· How Home Land author Sam Lipsyte overcame harsh rejection. By publishers. [NYO]

· Superman has feelings! He's just a man. Albeit, of the super variety. [McSweeneys]

· "You don't buy Slate because you're going to make a fortune on us," Jacob Weisberg says. Of course not. You buy Slate because you want one of Mickey Kaus' awesome Christmas mix CDs. [MarketWatch]

· Proof that The National Review is a hotbed of acid freaks: Obviously, you cannot ask John Derbyshire to be an expert witness at a trial now. [Wonkette]