Errata

The New Yorker: The Talk of the Town: "Irving Tobin reads at red lights. He reads in the dentist’s chair. At dinner parties when he finds the company boring, he tries to read at the table. Several years ago, Irving’s wife, Phyllis, came into the bedroom as he was getting dressed. She found him reading the paper, one leg suspended in the air, as he was pulling on a sock.

Tobin reads the Times every day, struggling to find the two and a half hours necessary to get through it. He keeps stacks of newspapers in the front seat of his car and in spare cupboards, in case he finds himself without a paper in hand.

Tobin is behind in his Times reading. One year, five months, and four days behind, which places him in late June, 2002. In his daily paper, the United States has not yet invaded Iraq, the D.C. sniper hasn’t fired a shot, and Gray Davis is secure in Sacramento."