Omni Daily News

"Besides Coca-Cola, the other thing that is universally known is cowboys and Indians." The Wall Street Journal interviews Cormac McCarthy and John Hillcoat, director of McCarthy's The Road, releasing later this month. [via Vulture, and, erm, Omni Daily News. My bad.]

Unlike: The New Oxford American Dictionary has picked their newest word of the year, based on its "current and potential longevity." I am not sure I'm a fan, but I enjoyed reading the longlist of candidates, which included "tramp stamp," "zombie bank," and "intexticated." (I wonder what W.C. Minor would say.)

A tragedy turns 50: The Guardian reflects on Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, five decades after the family murder that inspired its writing.

Agility in motion: Slashdot reviews Becoming Agile: ...in an imperfect world and it rises 79,480% in our daily Movers & Shakers list. --Anne