The holiday shopping season is officially in full swing, so the literary reading cup runneth over and ruineth your coffee table with big names. Message from Big Literature: Books make great gifts! Message from DCist: Free readings help keep your entertainment budget low, which is helpful since you already have to spend your entire bonus on gifts for other people. MONDAY: Joan Collins is 73 years-old and still fabulous. We’re not sure how she does…

Do you see a problem here? Look closely. As why.i.hate.dc notes in a deserted Sunday photo walking tour from Georgetown to Chinatown, the sign for 17th Street NW was put up incorrectly at the corner of 17th and M streets NW. Perhaps this has been taken care of, but all of this points to a larger quality control problem at the District’s Department of Transportation. Have you seen any incorrect signage lately? Last year,…