rmd | Mar. 9th, 2008

reading is fundamental. except in the proposed 2009 bush budget. yay bush legacy:
http://www.rif.org/get-involved/advocate/what/

for political wonks who want to track legislators and issues:
http://www.opencongress.org/

8 minute video recap of bsg backstory. with snark.
http://io9.com/364874/battlestar-galactica-backstory-in-8-minutes

then, courtesy of the voice of jonas venture (urbaniak), a clip shorter than the 8 minute recap of bsg, but with way *way* more glitter. and sarah brightman. brightman and hot gossip singing their 1978 charttopping hit, "i lost my heart to a starship trooper": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_zMU2tX5n8 (it's like something out of "the apple" (http://imdb.com/title/tt0080380/) which was afflicted with beard glitter. and we find out that god is a hippie. no, really. the apple is a really fucked up movie)

thanks to metafilter, i discovered the strange maps blog. two exibits as to its excellence:
- a map of area codes where rapper ludacris claims to have lady friends (in this song (lyrics could be construed as offensive): http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/254-ludacris-rap-map-of-us-area-codes/
- a look at sauce sources for bbq sauces in south carolina.
  http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/246-southern-sauce-sources/