References, tools, clicky-type things...

I am not totally clear on how up to date or accurate this site is but it's entertaining regardless of the contact info and mastheads are incorrect: Everyone Who's Anyone: A Writer's Guide to The All-Pervasive Propaganda Network

Kit Whitfield's The Lexicon: A phrasebook of terms for issues that occur repeatedly in fiction (with many British-isms.)

Not sure where to pitch your short story? The Top 10 Literary Magazines, according to About: these "have been included in prize anthologies such as "Best American Short Fiction," "Pushcart," and "O. Henry," and have a large circulation, as far as literary magazines go."

Back to school? Some tips on cheap textbooks from Lifehacker.

Via Sree, "here's a new business, thanks to the terror alerts. Order travel-size toiletries online and have them delivered to your hotel. They start taking orders Sept. 5 and are offering $15 off the first 70,000 orders."