#3701: | New photo album: NBC/Peacock TV crew at Area 51. http://j.mp/9KwOrj - March 2010, embargoed until now! |
#3702: | The most effective censorship takes place within the individual. |
#3703: | A difficult life skill is being able to engage in something enthusiastically without getting overcommitted. |
#3704: | The young man says, "I've got plenty of time. I'll change later." The old man says, "It's too late for me. I can't change now." |
#3705: | There is nothing pleasurable that can't turn into drudgery with repetition. |
#3706: | Classical music was designed for the wealthy to give them the illusion of culture without any meaning. |
#3707: | The time has come to kill the letter "X". It has no sound of its own and only serves pornographers. XXX will mark the spot we buried it. |
#3708: | On my bucket list: Become a writer of Hallmark greeting cards, voicing awkward sentiments for those who can't do it themselves. |
#3709: | Both lies and promises are hard to remember and prone to biting you back. Use them sparingly. |
#3710: | Misery, to some, is a necessary regulating device. Without it reckless euphoria would take over and cause even worse damage. |
#3711: | Interstate 24 - Kentucky's CORRIDOR OF DEATH for 'possums. |
#3712: | Rule #1 of starting your own religion: Do it thousands of years ago. That way all the evidence is lost except what your followers convey. |
#3713: | Zero calorie artificial sweeteners. Fat-free ice cream. Alcohol-free beer. Christian Rock. |
#3714: | (It's just coincidence, but check out the place stamp on my previous tweet.) |
#3715: | We were raised in an artificial fantasyland created for us by our parents. The trauma of life is learning that the world works differently. |
#3716: | We are each the center of our conscious universe. Maturity comes in understanding the needs and perspectives of people outside this bubble. |
#3717: | We spend our first few years in a classroom, learning what the world is like. We spend the rest of our lives unlearning it. |
#3718: | RT @MailOnline: £95,000-a-year benefits family of 12 re-homed in a £1,000-a-week house... after they trashed the last one http://bit.ly/ ... |
#3719: | Entertainment is not a substitute for living. |
#3720: | Photo: I feel in good company as one of Anwar's friends. I even get my own color! http://j.mp/cIbMqQ (Jan. 2009) |
#3721: | Every decision is an act of triage. |
#3722: | September is preparedness month. Are you prepared? Are any of us? How can you be prepared for what you're not prepared for? |
#3723: | On my bucket list: Have so many fans and followers that I can afford to abuse them horribly. |
#3724: | You can't "choose life" without also choosing death and suffering. |
#3725: | How many silly ways can you think of to spend money when you have too much of it? That's America! |
#3726: | One of America's greatest Presidents: Bill Clinton. (Seriously!) it was a time of both prosperity and responsibility. |
#3727: | The most insidious form of child abuse is a parent who gives the child anything he wants. |
#3728: | Money improves happiness, but only to a point. RT @MailOnline: Key to happiness? Start with £50k a year salary http://bit.ly/bCqxjq |
#3729: | To enjoy the cachet of Macintosh without enduring the computer itself: Take Apple logo, place over Compaq logo. Photo: http://j.mp/d8w8OZ |
#3730: | Marriage is like giving guns to teenagers. Who among us, in the heat of passion, can comprehend the implications of "Til Death Do You Part"? |
#3731: | WARNING: Asking people how they are may result in them telling you. (MRT @kristygee) |
#3732: | Prissy little Prius people. |
#3733: | The law is not morality, only a crude caricature of it. Some of history's worst atrocities were committed by people "just obeying the law." |
#3734: | Law is not something perfect and pure handed down by God. It is a flawed set of rules... (One of my better essays:) http://j.mp/akktLV |
#3735: | Walk a mile in my shoes. Then another. In fact, just keep the shoes. (MRT @funnyoneliners) |
#3736: | There is nothing as pathetic as the risk aversion and addiction to routine of those in the latter half of life. What are you saving it for? |
#3737: | Nothing is certain in life, but you can make a lot of money by selling people the illusion of certainty. |
#3738: | Procedures. Mothers are there to enforce procedures. Fail to follow procedures and you will suffer. Simple as that. |
#3739: | When one's whole life is a trip, it is more appropriate to say, "Have a safe stay!" when they spend more than one night in the same place. |
#3740: | Sometimes the sky really is falling, in which case Henny Penny would be best advised to short-sell the market rather than telling everyone. |
#3741: | NEW! At your supermarket now! Junk Food Throwback Editions. Made with REAL sugar, REAL fat and REAL salt! |
#3742: | Get this straight: A peanut is not a "nut" but a legume. When will the hypocrisy end? |
#3743: | Truth is a measure of how consistent one is with oneself. |
#3744: | Justice is an illusion of man, not a quality of nature. |
#3745: | If one has been wronged, one wants to cause equal pain to the person who did it, but this can't change what has already happened. |
#3746: | Justice takes time and huge amounts of money, but it produces little for society apart from deterrence. |
#3747: | If you are heading down a certain road, even an unproductive one, you are likely to stay on it because of all you have invested so far. |
#3748: | We stay on the same road not because it is the best but because turning back is so painful. |
#3749: | The 4WD dilemma: You're one hour down a dirt road that's getting rougher. Do you keep going or turn back, accepting the loss of two hours? |
#3750: | The further you go down a road, the harder it is to turn back. |
#3751: | Public relations can, for a while, convince people that gravity isn't there, but gravity will win in the end. |
#3752: | Always act cool, confident. Never let them see your desperation. |
#3753: | Government provides only half the regulation that controls our lies. The other half comes from risk of lawsuit. Both can be oppressive. |
#3754: | Every new law is a small death of freedom. |
#3755: | No society would be able to function if citizens weren't able to quietly evade the law to get things done. |
#3756: | Lawmaking is a never-ending arms race against the destructive effects of previous laws. |
#3757: | Religion. Simple answers for those who can't bear to leave childhood behind. |
#3758: | On my bucket list: Visit the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library to learn about the life and times of this memorable leader. |
#3759: | Running out of gas is symbolic of most of life's disasters: preventable but non-negotiable once it happens. |
#3760: | There is no safe harbor. You can never go home. You can only sail onward. Forever alone. |
#3761: | People praise freedom in principle but usually choose prison in fact. |
#3762: | The. bigger the living space you have, the more unnecessary clutter you'll collect around you. |
#3763: | Humans are natural hoarders. They infuse objects with emotional meaning and don't want to part with them. |
#3764: | The mantra of the hoarder: "I may need that later." In fact, the storage cost almost always exceeds the potential utility. |
#3765: | Owning a home is a deal with the Devil. It becomes a collecting space for junk that holds you down for the rest of your life. |
#3766: | In modern life, you need a laptop, a smartphone, a camera and a passport. Everything else can be acquired as needed and discarded after. |
#3767: | Way to go, gays! Thanks to your activism, you can get trapped in lifeless marriages and fight in senseless wars just like the rest of us. |
#3768: | The young man says, "I've got plenty of time. I'll change later." The old man says, "It's too late for me. I can't change now." So when? |
#3769: | "Liberty, once lost, is lost forever."—John Adams. Wrong, John! Many have regained their freedom, but you have to decide you want it back. |
#3770: | The trouble with most people my age is they've gotten really, really old. They've gone from "Anything is possible" to "Nothing is possible." |
#3771: | If you demand a vow of celibacy from your priests, their sexuality will be forced underground where it is bound to do terrible things. |
#3772: | People who cannot express their true feelings to the world are dangerous. Their frustration becomes subversive aggression. |
#3773: | So what is the Catholic Church going to do: continue to recruit the most repressed members of society or allow priests to marry? |
#3774: | Sex has power mainly when it is denied. |
#3775: | RT @donni: Most children are tiny distractable Hitlers. |
#3776: | To succeed in a great athletic competition you need drive, stamina, focus and a complete clueless indifference to the rest of the world. |
#3777: | New photos added to "Mackinaw City and St. Ignace" (where the Great Lakes come together) http://j.mp/aJ7W4s |
#3778: | Change should not be mistaken for progress. |
#3779: | Government is either a dictatorship or management by committee, neither of which are effective solutions. |
#3780: | RT @drlori71: RT @VesselDoc: If you RT this tweet, and then I RT your RT, could this theoretically go on forever? Wanna try? |
#3781: | If you don't set your own boundaries about what you commit to, boundaries will be set for you when those commitments collapse. |
#3782: | If there is something you think should be done, then do it. Don't promise, just do. Doing isn't as dangerous as promises. |
#3783: | A promise implies you have a perfect understanding of the future. If you are not certain, then don't promise. |
#3784: | If you don't take control of your obligations and learn to turn most of them away, they will grow out of control and eat you alive. |
#3785: | People are judged by others based on criteria they create themselves. |
#3786: | The ultimate test of integrity is, "Are you who you claim to be?" |
#3787: | Religion is the ultimate refuge of the narcissist: "God is there for ME." |
#3788: | Narcissism: The world exists for me, but none of my mistakes are my own. |
#3789: | Got North Dakota on my mind. And in my heart. And in my eyeballs: a horizontal line seared across my retinas. |
#3790: | As a driver, the Great Plains have come to grow on me. The roads are flat and straight and once you get in "the Zone" the miles just fly by! |
#3791: | It is not narcissistic to be concerned with your own image and accomplishments, only to think special rules apply to you. |
#3792: | No fool is harmless when he holds a position of power. |
#3793: | For every hellhole on earth, there's some poor sap who thinks of it fondly as home. |
#3794: | Steer clear of people who get mad at inanimate objects and things that can't be changed because you'll be the next one they blame. |
#3795: | On my bucket list: Become the subject of an article in the Lifestyle section of the Minot Daily News. |
#3796: | Western North Dakota: the most perfect landscape! The sky is a dome resting on the flat land, filled with more stars than you can imagine. |
#3797: | It is foolish to educate teenagers against something, like drugs or drunk driving, because you'll just make them want to try it. |
#3798: | To teach them how to binge drink? RT @MailOnline: Children should be given binge drinking classes says Red Cross http://bit.ly/bxK7nG |
#3799: | Let's start a riot me and you, 'cuz a riot's overdue. What's to fight for, who's to say? Let's start a riot anyway. (MRT @johnmaine) |
#3800: | New video: Boreal Forest in Northern Minnesota: http://youtu.be/7q9Fy7qAEPo |