Wes Phillips

On our morning rides, Jeff Wong and I pass one point that has recently been covered with geese resting on their migration south. We've been wondering <I>why here?</I> and <I>Why a "V"?</I>

"Find X?" No problem!

<i>WIRED</i> offers their list of "Best Gadgets and Gizmos on the Planet" in their annual <b>TEST</b> issue, on stands now. But I didn't buy it. Instead, I swiped my girlfriend's copy. While she was mostly interested in reading more great things about her handy-dandy Motorola Q, I, of course, flipped right to the home audio section.

David Halberstam remembers an era when the press wasn't the administration's lapdog. What a great piece of writing.

If you think you know how, it's probably because you don't have problem feet. I have wide feet, which makes it impossible to get comfortable bicycling shoes&mdash;which are mostly made on narrow Italian lasts. The wide foot lacing solution on the Dick's Sporting Goods site has been a godsend. I'm sure the other lacing fixes work equally well.

Music is such a big part of musician's lives, but high-quality audio almost never is. Why do you think there are so few classical, jazz, or rock musicians who are audiophiles?

One of the best-sounding recordings I've heard in the last few years is Handel's <I>Messiah</I> performed by Jeffrey Thomas and the American Bach Soloists (Delos DE-3360 CD). The sound is spectacularly natural, with realistic dynamics and a wonderful sense of space. If you haven't heard it, I recommend it highly&mdash;but <A HREF="http://www.mil-media.com/homepage.shtml">Millennia Music & Media Systems</A> is now offering you a chance to experience the recording on a completely different level.