Uncle Matt's tids and bits

recent quotes i like

"Preach the gospel at all times. If necessary, use words." - ? | | | | | | |
"If there is anything I have learned from liberals and conservatives, it's that you can have great answers and still be mean... and that just as important as being right is being nice. " - shane claiborne | | | | | | |
"If Liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." --George Orwell ||||||
"On Facebook, no one can hear you scream." - I dont know ||||||
"The reformer has enemies in all those who profit by the old order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the new order, this lukewarmness arising partly from fear of their adversaries, who have the laws in their favor; and partly from the incredulity of mankind, who do not truly believe in anything new until they have had actual experience of it." - Machiavelli ||||||

Helen Thomas Rules :) - video

10/03/2009 at 10:30 AM

google wave - took me a bit to wrap my mind around but looks very cool

9/30/2009 at 6:57 PM

coming soon for all us google users - a new kind of group email/chat/blog all in one sort of thingy:

U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency has trouble with math?

9/27/2009 at 7:33 AM

DEA: 95% of Americans do not use drugs. 2008: More than 6.5% of US population arrested for pot. Apparently they caught every smoker in the country - and then some

http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=4660799&tt=s

burning man '09 in 2 minutes - time lapse video

at 7:25 AM

Evolution (Burning Man time lapses) from Delrious on Vimeo.

video of the crazy aussie dust storms this week.

at 7:13 AM

Reuters reported that the first storm on Wednesday, Sept. 23, carried 23 million tons of dust into the eastern Australian city.

video shot by a woman in Broken Hill, Australia, a small, central western mining town about 15 hours from Sydney.

Within seconds, the dust storm totally obscures the sunlight, turning the frame pitch black, and worrying the woman behind the camcorder.

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/26/dust-storm-video-dust-sto_n_300982.html

The storm, the worst air pollution in 70 years, was a consequence of the 10-year drought that has turned parts of Australia's interior into a giant dust bowl, providing perfect conditions for high winds to whip loose soil into the air and carry it thousands of miles across the continent.

Peace Dove Celebration: one of them is "sleeping". - video

at 7:10 AM

not the best omen i guess?

E. Cleveland Mayor In Cross-Dressing Photo Scandal

at 7:01 AM

Politics Buzz Photos of East Cleveland Mayor Eric Brewer dressed in drag and posing in sexy (MySpace-like) positions have surfaced just days before the primary election. Brewer will not confirm or deny whether the photos are of him.

more info and disturbing pics here:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/east-cleveland-mayor-involved-in-cross-dressing-ph