When the TimesSelect wall came tumbling, crumbling down last week, reminiscent of a certain day in Europe back in '89, it didn't occur to us to pilfer our share of the riches horded by the moneyed elite and denied to the nonsubscribing huddled masses for so very long.

For one, we now have a full-access backstage pass to Maira Kalman's illustrated blog The Principles of Uncertainty. Peruse her whimsical musings but don't get too comfortable with them online--they will magically become a real live book in the very near future.

Update: Our dear friends at PBS (that's Peter Buchanan-Smith) wrote in to remind us they were the designers of that beautiful book, as well as Kalman's Elements of Style.