Bookmine book store has posted a list of stupid customer queries that sounds strangely familiar. When I used to work at Tower Classical, I received variations on these, ranging from "Do you have Taco Belle's Canon—with real cannon?" to "Do you have any records Mozart recorded before he died?"

Joan C. Gratz's seven minute animated, um, trip through art&mdash;from <I>La Gioconda</I> to Chuck Close. It's 2D claymation from 1992, but it was new to me.

<blockquote><i>I put this one in so you could hear some of the Cash Brothers in action. It came up in the comments to an earlier blog entry, and was a big reason for wanting to send you this disc. Note: the pop in the beginning is on the CD; maybe something in the master.</i></blockquote>

I tend not to link to the <I>NYT</I> because I think their paid-portal policy on their name pundits is dumb&mdash;essentially removing them from the public discourse. Then again, considering what many of those "names" write, they may have done the public a favor there.

Who says bikes aren't the perfect urban vehicle? Not this suspect!

Dragonflies migrate. Who knew?

God help me, I knew all four of the factoids that open the article.

Dear Christian,<br>
Thanks again for taking the time to put together the mix CD, <i>Canadian Music for the Arros</i>. While I knew that <a href="http://forum.stereophile.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/812">it would be arriving soon</a>, I had no idea that you'd include such wonderful liner notes. It was a big surprise, and it put a smile on my face. No small task on a Monday morning.