MofiMefiMeet Seattle Monkeys, please join us at the Big Time in the U on March 5. Flaunt your tees, as it's been years since Matt launchend any couture.

mofi mefi sea wa Hey, over in MeTa, cb asked about a PNW Mofi meetup, and I'm just passing it along. We're informally settled on Jan 3 at the Elysian in Seattle. I'll actually make a reservation this time. 7-ish?

solipsistic.org. Description? Um, anachronistic dada? You may have seen me discover this site at another site, or not. It's more better to share it here, I think, than there, for now. Click gently and with a free associatin' frame of mind, and gems await. Really.

Seattle Mofi Mefi Blog thing pix. Uncaptioned, but many shoutouts.

Seattle Monkey Business: Reminder: Saturday, 7p, the Elysian, Seattle's Capitol Hill. Monkeys, Mofites, and free-range bloggers. Air kisses, dahlings, air kisses.

Titor's Last Stand? As beloved (and debunked) in the internets as kitties, John Titor's linchpin claim was of an impending civil war in the United States. I, for one, felt a brush-up was in order before the festivities begin. more inside

Seattle + Mofi + Mefi + Bloggers = luv. Come and join other PNW monkeys and mofites at the Elysian in Seattle on Capitol Hill, Saturday, November 6, at 7pm! Signups encouraged here. Maps and addresses and so forth linked from my blog and the wiki. I intend to wear my glasses, but I am male and married, so... sorry, Matt. more inside

User #1: "Mofi rules! Mefi drools!" Feel the luv. That man has some class.

Spin the shellac! Honking Duck organizes hundreds of online recordings of 78s in several ways. more inside

Zep-plans. The Airship Heritage Trust website has the best collection of online airship plan and view drawings I have seen online. Zeppelin Museum Tønder comes a close second with these nerd-tastic stats pages, including our old friend the L30! more inside

The Blimp Painter. In 1994, to promote a tour, Pink Floyd sponsored a pair of artblimps, one in Europe, one in the U.S. Burton Dodge painted the now-lost U.S. ship, and has many more under his belt as well. Apparently, the blimps made an impression.

Your Zep: Buy it or Build it? My wife pointed out that Nieman-Marcus has kindly made the opportunity to own a Zeppelin NT available to the, er, masses. Others, however, offer more modest means to airship ownership. more inside

From Rio to Akron aboard the Graf Zeppelin, 1933: Alicia Momsen Miller recalls her childhood journey. Candid family snaps included! Her father somehow finagled the Goodyear-Zeppelin Company into footing the bill for his whole family's airship jaunt to the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. The family's governess, however, went by boat.

Zep Sims! The venerable Dawn of Aces II as well as the mammoth X-Plane each offer flyable zeppelin sims. DoA allows one to field the fictional LZ30, a generalized version of a World War 1 combat zep. X-P comes with a demo airship, the well-known Hindenburg. The lively modeler's scene associated with X-P has produced both Goodyear and Fuji blimps, as well as stranger stuff.

Stereoscopic Images of Lighter Than Air Flight and Zeppelin-3d.de each provide access to 3-D images of mostly old-time Zeppelins and dirigibles. more inside

Zeppelin rides. In Switzerland. "The Swiss limited company operates large airships for passenger rides, advertising and as sensor platforms. Scheduled airship passenger rides start from the home base at Buochs/Ennetbürgen close to Lucerne." more inside

Crazy Meds. Sane stuff for crazy people. [via oldtimey.] more inside

Bananas, leading the way. Danelope puts the pieces of the puzzle together, and sounds a warning, in his customary terse style. (Warning: monkeys!)

Not a fork! A banana request. Monkeys, the eagle-eyed among you have come note that beeswackybashi has been assembling a rarely-seen literary endeavor under cover of the One True 'Bashi Thread. Such is the genius that I request a new feature. more inside

Spoisco News: "Bananas + Reefers + Fruit." I believe the reefers in question are this kind. I was inspired to Google by Will the Banana Split?, by Bob Carty.