Is the TLS thoroughly disappointing lately or am I just giving up a need for fuddy-duddy encyclopedism. If Woudhuysen and Korn stop writing for them I'm cancelling my subscription.

Much more entertaining is Catherine Daly's second collection, Locket, from Tupelo. Good subway rides two days in a row. Oh and last night I won the Texas Hold 'Em World Series game I downloaded to make my corporate email tether less an object of my hate. $50 million in imaginary money, baby. It mitigates somewhat having to go through turnstiles four to six times a day.