Texas State Rep. Betty Brown has some good advice for our friends of the Asian persuasion. Yglesias points out that South Asians are the real villains here—your Duraiswamies, your Ayyagaries, your Balasubramanians...

You had me at "Abandoned Amusement Parks." Via MeFi.

Random Friday morning links.

* Strangeusa.com is a clearing house for weird and uncanny events across America, including hauntings in Durham and UFO sightings in my hometown. (via)

* A look back at the first issue of Wired. (via)

* Who are the best female science fiction authors?

* Detailed city-planning model of Ancient Rome. (via)

* Glimpses of South Asia before 1947. (via)