I feel like a real geek posting this.. but the Dalai Lama is on Twitter now! I'm a fan and am now following him, and you should too. :)

http://twitter.com/OHHDL

Tags: dalai lama, twitter, web 2.0
Current Location: Austin, TX
Current Mood: happy

The BART officer that shot this unarmed man in the back needs to be found and beaten to death with a baseball bat by a citizen. These scum get away with too much and treat us like slaves and cattle, when they're supposed to be a public servant. The law isn't going to deal with him, so the people should.


More on the victim and situation

UPDATE! (2009/01/14): They finally arrested the scum, Johannes Mehserle, and have charged him with murder! I never thought they would do the right thing like this. This is good news, but I still wish citizens would have gotten to him before the law did. We will see if they actually follow it all the way through and obtain a murder conviction, and not some weak plea bargain, and serve justice.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/14/BART.shooting.arrest/
http://www.policelink.com/news/articles/87747-ex-officer-arrested-in-bart-shooting

Tags: "johannes mehserle", bart, murder, police, scum
Current Location: Austin, TX
Current Mood: pissed off

I love fog. All during December we've been getting lots of fog, and even some snow, in Austin. So this morning when I woke up to see pretty thick fog I grabbed the video camera and went out to get some of it on video. Woo?

Tags: austin, fog, texas, weather
Current Location: Austin, TX
Current Mood: ecstatic

The night before last it snowed in Austin! I hadn't seen snow here since December of 2003 when it snowed 4 inches. So I had to get out the video camera this time to record it. The really weird thing is that it was 71° the night before when I got home from work, then the very next night it's like 34° and snowing. Texas weather is weird. :)

Tags: austin, snow, weather, winter
Current Location: Austin, TX
Current Mood: mellow

Gas prices have dropped quite a bit in recent weeks.. Yesterday morning I took this photo at a gas station on the way home from work. I wonder how long till they start fucking us over again?

Tags: austin, gas, oil companies suck
Current Location: Austin, TX

I took one of those "political compass" tests, and it turned out just as I thought it would. I'm a slightly left-leaning Libertarian. I am also almost a polar opposite of Dubya, which I also expected.

http://www.politicalcompass.org

Tags: libertarian, politics, quiz, test
Current Location: Austin, TX
Current Mood: tired

Tags: election 2008, mccain, obama, voting
Current Location: Austin, TX
Current Mood: amused

Piper Palin flipping off another kid on stage at a rally in June (pre-V.P. nod). =)



Update (2008/10/08): Although very cute, it turns out it is a hoax and the photo was in fact doctored. They did a good job and left the EXIF data in the photo intact though.. Good stuff. I'm gonna leave it up though just because I like it so much.

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/permalink/piper_palin_gives_one_finger_salute/

http://www.gov.state.ak.us/large_photo.php?id=175

Tags: cute, flipping the bird, fuck you, funny, humor, kid, middle finger, piper palin, sarah palin, yay
Current Location: Austin, TX
Current Mood: amused

That worthless piece of shit John McCain helped Charles Keating defraud us of billions before, and now he wants us to trust him to help fix this latest banker fraud crap? He must be joking.

Tags: bullshit, john mccain, maverick, politics, scum, video
Current Location: Austin, TX
Current Mood: irritated

Tim Patterson 2008!

Tags: 2008, badassness, election, politics
Current Location: Austin, TX
Current Mood: amused