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.

Good-Bye, Cheap Oil. So Long, Suburbia?
A new book by futurist James Kunstler is positing all kinds of radical changes to the US makeup, after oil starts becoming extremely expensive in just a few years; the virtual end of suburbs, big-box retail stores, and a lot more. Unverified theories but still interesting.

Air marshalls must ground themselves because of terrorist watchlist
The latest wacky detail from the most Kafkaesque government department in US history? Turns out that even air marshalls are getting turned away from flights they're supposed to protect, for accidentally being on the DHS terrorist watchlist.

Guess what other ethically skeevy things they do on "Idol?"
The TV critic of the Chicago Trib, confused over all the hubbub regarding prewritten judge opinions, reveals lots more ethically sketchy details about "American Idol;" judges rarely listen to performances during live shows, first ten rows of audience members are hired, and a whole lot more.

"Idol" loses a million viewers in wake of judge scandal
Viewership of "American Idol" was down by 1.2 million yesterday, one week after Paula Abdul did or did not possibly reveal that the judges' opinions are written in advance. Is this the beginning of the end? PLEASE?

Did Abdul accidentally reveal that "Idol" judges' opinions are prewritten?
For those who don't know, "American Idol" judge Paula Abdul the other night read an opinion on live television of a song that hadn't been sung yet; now there's a debate over whether she's really that much of an idiot or if "Idol" is actually prewriting all the judges' opinions.