Video: Christmas with Pets

I got the one thing on my Christmas Wishlist: the incrediblely fun (and sure to be irritating) Flip MinoHD. It's no bigger than my cell phone, records 60-minutes of 720 HD footage onto it's own memory, and a USB connection flips out that allows me to throw it straight on to my comp. Christmas morning, I just had to test it out.

Thus, I present "Christmas with Pets". A short shot and edited in a two-hour time span (which includes breakfast, of course).


Christmas with Pets from Matthew Patches on Vimeo.

Mmmm December Holidays

Happy Holidays Everybody!

In The News: A New Da Vinci Mystery

In what could easily be the biggest news story of the year, CNN reports that researchers at the Louvre have discovered drawings on the back of the Da Vinci's painting The Virgin and Child with St. Anne that could be the work of the master himself.



Using state-of-the-art infrared technology, scientists have uncovered sketches of a horse's head, a skull, and the baby Jesus with a lamb. Now, I don't want to jump to conclusions or anything, but there's a good chance that this is the work...OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, once again trying to protect the secret of Jesus and his wife Mary Magdalene.

More updates as the mystery unfolds!

Life Photography

Back in November, Google made an agreement with Life magazine to host over 10 million images from its archives. As a photography buff, it has me salivating all over my keyboard, but I think anyone with mild interest in history could spend hours searching through the vast collection. Here are a few of the things I immediately googled:

The site I learned this info from led me to Kubrick


Hindenburg


Hitler


Earth

Why The Happening is the Best Movie of 2008

Because it is dummy. Have you seen it? It rules. Watch it.

I Want This For Christmas

Everyone loves popping Bubblewrap, and now Bandai has released "Mugen Puti-Puti", a Bubblewrap-popping simulator. It has real air bubbles and popping sound effects. The Japanese are the luckiest kids in school.

In The News: Taxes Happy Fun Time

This morning I read an intellectual newspaper called The New York Times and was excited when I learned that New York Governor David A. Paterson has called for an increase in taxes on a variety of items. While cutting down on a $4 billion deficit sounds pretty important, I'm more interested in what this tax plan will do for people like me, namely, people suffering from over-sized alimentary canals. You see, although Gov. Paterson is blind, the man has an inner eye, or insight, which allowed him to create this infallible plan. Here's the idea:

1. Soda Tax: By taxing Coke and Pepsi, Gov. Paterson forces us to either drink Diet soda, or to drop sugary drinks from our diets entirely. God bless this man. I can feel myself slimming down already!


2. Boat Tax: Simple logic; Gov. Paterson knows that if you own a boat, you're more likely to serve your guests a fancy drink, like ice cold Coca-Cola classic, than a bland, healthy drink like Coca-Cola Zero. I think we can all sacrifice a new yacht for a healthier lifestyle. Right? Also, if we're lucky, we'll see a slash in illegal soda importing. Remember: when you buy under-the-table soft drinks, you're aiding terrorist plots in Guatemala, which actually reduces the amount of diet kola beans produced every year. That's the only way to make Diet Pepsi.


3. Fur Tax: With all the cold weather, it's easy to splurge on a mink coat or a manly coonskin cap, but in the end, it may do more damage than good. Purchasing an elegant fur may seem disconnected to our addiction to caffeinated beverages, but Gov. Patterson knows better. He knows soft drinks are made from the same animals who lent us the skins off their backs to make those beautiful garments. But what if there were a tax preventing us from fueling the animal-killing business, therefore reducing the amount of soda being produced per year. Hey, Nobel Prize Committee, we have a winner.

Some people are complaining that Paterson doesn't want to increase income tax for the wealthy, and why should he? OK, more money I guess, but who's out there everyday working their butts off to perpetuate the success of yoga, grass shots, and and all-around healthier lifestyle? You don't see me shopping at Whole Foods, do you? If we start taking all the money from the rich, us middle-classers will have nothing to aspire too. Besides, my doctors says I can't live like this too much longer, so thank you Gov. Paterson for taking the initiative to save my life!