and then I walked 9.46 miles from downtown Brooklyn to Rockefeller Center. Then I listened to the "Pale Blue Eyes," "Jesus," "Beginning to See the Light" sequence on that third Velvet Underground record. Then I taped my fortune from the Buddhist temple on my door.

In the words of Michael Palin, "The train is heading for the Belfort Gap, my head is buzzing with an evening's champagne, and so far circumnavigation is a doddle."

The new Web site will be up next week. Lester works hard. Give the dude a break.

Thanks. Congratulations.