Catching up with several days’ worth of Timeses, I only just read the news about critic James Wood’s move to The New Yorker. Hooray! I’ve missed him, having given up The New Republic because of its bellicose stance on the Iraqi misadventure. But Motoko Rich’s little piece in the Times is priceless, because of a wonderfully self-regarding quote from literary lion Leon Wieseltier.

Leon Wieseltier, literary editor at The New Republic, said, “The New Republic plays many significant roles in American culture, and one of them is to find and to develop writers with whom The New Yorker can eventually staff itself.”

Jean Ruaud mentions the local station de vélib in his latest entry. I didn’t really know what he talking about, but of course it’s the new free bicycle service that Paris mayor Bernard Delanoë inaugurated last month. I found these snaps at Flickr.

Now, what can I point you to today? The calendar calls for something culinary. What looks good? Ah – yummy. But can there be a dish more out of favor than this:

¶ Culinarion>Eggs>Baked Alaska?

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