Galleycat reports (exclusively!) that A Million Little Pieces had its Dewey Decimal Number revoked — at least in Brooklyn. The book was issued the less-exclusive “FIC” category. We’re not sure what impact this has on the card catalogs of the world, but presume the transition will proceed in an orderly fashion, barring any holdouts in Sioux City. You just never know what’s going to happen there. Brooklyn Librarians: Frey’s a Fiction Writer

Ha! You thought we’d say Chinese noodles, didn’t you? Noodles are, we have recently discovered, our third biggest vice. That is beside the current point. We have been accused of such heinous crimes as “being mean”, and to that, we can only say, well, yes, that’s true. Some people tap dance, we don’t. Neither, apparently, does James Frey (did you know he wrote about book about writing fiction? We didn’t, but the husband has provided almost-incontrovertible proof). At the risk of offending delicate sensibilities, word on the street is that Oprah Winfrey does not like being made to look foolish.

If you happen to find yourself with very little to do this coming Saturday (apparently, January 28; time does fly), drop by the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (formerly, and fondly, the Temporary Contemporary, which you will note really rolls off the tongue) for a one-day writing workshop inspired by the current exhibition Ecstasy: In and About Altered States. Specifics: Instructor: Maria Hummel, novelist, former MOCA editor, Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. $55 MOCA members; $70 nonmembers INFO 213/621-1745 or e-mail education@moca.org And, hey, while you’re there, check out the art, too. Our official assessment: it ranges from extremely cool to