Mo' Nuggets o' Nowledge

A Site (well, seven actually) for Sore Eyes!

1. Law
FindLaw for Legal Professionals
http://www.findlaw.com/11stategov/wa/laws.html

Verbatim copies of most of the city, county and/or municipal codes for jusistictions throughout Washington. Opinions from the Attorney General, the State Supreme Court, and U.S. Court of Appeals and reports from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. The State Constitution and Codes, plus a look at the Bills being sponsored by each member of the Washington Congressional delegation. You should be appropriately conditioned for "speech or writing having unusual or pretentious vocabulary, convoluted phrasing, and vague meanings" before attempting to peruse this site.

2. Environment
United Nations Environment Programme
http://www.unep.org/

Wow! Everything from Biodiversity to Sustainable Consumption...Bring your thirst for knowledge but none of those overpackaged snacks!

3. Travel
Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau
http://www.gohawaii.com/

Good information if you can get past all the glitz! Broadband recommended.

4. English authors
British and Irish Authors on the Web http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/UK-authors.html

Browse by author or timeframe, which can lead to some of the lesser known triumphs of the language, like the songs penned by Henry VIII. Did anyone else know about these?

5. Population of Washington

QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/53000.html

Nearly 100 different statistics about Washington state population. No explanation, just the numbers, man!

6. Movie stars
Movie Actors
http://www.movieactors.com/

Nice enough site I guess, but kind of fanzine-ish. Give me Internet Movie DataBase IMDb.com anyday!

7. Sports
The Official Formula One Website
http://www.formula1.com/

Stock cars are cool, but hey, these guys race in the rain! Unencumbered by having to look like something your mom might drive, names like Ferrari, McLaren, Senna and Fittipaldi get my motor runnin'! Only two stops in North America, Montreal and The Indy Grand Prix. Fact and photo packed site. You could hang here for the season!