WELCOME TO THE READING ROOM.

FROM THE BIG EASY TO THE BIG APPLE. Sounds like Katrina evacuees in NYC could use some advocacy. A lot of it, actually. On the bright side, I don't notice any complaints about the cold weather.

THE BIG BREAD BUST OF 2006. The Feds confiscated thousands of loaves of bread after French Meadow Bakery declined to remove the "wheat-free" label from their spelt products.

INSIDE GOTHAMIST. The comments in response to this post start off as pretty nebulous...but then they morph into a revealing spat.

FOR THE RECORD. Wonkette misquoted New York's Daily News, confusing one Kennedy crony with another. Talking about George Bush's recent "consultation" with secretaries-of-state, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. noted that "The meeting lasted for 35 minutes." Lauren Bacall asked "Does he think we're all stupid?"

MORE WIKIPEDIA PUBLICITY. Again, in The Village Voice.

Photo: David Marc Fischer