Since time immemorial, or since maybe 2004, we have received missives from a person called The Earl Grey, the greatest social documentarian of our time. As frequently as possible, we print these letters as a service to society. Today, he takes us on a journey through the past, recreating the intimate details of New York life in the halcyon days of the fin de siècle 1990s.

This holiday season, turn Christmas Time into Giuliani Time with this Genuine Signature Bat, featuring an "authentic reproduction of Rudy Giuliani's signature... debossed in silver foil." Buy it for the little slugger in your precinct house!