Tweets on a single topic ("Visiting Jerusalem and Bethlehem on Christmas") published within a short period.
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Dec 22 2010: I'm in Jerusalem for Christmas, hoping to produce a few new videos for you. In the meantime, photos from my last visit: http://j.mp/ePqnpw [view in context] 1329
Dec 22 2010: My hostel in Jerusalem: http://j.mp/giqAW6 - 75 Shekels a night! (Oy, vey—can you imagine such a thing!?) Location: http://j.mp/h0jMuV 1330
Dec 22 2010: "Hot" stocks (P:E > 25) are more like a game of Hot Potato. Everyone makes money except the sucker holding the potato when the stock tanks. 1331
Dec 23 2010: Today's hot new technology is tomorrow's hopeless dinosaur. 1332
Dec 23 2010: Every fast-growing company will eventually be crippled by its bigness and stop growing, to be outwitted by the next new thing. #facebook 1333
Dec 23 2010: People do their best work without a safety net. 1334
Dec 23 2010: There's not much money is supplying people's needs. Serving their addictions is far more lucrative! 1335
Dec 23 2010: "Merely getting into Harvard is as good an indicator of future success as actually going." http://bit.ly/ijKNOI via @laurenahayes 1336Dec 23 2010: In front of my hostel in Davidka Square, Jerusalem. More at http://j.mp/3Rrs7g - Going exploring now! http://twitpic.com/3inykm←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 1337
Dec 23 2010: On My Bucket List: Start and maintain a stamp collection, because that's much more interesting than visiting actual countries. [See Full Bucket List] 1338Dec 23 2010: Awesome shot from the Muslim Quarter of Old Jerusalem! Now adding more to FB album: http://j.mp/2uwh9ghttp://twitpic.com/3iqp6w←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 1339
Dec 23 2010: Just say "No" to tattoos! They (a) deteriorate with time and (b) commit you to a message you might not always agree with. 1340Dec 23 2010: Video #18: Jerusalem, Israel: Crossing the Old City. http://youtu.be/8Fzh5iNH65s - Intro tour from Damascus Gate to the Western Wall. Today! ←Our original YouTube video [more] 1341
Dec 23 2010: There's a certain freedom in not speaking a word of the local language. You can claim ignorance of local politics. 1342
Dec 23 2010: Today's best photos from Old Jerusalem! http://j.mp/fW8YAwhttp://j.mp/fsOejdhttp://j.mp/goxIk0http://j.mp/e5O1fChttp://j.mp/fn4Ahl 1343
Dec 24 2010: Monetary wealth should not be measured by income but by remaining freedom after commitments. 1344
Dec 24 2010: RT @NewMindMirror: A reversal on carbs: Are sugar and refined grains greater health risks than fat? - LA Times http://su.pr/2H5eIz #diet 1345
Dec 24 2010: The most common and disastrous mistake of life is to assume the trend of the moment is a permanent state of affairs. 1346
Dec 24 2010: Relationships are damaging when they disrupt the individual's direct negotiation with outside reality. 1347
Dec 24 2010: If I claimed to be a Christian, the first thing I'd do is come here—the Holy Land—to find out exactly what I'm buying into. 1348
Dec 24 2010: The two-parent family may still be the norm, but consistent parenting between them is rare. Sometimes, one is better! 1349
Dec 24 2010: There's not much money in supplying people's needs. Serving their addictions is far more lucrative! 1350
Dec 24 2010: Anyone can fly through the air like Superman! (But you can only go in one direction, and landing is a bitch.) 1351
Dec 24 2010: RT @JousinPalafox: @DalaiLama I apreciate your advice about happiness but you should follow @BadDalaiLama, because believe it or not he ... 1352Dec 24 2010: BETHLEHEM, PALESTINE — My favorite photo from today. More coming soon! (Christmas Eve in Bethlehem!) http://twitpic.com/3j4ruu←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 1353Dec 24 2010: JERUSALEM — Sabbath enforcer appears at the door of my hostel to make sure we are not doing business (just now!) http://twitpic.com/3j5dzd←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 1354
Dec 24 2010: In deference to the Christian holiday, HHBDL is suspending his usual words of wisdom to report LIVE from JERUSALEM and BETHLEHEM! 1355Dec 24 2010: BETHLEHEM — Bagpipes on Christmas Eve! TODAY!! Not the procession you'd expect at Jesus' birthplace. http://youtu.be/ABqn3W5NKrU (Video #19) ←Our original YouTube video [more] 1356Dec 24 2010: BETHLEHEM — There are multiple story lines in this photo. http://twitpic.com/3j7c9a←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 1357
Dec 24 2010: RT @wistfuleden: @BadDalaiLama You've got 779 followers and no one is commenting on your wonderful photos from the Holy Land on Christmas? 1358Dec 24 2010: RT @wistfuleden: @BadDalaiLamahttp://twitpic.com/3j4ruu - Beautiful shot. ←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 1359Dec 24 2010: BETHLEHEM — OMG! Nailed another one! http://twitpic.com/3j7xbm←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 1360
Dec 24 2010: BETHLEHEM — First album from the Scouts Parade. Some of my best photos yet! Shot today (Christmas Eve) in Palestine. http://j.mp/gOXeMz 1361Dec 24 2010: BETHLEHEM — Touring the Church of the Nativity, alleged site of Jesus' birth, on Christmas Eve! http://youtu.be/iQinzwUZ1xM (Video #20) ←Our original YouTube video [more] 1362Dec 25 2010: BETHLEHEM — Wrapping up my Christmas Eve experience in Bethlehem. From outside a Santa shop on the edge of town. http://youtu.be/RJqbvMZAcCA←Our original YouTube video [more] 1363
Dec 25 2010: JERUSALEM — Archive photos from the Western Wall http://j.mp/g0zIAT & an Israeli Army graduation ceremony there http://j.mp/ihmJjG (Oct 09) 1364
Dec 25 2010: I walk the streets of Jerusalem with complete equanimity toward Jews, Christians and Muslims. They're all Loony Tunes! 1365
Dec 25 2010: It is useful to believe in fate in retrospect ("Everything happens for a reason") but not in the future ("I am powerless to change it"). 1366
Dec 25 2010: @laurenahayes "Excessive consumerism makes me nauseous; we already have everything we need" <== It all depends on how you define "excessive" 1367
Dec 25 2010: Christmas morning in Jerusalem! Weird dreams last night. Men in funny hats are chasing me for not keeping Shabbat. Also Area 51 security. 1368Dec 25 2010: BETHLEHEM — Santas in Palestine tend to run on the scrawny side. http://twitpic.com/3jelt3 - More Bethlehem photos: http://j.mp/gOXeMz←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 1369
Dec 25 2010: BETHLEHEM — Moi-même in Manger Square last night (Christmas Eve). Photo: http://j.mp/eJkftv 1370
Dec 25 2010: I'm in Jerusalem, right? It is supposed to be controlled by the Jews. SO WHY CAN'T THEY STOP THE DAMN CHRISTMAS MUSIC?!?! 1371Dec 25 2010: BETHLEHEM — The PLO wishes you a Very Merry Christmas! http://twitpic.com/3jewn1 - More at http://j.mp/gOXeMz←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 1372
Dec 25 2010: Shabbat in the Jewish areas of Jerusalem means being able to walk down the middle of a city street that's normally packed with traffic. 1373
Dec 25 2010: Just returned to my Jerusalem hostel after a second visit to Bethlehem for Christmas. Videos and photos coming! 1374Dec 25 2010: Video: Panoramic view of Old Jerusalem from the top of the Damascus Gate on Christmas morning. http://youtu.be/kCKkKdyiMxQ (Video #22) ←Our original YouTube video [more] 1375
Dec 25 2010: JERUSALEM — Bible, Talmud or Koran? This pilgrim to the Old City brought his own sacred text. Photo: http://j.mp/eAVD3k (Christmas Morning) 1376
Dec 25 2010: JERUSALEM — A miraculous appearance of the Virgin Mary on a bus from Jerusalem to Bethlehem. http://j.mp/gyGKpm 1377
Dec 25 2010: JERUSALEM — Christmas party at the Abraham Hostel, happening RIGHT NOW! Come on down! FB Album: http://j.mp/ffpfVw 1378Dec 25 2010: BETHLEHEM — Report from the Palestinian side of the West Bank barrier (like the Berlin Wall). Almost journalism! http://youtu.be/zbfxbOmGOyY←Our original YouTube video [more] 1379
Dec 25 2010: JERUSALEM — Moi-même on the Damascus Gate, Christmas Morning. Photo: http://j.mp/dMAAZr 1380
Dec 26 2010: @PoulsNocturne "We can now see his holiness ;)" <== That's only the CHANNELER of His Holiness (who has no corporeal form). 1381
Dec 26 2010: If you don't want a flabby immune system, do you? Give it some exercise. Revel in dirt! 1382
Dec 26 2010: The difference between studying history and living it is that when you live it you don't know how it will turn out. 1383
Dec 26 2010: There are no greater barriers to personal growth than money and social success. Why would you leave that comfortable bubble? 1384
Dec 26 2010: TEL AVIV — Leaving Israel in a few hours. Conclusion: This has to be the weirdest patchwork country on Earth—like a rhinogiraffalope! 1385
Dec 26 2010: Charity must never seem like charity. For the gift to be effective, the recipient must work for it. 1386
Dec 26 2010: .@rejecter "So, BDL supports Israeli apartheid policies by supporting the Israeli economy" <== Hardly! 600 Shekels total over 4.5 days! 1387
Dec 26 2010: Passing through the Israeli checkpoint from Bethlehem back to Jerusalem (essentially a "Checkpoint Charlie"). http://yfrog.com/gziwxzj 1388
Dec 26 2010: Strange but true: The Israeli partition wall has encouraged more Palestinian workers to live in Israel, diluting some Jewish neighborhoods. 1389
Dec 26 2010: Isreali security consists primarily of teenagers with big guns, more concerned with their social lives than terrorism. http://j.mp/ihmJjG 1390
Dec 26 2010: .@rejecter "Israel doesn't need a PR department now that they have the Bad Dalai Lama." <== Also equal PR for Bethlehem, Palestine. 1391Dec 26 2010: BETHLEHEM — Christmas message from the birthplace of Christ: TURN OFF THE DAMN INTERNET AND DO SOMETHING! http://youtu.be/hA2RNf3QIMA (#24) ←Our original YouTube video [more] 1392
Dec 26 2010: It is not the place of His Holiness to right the wrongs of the Middle East or to take sides, merely to understand and find irony! 1393
Dec 26 2010: Competence is rarely recognized in organizations because it threatens the incompetent, who will do their best to stamp it out. 1394
Dec 27 2010: The funnest part of "Celebrity Douchebag Rehab" would be watching the douchebags admit they are douchebags. 1395
Dec 27 2010: I'm sure this is a respectable dental practice, but it just can't shake the Mengele connection. Photo: http://j.mp/hgWlgD (Bethlehem) 1396
Dec 27 2010: Education is the passive form of learning. Curiosity is the active form. 1397
Dec 27 2010: Let us have a moment of silence for the many who gave their lives for our entertainment. 1398
Dec 27 2010: There is nothing sadder than a suburban life dedicated to recycling. 1399
Dec 27 2010: UFO evidence that seems clear at the beginning turns muddy upon closer examination. Damn humans keep getting in the way! 1400
Dec 27 2010: chronological chauvinism — the belief that ones own generation is inherently more enlightened than any previous one. 1401
Dec 27 2010: 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! 1402
Dec 27 2010: Strange but true: Israelis can't visit the West Bank, but the Shekel is the local currency, and nearly all store products are Israeli. 1403
Dec 27 2010: Golf, skiing, tennis, sailing — sports invented to help rich people spend their money. 1404Dec 27 2010: Video #25: Exploring an abandoned building in Jerusalem (on Christmas). http://youtu.be/KajWJPiR6MM←Our original YouTube video [more] 1405
Dec 28 2010: People are willing to endure great inconvenience for the appearance of luxury. 1406
Dec 28 2010: Whatever consciousness may be, you can't keep dividing it and get the same quality from it. 1407
Dec 28 2010: Life is a negotiation with reality. You arrive on this strange planet with its own rules and start bargaining to fulfill your needs. 1408Dec 28 2010: MACEDONIA, OHIO — Wandering Walmart at 4am in search of food. Alas, they only have "processed food product". http://twitpic.com/3kh548←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 1409
Dec 28 2010: Flooding the internet with free porn is like legalizing drugs. It's still not healthy but it cuts out the criminal middle man. 1410
Dec 28 2010: The internet has democratized porn, making it accessible to children but also diluting its destructive power. Now kids say, "So what?" 1411
Dec 28 2010: @GisforGangstaa "What do you expect at 4am? Let alone Walmart?" <== The source of nearly all my supplies, except food. 4am = jetlagged. 1412
Dec 28 2010: It's tragic how no one is making any money in porn anymore. Actors, producers, marketers out of work! Another casualty of the internet! 1413
Dec 28 2010: Not a scam, but a placebo. The iRenew™ bracelet for only $20. MAY enhance strength. WILL make a profit. Photo: http://j.mp/eG97pC 1414
Dec 28 2010: Free speech includes "puffery"—the right to make any inflated claim or implied promise as long as it is not technically a lie. #iRenew 1415
Dec 28 2010: As deceptive as advertising may be, it would be even more offensive for the government to police claims that are merely implied, not stated. 1416
Dec 28 2010: "Gonna Do's" aren't worth anything if there aren't any "Already Done's" to back them up. 1417
Dec 28 2010: The greatest luxury of all is time, and no marketed luxury product can give you that. Mostly, they just steal your time. 1418
Dec 28 2010: A future dream itinerary: Tel Aviv to Cairo by bus for less than $100. Map: http://j.mp/exBadn 1419Dec 28 2010: CANTON, OHIO — I have the power of God at my fingertips! (short but electrifying video shot today) http://youtu.be/ozUkIw3Pi9Y (Video #26) ←Our original YouTube video [more] 1420
Dec 28 2010: A person's beliefs are dictated by their existing investments, with reasons backfilled later to support the chosen beliefs. 1421
Dec 29 2010: People run on tracks, like trains. They have feet, not wheels, and can leave the track anytime they want, but they rarely do. 1422Dec 29 2010: Video #27: Settlement protests in Jerusalem. I infiltrate two opposing demonstrations in Zion Square. http://youtu.be/0pQgdvC1ocw (Dec. 23) ←Our original YouTube video [more] [view in context]
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