Please give new life to our Ancient Wisdom by retweeting our old tweets. Click on date for the original tweet.
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Mar 1 2011: Just because you have Googled something doesn't mean you understand it. 2779
Mar 1 2011: The internet can give you all manner of facts, but it doesn't tell you how those facts fit together. Only experience can give you that. 2780
Mar 1 2011: You understand something (or someone) if you can accurately predict its behavior in the future. 2781
Mar 1 2011: Facts are different than understanding. You can collect countless facts about something and not be anywhere close to understanding it. 2782
Mar 1 2011: If you Google someone, you may understand the box that they live in, but you won't understand who they are within that box. 2783
Mar 1 2011: Information is a false god. Being deluged with it doesn't tell you what is most important. 2784
Mar 1 2011: The secret of a strong immune system? Dirt. Germs. Revel in them! 2785Mar 1 2011: Homeless Tip: Disposable socks! 3 for $1 at Dollar Tree. Use once then discard. http://twitpic.com/451qwl←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 2786
Mar 1 2011: The Beatles had it wrong. Love is NOT all you need. Sometimes love just complicates things. 2787
Mar 1 2011: Valedictorian speaks against standardized schooling. YouTube: http://j.mp/g0dpaw (via @lolahayes) Too funny! Well, yeah! 2788
Mar 1 2011: The idealism of youth is thinking the system can be changed, like realigning the axis of the Earth. 2789
Mar 1 2011: The valedictorian (ibid) seems to be blaming "the system" for decisions that she herself has made (studying rather than exploring). 2790
Mar 1 2011: If you want the best education, you have to do it yourself. 2791
Mar 1 2011: Consciousness is fundamentally unexplainable. You can experience it and find its neurological boundaries, but you can never know what it is. 2792
Mar 1 2011: "A mere friend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue." 2793
Mar 1 2011: Typed "char" into Google and it correctly auto-completed the phrase "Charlie Sheen". (Just catching up on popular culture.) 2794
Mar 1 2011: Yes, addiction is a disease, like cancer, but unlike cancer only the victim himself can cure it. 2795
Mar 1 2011: Scam marketers rejoice! The effectiveness of a placebo depends on the price paid. http://tinyurl.com/49n8kum via @abmarkman 2796
Mar 1 2011: RT @SethMacFarlane: Really want this to happen sometime: Me: "The date!! Quick, what's the date?!" Other person: "The 24th." Me: "No, da ... 2797
Mar 1 2011: RT @SethMacFarlane: Actually, I kinda know how Charlie Sheen feels. I personally hate the fucking asshole who created Family Guy. 2798Mar 1 2011: Not a common sight these days, but this is Tennessee, where they still have values. http://twitpic.com/4544u8←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 2799
Mar 1 2011: On My Bucket List: Objectify members of the opposite gender based on their primary and secondary sex characteristics. [See Full Bucket List] 2800
Mar 1 2011: What goes into teen decisions? "Not much. Most seem to rely little on premeditation or planning." http://bit.ly/eP4ajA via @SocialPsych 2801
Mar 1 2011: "I owe, I owe, so it's off to work I go!"—bumper sticker 2802
Mar 1 2011: It is the nature of most people to be spent to the limit of whatever credit line they have, both in terms of money and commitments. 2803
Mar 1 2011: Intelligence is taking control of your own information stream. 2804
Mar 2 2011: Much of life is a desperate effort to sustain the unsustainable. 2805
Mar 2 2011: "Multiple personality" is the norm for most people. What they do contradicts what they did or said ten minutes ago. 2806
Mar 2 2011: Tweeting from the air! — So absurd: flying First Class to FL, with a sleeping bag as carry-on, only to camp in a field near the airport. 2807
Mar 2 2011: The prestige of the First Class cabin drops two notches when I sit down there. 2808
Mar 2 2011: First Class is Jerk Class. People willing to pay twice as much for free drinks and a 3" wider seat. The message: "I'm better than you." 2809
Mar 2 2011: Ya ain't got nothin' on me, copper! I'm clean. 100% certified Charlie Sheen clean. 2810
Mar 2 2011: Mel may be a pariah, but Charlie is golden! America loves that bad-boy shit. He'll find work as soon as he wants it (but not in TV). 2811
Mar 2 2011: Beware of people making promises where none are required. They probably won't keep them. 2812
Mar 2 2011: The value of a promise rests on the track record of the person making it. 2813
Mar 2 2011: Maybe you can travel back in time, but you can't kill your grandfather. http://su.pr/1WMWRC via @NewMindMirror 2814
Mar 2 2011: George Bush impersonator John Morgan, once again undermining the dignity of the presidency. FB photo: http://j.mp/i5j30l 2815
Mar 2 2011: Charlie, Lindsay and Mel reveal the tragedy of fame, how it fucks with your self-image. People say you're great but you know you're a fake. 2816Mar 2 2011: Live-tweeting my camping experience at the Ft. Myers airport (see geotag). Five hours of rough sleep, but the price is right. ←Start tweet essay: Camping at the Ft. Myers Airport 2817Mar 2 2011: Equipment: $10 sleeping bag + $5 tarp (both disposable). No rain, as predicted. Some mild mosquito action, but not serious. 2818Mar 2 2011: Under cover of darkness, you can camp almost anywhere without people. Sleeping past dawn requires more subterfuge (hiding in tall grass). 2819Mar 2 2011: Much as it offends me, I may abandon the sleeping bag where it is, since disposal at the airport is a problem. (unattended baggage?) 2820Mar 2 2011: Arrived at midnight. Even if I could afford a non-6 hotel, it could take an hour to get there and check in. Better to sleep now! 2821Mar 2 2011: Top Secret campsite at the Ft. Myers airport. http://twitpic.com/45az0b←Live photo from the road! [location|more]←End tweet essay: Camping at the Ft. Myers Airport 2822
Mar 2 2011: The experience of homelessness is greatly enhanced by the ability to think ahead. 2823
Mar 2 2011: I don't get this "TED Talks" thing. Looks like talking heads saying the usual talking-head things—but with pictures! What am I missing? 2824
Mar 2 2011: Wherever you go, you must respect the value of money in that culture. Don't waste resources in front of those who are struggling for them. 2825Mar 2 2011: The main purpose of luxury is being able to show it off to others to prove ones status in the community. ←Start tweet essay: Luxury Marketing 2826Mar 2 2011: Luxury can be anything—cars, seashells, shiny bits of foil—as long as it is visible and deemed by the community to be rare and valuable. 2827Mar 2 2011: Cost has everything to do with luxury. The more is paid for the product the more it is perceived as luxurious. 2828Mar 2 2011: The possession of luxury is conveyed visually or verbally. One can display ones home by holding parties there or say "I have a Learjet." 2829Mar 2 2011: Casually revealing that you own a private jet is infinitely more valuable than actually owning one—both socially and practically. 2830Mar 2 2011: The luxury market is a huge portion of the economy. Healthy profit margins drive big ad budgets, supporting media of all kinds. 2831Mar 2 2011: Marketers love luxury, because once they have a prestigious brand (Gucci, Armani), they are immune to price pressure. The rich will pay! 2832Mar 2 2011: Paranoia is self-fulfilling prophesy. 2833Mar 2 2011: Luxury, by definition, is something you don't need, that is acquired only for display or for perceived sensory benefits. 2834Mar 2 2011: Luxury advertising typically focuses on the notion of self-reward. "Sure, it costs more, but I'm worth it!" 2835Mar 2 2011: Luxury marketers may make utilitarian claims (e.g. that a Lexus is somehow safer) but only to help the client rationalize the purchase. 2836Mar 2 2011: Our essay from 2009: "The Shamanism of Luxury" http://kilroycafe.com/ideas/luxury 2837Mar 2 2011: "Buying something always seems easier than actually changing one's life, which involves far more anxiety." —Glenn Campbell 2838Mar 2 2011: Wikipedia on Luxury Goods: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxury_good - Quite insightful! 2839Mar 2 2011: RT @georgiatriallaw: @BadDalailama is killing me this morning. Spiritual gemstones from the master. #winning 2840Mar 2 2011: The risk of marketing yourself as an image is that people will start seeing you only as that image and not for who you really are. ←End tweet essay: Luxury Marketing 2841
Mar 2 2011: Same old story: Women are intimidated by smart guys. If you want a girl, you got to play dumb, drink beer and pretend to like sports. 2842
Mar 2 2011: If men are assholes, evolutionary selection by woman made them that way. Your maternal ancestors must have fallen for that shit. 2843
Mar 2 2011: RT @EastsideRJ: @BadDalaiLama your tweets about luxury are frickin' spot on, Your Excellence. 2844Mar 2 2011: Video Postcard from Florida: "RV Madness" http://youtu.be/xqknoVvuETk (40 seconds) — Because you can never have too much shit! ←Our original YouTube video [more] 2845
Mar 2 2011: I love you like alligators love flamingos. 2846
Mar 2 2011: The root of most problems is the short-sighted solution to a previous problem. 2847
Mar 2 2011: The purpose, ego and funding of the police derives from fighting crime. This gives them a bias to find crime—whether or not it exists. 2848
Mar 2 2011: There is nothing more destructive to the coherence of ones thoughts than a television playing in the background. 2849
Mar 3 2011: On My Bucket List: Have every detail of my love life reported in the tabloid media. [See Full Bucket List] 2850
Mar 3 2011: Some of the worst things that happen to you turn out in the long run to be the best things that could happen to you. 2851
Mar 3 2011: The emotional benefit of Twitter and Facebook is to give us "witnesses"—people who see us and care about what we are doing. 2852
Mar 3 2011: "Look at me!" is a basic need of children, but it doesn't go away in adulthood. We all feel a need to be watched. 2853
Mar 3 2011: Exhibitionism, in the extreme, is an attempt to regain childhood attention. At a healthier level, it is simply a desire to be appreciated. 2854
Mar 3 2011: The trouble with an online identity is that it becomes binding over time, just like a real-life one. 2855
Mar 3 2011: If you are still sharing on Twitter things that adolescents talk about (bodily functions, etc) then Twitter will hold you at that level. 2856
Mar 3 2011: Whenever you create an account on any social network, people start to have expectations of you based on your past behavior. 2857
Mar 3 2011: You alone set the standards that other people judge you by. 2858
Mar 3 2011: RT @GreatestQuotes: "The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas." - Linus Pauling 2859
Mar 3 2011: When dealing with a teenager, only actions matter, not attitude. Let him rail at you however he wants, as long as he gets the job done. 2860
Mar 3 2011: When ideas spew out of your brain, it usually happens fast. You need @HootSuite to spread them out and avoid overwhelming your readers. 2861
Mar 3 2011: Essential communication skills of cyberspace: twittering, photography, blog writing, video making, speaking to a camera. 2862
Mar 3 2011: RT @NewMindMirror: The Downside of Antioxidants - Newsweek http://su.pr/AA5rAC #nutrition #diet #antioxidants 2863Mar 3 2011: The fundamental conflict of life is moving from protected childhood to unprotected adulthood. ←Start tweet essay: The Dilemma of Childhood 2864Mar 3 2011: We all grew up in Disneyland—an artificial and protected environment essential for our education and growth. The problem is leaving it. 2865Mar 3 2011: Adjusting to the demands of real world is traumatic for everyone, regardless of their upbringing. 2866Mar 3 2011: Childhood inevitably sets us up with dysfunctional expectations of what the world owes us. The trauma of adulthood is correcting them. 2867Mar 3 2011: A coddled child, raised in a "perfect" environment, has it no easier than anyone else. His bias is an unreasonable expectation of reward. 2868Mar 3 2011: Childhood always leaves us with "issues"—certain patterns of behavior that once worked but that don't work now. 2869Mar 3 2011: What stands between us and our success is our past—or more precisely, the defective assumptions created by our past. 2870Mar 3 2011: Our parents fed us so much bullshit! But that was their job. You can't handle reality all at once, so fairy tales are the intermediate step. 2871Mar 3 2011: Don't blame your parents for what you are doing now. It's your responsibility to adjust to the real world, not theirs. 2872Mar 3 2011: It's easy to look over the fence at the Jones family and think, "Their childhood was so easy." Wrong! Every family is dysfunctional! 2873Mar 3 2011: Every family sets its children up with false assumptions and unrealistic expectations. Families differ only in what they are. 2874Mar 3 2011: The risk of those with the "perfect" childhood is that they never leave it. They opt for suburban protection and never step beyond it. 2875Mar 3 2011: Trauma may come early in life or later. The only thing certain is that it will come. 2876Mar 3 2011: There are two ways to respond to the world: the way your past has set you up for, and the way that really works. 2877Mar 3 2011: To step away from your childhood, you must see the world that's right in front of you, not the one you want to be there. 2878Mar 3 2011: Right now, certain behavior makes sense. So do it! The wounded child inside you will have to adapt. 2879Mar 3 2011: To correct the defects of your childhood, you must become your own parent. Someone has to set boundaries and goals, and that must be you! 2880Mar 3 2011: A childhood can't be corrected. Your parents will die. In the end, all that matters is what you want for yourself and how to go about it. 2881Mar 3 2011: #### End. This has been a live one-hour essay from the Bad Dalai Lama. 2882Mar 3 2011: RT @Adhyetaa: RT @BadDalaiLama #### End. This has been a live one-hour essay from the Bad Dalai Lama. || Good stuff, BadDL. 2883Mar 3 2011: RT @charliesheen: In all sincerity... Thank you Twitter community for the warm reception & the followers that helped get me to 1M in 24 ... 2884Mar 3 2011: Dysfunctional celebrities are good! They give people around the world a set of common experiences, making everyone part of our family. 2885Mar 3 2011: Fame and money provide no immunity to human weakness. ←End tweet essay: The Dilemma of Childhood 2886
Mar 3 2011: RT @GreatestQuotes: "It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to chang ... 2887
Mar 3 2011: The greatest joy of reality is the surprises! Things can come together in ways you'd never expect yet make perfect sense in the end. 2888
Mar 3 2011: The world imposes real boundaries on you, but they are usually less than the imaginary barriers you impose upon yourself. 2889
Mar 3 2011: RT @iamCCB: What we now have a @baddalailama ? @twitter is surely going places 2890
Mar 3 2011: Two can be a nice number, but one is the most efficient. 2891
Mar 4 2011: Best things to share online: your creative discoveries. Worst things: details of your day-to-day life when there's no creativity involved. 2892
Mar 4 2011: Most people can't handle success. They misspend it in such a way as to set themselves up for failure. 2893
Mar 4 2011: Hubris is when you succeed at something and think you are charmed because if it. 2894
Mar 4 2011: hubris—n. [see @CharlieSheen] 2895
Mar 4 2011: Put your Klaxon on and make this baby dive! Ah-WOOGA! 2896
Mar 4 2011: The men who shape technology—from Edison to Zuckerburg—are retards personally. We can use their tools, but we don't need to be like them. 2897
Mar 4 2011: My Superpower: drive 1000s of miles without turning on the radio or a motel room TV. Also: go 5 minutes without checking Twitter. 2898
Mar 4 2011: @PoulsNocturne "Always in my head...fucking all the time. Why?" <== Omnipresent sexual fantasies. Common in the human species. 2899
Mar 4 2011: RT @StephenAtHome: Charlie Sheen just set record for "fastest time to reach a million Twitter followers." Not his only speed record. 2900
Mar 4 2011: Wealth is an enabler of dysfunction, allowing people to indulge their delusions and addictions without accepting the consequences. {9/20} 2901
Mar 4 2011: Following tech news is like following sports: there are always teams winning and losing, but in the bigger scheme it doesn't matter. #ipad 2902
Mar 4 2011: Whether Jobs wins this week—or Zuckerburg or Google—it's largely irrelevant. Technology moves ahead regardless of the players. 2903
Mar 4 2011: Wow! Science gets a little too close to the truth! "Why the joy of parenthood is a fantasy" Daily Mail: http://goo.gl/fb/srllE 2904
Mar 4 2011: Hubris can take the form of humbly thanking God for your success then assuming that God is now on your side. (cc:@Wyrdmaven) 2905
Mar 4 2011: RT @Wyrdmaven: @BadDalaiLama Or blessed: For example...winning the Daytona 500 and thanking Yahweh for it. Religious arrogance wrapped ... 2906
Mar 4 2011: Hypothesis: Drivers with radar detectors get more speeding tickets. If true, is it causation or correlation? Or are they just idiots? 2907
Mar 4 2011: One thing that must go into our planning is how bad we are at predicting the future. 2908
Mar 4 2011: We should not plan for a specific outcome but instead position ourselves for a range of possible scenarios. 2909
Mar 4 2011: Now playing: @PoulsNocturne live-tweeting her LSD high. 2910
Mar 4 2011: (I actually care about her. Hope she doesn't go all @charliesheen on us!) 2911Mar 4 2011: On My Bucket List: Star in a sitcom about dysfunctional people but get more attention for my own dysfunction. [See Full Bucket List] ←Start tweet essay: Jerks! 2912Mar 4 2011: RT @soundhunter: @BadDalaiLama thought you'd like this ---> RT @joqatana: @Caissie Entertainmentally ill is a beautiful term. 2913Mar 4 2011: jerk — n. one who actively and transparently asserts his superiority over others. 2914Mar 4 2011: A jerk is distinguished from a mere idiot by his aggressive self-confidence. He isn't just stupid but actively imposes it on others. 2915Mar 4 2011: We have known jerks. We've worked with them. Some of us have even lived with them. They're everywhere, in all walks of life. 2916Mar 4 2011: After a short time with a jerk, you just want to get away. He creates a noxious environment around him. 2917Mar 4 2011: When you withdraw from a jerk, he detects that you are abandoning him, and it makes him even more jerk-like. 2918Mar 4 2011: The relentless message of a jerk is, "I am better than you." This is ironic, because he usually has very little to back it up. 2919Mar 4 2011: Jerkness is a defense mechanism. The more the jerk loathes himself inside, the more aggressively he must assert superiority on the outside. 2920Mar 4 2011: The jerk is unable to tolerate depression—i.e. recognition of his own failings. Jerkness is a last-ditch effort to ward it off. 2921Mar 4 2011: A jerk is a milder form of sociopath. He probably won't kill you, but he'll plough over your feelings. 2922Mar 4 2011: A jerk wants to dominate any social venue he appears in. Often, you can't shut him up! 2923Mar 4 2011: Jerks are predominantly male, but some lady jerks can compete with the best of them! 2924Mar 4 2011: Working for a jerk is the worst hell! You can't just get the job done; you have to cater to the ever-shifting needs of his ego. 2925Mar 4 2011: Marriages to jerks are usually short-lived. When they do persist, it is because a masochistic spouse thinks she can change him. 2926Mar 4 2011: You can't fix a jerk. He may change over time, but you can't change him. All you can do is get away. 2927Mar 4 2011: Are you a jerk? We all show the signs from time to time. We may feign excess self-confidence when we're insecure inside. 2928Mar 4 2011: When you encounter a jerk, you manage him like you would a wild animal, then do what you can to get away. 2929Mar 4 2011: The customer service agents in every field deal with jerks every day. You say the right words to placate them, then move them along. 2930Mar 4 2011: You can't let a jerk get under your skin. It's one of the routine hazards of life. Just resolve his customer service issue, then let it go! 2931Mar 4 2011: As for the jerk inside you? Yup, you were one once! Just let that go, too, and remain vigilant in the future. 2932Mar 4 2011: #### End. This has been a one-hour live essay by the Bad Dalai Lama: Jerks! ←End tweet essay: Jerks! 2933
Mar 4 2011: RT @_kashyap_: @BadDalaiLama are you a girl? Stop bitching like one! 2934
Mar 4 2011: RT @_kashyap_: @BadDalaiLama WTF is up with this jerk stuff?! Get one(jerk) and stop! You are one jerk tweet away from an unfollow! 2935
Mar 4 2011: RT @djackmanson: @BadDalaiLama So true! I work in a call centre taking pizza orders, so many people think it's OK to abuse us. Sometimes ... 2936
Mar 4 2011: RT @GisforGangstaa: Omg YES RT @BadDalaiLama: When you withdraw from a jerk, he detects that you are abandoning him, and it makes him ev ... 2937
Mar 4 2011: RT @PoulsNocturne: @BadDalaiLama sounds like you're talking about my ex right there. 2938
Mar 4 2011: RT @littleepistles: Don't let the call sign fool you. @BadDalaiLama is shockingly insightful, always speaking the truths you already kne ... 2939Mar 4 2011: Man, that's a LOT of Tootsie Rolls! Seriously, like a million! http://twitpic.com/462vyv←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 2940
Mar 4 2011: Depression is a luxury not everyone can afford. Just to acknowledge it requires a certain level of self-esteem. The others get aggressive. 2941
Mar 4 2011: RT @preschoolgems: "He was pretending to be a tiger and I didn't want him to be. So I hurt him." 2942
Mar 4 2011: "He was pretending to be a tiger and I didn't want him to be. So I hurt him." via @preschoolgems (a @CharlieSheen in training) 2943
Mar 4 2011: RT @ZerosB4TheOne: Charlie Sheen – Winning… as the Ultimate Zero http://t.co/gUZOjp4 via @AddThis 2944
Mar 4 2011: Just because a little of something makes you happy doesn't mean a lot of the same thing will make you more happy. {9/23} 2945Mar 4 2011: Video postcard: Ectoplasmic ghostbusting vehicle in North Carolina (53 secs) http://youtu.be/WYfVs-0fA3Q (1 hour ago) Who yah gonna call? ←Our original YouTube video [more] 2946
Mar 4 2011: @lolahayes Whew! Friday morning comes and everyone's like "Will I be on Lola's list this week?... Am I in or out?" Glad I'm in—for now! 2947
Mar 4 2011: People want solutions to their problems but without disrupting their existing emotional investments. So... no real solutions! 2948
Mar 4 2011: Reality may be a video game, but no other offers so much depth and complexity—and so many challenge levels! 2949
Mar 4 2011: I've never found a #ted talk that grabbed me. Just academics talking. Help me out here. Show me one I can use. #imtrying 2950
Mar 4 2011: Forrest Gump seems to like what we do! "Stories of Gumption: Glenn Campbell" http://j.mp/i4FAi3 2951
Mar 4 2011: On My Bucket List: Have a number of adorable but time consuming little creatures dependent on me for survival. [See Full Bucket List] 2952
Mar 5 2011: Imagine: A "technology corridor" right here in West Virginia! Who'd a thunk it! 2953
Mar 5 2011: Photo Archive: Paris! — Tour Eiffel http://j.mp/fbKO0J Montmartre http://j.mp/hOKFTH Pickpocket http://j.mp/e1TE5v More http://j.mp/fgA0eN 2954
Mar 5 2011: There is a fine line between love and strangulation. {10/15} 2955
Mar 5 2011: Be generous with your time but stingy with promises. 2956
Mar 5 2011: Not keeping a promise is far worse than never having made it at all. 2957
Mar 5 2011: I bet @CharlieSheen thinks a million followers mean a million supporters. Actually, most of us are just here for the train wreck. 2958
Mar 5 2011: Every viewer knows the people in ads are paid actors and the ad is designed to sell the product. Why, then, does advertising work? 2959
Mar 5 2011: Advertising manipulates you not by lying but by distorting the relative value of facts (like portraying a trivial benefit as a major one). 2960
Mar 5 2011: No one seems to care how the internet has devastated the porn industry. Actors, producers, mom-and-pop store owners—out of work. Sad. :'( 2961
Mar 5 2011: The internet has democratized porn, making it accessible to everyone, even children. This is good, not bad! It robs porn of its power. 2962
Mar 5 2011: When porn is freely available, it's easier to see it for what it is: silly repetition of the same old acts, devoid of passion or meaning. 2963
Mar 5 2011: Ban porn and you create a destructive underground industry to supply it. This adds a criminal element and encourages sexual deviance. 2964
Mar 5 2011: Cut a porn addict off from his stash and rape starts to become a more viable option. 2965
Mar 5 2011: It's unfortunate that children have access to porn, but is it really hurting them? The reaction of most: "Ewwww, gross!" 2966
Mar 5 2011: It's mostly parents who are hung up about sex, not children. Adults have invested so much in it that they can't see it as routine. 2967
Mar 5 2011: Domesticity is the enemy of creativity. 2968
Mar 5 2011: RT @xwordy: @BadDalaiLama Heh. I couldn't believe how nonchalant our kid was about sex. Just biology to her. 2969
Mar 5 2011: Most of what passes for creativity is simply a prisoner decorating the walls of his cell without attempting to leave it. 2970
Mar 5 2011: @lolahayes "Taken in my living room with my phone http://plixi.com/p/81810769 <== Please, think of the children! Those stamen stains! 2971
Mar 5 2011: RT @charliesheen: You already own you. Now go... Earn the power. Earn the Truth. Earn the most important component in this entire dim ... 2972
Mar 5 2011: Deception is the way of the universe, and detection of it is the primary challenge of life. 2973
Mar 5 2011: Society is composed largely of actors—people who play the roles given them. Few are creators—those who construct their own role. 2974
Mar 5 2011: Our Holy Archive has just been updated: http://baddalailama.com/archive/ - All our ancient tweets in an easily searchable form! 2975
Mar 5 2011: On My Bucket List: Submit to a court-ordered paternity test. [See Full Bucket List] 2976
Mar 5 2011: .@akierig "You want to do it?" <== The sad thing is that NO ONE has accused me of fathering their love child—even once! I feel left out! 2977
Mar 5 2011: The @CharlieSheen reminds me of Howard Beale ("Mad as hell and not going to take it anymore"). From suicide threat to national prophet! 2978
Mar 5 2011: Trying to capture love with marriage is like displaying a wild animal on your wall. As soon as you've nailed it down, you've killed it. {..} 2979
Mar 5 2011: If you support someone unconditionally, they will take advantage of you unconditionally. They will use your support to avoid responsibility. 2980
Mar 6 2011: Macochism—n. religion that contends you can change the world merely by choice of computers. Believers willing to endure great pain. 2981
Mar 6 2011: In every relationship, you have to fight for what you want, especially from those you love. 2982
Mar 6 2011: Objects can't make you happy. Only achievements can. Objects are valuable only as tools to help you achieve something meaningful. 2983
Mar 6 2011: Soaking your brain in drugs or alcohol suggests you don't have much respect for it. Would you throw sand in the gas tank of a car you loved? 2984
Mar 6 2011: The trouble with being God is that when people start having faith in You, they stop taking responsibility for their own problems. 2985
Mar 6 2011: Entertainment is a business model designed to generate profit and absorb human resources without actually accomplishing anything. 2986
Mar 6 2011: RT @djackmanson: Since it's Sunday, I'll remind you that you should be following @TheFuckingPope and @BadDalaiLama 2987
Mar 6 2011: The potato, introduced to Ireland from the New World, seemed like the perfect crop until the Irish Potato Famine. 2988
Mar 6 2011: RT @avphibes: My sister: I might want to have another baby at some point. Me: OH GOD PLEASE JUST GET ANOTHER DOG! #thehorror 2989
Mar 6 2011: "Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation."—Jack Nicklaus <== Advice for idiots! 2990
Mar 6 2011: "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No sense in being a damn fool about it."—W.C. Fields 2991
Mar 6 2011: To avoid the discomfort of saying "No" to those in need, people create artificial habitats so they are never asked. (e.g. suburbia) 2992
Mar 6 2011: "Sheen webcast was not "winning." It seems as if the actor has exhausted his litany of crazy and funny things to say." http://ow.ly/1s7PLx 2993
Mar 6 2011: Can an actor survive without a writer feeding him lines? 2994
Mar 6 2011: RT @ExpertNovice: I don't want to see your wedding photos until you've got your divorce photos to complete the story. I hate cliffhangers. 2995Mar 6 2011: The 1960s utopian idea for housing the poor was massive high-rises—The Projects—which became quite anti-utopian. http://twitpic.com/46u46i←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 2996
Mar 6 2011: ++++ Begin one-hour essay: "Advice for Superheroes" 2997Mar 6 2011: Dear Superman: If you keep rescuing Lois Lane, she's going to keep getting into trouble. ←Start tweet essay: Advice for Superheroes 2998Mar 6 2011: If someone knows you will rescue them, they will be less inclined to protect themselves. They could even become addicted to rescue! 2999Mar 6 2011: The gratitude of those rescued becomes less with each rescue, until it is seen as an entitlement. 3000Mar 6 2011: The challenge of superheroism is to help others without enabling dependence or dysfunction. 3001Mar 6 2011: We all have superpowers—the ability to help those in need. And we all face the same dilemma as superheros: who to help and when to let go. 3002Mar 6 2011: Every rescue creates a liability: the risk that you end up making things worse rather than better. You are then responsible for the results. 3003Mar 6 2011: The pain of a superhero is that even with his superpowers he must refuse most calls for help, because there are too many. 3004Mar 6 2011: Ultimately, each person must save themselves. 3005Mar 6 2011: Some secrecy is essential for superheroes. You must closely hold your powers and intentions or everyone will demand rescue. Hence the mask. 3006Mar 6 2011: Low-level rescues should be replaced whenever possible with higher level systemic changes encouraging self-sufficiency. 3007Mar 6 2011: Rescues must be limited in scope, with no implied promise of future rescue. Ideally, the victim should pay for his own rescue in some way. 3008Mar 6 2011: In a world of infinite need, the decision to help some people must be balanced by a firm and conscious refusal to help others. 3009Mar 6 2011: Sooner or later, Lois Lane will have to suffer the consequences of her own actions. 3010Mar 6 2011: #### End. This has been a one-hour essay from the Bad Dalai Lama: "Advice for Superheroes" ←End tweet essay: Advice for Superheroes 3011
Mar 6 2011: RT @PeaceConclusion: @BadDalaiLama your insight is so refreshing. Your thoughts make my thoughts connect. Kudos. You speak truth. 3012
Mar 6 2011: Ah, the lovely Monarch! Fluttering to South America and back only to decorate my windshield with a burst of yellow. 3013
Mar 6 2011: "Dave, I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over." 3014
Mar 6 2011: (machine reassurances, re: singularity) 3015
Mar 6 2011: Dear old people: You're dying! Now is not the time to be saving juice containers and obsessively defending your property. IT DOESN'T MATTER! 3016
Mar 6 2011: Old-people hedonism is doing the same things over and over, day after day, without accomplishing anything. 3017Mar 6 2011: I can see the appeal of organic produce, but organic SEEDS?! Isn't that homeopathy? (Whole Foods, Cambridge) http://twitpic.com/46w6kt←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3018
Mar 6 2011: RT @Kyoks1: el problema de ser Dios, es q en cuanto la gente empieza a tener fe, dejan asumir responsabilidad via @BadDalaiLama 3019
Mar 6 2011: The risk of any utopian idea is that it turns anti-utopian under the pressures of the real world. 3020
Mar 6 2011: Premium gas is a con! It has no affect on the health of the engine, only a trivial increase in horsepower. 3021
Mar 6 2011: The "premium" option in anything is usually just a ruse to make money by giving people the illusion of superiority. 3022Mar 6 2011: Rango rocks! http://twitpic.com/46xsjl #movies ←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3023
Mar 6 2011: Today's hot new technology is tomorrow's garage sale junk. 3024
Mar 7 2011: A ship is built by 1000s of workers repeating the patterns they were programmed for. It takes a different set of skills to command the ship. 3025
Mar 7 2011: The ants must see us as gods. They can't fathom why we step on them, but they must figure it's part of our cosmic plan. 3026
Mar 7 2011: The highest achievement of the art of marketing is the branding of bottled water. No bullshit is more pure! 3027
Mar 7 2011: No tyrant thinks himself evil. He believes he is taking reasonable actions to defend himself. 3028
Mar 7 2011: People are loathe to leave behind their dysfunctional habits because at least they're comfortable and known. In function lies the unknown. 3029
Mar 7 2011: The fundamental conflict of fiction—and life—is a character learning to leave his comfort zone. He must overcome barriers within himself. 3030
Mar 7 2011: Archive photo: A tragic highway fatality in Louisiana. http://bit.ly/9GuQoM 3031
Mar 7 2011: INFJ, ENFP, INTP, ESFJ... What's the personality type for "Doesn't have much faith in personality tests"? 3032
Mar 7 2011: Personality has so many dimensions that it is often best conveyed by example rather than category. (e.g. He's a real @CharlieSheen.) 3033
Mar 7 2011: The more people we have known, especially in conflict, the more examples we have when understanding new people. 3034
Mar 7 2011: A personality is self-reinforcing. Your emotional style affects your perception, so you see only things that support your assumptions. 3035
Mar 7 2011: One axis of personality is paranoia: some more than others. But that doesn't explain their world view or where their paranoia comes from. 3036
Mar 7 2011: Narcissism is an axis of personality. This is the (inverse) ability to appreciate the viewpoint and needs of others. 3037
Mar 7 2011: Narcissism can be high in some very pious and humble people, who can't comprehend how others could have opinions different from theirs. 3038
Mar 7 2011: Nuns and priests are highly narcissistic! They believe implicitly that God has chosen them and that their way of truth is the only one. 3039
Mar 7 2011: Rode a train in Italy near an American priest-in-training lambasting his sister & parents with his religious views. What a freaking a-hole! 3040
Mar 7 2011: Religion is the refuge of the narcissist. There's no better support for your specialness than thinking God knows you personally. 3041
Mar 7 2011: .@nihiofkdi "Narcissism is sexual obsession with the self." <== Not true, at least in psychiatry. See Narcissistic Personality Disorder. 3042
Mar 7 2011: .@nihiofkdi "In 'pop' psychiatry." <== LOL! The DSM is not "pop" psychiatry! 3043
Mar 7 2011: Highly narcissistic: @CharlieSheen, but also many a churchgoer and every teenager alive. 3044
Mar 7 2011: .@nicolejensen@sjb351 Hehe, yeah, Twitter is the refuge of the narcissist! But some feeds rise above it. Related: Boobs! 3045
Mar 7 2011: We are all preoccupied with our own needs and problems. Narcissism is marked by the inability to appreciate the needs of others. 3046
Mar 7 2011: Related: Everyone stop what they are doing! I need to use the bathroom. Let me tell you about my bladder issues. And my colonoscopy. #tmi 3047
Mar 7 2011: "I am open to the guidance of synchronicity and do not let expectations hinder my path." @DalaiLama via @EntitiesRUs <== Sure! Why not? 3048
Mar 7 2011: See the funny cartoon on reality TV on the home page of @EntitiesRUs - http://www.entities-r-us.com 3049
Mar 7 2011: Synchronicity may or may not be real, but if it seems to happen, we should take heed and use it to our advantage. 3050
Mar 7 2011: Coincidence is a powerful ally. 3051
Mar 7 2011: "Things happen for a reason" is a useful philosophy to live by, whether or not it is true. 3052
Mar 7 2011: Life is 50% controlling your own future and 50% taking advantage of the things that happen to you that you have no control over. 3053
Mar 7 2011: If a little voice whispers something in your ear, listen to it! Why not? Don't change your life based on it, just listen and investigate. 3054
Mar 7 2011: @lolahayes "From Paris should I go to London or Barcelona?" <== London if you haven't been there. Our motherland! 3055
Mar 7 2011: The only trouble with nude and topless beaches is quality control. Most of those bodies you don't want to see! 3056
Mar 7 2011: The tragedy of the iPod auditory mind control device is that it sucks the brains out of those who have very little to begin with. 3057
Mar 7 2011: Sexual attraction is a hardwired function of the reptile brain and not something you have to obey unless you're a reptile. 3058
Mar 7 2011: Essential for any literate human is to know the names and numbers of the L.A. freeways and the impact of a SigAlert on any one of them. 3059
Mar 7 2011: @huma_rashid "Oh, God, I love @BadDalaiLama." <== And he loves you, too! 3060
Mar 7 2011: Everything in Whole Foods is magical. You can't just buy a bag of chips. It has to be organic chips with sea salt MADE BY A FRICKING ELF! 3061
Mar 7 2011: One benefit of extended travel is that your whole life has to fit into limited luggage. You're forced to purge the unnecessary every day. 3062
Mar 7 2011: I still can't see how your $300 noise canceling headphones are better than my $2 foam earplugs. 3063Mar 7 2011: I keep pulling strange pieces of paper out of my pocket and wondering, "What's this?" http://twitpic.com/479aaq←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3064
Mar 7 2011: Some people practice all their lives at something and never get better at it. Repetition may be useful, but it isn't what moves you ahead. 3065
Mar 8 2011: Most people don't have the gene for originality. They can follow the plan of others but can't generate meaningful goals on their own. 3066
Mar 8 2011: The zoo on Rigel Seven found their human specimens were easily controlled by giving them television and freedom to change the channels. 3067
Mar 8 2011: Sure, if life gives you lemons, make lemonade, but if life later offers something sweeter, don't be trapped in a lemonade stand! 3068
Mar 8 2011: Artificial sweeteners are like pornography: totally fake and reprehensible yet satiating the desire for more dangerous sweets. 3069
Mar 8 2011: Dreams come in a million flavors. Then reality dashes them and gives you only one. {9/22} 3070
Mar 8 2011: A failing relationship, after an exciting vacation, is still a failing relationship. Travel can't cure them blues! 3071
Mar 8 2011: @lolahayes "Nature favors mechanisms that advance higher intelligence quickly." <== intelligence is doomed! Nature favors those who BREED' 3072
Mar 8 2011: Our archive essay {11/17}: "The Crisis of Human Evolution" http://kilroycafe.blogspot.com/2010/11/crisis-of-human-evolution.html 3073
Mar 8 2011: Current human breeding trends suggest a bifurcated evolutionary system, where dumb breed with dumb and bright with bright. {ibid} 3074
Mar 8 2011: RT @grandmasterzo: @BadDalaiLama has the 140 character art form down to a science. Great stuff! 3075
Mar 8 2011: If you love His Holy Badliness, star him! It improves our rank at FavStar: http://favstar.fm/users/BadDalaiLama/recent Means a lot to us! 3076Mar 8 2011: Answer to yesterday's twitpic puzzle: This is an admission receipt to the summit of Mt. Vesuvius. http://twitpic.com/479aaq €8 is not bad! ←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3077
Mar 8 2011: When we say someone has a "big ego" we really mean the opposite: their ego is so weak they have to over-assert the pretense of it. 3078
Mar 8 2011: RT @BlingVodka: On FB I wrote about the Xmas cookies I will bake. On Twitter I bitch about the a$$wipes who will eat them. 3079
Mar 8 2011: Mediocrity persists because it is profitable, reproducible, marketable, shippable, doesn't make waves and is easily mass-produced. {1/12} 3080
Mar 8 2011: The fate of the engineer is to design complex and carefully crafted systems to serve the goals of idiots and megalomaniacs. 3081
Mar 8 2011: "Fuck that shit!"—American colloquialism indicating speaker's intention to defy demands being made upon him. Not to be taken literally. 3082
Mar 8 2011: Stuff is the stuff that burdens our life and keeps us from doing more meaningful stuff. 3083
Mar 8 2011: The invisible cost of any possession is how it holds you down with its maintenance and protection. 3084
Mar 8 2011: His Holiness has been honorably quoted in this article on Toxic Relationships by @bellasarian - http://wp.me/szDMr-toxic 3085
Mar 8 2011: Possession works two ways. It means you not only own the benefits of the object but also its liabilities. 3086
Mar 8 2011: If you had to flee the country with only one suitcase, what would you pack in it? That's probably all you need to own anyway! 3087
Mar 8 2011: We're at a crossroads, a turning point in history... and have been for as long as any of us can remember! 3088
Mar 8 2011: It's nice to have a job that's meaningful, challenging and contributes to society. Barring that, advancing your own skills is good enough. 3089
Mar 8 2011: A meaningless job isn't meaningless if you can secretly get things out of it that advance your own agenda. 3090
Mar 8 2011: If can't find work in the field you want, the next best thing is a job that leaves your mind free to wander. The time to think is valuable! 3091
Mar 8 2011: Hey, kids, here's a fun game! See how far you can push Mom before she goes ballistic. You'll get years of entertainment out of this one! 3092
Mar 8 2011: Our new follower @d_tunstall has some fascinating horror photos: http://www.danielletunstall.com 3093
Mar 8 2011: .@dunebat "As well as years of groundings lol." <== The idea is to push Mom just to the edge, but stop short. That's the game! 3094
Mar 8 2011: RT @dunebat: @BadDalaiLama That's how I found out what my mom's edge was: repeated groundings 'til I got it right lol! 3095
Mar 8 2011: RT @JustMePammy: bad game.Ask princess RT @dunebat: @BadDalaiLama That's how I found out what my mom's edge was: repeated groundings 'ti ... 3096
Mar 8 2011: .@dunebat@JustMePammy There wouldn't be any challenge to it if there wasn't danger! 3097
Mar 8 2011: RT @JustMePammy: drove her batty like most kids..HRM understands. lol RT @dunebat: @JustMePammy I was a good kid, I just had a habit of ... 3098
Mar 8 2011: RT @GuruBadu: ^If there were a "world conspiracy," would any attempt to expose it be planned for and incorporated into the perpetuation ... 3099
Mar 8 2011: The natural behavior of intelligence is to pack more and more information into an ever-smaller package. 3100
Mar 8 2011: One of life's surprises is how quickly something you think is heaven can turn into hell. 3101
Mar 8 2011: RT @subtlesista: @BadDalaiLama There are none so blind as those who cannot see ... or hear ... because they have foam earplugs rammed i ... 3102
Mar 8 2011: RT @Rlnw52: "@BadDalaiLama:Mediocrity persists because it is profitable.It is reproducible, marketable, doesn't make waves and is easily ... 3103
Mar 8 2011: Life bludgeons us with our own delusions. 3104
Mar 8 2011: Nothing halts the processes of the brain more effectively than excessive verbalization. 3105
Mar 9 2011: Warning to white chicks: Tan today, prune tomorrow. 3106Mar 9 2011: Home video: My nephews reveal that there isn't any Santa Claus http://youtu.be/jSgHoLes5sg←Our original YouTube video [more] 3107
Mar 9 2011: Most personal decisions seem to be based on the assumption that one's lifespan is unlimited. 3108
Mar 9 2011: Imagine a world controlled by Sarah Palin, Kim Kardashian, Lindsay Lohan, Tiger Woods and Charlie Sheen. That's our world! 3109
Mar 9 2011: There is no absolute truth, only relative truth compared to the other options available. {9/22} 3110
Mar 9 2011: Scientific research is a religious pursuit, not a rational one. It is based on blind, unproven faith that more knowledge is always better. 3111
Mar 9 2011: To be appreciated fully, you really need to be dead. 3112
Mar 9 2011: Give people a race to run, and they'll run it. Doesn't matter if the race has any meaning; as long as others are doing it, they will too. 3113
Mar 9 2011: Even in 140 characters it's quite possible to gauge someone's personality, especially if you can test and interact with them. 3114
Mar 9 2011: The main thing that prevents us from understanding other people's personalities is our own. 3115
Mar 9 2011: Some very nice people, who wouldn't hurt a fly, can still be a drain on your spirit, and you need to get away from them. 3116
Mar 9 2011: The key to character change is self-referential humor. If you can't laugh at yourself, you're not likely to grow. 3117
Mar 9 2011: A good forest fire could do all of us some good! It is often the only way to get rid of our own emotional blocks. 3118
Mar 9 2011: Embrace disaster! 3119
Mar 9 2011: Most who seek "self-improvement" will tolerate it only in a very narrow range where it doesn't threaten their emotional investments. 3120
Mar 9 2011: If you seek a guru to tell you how to change, you're missing the point. 3121
Mar 9 2011: Idiocy is measured by how much you let your emotional needs overrule intellect. 3122
Mar 9 2011: One of life's burdens is seeing plainly how someone is sabotaging themselves and not being able to tell them, knowing they'll only get mad. 3123
Mar 9 2011: Anger is a sure sign of an emotional inconsistency. It can't be resolved on the inside so it is covered up violently on the outside. 3124
Mar 9 2011: Personal longitudinal studies can be quite enlightening—watching friends and family make investments then seeing the results years later. 3125
Mar 9 2011: The main thing keeping you from a new and better life is your own refusal to give up investments in your old life. 3126Mar 9 2011: Our first EDITED travel video, from the summit of Mt. Vesuvius in Naples, Italy: http://youtu.be/_8_WuIulnPI (shot 3 weeks ago, edited now) ←Our original YouTube video [more] 3127
Mar 9 2011: RT @YaySarahC: I give myself a big hug daily. RT @BadDalaiLama Embrace disaster! 3128
Mar 9 2011: RT @Stonerpreneur: @BadDalaiLama Yes, but there's often a fine line self-referential humor/self-deprecation and self-obsession. 3129
Mar 9 2011: RT @Jowtok: @BadDalaiLama if you want to know the value of your life, die - Arab proverb 3130
Mar 9 2011: Racial and ethnic intolerance has given discrimination a bad name. In fact, you MUST discriminate by emotional and intellectual ability. 3131
Mar 9 2011: Every relationship should begin with a period of character evaluation. 3132
Mar 9 2011: His Holiness tweets pix and video from some exotic places: Gibraltar, Morocco, the West Bank, Naples, Istanbul, Impersonators in Vegas... 3133
Mar 9 2011: ...so why do we get so few stars or views for this content? Just wondering. (We tweet a cute little animal video, and everyone looks!) 3134Mar 9 2011: Contemplating the world. http://twitpic.com/47tmfi←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3135
Mar 9 2011: That which does not kill you makes you stronger. But still, I'd rather get stronger without the near-death experiences! 3136
Mar 9 2011: Rabid recyclers and enviro-Nazis fail to comprehend the more valuable resource they're wasting: time. 3137
Mar 9 2011: Leeches, predators and parasites—the human vampires who will drain you alive if you let them. Just get away! 3138Mar 9 2011: RT @AndrewBober: @BadDalaiLama you know if the cosmos is out of kilter when your feet send a twitpic photo looking back. ←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3139
Mar 9 2011: RT @Kyoks1: La religiĂłn es el refugio de los narcisistas. Nada valida + el sentirse "especial", q creer q Dios te conoce personalmentevi ... 3140
Mar 9 2011: RT @SemperAugustus The sun looks like fur in that photo! (amateur photo of the sun) http://j.mp/hYXwYi <== Nice little tropical destination! 3141
Mar 9 2011: Whenever something or someone seems perfect, you need to ask yourself, "What's wrong with this picture?" 3142
Mar 9 2011: It is the most perfect-seeming solutions that turn out in the end to be most defective. 3143
Mar 9 2011: RT @KingLear13: @BadDalaiLama good advice, the question I have typically asked is "will you marry me?" That hasn't worked out so well. 3144
Mar 9 2011: RT @Kyoks1: Algunas personas sĂşper religiosas son las + narcisistas. No entienden q otros puedan tener opiniones diferentes a ellos via ... 3145
Mar 9 2011: Choose one: (a) The best things in life are free, or (b) You get what you pay for. Justify your answer. 3146
Mar 9 2011: .@Kyoks1 (b) is just one more expression of the law of karma. (a) an illusion <== The Luxury Goods Manufacturer's Association applauds you! 3147
Mar 9 2011: RT @Kyoks1: @BadDalaiLama (b) it's just one more expression of the law of karma. option (a) is only an ilussion. sorry. 3148
Mar 9 2011: The hardest personalities to understand, apart from your own, are the parents who raised you. 3149
Mar 9 2011: At first, we see our parents as gods, then we rebel. Only later do we see who they really are: kids themselves who got in over their head. 3150
Mar 9 2011: The natural human tendency is to evaluate something by its surface characteristics rather than the underlying systems that make it work. 3151
Mar 9 2011: Inflexible morality—obeying rigid rules with no room for exceptions—is the functional equivalent of no morality at all. 3152
Mar 9 2011: Media (social or otherwise) is a phenomenon of the moment. It doesn't last. Only content lasts. 3153
Mar 10 2011: A great movie is great regardless of whether it's in B+W or color or 3-D. It's the story that counts, not the medium. 3154
Mar 10 2011: You know that scene in 2001 where Dave is trying to disconnect Hal's higher functions while preserving life support? Divorce with children. 3155
Mar 10 2011: @lolahayes "May I please have the key to the garden?" <== It's under the welcome mat. 3156
Mar 10 2011: ++++ Begin one-hour essay: "Romantic Attachment" 3157Mar 10 2011: At the base of romantic love is attachment—a primitive neurological bond like that between mother and child, designed for species survival. ←Start tweet essay: Romantic Attachment 3158Mar 10 2011: Attachment is what makes lovers long for each other when they are apart. It's literally an addiction, using the same neural pathways. 3159Mar 10 2011: Two people can despise each other, be totally incompatible and still be neurologically attached and unable to pull away. 3160Mar 10 2011: Attachment is more than sexual attraction. It's anxiety and depression when we can't be together. Sometimes anger and violence. 3161Mar 10 2011: Human child rearing is a huge undertaking requiring (in nature) two dedicated parents. Something powerful must hold them together. 3162Mar 10 2011: As perfidious as men may be, our existence proves that they usually come back to the nest, bearing food. 3163Mar 10 2011: The magic of love is the falling in. The poison of it is not being able to climb out even when you know it isn't working. 3164Mar 10 2011: The pain of withdrawing from love is just as great as the pleasure falling in. 3165Mar 10 2011: In the movies, boy meets girl; they overcome some difficulties, fall in love, kiss, end of movie. But that's not really the end of conflict. 3166Mar 10 2011: The hazard of love is when the primitive attachments conflict with the intellect. Then people resort to faith and magic to bolster belief. 3167Mar 10 2011: If you can't express your attachment with love and tenderness, you'll do it with hate, aggression and the quest for revenge. 3168Mar 10 2011: Divorce is so nasty because although everything about the relationship has collapsed, primitive attachment may still be present. 3169Mar 10 2011: Attachment is a poor matchmaker, setting us up with people who aren't appropriate for us. We can't neglect the advice of intellect. 3170Mar 10 2011: The test of a romantic relationship: If you take away sexual attraction and attachment, would you have anything in common? 3171Mar 10 2011: #### End. This has been a one-hour essay from the Bad Dalai Lama: "Romantic Attachment" 3172Mar 10 2011: Our one-page essay from 2008: "SEX FRAUD!" http://kilroycafe.com/ideas/sexfraud - How sex deceives you. 3173Mar 10 2011: "The human sex drive is certainly a powerful force—when denied—but the promises it makes are illusory and unfulfillable." {ibid} 3174Mar 10 2011: Our 2006 essay: "The Problems of Attachment" http://www.familycourtchronicles.com/philosophy/attachment 3175Mar 10 2011: Sex and drugs are virtually identical to the brain, except sex has a stopping mechanism and drugs don't. 3176Mar 10 2011: Men blame women for the failure of love and vice-versa, but, honestly, in what other relationship do you have such unrealistic expectations? 3177Mar 10 2011: RT @jasminesays: @BadDalaiLama the result of exploring sex and drugs to their outer limits feels identical but brings opposite results ( ... 3178Mar 10 2011: RT @mostlegendary: @BadDalaiLama bollocks, drugs have a stopping mechanism, you can't continue after death. :p 3179Mar 10 2011: Every celebrity wedding is a goldmine for the tabloids, not just for the event itself but for the celebrity divorce that inevitably follows. ←End tweet essay: Romantic Attachment 3180
Mar 10 2011: Language Police: You don't call them "fatties" anymore. That's derogatory. They're Obese Americans. {1/29} 3181
Mar 10 2011: Who says America has lost its edge? Our people are the biggest in the world! No one can compete with our morbid obesity! 3182
Mar 10 2011: academia—n. a community of educated people united by their lack of experience in the real world. 3183
Mar 10 2011: As a laboratory to understand dysfunctional behavior, there is no better classroom than your own family. 3184
Mar 10 2011: RT @Arhanious: hahaa :) cogunluk icin dogru! RT @BadDalaiLama academia-community of educated people united by their lack of experience i ... 3185
Mar 10 2011: You can praise the "common man" in the abstract, but you don't want to be trapped in the same room with him. Them folks is dumb! {12/27} 3186
Mar 10 2011: Uncomplicated sex is a myth. Sooner or later, someone's going to take it seriously. 3187
Mar 10 2011: RT @kbAngel: @BadDalaiLama that is so so true!!!!! 3188
Mar 10 2011: RT @Kyoks1: el concepto de "sexo sin complicaciones" es un mito. Tarde o temprano alguien lo va a tomar en serio via @BadDalaiLama 3189
Mar 10 2011: The most vapid and inane form of the English language is that employed by television sportscasters. 3190
Mar 10 2011: In suburbia, no imperfection can be tolerated. Any blemish must be repaired immediately lest it disrupt the Feng Shui of ones existence. 3191Mar 10 2011: Cosmetic defect that my earthly parental units felt they needed to spend $500 to repair. (scratched bumper) http://twitpic.com/488oyi←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3192
Mar 10 2011: When appearances conflict with underlying systems, the systems always win in the end. 3193
Mar 10 2011: RT @d_tunstall: Did an interview for mudkiss fanzine, i wouldn't normally share these links as i don't like saying much (i do... http:// ... 3194
Mar 10 2011: model railroading—the creation of perfect miniature worlds to avoid dealing with the imperfect full-scale one. 3195
Mar 10 2011: The truth about life on Earth: It's all disaster, all the time! 3196
Mar 11 2011: Stupidity is usually a chronic condition, unmitigated by age. 3197
Mar 11 2011: RT @Queen_Bee257 Great blog, just discovered it and I'm hooked <== Which blog? (We've left a great tsunami of abandoned work behind us.) 3198
Mar 11 2011: .@Queen_Bee257 "Area 51 Loose Ends" <== Not our finest blog. Try http://kilroycafe.blogspot.com For more: http://Glenn-Campbell.com 3199
Mar 11 2011: The chief vanity of Woman is fighting whatever nature gave her. 3200
Mar 11 2011: Life is like a box of chocolates metaphor. You never know what you might use it for. (cc: @speakinggump) 3201Mar 11 2011: This is so wrong! From the Walmart hunting dept: "Special Golden Estrus". Talk about your siren songs! http://twitpic.com/48j4xo←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3202Mar 11 2011: But wait, there's more! "Longer, more intense estrus bleats. Great for ALL phases of the rut!" http://twitpic.com/48j6jm←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3203
Mar 11 2011: Everyone says they want the truth about themselves, but if you give it to them they'll probably explode—at you! 3204
Mar 11 2011: Something is an addiction when you are doing it not for its own reward but to escape anxiety when not doing it. 3205
Mar 11 2011: Fair fight: man, spear, wild animal. Unfair fight: fat guy, high-powered rifle, IR spotting scope, SUV, GPS, chemical lures, dumb buck. 3206
Mar 11 2011: The way you remember an event is permanently altered as soon as you see photos of it. The photos themselves become the memory. 3207
Mar 11 2011: Apparently, you can be a pious religious believer only if you wear a conspicuous uniform showing the world your faith. 3208
Mar 11 2011: The Titanic is a fine ship! Elegant staterooms, attentive staff, every modern amenity. Why shouldn't we go? 3209
Mar 11 2011: We are all riding our own personal Titanic, obsessing over details on board while missing what's happening to the whole ship 3210
Mar 11 2011: When your ship is sinking, it doesn't matter what song the band is playing. 3211
Mar 11 2011: Almost anyone can do "form". Very few understand "function". 3212
Mar 11 2011: RT @philososaurus: @BadDalaiLama I'm not sure about that. I mean, if SOMEONE is going to survive, I want to go down to something epic li ... 3213
Mar 11 2011: "Logan Airport salutes members of the armed forces." Silly question: What does that mean? Anything at all? 3214
Mar 11 2011: RT @NlCKIIMlNAJ: Strange how someone you once loved can become just another person you once knew. 3215
Mar 11 2011: Of all the weird things in the world, the most bizarre is our body and how we got stuck inside it. 3216
Mar 11 2011: RT @Kyoks1: Vamos en nuestro Titanic personal, obsesionados con los detalles en cubierta, mientras olvidamos lo que le pasa al barco via ... 3217
Mar 11 2011: RT @RexHuppke: Me: "They're baby teeth, they'll fall out. Why should we brush them? That's like washing paper plates." My wife: ... 3218
Mar 11 2011: Our favorite destination on Earth: the Greek island of Santorini. Our photos: http://roamingphotos.com/a?santorini 3219
Mar 11 2011: The key to being a good driver is realizing just how close to death you really are. 3220
Mar 11 2011: RT @JerryThomas: I hate it when I Question Authority and it gives satisfactory answers. 3221
Mar 11 2011: You may call me homeless, but I call you home-burdened. 3222
Mar 11 2011: One advantage of living in motels is you rarely lose things or forget to pack them. Your possessions are all right in front of you. 3223
Mar 11 2011: RT @rongillmore: @BadDalaiLama Death is always your co-pilot companion, silent, waiting. 3224
Mar 11 2011: It's a law of nature: A chicken will shit. You don't know exactly where or when, but it will happen. 3225
Mar 11 2011: Reveling in the lactose tolerance of my ancestors. Milk, ice cream, cheese—it's all good! 3226
Mar 11 2011: The chief benefit of age is a larger inventory of past mistakes. 3227
Mar 11 2011: On My Bucket List: Tweet prayers to all of my followers every time there is a natural disaster anywhere in the world. [See Full Bucket List] 3228
Mar 11 2011: Something is an addiction when you are doing it not for its own reward but for the anxiety you feel when you don't do it. 3229
Mar 11 2011: Advice to live by: "In the event of a loss of cabin pressure, put your own mask on first before assisting others." 3230Mar 11 2011: The planet Sol-3 is a gaseous world covered with nitrogen and water vapor. http://twitpic.com/48hq8d←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3231
Mar 11 2011: Proper tweet format for natural disasters: "Sorry about your recent [insert calamity]. Sending my thoughts and prayers to those affected." 3232
Mar 11 2011: Never argue with a British person about whether an organization is singular or plural. They'll burn out their logic circuits! 3233
Mar 12 2011: Which is proper? (A) Walmart is a retailer. (American) or (B) Walmart are a retailer. (British) — If retailer is singular, why not Walmart? 3234
Mar 12 2011: What makes Japan a better use of your resources than 10,000 other catastrophes? Because it's on CNN? Is that how you choose your good works? 3235
Mar 12 2011: The aim of charity is "bang for your buck"—achieving the most good with what little you have. It's not just giving to the latest disaster. 3236
Mar 12 2011: Personal growth is the process of identifying the things you once assumed to be essential that you actually don't need. 3237
Mar 12 2011: RT @Javi_Air: @MikeSchism Ha! Happens. There were a couple of days I could swear @BadDalaiLama had hacked my computer cuz the tweets wer ... 3238
Mar 12 2011: People are the things they do. 3239
Mar 12 2011: Someday, my life will come out in 3-D, and you'll say, "He had depth!" 3240
Mar 12 2011: "Who owns this land?" can almost always be traced to an ancient theft for which the statute of limitations has since run out. 3241
Mar 12 2011: There is no such thing as a perfect video edit. There is only a adequate edit within the time you have available. 3242
Mar 12 2011: Most of us deal with the tragedy of the world by creating an artificial environment around ourselves where most tragedy doesn't intrude. 3243Mar 12 2011: Video diary: 1am at a rest area in Kentucky. Desperate man calls upon me to save his family... and I refuse! http://youtu.be/lx3GRPwMs4w←Our original YouTube video [more] 3244
Mar 12 2011: disaster porn—the public preoccupation with the latest natural disaster for which video is available. 3245
Mar 12 2011: Disasters offer the TV viewer colorful entertainment without the complication of human politics. 3246
Mar 12 2011: Everyone loves watching images from Haiti of the earthquake. No one is interested in the endemic problems of Haiti claiming far more lives. 3247Mar 12 2011: Actually Kentucky, but close enough. (Door of a toilet stall.) http://twitpic.com/48rj4f←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3248
Mar 12 2011: Narcissism is the natural condition of all teenagers and most of those under 30. 3249Mar 12 2011: New edited video: "My Ikea Adventure in Cincinnati" http://youtu.be/ZEMvcDAXPns An editing exercise. Shot last night with my iPhone. ←Our original YouTube video [more] 3250
Mar 12 2011: @krd_metalgirl "The Zombie needs a Hug." <== Are you going to be a zombie or not? Zombies don't do hugs. That's a human thing! 3251
Mar 12 2011: Our investigation of a SECRET UNDERGROUND FACILITY next to the Jefferson Memorial in Washington. Blog entry: http://j.mp/f0FrlI 3252
Mar 12 2011: @krd_metalgirl "I will bite You while hugging, Its a trap ;)" <== I think you're really a human who's just PRETENDING to be a zombie. 3253
Mar 12 2011: There are many friends you are fond of but only a few who actually contribute something to your life. Sooner or later, you have to choose. 3254
Mar 12 2011: The humor and cleverness of TV advertising is inversely proportional to the inherent value of the product. Hence: beer ads. 3255Mar 12 2011: Exhibit A: Testosterone increases male dominance behaviors. Also: Women fall for that shit. Study: http://bit.ly/g1vSYb via @sciencedaily←Start tweet essay: Women Want Testosterone 3256Mar 12 2011: Exhibit B: "Adam and Eve: The Gay Version." 1-minute YouTube video: http://j.mp/fIl8MG Funny rejected ad. 3257Mar 12 2011: Ibid: Eve seems disappointed in Adam. Why? What is there about his behavior that makes him instantly unattractive? 3258Mar 12 2011: Women expect and demand a certain level of aggression in men. The sensitive and sensual ones don't attract. You made us what we are, ladies! 3259Mar 12 2011: Women are drawn to men with high self-confidence, openly and aggressively displayed—even if that self-confidence has little to back it up. 3260Mar 12 2011: Men are drawn to a pretty face and body, women to displayed dominance behaviors. Both are destined to disappointment in the long run. 3261Mar 12 2011: Men seek superior health and childbearing ability. Women seek a strong protector. These agendas are encoded in modern sexual preference. 3262Mar 12 2011: When relationships go bad, it is not because someone changed. Instead, defects we chose to ignore during courtship come back to haunt us. 3263Mar 12 2011: Love is an exercise in wishful thinking. 3264Mar 12 2011: What we expect from the opposite sex is salvation. We expect love to give our lives meaning when we can't find it ourselves. 3265Mar 12 2011: Love can't give your life meaning. The most it can give you is obligations and the enforced structure that comes with them. 3266Mar 12 2011: Love is a dance of "Closer, please but not too close!" Break the rules and you pay the price. 3267Mar 12 2011: #### End. This has been an (unintended) one-hour essay by the Bad Dalai Lama: "Testosterone" 3268Mar 12 2011: RT @SirRocket: @BadDalaiLama I'm afraid no truer words have ever been spoken on this subject. 3269Mar 12 2011: RT @motorfingerzach: @BadDalaiLama I've been thinking about that alot lately, and trying to find some science to back it up. Thanks! 3270Mar 12 2011: RT @ATLSnakey: @BadDalaiLama Yes, like that nasty meth mouth that was so cute at first. 3271Mar 12 2011: RT @motorfingerzach: What @BadDalaiLama is saying is that the Michael Cera types never get the girl. You get her by being a douche. Not ... 3272Mar 12 2011: RT @motorfingerzach: @BadDalaiLama I love you. 3273Mar 12 2011: RT @burntsugar: @BadDalaiLama gaaawd.... 3274Mar 12 2011: Serendipity has lead me to complete the preceding essay in this somewhat germaine location in Nashville. http://twitpic.com/48wgfa←Live photo from the road! [location|more]←End tweet essay: Women Want Testosterone 3275
Mar 12 2011: Dear retailers and motel operators: The addition of "And Up" to your advertised price renders it meaningless. 3276
Mar 12 2011: RT @Jesus_M_Christ: #RTthisif you have free will. 3277
Mar 12 2011: .@charliesheen is colorful, but @KimKardashian is the very definition of narcissism. Take away her celebrity and who would read this? 3278
Mar 12 2011: The test of a quality tweet: Does this have value to the reader apart from who said it? 3279
Mar 13 2011: Thinking of starting a prototype model/celebrity twitter: Worked out today! Here's a new photo of me! Praying for Japan—so sad! 3280
Mar 13 2011: The key to overcoming your own narcissism is to hide it behind useful content. 3281
Mar 13 2011: RT @MsLauraShields: I'm so disturbed by the events in Japan, my heart goes out to everyone affected. Even tho I moan I feel lucky to hav ... 3282
Mar 13 2011: RT @DalaiLama: His Holiness the Dalai Lama Expresses His Sadness Over the Recent Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan http://bit.ly/e4lZsW 3283
Mar 13 2011: Optimists die younger! http://su.pr/277ZVD via @NewMindMirror "Too much of a sense that 'everything will be just fine' can be dangerous." 3284
Mar 13 2011: "To change one's life; Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions." —William James 3285
Mar 13 2011: Love is a dance of "Closer, please, but not too close!" 3286
Mar 13 2011: Justin Bieber: fresh meat for the teen idol machine. Soon to join the discarded, tabloid-fodder husks that went before him. 3287
Mar 13 2011: Nothing so fucks with your self-image as being made a child star. 3288
Mar 13 2011: RT @philo_quotes: Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it. ~ Socrates 3289
Mar 13 2011: news—n. an endless stream of distant calamity you can do little about, designed to occupy your time and sell advertising. 3290
Mar 13 2011: RT @dykemovies: The Vatican is against surrogate mothers. Good thing they didn't have that rule when Jesus was born. - Elayne Boosler 3291
Mar 13 2011: Youth is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success and perfect love. 3292
Mar 13 2011: Where there is life, there are typos. 3293
Mar 13 2011: So many times you miss the exit. You see what's there—and what you could have had—only when it's too late to change course. 3294
Mar 13 2011: Ambrosia, the perfect food of the gods, has been decoded by science! It's now available for retail purchase as the Nacho Cheese Dorito. 3295
Mar 13 2011: ++++ Begin one-hour essay: "Delusions" 3296Mar 13 2011: It can be painfully obvious to us how someone is heading down a bad path, but we can't tell them because they don't want to hear it. ←Start tweet essay: Delusions 3297Mar 13 2011: Even on twitter, we can see someone's life go awry. We DM them and get only anger and defensiveness. That's all you can do in RL, too! 3298Mar 13 2011: On twitter, as RL, sanity can be measured in the internal consistency of ones output. Tweets start to contradict each other as sanity wanes. 3299Mar 13 2011: Insanity is more than what's in the DSM. It's insane to follow a delusion that damages your life, but that's not a mental disorder. 3300Mar 13 2011: So sad to watch a friend get sucked into a relationship you know isn't good for them. It's madness and addiction you can do little about. 3301Mar 13 2011: Anger is the first defense of the guilty. 3302Mar 13 2011: People can be rational in pursuit of their goals but deluded in their choice of them. 3303Mar 13 2011: Someone's "base delusion" is the main one that drives their life. (e.g. seeking fame) It is usually immune to any rational discussion. 3304Mar 13 2011: You can't talk someone out of their addictions or out of their emotionally driven goals. Same thing, really! 3305Mar 13 2011: People prefer to follow authority rather than think for themselves—be it the authority of a person or a magical goal. 3306Mar 13 2011: Fame, fortune, love are magical goals, expected to solve everything. They don't. 3307Mar 13 2011: In place of delusion is a life tied to reality. You seek out accurate feedback and modify your goals and action steps accordingly. 3308Mar 13 2011: Few of us really listen to reality. We try to impose our will upon it, but reality always wins in the end. 3309Mar 13 2011: RT @georgiatriallaw: @BadDalaiLama Gotta live and let live Lama. 3310Mar 13 2011: RT @Maxine12339: @BadDalaiLama Just be there for them when they crash 3311Mar 13 2011: #### End. This has been a one-hour essay by the Bad Dalai Lama: "Delusions" ←End tweet essay: Delusions 3312
Mar 13 2011: @RhodiHawk "Foggy sunrise on Buffalo Bayou." <== Pix or it didn't happen! 3313
Mar 13 2011: RT @Krystelisms: "Fuck school. School yourself." <== Indeed, but most don't have the initiative, so school will persist. 3314
Mar 13 2011: RT @YaySarahC: The second is poo-flinging. Tends to work better, actually. RT @BadDalaiLama Anger is the first defense of the guilty. 3315
Mar 13 2011: If we discovered life on other planets, we could monitor their natural disasters, too! (How much is too much?) 3316
Mar 13 2011: Give generously—to whatever cause is in the news this week. (What's wrong with this theory?) 3317
Mar 13 2011: RT @trevlutz: @BadDalaiLama Situational Ethics: Neighbor's house burns down? Offer shelter,food, etc. Homeless guy we see every day? Giv ... 3318
Mar 13 2011: Giving to one worthy cause means you can't give those resources to another. The question, then, is which cause is the most effective? 3319
Mar 13 2011: It's always suspicious when the city/country/religion that one happens to have been born into turns out to be the greatest in the world. 3320
Mar 13 2011: gadget lust—n. the quest to purchase an electronic device you simply must have, in spite of not being able to logically justify it. 3321
Mar 13 2011: The news will always be obsessed with the biggest story out there, while ignoring the little ones—i.e. the ones you can do something about. 3322
Mar 14 2011: RT @joelofarc: @BadDalaiLama Disagree. Too often the news is concerned with trivial bullshit, whilst ignoring the bigger and/or more imp ... 3323
Mar 14 2011: RT @NarwhalMagazine: I couldnt agree more! "@BadDalaiLama: The key to overcoming your own narcissism is to hide it behind useful content." 3324
Mar 14 2011: How do you become an iconoclast? Do you go to school for that? Is there a course? 3325
Mar 14 2011: "Now it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table, but you only want the ones that you can't get." #existentialsonglyrics 3326
Mar 14 2011: "Oh it's sad to belong to someone else when the right one comes along." #existentialsonglyrics 3327
Mar 14 2011: Passing through Kentwood, Louisiana, hometown of Britney Spears. My 2008 report and photo album: http://kilroycafe.blogspot.com/2008/08/kentwood-louisiana-home-of-britney.html 3328
Mar 14 2011: "Hello Darkness, my old friend. I've come to talk to you again." #existentialsonglyrics 3329Mar 14 2011: Our new philosophy video: "How to Twitter (and How Not To)" http://youtu.be/U3cf7rcW0C8 - The key is overcoming your own narcissism. ←Our original YouTube video [more] 3330
Mar 14 2011: "In the arms of an angel. Fly away from here. From this dark cold hotel room. And the endlessness that you fear." #existentialsonglyrics 3331Mar 14 2011: Downtown Kentwood, Louisiana—hometown of Britney Spears. Right now! http://twitpic.com/49h1un←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3332
Mar 14 2011: "When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom: Let it be." #existentialsonglyrics 3333
Mar 14 2011: @MsLauraShields "Sex" <== A naked ploy for ratings. 3334
Mar 14 2011: "If it makes you happy, it can't be that bad. If it makes you happy, then why the hell are you so sad?" #existentialsonglyrics 3335
Mar 14 2011: The fact that we become aware of suffering does not mean we can or should do something about it. 3336
Mar 14 2011: You effectively improve the world only in areas where you have reasonable control and can monitor the results. 3337
Mar 14 2011: Any donation to charity is based on the faith that this charity improves the world in the long run. 3338
Mar 14 2011: If you have only a limited amount of money to give, there are plenty of worthy causes. The question is, what is the best? 3339
Mar 14 2011: The normal condition of humanity is suffering, but only a tiny portion of it gets onto CNN. 3340
Mar 14 2011: "Something has to make you run. I don't know why I didn't come." #existentialsonglyrics 3341Mar 14 2011: The mighty Mississippi. http://twitpic.com/49iggz←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3342
Mar 14 2011: "Oh yeah life goes on, long after the thrill of livin is gone." #existentialsonglyrics 3343Mar 14 2011: On the 18-mile Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. http://twitpic.com/49ixym←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3344
Mar 14 2011: RT @AndrewBober: @BadDalaiLama people who describe themselves as reliable tend to confuse this with arriving too early 3345
Mar 14 2011: "You're losing all your highs and lows. Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away." (Probably the best existential song ever!) 3346
Mar 14 2011: @lolahayes Brain storage space may be unlimited, but CPU speed is not. Like a computer, unlimited memory doesn't mean unlimited processes. 3347
Mar 14 2011: @lolahayes 70K thoughts/day = only a few hundred connected "streams of thought"—like comparing movie frames to a whole movie. 3348
Mar 14 2011: @lolahayes "information overload is stronger than ever." <== Because humans get addicted to info, like cocaine. You can never get enough! 3349
Mar 14 2011: Thinking—that is, working out problems in your head—takes time, just like watching a movie, so there's a limit on what your brain can do. 3350
Mar 14 2011: "Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned. I know it sounds absurd. Please tell me who I am." #existentialsonglyrics 3351
Mar 14 2011: Overloading the brain leads to degradation of output quality. The more tasks you take on, the less care you give to each. (cc:@lolahayes) 3352
Mar 14 2011: In a world or unlimited news, you could spend unlimited time following it, but all that really matters is news affecting your own behavior. 3353
Mar 14 2011: If news doesn't affect you personally, why do you have to watch it in real time? Can't you just read up on it later on Wikipedia? 3354
Mar 14 2011: "Nobody knows what it's like to be the bad man, to be the sad man, behind blue eyes." #existentialsonglyrics 3355Mar 14 2011: Interstate 10 in Texas, Exit 880. So, yeah, kind of a long way to the other side. http://twitpic.com/49k0sg←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3356
Mar 14 2011: "She's leaving home after living alone for so many years." #existentialsonglyrics 3357
Mar 15 2011: RT @michellenassau: @BadDalaiLama I'm laughing out loud with your she's leaving home after living alone for so many years. I needed this LOL 3358
Mar 15 2011: If someone leaves no trace on the Internet, do they truly exist? (More precisely, does their mind exist?) 3359
Mar 15 2011: New philosophy essay: "Knowledge is not Wisdom!" http://bit.ly/ewejn6 - No matter how much data you have, wisdom must come from experience. 3360
Mar 15 2011: The main challenge of life is triage—deciding how to ration out your limited resources for the greatest long-term good. 3361
Mar 15 2011: Some time has passed, so now I can ask it: Did Steve Irwin win a Darwin Award? 3362
Mar 15 2011: "Crikey! I'm playing with one of the most dangerous animals in the world. One nick from this little bugger and.... Oomph!"—Steve Irwin 3363
Mar 15 2011: Steve Irwin was one of the earliest victims of reality TV. Once you catch the spotlight, you can't give it up. 3364
Mar 15 2011: "Go ahead, hit me as hard as you like. Just let me... Oomph!"—Harry Houdini 3365
Mar 15 2011: "I make my living fooling your perceptions, but nothing gets me madder than all those paranormal fakers."—magician hypocrisy 3366
Mar 15 2011: Reduced-height toilet stalls at a Texas rest area are apparently intended to reduce illegal activities. http://t.co/P6YxYRF 3367
Mar 15 2011: Authority can make people do things or not do them, but it can't force creativity or responsibility. 3368
Mar 15 2011: It is noble that you do volunteer work or give money to charity, but that doesn't prove you're using your resources the best way you can. 3369
Mar 15 2011: Texas mobile home. Biggest one you've ever seen! http://t.co/abTSqoA 3370
Mar 15 2011: .@Andres_iracheta "but education can" [force creativity and responsibility] <== Most certainly not! You can't educate these things. 3371
Mar 15 2011: There is no example on earth of anyone "educated" into creativity. (Name one!) At best, education teaches technical skills, nothing more. 3372
Mar 15 2011: The biggest educational fraud: classes for "creativity". (Crafts and techniques, sure, but creativity itself can't be formally educated.) 3373
Mar 15 2011: A trivial contribution, multiplied by millions, is still a trivial contribution. 3374
Mar 15 2011: @SrMaryNapalm "Edward De Bono's techniques can help anyone with structured creativity" <== Example, please! What great artist has it helped? 3375
Mar 15 2011: RT @Kyoks1: no hay ejemplos en el mundo de educacion formal en creatividad (mencionen una!), se pueden enseñar tecnicas solamente. via @ ... 3376
Mar 15 2011: TV viewers think if they watch the news, express their opinions, buy the proper products and donate as directed, they've changed the world. 3377
Mar 15 2011: RT @Kyoks1: El fraude educacional + grande: Clases de Creatividad (tecnicas, claro! pero Creatividad como tal no se puede "enseñar") via ... 3378
Mar 15 2011: RT @Kurt_Vonnegut: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you' ... 3379
Mar 15 2011: .@Kurt_Vonnegut (re semicolons) Disagree, your deadliness. Semicolons can show a subtle affiliation between ideas not available elsewhere. 3380
Mar 15 2011: RT @worldpolice: Being a realist is hard http://t.co/fyu478J <== Cartoon comparing realists to idealists. 3381
Mar 15 2011: eudaimonic well-being—n. happiness that comes from engaging in meaningful activity. WSJ http://t.co/hTQXN9z via @NewMindMirror 3382
Mar 15 2011: @lolahayes@pympdr True, but a change in venue can disrupt the status quo and help give you new eyes. 3383
Mar 15 2011: Believe in the power of chaos! 3384
Mar 15 2011: Two important things: planning and chaos. Planning is thinking ahead. Chaos is what disrupts your plans and pushes you to a higher level. 3385
Mar 15 2011: If you aren't willing to get lost, you can't explore. 3386
Mar 15 2011: Sports, weather, celebrities, natural disasters... the reliable world of pseudo news. An advertiser's paradise! 3387
Mar 15 2011: Facebook is the place for happy thoughts and non-controversial postings—obviously because everyone you know in real life is on it. 3388
Mar 15 2011: Most of what consumers buy could never be justified on a cost-benefit basis. It is mainly vanity, serving only the impulse to buy. 3389
Mar 15 2011: Judgement Day is fast approaching! Revised date: May 21, 2011. Better get praying! http://t.co/75cAZ6N 3390
Mar 15 2011: (Maybe if we all send out our prayers on Twitter we can avert this global catastrophe.) 3391
Mar 15 2011: Nothing touches the heart like country music. It's like triple coronary by-pass surgery with a dull scalpel. 3392
Mar 15 2011: "Cats, coathangers & crazy - they all multiply according to your willingness to give 'em house room." @YourAuntLola 3393
Mar 15 2011: "My younger self was an idiot." — What you have to admit if you expect to grow. 3394
Mar 16 2011: RT @TheWah: @BadDalaiLama My future self will be just as much an idiot... And I'm not that sure about my present self. 3395
Mar 16 2011: RT @mostlegendary: @BadDalaiLama How can you get lost while you geolocate your tweets? 3396
Mar 16 2011: Here's more on May 21: http://2011JudgementDay.com - End of the world will be Oct. 21, 2011. Between May and Oct: Terror! —— R U Ready???? 3397Mar 16 2011: The REAL seat of power in America—where the Freemasons direct the New World Order. http://twitpic.com/49wdk6 (Alexandria, VA. Jan. 20) ←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3398
Mar 16 2011: RT @garamiredux: Life without romance, is like a movie without a soundtrack. It turns into a documentary. 3399Mar 16 2011: Something about moving America. http://twitpic.com/49wg0r (U.S. Capitol, Washington. Jan. 20) ←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3400Mar 16 2011: Here's a new HD version of the video posted 3 days ago: "How to Twitter (and How Not To)" http://youtu.be/6qfU8I3dx1I (without distortion). ←Our original YouTube video [more] 3401
Mar 16 2011: Narcissism on Twitter (and real life): "My opinion is important just because it's mine." 3402
Mar 16 2011: Our new philosophy essay: "Identifying your own Narcissism on Twitter" http://t.co/wpkzVaE 3403
Mar 16 2011: RT @NihilDeNada: @BadDalaiLama Good essay. Nonetheless, I don't love you. 3404
Mar 16 2011: @lolahayes Europe, with its dense population, is very frugal with resources. They don't assume endless supply like American do. 3405
Mar 16 2011: The main value of visiting other cultures is gaining new perspective on your own. 3406
Mar 16 2011: "The secret to humor is surprise."—Aristotle <== Not exactly. (A bomb isn't funny.) The secret is irony—the opposite of what is expected. 3407
Mar 16 2011: "Adult education" applies only to those without the initiative to learn on their own. 3408
Mar 16 2011: How is a course in photography better than picking up a camera and using it? 3409
Mar 16 2011: If you're truly impassioned about some creative skill, you'll find a way to do it. If you're not impassioned, no course can save you. 3410
Mar 16 2011: What can you do with a $4 disposable camera? My 2008 photo experiment on Kauai, Hawaii http://j.mp/c5JZmd 3411
Mar 16 2011: Visiting Kauai in 2007 with NO MONEY. FB album: http://j.mp/hYmMvR - Just places I could get to on foot from the airport. 3412
Mar 16 2011: Someone should do blind, scientifically controlled taste tests on all those "World's Best" food claims. 3413
Mar 17 2011: How can 10,000 restaurants all have "the World's Best Burgers"? 3414
Mar 17 2011: Just updated the Sacred Archive of Ancient Wisdom at http://t.co/WhiL1nT - All our tweets, searchable by keyword. 3415
Mar 17 2011: One man's Paradise is another's boring nothing-ever-happens-here home. 3416
Mar 17 2011: Paradise is paradise only if you don't live there. 3417
Mar 17 2011: At the Big Save supermarket in Lihue, a loaf of bread on sale for $6.63. (Well, it's a big loaf. Regular size: $5.69.) http://t.co/C4Lvoa1 3418
Mar 17 2011: The only trouble with living on an island is you're trapped on an island. 3419
Mar 17 2011: Juvenile justice and child welfare are two sides of the same coin. Juvenile crime is the natural result of family dysfunction. 3420
Mar 17 2011: Approaching Hanalei. http://t.co/GImMOGu 3421
Mar 17 2011: Hanalei. http://t.co/vFTP4MM 3422
Mar 17 2011: RT @kellyoxford: When someone says "Just act natural" I think "I'm so screwed" 3423
Mar 17 2011: RT @BlondeDuJour: My dear, you can't live with him if you can't live without him 3424
Mar 17 2011: RT @TheBosha: Looks like *Unplanned* Parenthood has snagged most of the market share. 3425
Mar 17 2011: .@garamiredux "The illusion of control is more dangerous than the lack of it." <== Not always. The illusion gives one's life structure. 3426
Mar 17 2011: Hanalei taro field. Right now! http://t.co/ed8yMm4 3427
Mar 17 2011: Well here's a chicken who didn't quite make it across the road! http://t.co/a7HKCzh 3428
Mar 17 2011: RT @trevlutz: @BadDalaiLama Well, at least he made it to the "other side". 3429
Mar 17 2011: Hanalei graveyard. http://t.co/lasJdew 3430
Mar 17 2011: Man's greatest gift is to be able to find meaning in chaos. 3431
Mar 17 2011: I certainly can't afford lodging here ($100+), and don't want to pay $50 for an additional car rental day, so camping it is. Quite illegal! 3432
Mar 17 2011: From where I sit, using Alamo's power to plot my next move. http://t.co/DeuSSWl 3433
Mar 17 2011: My equipment: 1 airline style blanket + 1 inflatable kayak in a suitcase. That's it! No tent or sleeping bag. 3434
Mar 17 2011: On My Bucket List: Abdicate the British throne for the woman I love. (Without telling her first. It will be a surprise!) [See Full Bucket List] 3435
Mar 17 2011: But this *is* paradise, after all! Temp couldn't be more perfect. Only issue is the rains that come almost every night. 3436
Mar 17 2011: RT @Kyoks1: si apoyas a alguien incondicionalmente se aprovecharan de ti incondicionalmente. via @BadDalaiLama 3437
Mar 17 2011: My secret asset: a Wal-Mart about a mile away! 3438
Mar 17 2011: RT @Kyoks1: Lo mas valioso de visitar otras culturas es obtener una nueva perspectiva de la propia. via @BadDalaiLama 3439
Mar 17 2011: The uninflated kayak will be my bed. Then all I need is a tarp to protect me from the rain ($5) and trash bags to protect my electronics. 3440
Mar 17 2011: Dateline: Detroit Metropolitan Airport. Intermittent rain but no snow, even in the mountains. Welcome to the Motor City! http://t.co/YHS9cka 3441
Mar 17 2011: Finding a camping spot should be no problem. Lots of farmland around the airport. http://t.co/zvqd4VY 3442Mar 17 2011: Customer service agent at Alamo Rent-a-Car, Lihue airport. She had some bad news... http://t.co/QUxlABV←Start tweet essay: Gypsy Camping on Kauai 3443Mar 17 2011: Under cover of darkness, you can camp in places that would be obvious during the day. You just have to clear out before dawn. 3444Mar 17 2011: ...Turns out my car rental reservation is for TOMORROW. Car is my lodging, so looks like I'll be CAMPING tonight... with no equipment! 3445Mar 17 2011: Leaving Alamo now, as darkness falls. (And darkness falls quickly in the tropics.) First task: hide my bags and head to Wal-Mart! 3446Mar 17 2011: ++++ Begin LIVE TWEETING of my unexpected camping experience on Kauai, Hawaii. 3447Mar 17 2011: This is the place! (Geotags turned off for security purposes.) Invisible both day and night! http://t.co/9hFRDaF 3448Mar 17 2011: The Kauai bus system. This will serve my transportation needs tomorrow. 50 cents to Walmart. $2 to Hanalei! http://t.co/EryyWnb 3449Mar 17 2011: I seriously doubt the sincerity of any electronic device or recording wishing me "Aloha" or "Mahalo". 3450Mar 17 2011: Lihue Walmart: your source for genuine Hawaiian souvenirs—made in China. http://t.co/RSvEW5w 3451Mar 17 2011: Back at the campsite. Bought a $5 tarp and $12 sleeping bag. The latter is mostly for padding. Breeze should keep mozzies away. 3452Mar 17 2011: 9pm here. Hoping for a full night's sleep but we'll see. Nighty night! 3453Mar 17 2011: The rains come! Pulling the tarp over me, like a taco. 3454Mar 17 2011: The problem is keeping the taco closed in the wind. My kingdom for some plastic cable ties! Fortunately, rain is light and intermittent. 3455Mar 17 2011: .@GraceWelch "how much is a gallon of milk now?" <== $4.29 at Walmart. Probably much higher elsewhere. Even Walmart prices are depressing! 3456Mar 17 2011: RT @Cinnapuff: @BadDalaiLama You live such an interesting life! Oh, and btw... your old website was the 1st site I ever saw in the inter ... 3457Mar 17 2011: .@TheBosha "Watch out for wild boar. For real." <== I know all about wild bores. I just unfollow them! 3458Mar 17 2011: .@trevlutz "Enjoy your canopy of stars tonight." <== That's canopy of stars and clouds. This is the windward side, which scoops up moisture. 3459Mar 17 2011: On My Bucket List: Become a classically trained actor forced to do television work that is far beneath my talents. [See Full Bucket List] 3460Mar 17 2011: Rain is over now and sky is clear. Sleeping beautifully otherwise. Until the next squall... 3461Mar 17 2011: It's taco time again. Sleep, taco, sleep, taco! 3462Mar 17 2011: Waking now to the sound of roosters crowing. 5am local time. (Sunrise is still an hour away.) 3463Mar 17 2011: Slept comfortably 9-5 with two interruptions for some light rain. 3464Mar 17 2011: It was cool enough that I needed my $12 sleeping bag (now 72). Glad I bought it! 3465Mar 17 2011: Lesson of the night: Should have bought $1 bag of cable ties to keep my tarp "taco" closed during the rain. 3466Mar 17 2011: Fortunately the rain was light and evaporated quickly. If it was heavy I'd be a soggy mess (and my electronics would be at risk). 3467Mar 17 2011: Today: High of 80, breezy, with chance of rain throughout the day (on the windward side of the island). Same boring thing, day after day. 3468Mar 17 2011: Now I'll hide my bags in the bushes. (All valuables stay on my back.) Will go beach hopping by bus today, pick up rental car tonight. 3469Mar 17 2011: TOP SECRET camping location revealed at last! On the edge of the airport, beside a sugar cane field. http://t.co/yUrAQyZ 3470Mar 17 2011: The maid service needs to come in and clean my room! http://t.co/8ey8CP5 3471Mar 17 2011: Now at the Lihue airport terminal, recharging my devices. Will remain here until all my superpowers are restored. Then head off by bus. 3472Mar 17 2011: #### END live-tweeting of my unplanned camping experience on Kauai. We now resume our originally scheduled programming. ←End tweet essay: Gypsy Camping on Kauai 3473
Mar 17 2011: RT @carlsjrofvegas: @BadDalaiLama Wecome to Kauai, if you get up to the Kilauea Lighthouse area, stop by the ice cream shop in the cente ... 3474
Mar 17 2011: One lane bridge, Hanalei. http://t.co/RmaqslM 3475
Mar 18 2011: Hanalei Bay. http://t.co/3jULajO 3476
Mar 18 2011: Local resident (8-legged variety) http://t.co/vJOXW97 3477
Mar 18 2011: What is the meaning of life? There isn't any! Life is what you choose to make of it. 3478
Mar 18 2011: Ocean Rescue. Hanalei. http://t.co/wJE1lz2 3479Mar 18 2011: Have you seen this man? His parole officer would like to speak with him. http://twitpic.com/4a67hk←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3480
Mar 18 2011: The notion of "gentle Hawaiians" is made up for the tourists. It was a violent culture! 3481
Mar 18 2011: In ancient Hawaii, the punishment for every infraction was the same: "kapu"—death. 3482
Mar 18 2011: Our 2008 essay: "KAPU - Death for Everything!" http://kilroycafe.com/ideas/kapu - Proposing sensible reforms to American criminal law. 3483
Mar 18 2011: The sun sets on the Kauai bus system. http://t.co/LW6wTs8 3484
Mar 18 2011: Now installed in a full-size Alamo rental car. Spending tonight in the lap of luxury (the back seat of an Impala). Rain can't get me! 3485
Mar 18 2011: Four out of five dentists surveyed answer "true" to every truism. 3486
Mar 18 2011: The only thing more frightening than loneliness is losing yourself in the needs of others. 3487
Mar 18 2011: Honest work is when you know, in your own heart, that you are giving people value for their money in excess of what they paid. 3488
Mar 18 2011: All theories of consciousness are false! At best they explain the machine of mind. They can't explain how you or I get stuck in it. 3489
Mar 18 2011: RT @Kyoks1: lo unico mas aterrador q sentire solo es perderse en las necesidades d los otros via @BadDalaiLama 3490
Mar 18 2011: All your problems MAY* be solved by this magic elixir or bogus medical device! (*These claims have not been evaluated by the FDA.) 3491Mar 18 2011: NEW! from the Placebo Department: an energy drink to counteract the effects of all those other energy drinks! http://twitpic.com/4aofic←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3492
Mar 18 2011: When sleeping in a car, it's best to park in residential or business neighborhoods, not in remote areas where a parked car stands out. 3493
Mar 18 2011: On My Bucket List: Be on the verge of a breakthrough in Free Energy. [See Full Bucket List] 3494
Mar 18 2011: The worst thing about Hawaii is the Hawaiian music piped in EVERYWHERE. Cloying, vapid, saccharine—worse than country! 3495
Mar 18 2011: Glenn as a Siamese twin http://t.co/8xgNxLC Experimenting with our new video editing software yields a monster! (30-seconds) 3496
Mar 18 2011: Love, once it ends, seems shockingly like a mental disorder. 3497Mar 18 2011: Video Postcard: supermarket produce dept. in Houston (3 days ago) http://youtu.be/cKQesXq58uA 40-second iPhone video. Pretty colors! ←Our original YouTube video [more] 3498
Mar 18 2011: Traditional island life in Hawai'i revolves around three sacred sites: Walmart, Costco and Mcdonalds—the only places you can get a bargain! 3499
Mar 18 2011: Narcissism is defective because it doesn't work. Unless you understand the needs of others, no one can love you for very long. 3500
Mar 18 2011: Our 2008 essay: "Hubris: The Tragic Disease of Success" http://kilroycafe.com/ideas/hubris 3501
Mar 18 2011: When an advertiser claims, "You CAN make a difference!" the proposed action is probably trivial and benefits mainly the advertiser. {10/12} 3502
Mar 18 2011: @Stonerpreneur Being the "bad" lama, I'm an anti-Buddhist, so I'm afraid I can't help. 3503
Mar 18 2011: Every young rebel is an anarchist, determined to blow up the old order but not quite sure how to build a new one. 3504
Mar 18 2011: Taro fields of the Hanalei Valley. http://t.co/GDsO0xp 3505
Mar 18 2011: Video is not simply a series of still photos. It is a narrative to which images are attached. 3506
Mar 18 2011: Intelligence can usually be measured inversely to the relative density of "fuck" in ones natural speech. 3507
Mar 18 2011: RT @msmugler: Uh oh. Im fucked! RT @BadDalaiLama Intelligence can usually be measured inversely to the relative density of "fuck" in one ... 3508
Mar 18 2011: All journeys begin at the sea. 3509
Mar 19 2011: If you keep running over chickens, they'll learn to stop crossing the road. (I hit one just now!) 3510
Mar 19 2011: Set-up for the driving scene on the road to Waialeale. http://t.co/XoNRMJS 3511
Mar 19 2011: @lolahayes You are the poster child for net addiction. Break free! (Or at least break out of that boring ski resort and get us some pix!) 3512
Mar 19 2011: @lolahayes And how do we even know you're in France. No geotags? No pix? Prove you're not in North Hollywood! 3513
Mar 19 2011: Spending the night at the base of Mt. Waialeale, the wettest spot on Earth. Some rain expected. http://t.co/dKKMJ1s 3514
Mar 19 2011: He's good. Doesn't tweet much. Won't offend anybody. We couldn't exist without him! #ff @DalaiLama You'll seem more spiritual if you do! 3515
Mar 19 2011: The REAL Hawaiian adventure is to go flume riding through this irrigation tunnel, which passes through a mountain. http://t.co/pUFklUE 3516
Mar 19 2011: When hiking in this neighborhood, you should always be on the lookout for velociraptors. Cagey little devils, they'll get you from behind! 3517
Mar 19 2011: We are all creatures of habit. The main challenge of life is breaking out of those habits to better address changes in the world. 3518
Mar 19 2011: The burdens of 100% humidity: Nothing wet ever dries. Mold and rot get into everything. Mosquitoes. You never feel clean. 3519
Mar 19 2011: Theory is useless if untested by experience. 3520
Mar 19 2011: The techniques that once worked for us don't work anymore. We try them again and again until we get a clue: "I have to change!" 3521Mar 19 2011: Always travel with a mission—some specific goal you want to achieve. Adventures can be found along the way, but the goal keeps you focussed. ←Start tweet essay: Traveling with a Mission 3522Mar 19 2011: In my early days of travel, I had a simple mission: collect bumper stickers for my car. It was a silly goal, but it gave me structure. 3523Mar 19 2011: When I travel today, my mission is usually to capture something on film. The experience of travel is secondary to what I record for others. 3524Mar 19 2011: All sensory pleasures are ultimately hollow. They last for a few minutes then are gone, leaving you nothing. 3525Mar 19 2011: I have no interest in local cuisine because the sensation is momentary at best and taste can't be captured on film. 3526Mar 19 2011: Modern hedonism says the goal of travel is sensation and experience. Wrong! The goal is learning new skills to apply to future missions. 3527Mar 19 2011: What good is a sensation that passes through you, leaving no trace behind? 3528Mar 19 2011: "Oh, you're going to ___? You really must stop at ___ and try their ___!" Bullshit! That's just consumerism, not productive travel. 3529Mar 19 2011: Consumerism is the illusion of accomplishment by buying, eating or experiencing something. Learning has no part in it. 3530Mar 19 2011: The value of travel is not the sensations, scenery, meals or photos. It is how you were changed by the experience. 3531Mar 19 2011: What you will learn from travel is by nature unpredictable. You can only predict that the destination will be new to you. 3532Mar 19 2011: If a travel destination isn't in some way "exotic" to you—and a little frightening—what's the point in going there? 3533Mar 19 2011: If you are returning to a vacation destination that is already known and predictable to you, then you have wasted a learning opportunity. 3534Mar 19 2011: Packaged travel experiences gain you nothing. You'll come home the same person as you left. You could have stayed home and watched a video! 3535Mar 19 2011: The greatest assets of experience are your mistakes, because that's where most learning occurs. 3536Mar 19 2011: #### End. This has been a live 1-hour essay by the Bad Dalai Lama: "Travel" — From the base of Mt. Waialeale, Kauai. 3537Mar 19 2011: Breakfast in the jungles of Kauai: vienna sausages, butterscotch pudding, saltine crackers, root beer barrels, diet Coke http://t.co/wqzLKZt 3538Mar 19 2011: Vienna sausages are approximately the equivalent of dog food for humans. 3539Mar 19 2011: Heading out on foot toward the caldera. Parts of Jurassic Park were filmed here. Watch out for velociraptors! http://t.co/la2Vn6Z 3540Mar 19 2011: @MotherCatt "Your essay suggests we all travel and learn from it but not enjoy it." <== I think you're confusing enjoyment with consumption. 3541Mar 19 2011: @MotherCatt Is there no other form of enjoyment? Can't learning be enjoyable? Aren't there sensations that leave a trace? 3542Mar 19 2011: Most documentaries today are shot out-of-sequence (not in the order portrayed), meaning that it's basically "reality-based fiction". 3543Mar 19 2011: End of the road! From this point on, I'm hiking an intermittent trail and in the stream bed itself. http://t.co/eSvzeoL 3544Mar 19 2011: Another pair of Walmart shoes sacrificed to Nature. http://t.co/rbYClgN 3545Mar 19 2011: Shrouded in the clouds ahead is Waialeale, the wettest spot on Earth. (Take THAT, tapuis!) http://t.co/KgwPCvg 3546Mar 19 2011: Almost there! The base of crater is ahead. See the waterfalls! One of the most challenging hikes I have ever taken! http://t.co/PH7GeIY 3547Mar 19 2011: Objective achieved: The Blue Hole! (crater of Waialeale) Took me 4 hours of treacherous hiking to get here. http://t.co/DBeDcx1 3548Mar 19 2011: I was hoping to find a nymph in that pool, but no luck! (I did go swimming myself.) Now must head back before nightfall. http://t.co/l181JfP←End tweet essay: Traveling with a Mission 3549
Mar 19 2011: On My Bucket List: Scream like a teenage girl at a Beatles concert. [See Full Bucket List] 3550
Mar 20 2011: Mud is fun! http://t.co/sN4eRc8 3551
Mar 20 2011: Just kinda peaceful. http://t.co/aA263ls 3552
Mar 20 2011: Found a berry patch. Fresh fruit! http://t.co/HjMpimy 3553
Mar 20 2011: Found a banana tree, but they're just out of reach. Hmmm, what would a monkey do? Knock one down with a stick. http://t.co/KZVshjR 3554
Mar 20 2011: This tiny banana is orange and starchy, but not that bad! Tastes like... cucumber! http://t.co/yR2neFg 3555
Mar 20 2011: On My Bucket List: Become a performer at Cirque de Soleil known for his contortioning ability, honed over years of practice. [See Full Bucket List] 3556
Mar 20 2011: Hike concluded! Back at the trailhead Those were white socks at the beginning of the hike. http://t.co/6VEi3pY 3557
Mar 20 2011: On My Bucket List: Have all the carnies say about me: "Now there was a man!" [See Full Bucket List] 3558
Mar 20 2011: Choosing carefully from the Value Menu. (@ Burger King) http://4sq.com/gh4e86 3559
Mar 20 2011: On My Bucket List: Attain instant worldwide fame for the awfulness of my song. [See Full Bucket List] 3560Mar 20 2011: When people start doing things in unison, that's a pretty good sign that they're ALL wrong! — Wired http://t.co/bCmYqqJ via @lolahayes←Start tweet essay: Love and Investing 3561Mar 20 2011: Bubbles happen when investors start looking around at what others are doing instead of understanding the value of what they're buying. 3562Mar 20 2011: Naive investors tend to mistake trends for underlying value. 3563Mar 20 2011: The "momentum" of a stock or other asset is a delusion. It may seem apparent in retrospect but is a poor predictor of future prices. 3564Mar 20 2011: Betting on the short-term rise or fall of prices is like gambling in Vegas. Some win and get all the publicity, but most quietly lose. 3565Mar 20 2011: People in love are essentially investors, betting on a future outcome based on the trends of today. 3566Mar 20 2011: The "momentum" of a relationship is how fast it is changing. If you're "falling in love", the momentum is very high. 3567Mar 20 2011: The speed that a relationship is changes bears no relation to the underlying value of the relationship. 3568Mar 20 2011: The recurring error of investors everywhere is to take the "trend" of today and extrapolate it in a straight line into the future. 3569Mar 20 2011: Most "trends" are unsustainable. They will change at some unpredictable future time as they exhaust their underlying resources. 3570Mar 20 2011: In the housing bubble, everyone was watching their neighbors and the "trend" of rising prices. Few cared about underlying value. 3571Mar 20 2011: In many a romantic bubble, people mistake rapid change in the relationship for underlying value. 3572Mar 20 2011: People in love see "trends" in their relationship and assume they will always continue. They fail to see how trends can change. 3573Mar 20 2011: If a bacterium divides every few hours, math predicts it will soon take over the world, but resource limits guarantee this won't happen. 3574Mar 20 2011: Every relationship has its resource limitations, which aren't usually apparent at the beginning. Love can grow only so far. 3575Mar 20 2011: In love, like investing, underlying value is more important than surface trends. 3576Mar 20 2011: #### End. This has been a live 1-hour essay by the Bad Dalai Lama: "Love and Investing" ←End tweet essay: Love and Investing 3577
Mar 20 2011: Same dollar menu as the mainland—a rare bargain on Kauai! (@ McDonalds Lihue) http://4sq.com/gcPnO7 3578
Mar 20 2011: RT @Jowtok: @BadDalaiLama so experiencing an unexpected "dip" doesn't necessarily mean the relationship has no value. #Brightside 3579
Mar 20 2011: RT @ziggzagzac: I'm stuck in a cubicle while @BadDalaiLama is taking a hike on Waialeale in Hawaii. #lifeisntfair 3580
Mar 20 2011: RT @Arhanious: bir yandan da bu adamin Hawaii'deki maceralarini izliyorum :) RT @BadDalaiLama The Blue Hole! (crater of Waialeale) http: ... 3581
Mar 20 2011: .@MotherCatt "Appreciation of music, art, serenity, food should not be sought?" <== Correct! They are meaningless in isolation from life. 3582
Mar 20 2011: Meaningful: a song that captures something important about life. Meaningless: a symphony with no words. 3583
Mar 20 2011: Meaningful: nutritious food that makes you feel good after eating. Meaningless: food sought only for its flavor. presentation or prestige. 3584
Mar 20 2011: Meaningful: art that teaches you something about life. Meaningless: art that is merely "pretty" and teaches you nothing. 3585
Mar 20 2011: Meaningful: solitude when you have important things to think about. Meaningless: meditating in beautiful places. 3586
Mar 20 2011: Meaningful: something that does its job well. Meaningless: beauty apart from function. 3587
Mar 20 2011: Meaningful: how it works. Meaningless: how it looks. 3588
Mar 20 2011: .@MotherCatt "...it sounds somewhat robotic... and sad..." <== What's robotic and sad is seeking sensation and forgetting purpose. 3589
Mar 20 2011: Sensation can't give your life meaning; only purpose can. 3590
Mar 20 2011: RT @MotherCatt: @BadDalaiLama Although I can agree with some of your sentiment, it sounds somewhat robotic..........and sad...... 3591
Mar 20 2011: RT @garamiredux: @BadDalaiLama is living la vida loca like we all should do. #inspirational 3592
Mar 20 2011: RT @shwaywhat: @BadDalaiLama but there are symphonies written that have great meaning. If you can't hear emotions and feelings in music ... 3593
Mar 20 2011: You can watch a fireworks show and say, "Wow, that's cool!" but it hasn't changed you, and eventually you stop going. 3594
Mar 20 2011: hedonism—n. the pursuit of sensation over purpose. Or in a modern sense, the pursuit of product consumption over purpose. 3595
Mar 20 2011: The cost of a product is not just the purchase price but the time and attention you must spend on it. 3596
Mar 20 2011: Beethoven is a product like any other. The question is whether the benefit you are getting from it is worth the investment of your time. 3597
Mar 20 2011: At what point is the "enjoyment" of music just an escape from other things? 3598
Mar 20 2011: It's hard to have meaningful thoughts about your own problems when music is programming your thoughts for you. 3599
Mar 20 2011: Life has no meaning, but it has purpose: to solve the problems in front of you with the most foresight and intelligence possible. 3600
Mar 20 2011: RT @GaryDelaney: I think narcissists should take a long hard look at themselves. 3601
Mar 20 2011: Just by virtue of living, you find problems standing in front of you. You earn satisfaction and relief from pain in solving them well. 3602
Mar 20 2011: Driftwood shore, Kauai. http://t.co/o2Ct3D7 3603
Mar 20 2011: Wailua River (Japanese graveyard headstone in foreground) http://t.co/P2lhv8U 3604
Mar 20 2011: You've seen this place many times before! Whenever the script calls for a jungle encampment, it's often filmed here. http://t.co/3aKVakW 3605
Mar 20 2011: Opaekaa Falls. http://t.co/4ctkBL9 3606
Mar 20 2011: You can kayak the Wailua River for $35. http://t.co/gUkKFK4 3607
Mar 20 2011: Shooting B-roll. (@ Keahua Arboretum) http://4sq.com/eFYhva 3608
Mar 20 2011: Sensation has no value in itself. It merely serves a need. The sensation of taste serves nutrition. Pursuit of taste alone is empty. 3609
Mar 20 2011: RT @garamiredux: @BadDalaiLama Solve problems in life for what? Be satisfied with ourselves?That is in the end,a sensation. Purpose is g ... 3610
Mar 20 2011: Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin—remarkable craftsmen! Amazing how they can manipulate our emotions like that and make us listen. 3611
Mar 20 2011: Music is the subcarrier of language, essential to its transfer. Before a baby knows any words he knows the music of them 3612
Mar 20 2011: Music without words is a refined product, like high fructose corn syrup. It gives us all the emotions of language without any content. 3613
Mar 20 2011: On Kauai, chickens are everywhere! They roam every street and parking lot. If ever you want a chicken dinner, just reach out and grab one! 3614
Mar 21 2011: @lolahayes LHR, LGW, BCN or LAX? 3615
Mar 21 2011: Our channeler's earlier career as an Area 51 activist is recorded in the book "The Dreamland Chronicles" by David Darlington. 3616
Mar 21 2011: When you lose sleep you lose your creativity and resilience. If you don't need these things, by all means party all night! 3617
Mar 21 2011: RT @soundhunter: I only becmae frightened of death when I became a mother, the center of my children's world 3618
Mar 21 2011: RT @kellyoxford: FACT: The internet was invented to globalize complaining. 3619Mar 21 2011: Remarkable breakthrough in Free Energy: 3 errors in 12 words! (Facebook ad) http://twitpic.com/4bulpq←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3620
Mar 21 2011: His Holiness has shaved his head and won't grow it back until some SERIOUS changes are made in this world! http://t.co/S7nL9ph 3621
Mar 21 2011: RT @dunebat: @BadDalaiLama Damn fine book! :D 3622
Mar 21 2011: RT @trevlutz: @BadDalaiLama Are you getting phantom 'stache pain? 3623
Mar 21 2011: RT @MotherCatt: Dinner was lovely.... and if @BadDalaiLama says it served no purpose ....well.... at least he'll always have his dog food... 3624
Mar 21 2011: RT @Stonerpreneur: @baddalailama Life is too rich and nuanced for it to be worthwhile to judge value in such a black and white way. I s ... 3625
Mar 21 2011: RT @noahWG: Twitter! Listen when I speak! Sit still for five min! Chew with your mouth closed! Potty humor is NOT funny! 5-year-olds a ... 3626Mar 21 2011: Girl, in case there was any ambiguity. (Celebrity Impersonators Convention, last month) http://twitpic.com/445fj3←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3627Mar 21 2011: Istanbul from the Bosphorus Bridge (last month). http://twitpic.com/41m4q0/full←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3628Mar 21 2011: The crater of Mt. Vesuvius (last month). http://twitpic.com/40tlt4/full←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3629Mar 21 2011: A man in the street in Naples, Italy (last month). http://twitpic.com/40udsq/full←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3630Mar 21 2011: Touched by an angel at the Vatican (last month). http://twitpic.com/414s8o/full←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3631Mar 21 2011: Woman selling bird food in Istanbul (last month). http://twitpic.com/3zsrnw/full←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3632Mar 21 2011: Bethlehem, Palestine, Christmas Eve. http://twitpic.com/3j4ruu/full←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3633Mar 21 2011: We've been on Twitpic for 100 days now. 292 photos. Amazing range of places! http://twitpic.com/photos/BadDalaiLama (View full size pix!) ←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3634
Mar 21 2011: RT @Kyoks1: @BadDalaiLama you kind of look more like lord Voldemort in this one...no offence. 3635
Mar 21 2011: The muumuu is the refuge of the overweight. 3636
Mar 21 2011: Our new video: "How to Beat High Food Prices on Kauai" http://t.co/HCnY8fX — 50-sec preview of coming video. Check out the local "bargains"! 3637
Mar 21 2011: Loyal followers of His Holiness are authorized for friendship with his channeler at http://fb.me/KilroyCafe - Tell em Bad Dalai sent you! 3638
Mar 21 2011: I love the smell of irritated followers! 3639
Mar 21 2011: Art is a medium for a message, not an end in itself. 3640
Mar 21 2011: So I said to my hairdresser, "Give me that Bruce Willis look," but she gave me G. Gordon Liddy. Can I sue? http://t.co/p1enMT8 3641
Mar 21 2011: The 'stashe is slashed, opening up a whole new acting career playing the heavy. http://t.co/k51cbT8 3642
Mar 21 2011: RT @mostlegendary: @BadDalaiLama living your life and experiences through other people? You're nearly as bad as me, phototweeting everyt ... 3643
Mar 21 2011: Now suffering from Moustache Dysmorphic Disorder (MDD). I'd swear it's there, but it isn't! http://t.co/OI8uOOU 3644
Mar 21 2011: RT @crankfetter: My first mistake was thinking I knew what the fuck was going on. My second mistake was the one after that. 3645
Mar 22 2011: The rock star who put others to shame: David Bowie. Daily Mail: http://t.co/powLUw5 3646Mar 22 2011: Today, I travel continuously and painlessly, but it took me years to get here. I had to get rid of a lot of stuff, not always by choice. ←Start tweet essay: The Challenge of Travel 3647Mar 22 2011: The first half of life is spent accumulating stuff—physical stuff, emotional stuff. The second half is trying to get rid of it. 3648Mar 22 2011: Travel isn't as easy as it seems. It's like someone putting a blank piece of paper in front of you and saying, "Write something!" 3649Mar 22 2011: To travel independently, you need a good internal compass—to keep yourself moving toward a goal while pummeled by new sensations. 3650Mar 22 2011: The key to successful travel in a strange place is to have concrete goals before you begin then sticking with them. 3651Mar 22 2011: I travel easily, under conditions most would consider hardship, because I know what I want to accomplish. 3652Mar 22 2011: To me, jumping from Istanbul to Rome to Hawaii seems as superficial as changing TV channels, because it doesn't change my core goals. 3653Mar 22 2011: The younger me couldn't have jumped from place to place like I do. He had too much baggage (emotional and physical) and weak direction. 3654Mar 22 2011: How many of us, thrown into a chaotic city like Bangkok, would know what to do with ourselves? 3655Mar 22 2011: Ambitious plans made on the internet tend to fall apart in the chaos of a real place, 99% of which isn't on the Internet. 3656Mar 22 2011: "America is the greatest country in the world!" — Believe that and you don't need to travel. Don't even need a passport, just FOX News. 3657Mar 22 2011: Travel is life. 3658Mar 22 2011: Even in one place, life is a journey. By learning to travel outwardly—to disorienting places—you are gaining skills for your other journeys. 3659Mar 22 2011: Each of us is born into a set of assumptions about what in life is necessary. Travel crushes some of them, leaving only what is real. 3660Mar 22 2011: The most important thing you learn from travel is what is the same everywhere. These are the true cornerstones of life. 3661Mar 22 2011: #### End. This has been a live 1-hour essay from the Bad Dalai Lama: "Travel" (Sitting in front of Burger King in Lihue, Kuaui) 3662Mar 22 2011: RT @trevlutz: @BadDalaiLama You can read all the books about Paris you want, but you can only see Paris by seeing Paris. 3663Mar 22 2011: Local residents of the Burger King drive-thru. I'm luring them in with crackers, then... chicken dinner! http://t.co/hiLDIjT 3664Mar 22 2011: The Spanish translation at the bottom is for the benefit of Hispanic Kuaui residents, of which there are seven. http://t.co/xWgMdaT 3665Mar 22 2011: Abandoned sugar mill, Lihue. http://t.co/IvMTNAa 3666Mar 22 2011: Dear Rod Stewart: You've been hung up on this Maggie bitch for FORTY YEARS! Get over it! You live and learn, dude. You move on! 3667Mar 22 2011: Say it first; save the footnotes for later. 3668Mar 22 2011: Young newlyweds leaving Kauai are all lovey-dovey. I hate to tell them that, statistically, their marriage is doomed, but someone has to! 3669Mar 22 2011: Glimpse into the cockpit of a 757. http://t.co/ruCx1yS 3670Mar 22 2011: RT @o6uoq: @BadDalaiLama if you want respect to talk about challenging travel, try Iraq or Sierra Leone. Now we're talking. 3671Mar 22 2011: .@o6uoq: "If you want respect to talk about challenging travel, try Iraq or Sierra Leone." <== Not much point in learning if you're dead. 3672Mar 22 2011: Ambitious travel plans made on the internet tend to fall apart in the chaos of a real place, 99% of which isn't on the Internet. ←End tweet essay: The Challenge of Travel 3673
Mar 22 2011: RT @garamiredux: Under the cover of the most elaborate plot, it is always hidden one's most simple desire. 3674
Mar 22 2011: "Under the cover of the most elaborate plot, it is always hidden one's most simple desire." @garamiredux 3675
Mar 22 2011: RT @McBuddah: Something's spooked the horses.. 3676
Mar 22 2011: RT @haelox: Ok, now THIS is brilliant headline writing! "Sarah Palin aborts visit to Bethlehem" http://ow.ly/4jndp 3677
Mar 22 2011: Dr. Evil sound clips: http://j.mp/fSc8rs - Our new spiritual master (as we come to look more like him!) 3678
Mar 23 2011: Our 2010 essay: "Life is Logarithmic... Not Linear!" http://j.mp/huHnlu - An oddity of statistics may help you make better decisions. 3679
Mar 23 2011: "The worst mistakes of individuals and nations are when they try to impose a linear prediction on a curve, cycle or feedback loop." —Ibid 3680
Mar 23 2011: "Sarah Palin aborts visit to Bethlehem" UK Telegraph http://ow.ly/4jndp via @haelox - We took the same route in Dec.—but followed through! 3681
Mar 23 2011: The key to success is opportunism—the willingness to take advantage of unexpected opportunities when they arise. 3682
Mar 23 2011: In the interests of science, I have tested how long one can go without bathing. Odor aside, 4-5 days is the max. After that, you get rashes. 3683
Mar 23 2011: Our economy is built in selling people ten-dollar solutions to 50-cent problems. 3684
Mar 23 2011: The most crippled people are those who can't balance costs and risks. To them, every risk is unacceptable, so change is impossible. 3685
Mar 23 2011: Many an epitaph should read: "He obsessed over trivial risks but overlooked the one that killed him." 3686Mar 23 2011: Our Kauai jungle hike to the wettest place on Earth! 2-min preview of 10-min action video. http://youtu.be/sSjz3_kBRAA Cool! (and wet!) ←Our original YouTube video [more] 3687
Mar 23 2011: (We're learning editing through the preceding video, our most complex ever!) 3688Mar 23 2011: For some reason, Pringles' new Hoppin' Horseradish flavor never took off. Now remaindered at 99 Cents Only. http://twitpic.com/4c9dcu←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3689
Mar 23 2011: A painter who talks incessantly about his paints is missing the point. It's what he does with them that matters! #socialmedia 3690
Mar 23 2011: The emotional benefit of fatalism is that your own failures aren't your fault. 3691
Mar 24 2011: @lolahayes Better than snails! 3692
Mar 24 2011: The less you feel loved, the more you need stuff. - TIME http://t.co/nNfnKAK via @lolahayes 3693
Mar 24 2011: Catch-22: If you're writing books or teaching seminars on creativity and innovation then you obviously aren't doing it yourself. 3694
Mar 24 2011: Buy my motivational tapes: "How To Get Rich Quick Selling Get-Rich-Quick Schemes!" 3695
Mar 24 2011: What they say in Texas about big talkers: "He's all hat, no cattle." 3696
Mar 24 2011: Either you're talking or you're doing. Can't do both at the same time. 3697
Mar 24 2011: Two words of advice for the new Graduate: "Regulatory Compliance". Guaranteed employment for the rest of your life! 3698
Mar 24 2011: Did anyone ever become a great writer by studying creative writing in college? Name one example. 3699
Mar 24 2011: Students graduate from college smarter and wiser than when they went in. The reason is simple: age! {9/30} 3700
Mar 24 2011: RT @amankaptan: @BadDalaiLama studying creative writing makes great sense. thanks to that lessons you'll learn ctreativity is not someth ... 3701
Mar 24 2011: RT @GisforGangstaa: @BadDalaiLama I'm a great writer cause I'm a great thinker take that creative writing! 3702
Mar 24 2011: @lolahayes "I come in peace" <== I've heard that one before and I'm not buying it. What do you REALLY want? 3703
Mar 24 2011: .@lolahayes "I come in peace" <== Alien bromide or masturbatory serenity? 3704
Mar 24 2011: "Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you." —Marcus Aurelius via @garamiredux 3705
Mar 24 2011: RT @JKnightJKnight: Should be posted at every high school! RT @BadDalaiLama: "Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years ... 3706
Mar 24 2011: Nearly everything in the man-made world was built on words. It started as a proposal then a set of rules which guided the construction. 3707Mar 24 2011: If I can't live in a golf ball, I don't want to live anywhere. http://twitpic.com/4cs7yt/full←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3708Mar 24 2011: Motel with Pool. Yucca, Arizona. http://twitpic.com/4csn4v/full←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3709
Mar 24 2011: When you drive an interstate highway, you're riding on a set of Federal rules about how these roads must be built and maintained. 3710
Mar 24 2011: A movie is only as good as the story it's built around. 3711
Mar 24 2011: Reality has no respect for our predictions. It does what it wants. 3712
Mar 24 2011: Anyone who's talking about it isn't doing it. 3713
Mar 24 2011: The Beverly Hillbillies, Hee Haw and other country-themed shows were canceled in the Rural Purge of 1971. Blood is on your hands, Silverman! 3714
Mar 24 2011: Don't expect me to get off my late-adopting ass for your new start-up. Let me know when it actually does for me what you claim it will. 3715
Mar 24 2011: Creating a new social media site is like building a new city in the desert: No one wants to be the first to move there. 3716
Mar 24 2011: On My Bucket List: Become a Mormon, persuaded by the arguments of two young missionaries who come to my door. [See Full Bucket List] 3717
Mar 24 2011: Ironic to have lunch here, since the Himalaya is where I once lost my lunch at the State Fair. (@ Himalayan Grill) http://4sq.com/hZVdMl 3718Mar 24 2011: Practicing Evil. http://twitpic.com/4cw7rw←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3719
Mar 24 2011: @francispedraza@lolahayes: "my kids will learn HTML, not French" <== Continuing the tradition of teaching archaic, dying languages. 3720
Mar 24 2011: technological chauvinism—n. the belief of each new generation that its technology renders it inherently superior to any previous generation. 3721
Mar 24 2011: For every problem technology solves, it creates another, so in the end you can't say that it improved anything. 3722
Mar 24 2011: The benefits of technology are immediate and irresistible. The costs may take years to appear and are spread more broadly across society. 3723
Mar 24 2011: Benefits of the internet: instant, free information. Costs: gutting the livelihoods of writers and artists—so lower quality information. 3724
Mar 24 2011: Thanks to technology, economic productivity is constantly improving, but that doesn't mean the quality of life on Earth is improving. 3725
Mar 24 2011: For the destructive power of good intentions, see Prohibition—how it gave us organized crime while failing to curb alcoholism. 3726
Mar 24 2011: Childhood gives us the framework by which we process the rest of life. We can't erase it, but we can adjust for its weaknesses. 3727
Mar 25 2011: RT @Kyoks1: La infancia nos da el encuadre en base al cual procesamos la vida. No podemos cambiarlo pero si compensar sus carencias via ... 3728
Mar 25 2011: The trouble with saving the world is you can't do it just once. The world's going to start expecting it! 3729
Mar 25 2011: RT @geenozor: Lmao I can't stop laughin RT @BadDalaiLama: technological chauvinism—n. the belief of each new generation ... http:/ ... 3730
Mar 25 2011: RT @TheBosha: Hey atheists, knock it down a notch. Nobody wants *you* knocking on their door with pamphlets, either. 3731
Mar 25 2011: "My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery." 3732
Mar 25 2011: Like bumbling spiders, we spin our own web then catch ourselves in it. 3733
Mar 25 2011: Pain should be avoided, generally speaking, except when necessary to achieve your goals or avoid even greater pain in the future. 3734
Mar 25 2011: Some pain may be necessary to get what you want, but pain itself guarantees nothing. 3735Mar 25 2011: Breaking front-page news in New Mexico! http://twitpic.com/4cz0qe/full←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3736
Mar 25 2011: The definition of "news" changes on a daily basis, expanding or contracting to fill the media space available. (See previous.) 3737
Mar 25 2011: People believe in whatever they have already invested in. The greater the investment, the greater the belief. 3738
Mar 25 2011: People tend to value their possessions and relationships according to how much they paid for then, not how much they're really worth. 3739
Mar 25 2011: .@o6uoq "argh do you believe all this stuff you write?" <== Yes. 3740Mar 25 2011: Albuquerque at dawn. http://twitpic.com/4d3bzj←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3741Mar 25 2011: Jungle Journey to the Blue Hole, Kauai—Part 1 http://youtu.be/FzhPRK36308 (5 days ago) - Our best video ever! Gnarly! (Part 2 coming soon!) ←Our original YouTube video [more] 3742
Mar 26 2011: (Preceding Jungle video is a fully edited 5-minute version, unlike the earlier 2-minute preview. In Full HD!) 3743
Mar 26 2011: You can't sit around waiting to be rescued. Ain't gonna happen. You got to do it yourself! 3744
Mar 26 2011: RT @pympdr: If you are wondering what happens when beauty meets the brain, follow @lolahayes. You can thank me later. 3745
Mar 26 2011: On My Bucket List: Own a television. (I understand they all come in Color now!) [See Full Bucket List] 3746
Mar 26 2011: ++++ Begin 1-hour essay: "Epidemiology" 3747Mar 26 2011: Epidemiology often leads to unpopular conclusions: that death is necessary and cures can be more destructive than the disease. ←Start tweet essay: Epidemiology 3748Mar 26 2011: The hidden factor in epidemiology is health care cost. Yes, we can keep people alive, but at what cost to the health of others? 3749Mar 26 2011: Reducing childhood mortality doesn't help society if it results in a population explosion. 3750Mar 26 2011: Trying to save the lives of individuals, at any cost, isn't necessarily healthy for society. 3751Mar 26 2011: One preemie baby, kept alive in an incubator, can absorb resources that might have served hundreds of older children. 3752Mar 26 2011: Once a new technology exists to keep people alive, it is politically unacceptable to not use it. 3753Mar 26 2011: The only control on the runaway growth of medical technology (and its cost) is insurance companies saying "No." 3754Mar 26 2011: As heartless as insurance companies may seem, they are much better at setting limits on health care than governments are. 3755Mar 26 2011: Everyone hates cancer, but few can accept that you can "over-screen" for it, incurring more long-term costs than benefits. 3756Mar 26 2011: Epidemiology is concerned with the health of whole populations, not individuals. Sadly, that health may depend on the weak dying. 3757Mar 26 2011: Health care is America's biggest industry—and getting bigger!—but that doesn't mean that society as a whole is getting healthier. 3758Mar 26 2011: The good of society is not just saving lives but preserving the quality of life for everyone. Sometimes those goals are incompatible. 3759Mar 26 2011: #### End. This has been a 1-hour essay by the Bad Dalai Lama: "Epidemiology" ←End tweet essay: Epidemiology 3760
Mar 26 2011: Self #ff: Follow @BadDalaiLama for his beauty *AND* his brains (just like @lolahayes) 3761
Mar 26 2011: ++++ Begin 1-hour essay: "Autodidactism" 3762Mar 26 2011: "We don't need no education"—but few would learn without it! Without the structure of the classroom, they'd just watch TV all day. ←Start tweet essay: Autodidactism 3763Mar 26 2011: Education is the most inefficient form of learning—but the only way to teach the unmotivated. 3764Mar 26 2011: Education replaces self-motivated learning with an artificial system of rewards and punishments. 3765Mar 26 2011: Those who would abolish education fail to grasp the inertia of the average human, who wouldn't learn to read if it wasn't forced on him. 3766Mar 26 2011: Humans are social creatures, doing things mainly for the approval of others, not for their own reward. 3767Mar 26 2011: The social focus of humans allows learning to be passed from one generation to the next but generally blocks self-learning. 3768Mar 26 2011: How can you learn if no one teaches you? You detect defects in your own skills and work to repair them. 3769Mar 26 2011: The first barrier to autodidactism is detecting your own weaknesses. Few are strong enough to acknowledge them. 3770Mar 26 2011: In school, the grade is clear and undeniable. When people grade themselves, they often get it wrong, swayed by their own ego. 3771Mar 26 2011: The challenge of autodidactism is deciding what to learn and not getting stuck in unproductive eddies. 3772Mar 26 2011: When people learn on their own, they do it efficiently, but they also tend to get stuck in repetitive, unproductive areas. 3773Mar 26 2011: Autodidactism ain't for wimps! It requires dispassionate assessment of ones own weaknesses and willingness to address them immediately. 3774Mar 26 2011: #### End. This has been a 1-hour essay by the Bad Dalai Lama: "Autodidactism" 3775Mar 26 2011: Anything that can be learned from classes can be learned on your own, but you also need real experience to test that learning. 3776Mar 26 2011: "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach." — Applies most strongly to creative fields. 3777Mar 26 2011: To be a writer, write! To learn photography, pick up a camera. If you are waiting to be taught, then you've already failed. 3778Mar 26 2011: Most people are poor autodidacts because they find any excuse to delay learning. A true self-learner does it now! 3779Mar 26 2011: Most will say they can't learn because they don't have the right equipment or opportunities. An autodidact will work with whatever he has. 3780Mar 26 2011: You don't need $1000s of equipment to learn photography. You need only the cheapest digital camera and the will to suck all you can from it. ←End tweet essay: Autodidactism 3781Mar 26 2011: See our new Kauai video http://youtu.be/FzhPRK36308 - Our own exercise in autodidactism! ←Our original YouTube video [more] 3782
Mar 26 2011: RT @geenozor: This is my Favorite! All I needed for the year!RT @BadDalaiLama: Most people are poor autodidacts because they find ... ht ... 3783
Mar 26 2011: RT @the_bat: #FF Follow @BadDalaiLama & you will learn everything you mostly need to know. But I know all the rest. (With apologies to M ... 3784
Mar 26 2011: Emotional balance is not just managing depression but controlling euphoria, which can be far more destructive in the long run. 3785
Mar 26 2011: All of us are manic-depressives. Our lives are controlled by poor decisions made in our mania—which we called "happiness" at the time. 3786
Mar 26 2011: Beauty is a function of impossibility. Once an object is obtained, it becomes ordinary and ceases to strike the eye. {restating @lolahayes} 3787
Mar 26 2011: Of course, the object of your affection is always beautiful—even if she's been featured on http://t.co/PVxsdkv! 3788
Mar 26 2011: @lolahayes Backupmytweets.com totally let me down! I use http://t.co/nRfcy77, but even then it's tricky. (Hint: reload many times) 3789
Mar 26 2011: Happiness should not be confused with euphoria, which is more like the chemical high of drugs. Happiness involves lasting satisfaction. 3790
Mar 26 2011: @laurenahayes Another attempted lolacide! Doesn't brand matter? Maybe Facebook should change back to TheFaceBook!!! Think this through! 3791
Mar 26 2011: Sometimes you're not the best person to judge your own assets. You need to listen to people who can see you from a distance. 3792Mar 26 2011: For $1000, you can invest in this impressive swing set, which your kids will use approximately five times. http://twitpic.com/4dlz2s←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3793
Mar 26 2011: RT @kellybutler12: News flash! Humans ruled by emotions. http://t.co/c1mtuNM via @flowchainsensei 3794
Mar 26 2011: It is the nature of the young to have absolute certainty about everything they do. No data or advice needed! 3795
Mar 26 2011: @laurenahayes In our sample size of 4, we have 3 for, one against. Only 1953 votes left! (Of course, reasons matter, too!) 3796
Mar 26 2011: @laurenahayes Of course, this isn't a democracy. You're just soliciting feedback. What really matters is who you want to be. 3797
Mar 26 2011: @laurenahayes To me, the question is whether you want to convey warmth or efficiency. If efficiency is what you want, then @laurenahayes! 3798
Mar 26 2011: @laurenahayes is exactly who she claims to be, nothing more nothing less. Lola is more crafty and not always who she seems to be. 3799
Mar 26 2011: @laurenahayes What would twitter look like if everyone was @firstname-middleinitial-lastname? No more @badbanana. No more creativity!? 3800
Mar 26 2011: @laurenahayes Amazon could have named itself "Internet Booksellers Inc", buy it chose an ambiguous name it could fill with its own meaning. 3801
Mar 26 2011: @laurenahayes Google would be just as creative if it renamed itself "Internet Search Systems". A rose is a rose. What would be the loss? 3802
Mar 26 2011: @laurenahayes BTW: Google and Amazon are silly names. Speaks poorly about their professionalism, don't you think? 3803
Mar 26 2011: Raising venture capital doesn't prove you have a good idea. It only proves you're skilled at raising venture capital. 3804
Mar 26 2011: If I ever have a child, I'm going to name him Firstname Middleinitial Lastname, just to make his life interesting. 3805
Mar 26 2011: Just because you have the right to do something and are asserting that right doesn't guarantee its wisdom. 3806
Mar 26 2011: @AddamBONGG "you mean as in .. the law is biased .. as in mass persecution" <== As in: "I have the right to hit my head against this wall." 3807
Mar 26 2011: "The false view of human nature is that we are rational individuals who respond in straightforward ways to incentives." http://cot.ag/eHAulE 3808
Mar 27 2011: Catastrophe is how people learn. Unlike lessons learned at school, this one won't be forgotten! 3809
Mar 27 2011: RT @ebertchicago: World ends at 6 p.m. May 21, PDT. If you didn't follow me you might have missed this news. http://ind.pn/gZUDIw 3810
Mar 27 2011: Don't expect useful advice on creativity from someone who doesn't display any in their own life. 3811
Mar 27 2011: When you're in class, bored silly, and you realize, "Hey, I could have learned this faster on my own!" then the job of education is over. 3812
Mar 27 2011: Creativity isn't what you do with paints or clay but what you do with opportunities and details of your own life. 3813
Mar 27 2011: RT @65mph_: @BadDalaiLama But plants can move. They grow towards the sun and shift leaves accordingly. Much more adaptable than some pe ... 3814
Mar 27 2011: Self-motivated learning, tested by real life, usually does a better job than any education program. 3815
Mar 27 2011: On My Bucket List: Date a Kardashian. (I assume you do that by cutting it open and counting the rings.) [See Full Bucket List] 3816
Mar 27 2011: Terabytes are so megabyte nowadays. Man, I remember the kilobyte days, when storing 0 and 1 used to mean something! 3817Mar 27 2011: For the hairless, turtlenecks are now "in". http://twitpic.com/4e0tld←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3818
Mar 27 2011: Famous baldies: Kojak, Curlie, Lex Luthor, Dr. Evil, Mussolini, Bruce Willis, Britney Spears, Jean-Luc Picard, Mr. Clean—An auspicious crew! 3819
Mar 27 2011: @KristenMissUSA@laurenahayes "lola!! What you doin woman?" <== Kristen, thank God you're here! She's trying to commit lolacide again! 3820
Mar 27 2011: Orson Welles and Francis Ford Coppola—once-legendary filmmakers who spent their final days hawking wine. 3821
Mar 27 2011: Even The Illusion Of Progress Is Motivating: the goal-gradient effect http://bit.ly/e44JP1 via @quippdPsych@ncrossland 3822
Mar 27 2011: monetize—v. figuring out how to support free websites by selling people things they don't need in the margins. 3823
Mar 27 2011: Many talk about creativity, but when the opportunity for it arises in real life, most will fall back on convention. 3824Mar 27 2011: Video Postcard: Rice fields near Sacramento, seen from the air. http://youtu.be/QVs7iHD6Mcg 30-second iPhone video. Landing at SMF. ←Our original YouTube video [more] 3825
Mar 27 2011: The tribe has spoken. You've been voted off the island! #besttvmetaphors 3826
Mar 27 2011: 9 out of 10 friends prefer the old you, before you got ambitious and left them behind. 3827
Mar 27 2011: If you want useful feedback on your own work, don't go to people you know will agree with you. 3828
Mar 27 2011: A "loaded" survey question is one that is worded in such a way as to encourage the answer the survey's sponsor is seeking. 3829
Mar 27 2011: Humans are motivated by (1) protection of the ego and (2) pleasing or impressing others. Reason is only a distant third. 3830
Mar 27 2011: The chief function of anger is to act as a censor, to prevent news damaging to our ego from reaching our ears. 3831
Mar 27 2011: The best test of the soundness of ones position—apart from time—is to actively seek out the worst criticism the world can give. 3832
Mar 27 2011: There can be no absolute certainty. The most you can expect is a tentative choice among the imperfect options currently available. 3833
Mar 27 2011: The difference between animals and plants is animals can move and adapt to change. In the case of married people, it's a fine distinction. 3834
Mar 27 2011: The undiluted self-confidence of youth should be bottled and marketed in a late-night TV infomercial. Ought to be good for something! 3835
Mar 27 2011: Real Andy Griffith self-confidence should not be confused with Barney Fife pseudo self-confidence. 3836
Mar 27 2011: The death spiral begins when you think you've found happiness and decide to nail it down with a contract. 3837Mar 27 2011: The internet revolution is supported mainly by the trashy, exploitative ads in the margins of websites. Brave New World or same old one? ←Start tweet essay: The Limits of Technology 3838Mar 28 2011: Since the beginning of time, young people have fallen for the current New Thing, thinking it's the revolution that will change the world. 3839Mar 28 2011: Everyone wants to "change the world." Well, that doesn't mean that you've improved the world. 3840Mar 28 2011: A bold thesis: Technology does little to improve the world. It merely rearranges the Have's and Have-Not's. 3841Mar 28 2011: Technology may solve old problems, but it inevitably creates new ones in their place. 3842Mar 28 2011: Technology can't solve civil wars or poverty or overpopulation or drug abuse or child abuse or most of the other problems of man. 3843Mar 28 2011: For every person liberated by technology, another is enslaved by it. 3844Mar 28 2011: Technology can help start civil wars, can contribute to the decline of the "old order", but new tyrannies rise up to replace it. 3845Mar 28 2011: What makes societies strong and stable is social structure, not technology. 3846Mar 28 2011: Technology is a big, fat distraction to addressing the world's problems. 3847Mar 28 2011: You're a fool if you think the solution to world hunger is simply to produce more food. Technology can help with that, yet change nothing. 3848Mar 28 2011: Technology promotes arms races among competing parties. One gets a new thing, so the opponent gets it, with no net change in the status quo. 3849Mar 28 2011: Technology keeps itself in business through continuous obsolescence of old technology. 3850Mar 28 2011: As more resources are absorbed by technology, is quality of life improving? Or is technology just a parasite draining our resources? 3851Mar 28 2011: #### End. This has been a live 1-hour essay by the Bad Dalai Lama: "Technology" 3852Mar 28 2011: RT @trevlutz: @BadDalaiLama So says the man who utilizes tech everyday to better himself and to globally disseminate his gained insight. 3853Mar 28 2011: .@trevlutz Technology certainly benefits me personally, but as I look around, I don't see it benefiting society. 3854Mar 28 2011: For every benefit you can cite for technology, I can point out a corresponding loss for society. 3855Mar 28 2011: @exurban "writing" <== LOL! Good one! I'll have to think about that! 3856Mar 28 2011: Everything will change when Zefram Cochrane invents the warp drive in 2063. Can't put the genie back in that bottle! 3857Mar 28 2011: Technology made us who we are (Where would we be without writing, fire or agriculture?) but that doesn't mean we're better with more of it. 3858Mar 28 2011: @trevlutz "Would you have people stop being inventive?" <== I have no control over this, but being inventive in itself is no panacea. 3859Mar 28 2011: Social problems cannot be solved by technological innovation. ←End tweet essay: The Limits of Technology 3860Mar 28 2011: RT @KilroyCafe: Sarah Palin. From where I sit. http://twitpic.com/430hmi←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3861
Mar 28 2011: There is no more effective censor than the individual, blocking the input that would challenge his own investments. 3862
Mar 28 2011: "Nurturing dissent" is the practice of making it easy for people to disagree with you, so you'll have accurate feedback when you need it. 3863
Mar 28 2011: RT @Erekosse: @BadDalaiLama I think your essay on technology has some true facts. Sometimes feel like technology dehumanize us or dumb us. 3864
Mar 28 2011: "The emperor has no clothes!" cried the boy, at which point the secret police took him away and he was never heard from again. 3865
Mar 28 2011: The chief effect of data overload is people become passive. They consume media in huge quantities, but they never actually DO anything. 3866
Mar 28 2011: There's a difference between red strawberries and good tasting ones, but they look the same and consumers don't care, so we get red. 3867
Mar 28 2011: You gotta give bats credit: They fly like birds, hang in caves and totally freak out the rest of the mammals. 3868
Mar 28 2011: Perfection exists only in the eyes of those who are doomed to fail. 3869
Mar 28 2011: When someone insists on a clean knife for slitting their wrists, you understand why they're suicidal. No perspective. 3870
Mar 28 2011: A first step toward finding your voice on Twitter is *NOT* tweeting about the current news of the day. 3871
Mar 28 2011: What kind of carbonated, artificially flavored high-fructose corn syrup would you like with that? 3872
Mar 28 2011: When you talk with a suicidal person about their problems, every attempt at reason is headed off. Soon, you'll want to kill them first! 3873
Mar 28 2011: She wanted to kill herself, to bleed slowly to death from the wrists, but she couldn't find a clean knife. 3874
Mar 28 2011: On the internet, "content generators" who produce new ideas should not be confused with "content recyclers" who merely repeat them. 3875
Mar 29 2011: What would the world be like if everyone sang other people's songs and no one ever wrote any? 3876
Mar 29 2011: Content recyclers get all the glory of content producers without the work, so why should anyone produce new content? 3877
Mar 29 2011: It's great that you're retweeting the best work of others. That's a useful service! But what are you really contributing to the world? 3878
Mar 29 2011: RT @the_bat: @BadDalaiLama Ah, yes. We asked ourselves that same question back in the Pleistocene as we relayed drummed msgs from one gl ... 3879
Mar 29 2011: I remember the old days when you went to a public restroom and they had faucets you turned and toilets you flushed—and they WORKED! 3880
Mar 29 2011: In New Hampshire, the state sells both liquor and lottery tickets. If they only sold cigarettes, they'd have a perfect trifecta of sin! 3881
Mar 29 2011: Parents are taking on the role of God, and frankly most just aren't up to the task. 3882
Mar 29 2011: RT @trevlutz: @BadDalaiLama Thats nothing. My grandma remembers the old days of segregated outhouses. 3883
Mar 29 2011: RT @Kyoks1: @BadDalaiLama have you been to a japanese public restroom? Not only they work + are spotless clean but have an interesting e ... 3884
Mar 29 2011: The world is filled with idiot savants—smart in some ways, but dumb in the things that matter. 3885Mar 29 2011: Kane is able! http://twitpic.com/4eotgq←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3886
Mar 29 2011: It's not that the person you loved has changed but that you've seen through your own delusions to who they were all along. 3887
Mar 29 2011: When kids find a movie or video they like, they play it over and over, ad nauseum. There must be some insight there about learning. 3888
Mar 29 2011: Repetition isn't always wasted effort. When you repeat the same experience, you can learn new things from it—but only up to a point. 3889
Mar 29 2011: With age can come balanced judgment that transfers to any field. We can blow young people out of the water if we choose to! 3890Mar 29 2011: Hartford. http://twitpic.com/4eq4dn←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3891
Mar 29 2011: The wisdom of the old is matched by their inertia—their addiction to repetition—so they may never have a chance to exercise that wisdom. 3892
Mar 29 2011: The Bad Dalai Lama is ISO 9001 compliant. Quality everywhere along the supply chain—from our brain to our iPhone to you! 3893
Mar 29 2011: Young people are obsessed with the new, because that's the only thing they have to outwit their elders with. 3894
Mar 29 2011: High tea with @TheBosha in the Scrantoplex! 3895
Mar 29 2011: Homeless Tip: RVs are a burden. You'll go a lot farther for less by traveling light and using airlines, rental cars and cheap lodging. 3896
Mar 29 2011: pathological stuff addiction (PSA) — dysfunctional attachment to ones possessions, to the point of crippling ones life. 3897
Mar 29 2011: Atheists: chill out! If people need to believe, then they will. There's nothing you can say to change them. 3898Mar 29 2011: His Holiness travels from Walmart to Walmart, bringing a message of peace. This one: Portland, Maine (right now!) http://twitpic.com/4eh7jy←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3899Mar 29 2011: You're supposed to give your kids this video game to counteract the effects of other video games. Good luck! http://twitpic.com/4ehd6m←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3900
Mar 29 2011: The Seduction of First Impressions—thinking you have things all worked out, then finding yourself trapped in an alternate reality. 3901
Mar 29 2011: Tragic delusion: New Yorkers vacation in Maine, find it quaint and charming. Move here, discover an alternate reality. 3902
Mar 29 2011: As a rule, Paradise turns into Hell as soon as you move there. 3903
Mar 29 2011: On My Bucket List: Become a celebrity chef, because there's nothing more important in life than food... and my ego! [See Full Bucket List] 3904
Mar 29 2011: People are driven by what they THINK will make them happy. Doesn't always work out that way, especially for decisions made in the moment. 3905
Mar 29 2011: Compare Walmart's price for bread in Portland, Maine, to Big Save in Lihue, Kauai. http://t.co/CsO1Gyj 3906Mar 29 2011: Compare Walmart's price for bread in Portland, Maine, to Big Save in Lihue, Kauai. http://twitpic.com/4elw1v←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3907
Mar 29 2011: technodining — n. the consumption of standardized meals at chain restaurants. 3908
Mar 30 2011: Once you're dead, no one can get to know you. They may worship your image, but they won't see you for who you really were. 3909
Mar 30 2011: On My Bucket List: Become a country music mega-star has-been, playing casinos across the country to pay off my IRS debt. [See Full Bucket List] 3910
Mar 30 2011: Researchers make a lot of this shit up, researchers find. 3911
Mar 30 2011: Misplacing your iPhone makes you recognize the fragility of life and how death stalks us all. 3912
Mar 30 2011: Agnostics are to atheists what quiet Christians are to born-again, Bible-thumping evangelicals. 3913
Mar 30 2011: The combat strategies of youth are no compromises, no apologies, no retreat and absolute faith in destiny. Also a very high casualty rate. 3914
Mar 30 2011: The popular idea of success is to be trapped in a velvet prison rather than a concrete one. 3915
Mar 30 2011: Megamind has the perfect archetypal story form: the flawed hero overcoming his own weakness. Could watch it again and again! 3916Mar 30 2011: There will always be a buffer zone between rules and enforcement. http://twitpic.com/4ewaur←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3917
Mar 30 2011: Now playing in my head: Black Velvet by Alannah Myles 3918
Mar 30 2011: My Monty Python spirit animal is the larch. 3919
Mar 30 2011: Now playing in my head: Rocky Raccoon by the Beatles. 3920
Mar 30 2011: Bad Dalai Lama—your troll under the bridge on the road to perfection. 3921
Mar 30 2011: Nothing is so artful and absurd as the clever reasoning by which we deceive ourselves. 3922
Mar 30 2011: The problems of too much money. Time: http://ow.ly/1shAt9 3923
Mar 30 2011: RT @LosAngelesTaste: Alien Invasion Movies Take Note: Apparently The Aliens Should Win http://sns.ly/ebcNy2 3924
Mar 30 2011: If invading aliens had any brains, they'd disable our electronics first. Then everyone would be like "Huh? What happened? What do we do?" 3925
Mar 30 2011: There's a reason for everything, and when there isn't there's serendipity. 3926
Mar 30 2011: RT @MailOnline: Catacomb of secret tunnels packed with mummified remains of EIGHT MILLION dogs is excavated… http://goo.gl/fb/KnqOB 3927
Mar 30 2011: Funniest airport name: Wilkes Barre-Scranton International Airport. So what foreign cities can you fly to from Scranton? 3928Mar 30 2011: The sunk cost fallacy: "I've already invested so much that I can't turn back now!" ←Start tweet essay: The Sunk Cost Fallacy 3929Mar 30 2011: Which is more valuable: a blender you paid full retail price for or an identical one bought for $2 at a garage sale? People value the first! 3930Mar 30 2011: The sunk cost fallacy means that people cling to things according to the price they paid for then, not their current market value. 3931Mar 30 2011: RT @noahWG: @BadDalaiLama That's also why so many stay in empty relationships... 3932Mar 30 2011: The sunk cost fallacy applies to relationships. People value them according to "all that we've been through" rather than how they work. 3933Mar 30 2011: Pop psychology focuses on pursuing your dreams and never giving up. Little attention is paid to quitting and cutting your losses. 3934Mar 30 2011: Many a business owner has been sucked into the sunk cost fallacy. You make sacrifice after sacrifice because you can't bear to give up. 3935Mar 30 2011: The sunk cost fallacy is not just a quirk of human behavior but one of its main forces. We all tend to stick with our investments. 3936Mar 30 2011: Children are less effected by the sunk cost fallacy because they live for the moment and have invested little in their past decisions. 3937Mar 30 2011: Once people grow up, they start making emotional investments, and then have to defend those investments to avoid painful regret. 3938Mar 30 2011: Regret is possibly the most painful human emotion, and people will do anything to avoid it. 3939Mar 30 2011: "I could have been somebody. I could have been a contender." 3940Mar 30 2011: "I married the most wonderful man in the world!"—of course! You invested everything in him, so you have to believe he's the best. 3941Mar 30 2011: Regret is so powerful because it's your own life you are questioning—the most valuable asset you have! 3942Mar 30 2011: It is emotionally unacceptable to think your life has been wasted, so you rearrange the evidence to make it not so. 3943Mar 30 2011: People cling to their possessions according to the perceived price paid, monetarily and emotionally, neglecting the object's utility. 3944Mar 30 2011: Most adults, over time, become crippled by a web of nonnegotiable possessions and obligations engendered by the sunk cost fallacy. 3945Mar 30 2011: The most common escape from the sunk cost fallacy is catastrophe. The business fails or marriage collapses, and control is taken from you. 3946Mar 30 2011: The final solution to the sunk cost fallacy is death. Your obligations vanish; your heirs sell your stuff, and everybody moves on. 3947Mar 30 2011: #### End. This has been a live 1-hour essay by HHBDL: "The Sunk Cost Fallacy" — We now resume our originally scheduled programming. ←End tweet essay: The Sunk Cost Fallacy 3948
Mar 30 2011: lamacide — n. the act of unfollowing @BadDalaiLama or @DalaiLama. It's a free-will choice, but you're only hurting yourself. 3949
Mar 30 2011: The only way to beat the system is to know the system. 3950
Mar 30 2011: RT @rossmerriam: @BadDalaiLama Regret is the long-term payoff for not facing your short-term fears. 3951
Mar 30 2011: Burned bridges make the best toasted marshmallows. 3952
Mar 30 2011: Customer Service Is Our Number One Priority! (unless you're just here to bitch) 3953
Mar 30 2011: The creative life is a process of continuous refinement and revision. 3954
Mar 30 2011: It's pretty remarkable, at the age of graduation, to have already achieved perfection, so you don't need advice from anyone. 3955
Mar 30 2011: The essence of stupidity is over-preparing for risks that are highly unlikely while ignoring the ones that are right in front of you. 3956
Mar 31 2011: If the motivational systems are in place then the problem solves itself. 3957Mar 31 2011: Still relishing our new hairless look. It's so... sinister! This will be our new avi soon! http://twitpic.com/4f54a7←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3958
Mar 31 2011: If the gas gauge says "E" and you don't fuel up, the car will stop. You don't know exactly where and when, only that it will happen. 3959
Mar 31 2011: "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" is a parable of reputation and track record. 3960
Mar 31 2011: STILL playing in my head: Rocky Raccoon by the Beatles. How do you shut this thing off?! 3961
Mar 31 2011: The pleasant narcissists are the little old ladies who talk incessantly about their grandchildren, regardless of whether it is relevant. 3962
Mar 31 2011: "If you wish to be a writer, write." —Epictetus via @philoquotes 3963
Mar 31 2011: RT @garamiredux: Love will give you freedom... Bunch of lies. Love is absolute slavery. 3964
Mar 31 2011: RT @TheBosha: Perhaps a TED Talk on proper meth cooking technique would cut down on the explosions in rural America. 3965
Mar 31 2011: RT @kellyoxford: Jealousy is something you're good at when you think you suck at everything. 3966
Mar 31 2011: Life in prison for rape? Sounds good, except aren't you just encouraging the offender to kill his witness? 3967
Mar 31 2011: RT @Social_Satan: Have you ever noticed how nothing is impossible for those who don't have to do it? 3968
Mar 31 2011: RT @McBuddah: Shit...my inner dialogue escaped!!! 3969
Mar 31 2011: RT @Krystelisms: Fuck style fuck fashion fuck designers fuck name brands fuck logos 3970
Mar 31 2011: RT @sciencedaily: Hands-free electronic water faucets found to be hindrance in infection control; Manual faucets work better, stud... ht ... 3971
Mar 31 2011: The greatest mass murderer in history? Sir Walter Raleigh. Beats Hitler by a long shot! He still kills over five million EACH YEAR. 3972
Mar 31 2011: What makes smoking deaths different from genocide? Something to do with free will. Also, genocide kills 'em a lot faster. 3973
Mar 31 2011: Death is always ironic. 3974
Mar 31 2011: Who was the greatest CHICKEN mass-murderer in history—Frank Purdue, Colonel Sanders or Mike Tyson? Justify your answer. {tweeting from KFC} 3975
Mar 31 2011: Just made a few updates to our Welcome Page (starting with the avi photo): http://BadDalaiLama.com 3976
Mar 31 2011: Fact: Your Hawaiian citizenship is revoked if you fail to renew your Costco membership. 3977
Mar 31 2011: Casablanca dreaming... on such a winter's day! rail: http://j.mp/gGsw5M lodging: http://j.mp/f3Bv4B air: http://j.mp/fz4rhR 3978Mar 31 2011: By all accounts, Casablanca sucks, but the name is magical. http://twitpic.com/4ff11i←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 3979
Mar 31 2011: RT @bornslippy69: "@BadDalaiLama: Fact: Your Hawaiian citizenship is revoked if you fail to renew your Costco membership." yes you must. ... 3980
Mar 31 2011: .@Jowtok "Gotta give it some credit for sticking around for so long" <== Actually, I meant the CITY of Casablanca sucks. 3981
Mar 31 2011: Casablanca is Morocco's largest city and an urban "meh!" Only reason to go is the movie, which of course wasn't filmed there. 3982
Mar 31 2011: RT @garamiredux: @BadDalaiLama@NihilDeNada@MrFornicator@madshrinkage@GeneralGrevious@_moonface@FIashy The League of Extraordinary ...
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