I suspect you were looking at a cache from somewhere...

radix:~> date
Thu Jan 20 20:53:36 PST 2005
radix:~> nslookup -sil -querytype=any perlmonks.thepen.com
Server:         127.0.0.1
Address:        127.0.0.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
perlmonks.thepen.com    canonical name = resalehost.networksolutions.c
+om.

Authoritative answers can be found from:
thepen.com      nameserver = ns1.pendingrenewaldeletion.com.
thepen.com      nameserver = ns2.pendingrenewaldeletion.com.
ns1.pendingrenewaldeletion.com  internet address = 216.168.225.129
ns2.pendingrenewaldeletion.com  internet address = 216.168.225.130

radix:~> nslookup -sil perlmonks.thepen.com 216.168.225.129
Server:         216.168.225.129
Address:        216.168.225.129#53

perlmonks.thepen.com    canonical name = resalehost.networksolutions.c
+om.
resalehost.networksolutions.com canonical name = resalehost.networksol
+utions.com.
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