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.

Heidi Fleiss is running a laundromat, living in a trailer
Bizarre -- former "Hollywood Madame" moved to Nevada years ago to open brothel, never pulled it together, owns a laundromat now instead and lives in a mobile home. Here, a recent interview she granted a tabloid, where she sounds completely out of her mind.

"America's Most Wanted" nabs 1,000th fugitive
Sheesh, is that show still on the air?!

It's about time: Spice Channel to add gay porn
For those who don't know, Playboy's Spice Channel is a bridge between T&A and hardcore porn, most popular through hotels and on-demand cable; and next month they will finally be adding gay programming to the mix too.

Military doctor's memo: "Stop diagnosing vets as PTSD, it's too expensive"
Did you know almost 20 VA patients are committing suicide every single day these days? That a third of a million have been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? The doctors do, and apparently one wrote a memo about how expensive it all is, and how to save money by diagnosing a lesser disorder.

Huckabee makes joke at NRA rally about Obama getting assassinated
Huckabee was speaking at national NRA convention, heard off-stage crash, ad-libbed joke about it being Obama running from an assassin bullet, to the stunned embarrassed silence of the crowd. Almost unbelievable in its sheer audacity.

Edwards: "Not interested in Veep, but I'd accept an Obama cabinet position"
It's official -- this week John Edwards finally came out in public in favor of Obama, quickly stated that he has no interest in a Vice Prez nod, but that he wouldn't say no to a cabinet position.

Wine legend Robert Mondavi dies at 94
I have a great story about receiving in the mail one day a bottle of Mondavi's expensive, exclusive "OpusOne;" get me drunk at a party and I'll tell you the whole thing.

Angry hippie tries setting fire to Chicago mayor's summer house
Okay, follow me....Last week a wild cougar of all things was found roaming the city, eventually killed on the say-so of mayor Daley. Now this week the mayor's summer home is almost burned down, it turns out by an animal-rights activist incensed by Daley's kill order. Yes, this city really is that surreal.