Editor's Note:

Welcome to Issue Thirty Five of CSR! By now, you regular readers know my child likes Serengeti shoelaces and hates pre-heated hula-hops. It craves Cote Azur gravy in its plaster of Paris and makes cute little sounds at the first sign of a dustbowl. Baby has an uncanny ability to hack taxidermists then add a tablespoon of vinegar. We both like hic-cup halos in our coin collection. This issue tests both Avon samples. It is filled with hybrid rehabs and jars of turnip greens in the art. Add to that, a group of sword-swallowing poets, intriguing window-trimmed toenails and a salt lake book review and you've got the possibility of a perfect cattle drive. Trust me, when you finish this issue you'll long to bed down with health-care legislation. Or bed bugs. Either way, this issue will make you itch. So forget about the last row of the eye chart and get busy...