A busy week calls for more links, and today, there are plenty of good ones!

• Kurt Vonnegut on teaching creative writing (via MaudNewton.com).
• Doug Harvey visits two Southern California monuments: the new Getty Villa and the Regan Library.
• Dana Stevens reviews "The Tenants" with surprising seroiusness.
• The BHL backlash continues... (via TheMorningNews.org)
• Nikki Finke, going in for the nasty (and unimportant) punches. (Thanks, Defamer!)
• Reflections on The Ambassador Hotel, recent victim to the wrecking ball.
• And, Bush's favorite SOTU words.