Cleveland March Meetup this Thrusday, 3/2 @ 8:00: Several of us are already going and MeFi/MoFi/MeCha, lurkers, non-member readers and paparazzi are all welcome at Edison's Pub in Tremont. Details inside.

Ahh.. Bras What wonders of engineering, all in all I like them. Not porn, unless you want it to be, nevertheless NSFW. Via:1 & 2

Guess what day it is! more inside

Arundhati Roy on the visit of War Criminal Bush to India - "...on March 2, Bush will be taken to visit Gandhi's memorial in Rajghat. He's by no means the only war criminal who has been invited by the Indian government to lay flowers at Rajghat... But when Bush places flowers on that famous slab of highly polished stone... It will be as though he has poured a pint of blood on the memory of Gandhi." Also: Only 12% worldwide think the Iraq invasion weakened terrorism. pinched from robot wisdom

Unpublished Civil Rights photos from Birmingham, AL found after 4 decades. In all, Cohn said, he found 5,000 images from 1950 to 1965 in the cardboard box. He examined 2,000 and estimated that most had not been published. more inside

Pixie Discs - Oh kiss my ass, Oh let it rock

BEIJING TODAY nota bien: site is very slow and clumsy. I found that this article,"The new Cultural Revolution", to be both profound and provocative. more inside

Donk! The JL421 Badonkadonk Land Cruiser/Tank! [@ amazon.com] I'm not sure which is better -- the availability of this $20,000 machine or the creative writing workshop of its customer reviews!