Will Oldham interviews R Kelly (above) for Interview.

• Tolstoy had ten rules in his life.  I especially like “eat little and avoid sweets.”

• Joaquin Phoenix in the film adaptation of “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” is a possibility.

• Everybody thanks God when they win something.  When is somebody going to give praise to Cthulhu?

• A Romanian wonders what is up with America’s obsession with Dracula.

• The possible Tea Party analogy and other interesting facts about the Reagan appointed judge who ruled Obama’s health care bill as “unconstitutional.”

(Photo via Interview by Terry Richardson)