1. Philip Roth, winner of this year's Man Booker international Prize, worth roughly $100,000, minus a grand or two, says he has given up reading fiction. Curious for a writer who has, over the past fifty years, turned out some sixty works of fiction, from "Goodbye, Columbus" in 1959 to "Nemesis" in 2011 (all highly recommended by this department). Apparently Roth has given up reading fiction, but not writing it. That's good, cuz we can't get our Phil.
2. Swooping near attacks on pedestrians by crows have been reported in this neighborhood. One observer suggests the crows are protecting their nests, but we believe they have been watching an old Hitchcock movie on DVD.
3. John Baird has returned from Libya, where he told rebel leaders he was prepared to snarl and bare his teeth at Qaddafi. "Works in Ottawa," said Baird, "should be good in Tripoli." Meanwhile, back in Canada, watch for your mail tomorrow, delivered by Lisa Raitt.
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