Gary Younge discovered that America is a big country—too big to be just one thing.

That's an anagram of "Brown's bestseller <I>The Da Vinci Code</I>." Oh drat! I just gave away answer #4 on this important cultural quiz. And, if you haven't already done so, read Tony Scott's hilarious review of the movie from yesterday's <I>NY Times</I>.

After a hard afternoon of sunbathing, relaxing in the dark living room is nice, too.

Bagheera and Huckleberry have pruned the Venetian blinds so they can bask in the late afternoon sun.

Erstwhile <I>Stereophile</I> scribe and <I>Audio</I> editor Corey Greenberg has a new mission: To bring back the manly art of wet-shaving with a badger hair brush and a "real" razor. No matter how obscure the subject, Greenberg's always an entertaining read.

If you like (or even if you don't like) the album version of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy," try this slow live jam.

Often when I think I have nothing to write about, I remember. I remember. I remember JA commenting on <a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/101205itdoes/">one of my entries</a>:<br>
"It's amazing how you can write 300 words about nothing, and make it seem important."