse" technology utilizes algorithms based on a six-dimensional coupled nzmap system modeled on the neural network of a real mouse. What that all means is that the Cat Attack's "virtual mouse" will become your cat's new best friend!"

<B>Wes Phillips on the Sessions</B>
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One of the enduring myths of audiophilia is that of the recording as a true and honest picture of a musical event&mdash;a sonic "snapshot" that captures a unique moment of time the way a photograph captures the light of a day long since past.

The P-8 ($11,000) is the second of Simaudio's Moon Evolution series that has passed through my system, following on the heels of the Moon Evolution W-8 power amplifier, which I <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/solidpoweramps/306sim">reviewed in March 2006</A>. Fortunately, the P-8's arrival preceded the W-8's departure, so I was able to use them together as well as with other components.