Below are simple links to other interesting stuff I've come across on the web in the last day or two; they may or may not concern literature or photography, or indeed the arts at all. You can click here to learn more about how I compile this list and what software I use, if you're interested.

"CBS Evening News" records worst week of ratings in its history
Hot on the heels of a canceled presidential debate they were sponsoring, CBS gets even worse news: Couric's "Evening News" last week recorded its worst five days of ratings in its history.

Images: Abandoned half-finished luxury hotels in Egypt
Fascinating -- in the Sinai peninsula in Egypt, a whole group of luxury hotels were started, before bad investments made all the money dry up, turning the place into a Disneyfied ghost-town. (Via BoingBoing.net.)

2004 secret lettter from Bush to Ariel Sharon emerges
Turns out that Bush made a secret deal with Israel's prime minister back in 2004, basically saying that the US would support their most violent actions once the actions were over; proof has finally emerged this week, putting a major kink in the Middle East peace talks.