Portland Meetup! The Portland MeFi and MeCha crew are getting together on the 18th. Calling all monkeys! more inside

Corbu was completely batshit loco. Le Corbusier, godfather of modernism, liked to bind his books in dog.

News/Sexfilter: Colombian teenagers could be forced to carry condoms in an effort to stop unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. more inside

Araucaria Araucana, aka, the Monkey Puzzle. [PDF] more inside

Capt. Renault busted! Via MeFi

Sulu comes out. "Takei told The Associated Press on Thursday that his new onstage role as psychologist Martin Dysart in "Equus," helped inspire him to publicly discuss his sexuality..."

Dogonauts!!! Before there were manned missions to space, the way was paved by animals; cute, furry animals. Laika was the first cosmonaut, traveling in a low orbit around the earth, before dying of stress, in November, 1957. Later dogonauts Belka and Strelka fared better, not only returning to earth alive, but sending progeny to the Kennedy White House. more inside

Qwert Schmarble! Normally I'd think twice about posting something like this, but since it's anything goes day around here, I present the Qwert Schmarble! (seriously, I can't believe that this hasn't been posted before, but there's no trace of it anywhere!) more inside

Hayao Miyazaki's latest film trailer is now available for viewing. The film has been showing for six months in Japan and is finally due to reach American shores in June, and it looks to be worth the wait. Miyazaki came out of retirement yet again to make this one, so whether or not this will be the last is anybody's guess. via Nausicaä.net

Wes Anderson á la The Decemberists The Porland art-rock/theater-geek band The Decemberists' video for their tune "16 Military Wives" is a clever parody of Wes Anderson's Rushmore.