In a tweet today, filmmaker Michael D. Olmos announced that his brother Bodie will be running in the 2011 Honda LA Marathon/LA 5K/LA Roadrunners on March 20, raising money for the fight against cancer.

Bodie if you'll remember played Viper pilot Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza in Battlestar Galactica and is the son of Edward James Olmos.

At his Active.com donations page, Bodie indicates that this is his first marathon and I'm only too happy to spread the word to you, my fellow BSG fans, in hopes you'll support him by making a donation.

If you can't, I'm sure Bodie welcomes your positive thoughts and cheers.

But if you can… Make A Donation

I learned today through a petition at Change.org that Republicans in an anti-abortion bill in the U.S. House of Representatives would "change" the definition of rape, which could potentially alter the health insurance coverage for certain instances of the crime. 

Now, folks, I have no idea how this one slipped my notice but this is just so wrong that I hardly have the words to express myself. I know this, though: Rape is rape. No matter how it occurs, no matter what the age, gender, religion or culture the victim might be, it is a violation of that person against their will. 

Against their will! And now politicians want to quantify the un-quantifiable and heap another violation on the people who need their protection, not persecution. 

Folks, if you don't see the wrong in this, then I don't know what to say, but I pray the constituents of the people backing this measure have something to say the next election and send them packing. There is no excuse for such a gross lack of compassion for our fellow human beings.

Addendum:

Shortly after making this post, I was informed that the Bill had been dropped, so I did some further investigation and believe the Bill itself (H.R. 3) may still be alive, but that the "incendiary language" will be dropped from the measure. (Click here for more info.)

That said, I reserve judgment for now and will be watching that these guys don't try to sneak this into another Bill. And, regardless of the language change, how something like this even makes it into an actual Bill is just beyond me. Our elected officials need to learn to think about what they're doing and exercise a little common, compassionate sense when drafting legislation. We're not talking political ideals or partisanship here, just forethought and simple human decency.

I've been curious for a while now about hooking up my MacBook to my 47" Vizio HDTV and I finally indulged my inner geek by purchasing a couple components (mini-DVI to DVI adapter and a DVI to HDMI cable) to help me do so.

Here are the results:

I was very pleased and think I know where I'll be when no one else is home and I'm browing the web.