Q: Is perception reality?

A: Many people perceive that to be true -- but I don't think it's realistic.

You're welcome for the koan. Call me when you get to nirvana. But on a related note, The Answer May Surprise You will be taking a slightly different direction beginning in 2007 -- with a new emphasis on exploding popular misconceptions, via answers legitimately intended to surprise you.

I'm talking the real deal, folks. Research, interviews, translation of ancient sea scrolls, all that shit. Either that, or I'm just going back to posting pictures of hot girls. Ideally, all of the above.

(Also stay tuned for my Best Albums of 2006 list, to be posted, oh, sometime before July, 2008.)