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5020Jun 1 2011: RT @ebertchicago: Clint Eastwood's birthday, and how Dirty Harry got a female partner. (Earlier tweet led to a bad page) http://bit.ly/i ... 5021Jun 1 2011: The benefit of age, if you're lucky, is seeing things for what they really are. 5022Jun 1 2011: Initiative is a renewable resource that is always in short supply. 5023Jun 1 2011: Typical Athens street scene. The artwork is free! FB photo: http://j.mp/l5zi8c 5024Jun 1 2011: Power over your own life should be relinquished only with extreme caution, because once you give it up it is hard to take it back. 5025Jun 1 2011: The primary mission of the American college student visiting Europe is the consumption of alcohol. 5026Jun 2 2011: Video Postcard: Little drummer at Athens demonstration. http://youtu.be/r73OrvfBnJ4 4-minute performance in Syntagma Square last night. ←Our original YouTube video [more]←End tweet essay: Athens 5027
Jun 2 2011: Where motivation exists, many things are possible. Where no motivation exists, everything is impossible. 5028
Jun 3 2011: Everything is negotiable except the willingness to negotiate. 5029
Jun 3 2011: Technically, "I'm going to have to ask you to leave," isn't really asking anything. Right? 5030Jun 4 2011: Motel room green screen, Temple, Texas. http://twitpic.com/57apho←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5031
Jun 5 2011: Green screen at work. Not the jungles of Southeast Asia but a motel room in Temple, Texas. FB photo: http://j.mp/jXqM6k 5032
Jun 6 2011: We all have a date with entropy. 5033
Jun 6 2011: RT @trevlutz: I hope Entropy is hot! RT @BadDalaiLama We all have a date with entropy. 5034
Jun 6 2011: How do you date a Kardashian? Cut it open and count the rings. 5035Jun 6 2011: 13-second test of chromakey. I'm actually in a motel room in Texas. Now you'll never know what's real! http://youtu.be/SuB0jGofRek←Our original YouTube video [more] 5036
Jun 7 2011: You and I would make poor thieves because we aren't willing to take big risks for little reward. Not so with the drug addict. 5037
Jun 7 2011: The central trauma of life is the transition from protected childhood to unprotected adulthood. 5038
Jun 7 2011: Childhood is a delusion, held up by an artificial system of supports that can't be maintained indefinitely. 5039
Jun 7 2011: On My Bucket List: Appear at a confessional news conference to admit my sexual indiscretions, unaccompanied by my wife. [See Full Bucket List] 5040Jun 8 2011: Seeing the whole world in Flushing. http://twitpic.com/58vgp8←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5041Jun 8 2011: A bizarre sight I've never seen before: a $1 soft drink vending machine—at an airport! (Memphis International) http://twitpic.com/59hhbr←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5042
Jun 10 2011: What is your best defense against tornados, sharks, airplane crashes, serial killers and terrorist attacks? Statistics! 5043Jun 10 2011: Flushing Meadows, 1965. I saw the amazing world of tomorrow! Anything was possible in the 21st Century. http://twitpic.com/59it07←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5044
Jun 10 2011: The rarest kind of vision is to be able to look in the mirror and see yourself as accurately and dispassionately as others do. 5045
Jun 10 2011: RT @CrankyPappy: When I hear "I had no choice" I smell bullshit. We almost always have choices. 5046
Jun 10 2011: The Paris Hilton tragedy: poor ratings for her new reality show. OMG, so sad! http://goo.gl/fb/eohqq via @MailOnline 5047
Jun 10 2011: RT @laurenahayes: "Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you ... 5048
Jun 11 2011: @laurenahayes Rediscovered! Lola's tweets still make me smile! 5049Jun 11 2011: It's the law in Arkansas: You can't offer free kitten's without an extra apostrophe. http://twitpic.com/59sc3t←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5050
Jun 11 2011: On My Bucket List: Sabotage my own political career through indiscreet postings on Twitter.... Oh, wait, I've already done that! [See Full Bucket List] 5051
Jun 11 2011: @AlannaChats "Took public transport with @ashyadriana." <== OMG, mingling with the proletariat! 5052
Jun 11 2011: RT @GreatestQuotes: "Trusting our intuition often saves us from disaster." —Anne Wilson Schaef <== or launches us into it! 5053
Jun 11 2011: RT @CrankyPappy: Don't worry about the world. You don't control the world. Worry about you. If you're lucky, you have some control over you. 5054
Jun 11 2011: When choosing your own activities, the ultimate question is, "Is this the best use of my time?" 5055
Jun 12 2011: Was lost on the streets of Moscow last night, then I remembered you need a visa for Russia which I didn't have, so it was just a dream. 5056
Jun 12 2011: RT @philo_quotes: To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say. ~ Descartes http://bit.ly/philq 5057
Jun 12 2011: To know who people really are, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say. {MRT Descartes} 5058
Jun 12 2011: RT @TheLie_Lama: The past cannot be changed, forgotten, edited, Undone or erased. It can only be accepted. 5059
Jun 12 2011: A nightmare is as valuable as any real experience. If you learn to handle it in your sleep then you're better equipped for the real world. 5060
Jun 12 2011: We understand movies because they are edited the same as dreams, jumping between significant actions without the intervening boring bits. 5061
Jun 12 2011: If you're fishing but the fish aren't biting, there's no sense in cursing the fish. It's your job to figure them out. 5062
Jun 12 2011: Much of what we call romance is the attempt to outsource responsibility for our own life. Someone else will save us. 5063
Jun 12 2011: Our perpetual curse is to see others with perfect clarity but ourselves only through the thick fog of ego. 5064
Jun 12 2011: It is easy to accurately evaluate a comedian or musician while sitting in the audience, much harder if you are that performer. 5065
Jun 12 2011: "The modern predicament of the Internet user: too much information, not enough judgment." 5066
Jun 13 2011: Our history is being written by the Gnomes of Wikipedia. 5067
Jun 13 2011: RT @NinelleEfremova: We make our own destiny. We make our own happiness. We make ourselves. Make yourself. 5068
Jun 13 2011: @princeboucher "bellarusian princess, entrepreneur, artist, and simply just an amazing person @NinelleEfremova" <== Good catch! A keeper! 5069
Jun 13 2011: RT @YourAuntLola: If you're waiting for The Universe to tell you what to do, sweetie...you might wanna take a seat 5070
Jun 13 2011: Drugs are the closest thing to Darth Vader evil. They'll take a good person and turn them to the dark side, until you can only run away. 5071Jun 13 2011: Bond and Blofeld join forces. http://twitpic.com/5baahv←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5072Jun 14 2011: Tikaboo Peak (Area 51 viewpoint). Right now! http://twitpic.com/5blciz←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5073
Jun 14 2011: On My Bucket List: Make billions on the IPO of an unproven Internet product—then get out fast! [See Full Bucket List] 5074
Jun 15 2011: Misfortune is often the kick in the ass we need to change ourselves. 5075
Jun 15 2011: The main problem with being a supervillain is you have to shave twice a day to maintain that bald supervillain sheen. 5076
Jun 15 2011: The trouble with being a celebrity is everyone wants you for their own purposes and no one sees you for who you really are. 5077
Jun 15 2011: It's fine to praise the "common man" in the abstract, but you don't want your destiny tied up with his. Them folks is dumb! 5078
Jun 15 2011: RT @Stonerpreneur: @baddalailama have you thought about investing in a bald cap? 5079
Jun 15 2011: RT @annielederman: My birth control pills have completely destroyed my libido. Man, those things really work! 5080
Jun 15 2011: RT @preschoolgems: "At the park there's like, no laws." 5081
Jun 15 2011: Golf courses and tennis courts are the playground sets of adulthood: packaged amusements for the imprisoned. 5082
Jun 15 2011: Visiting the prison island of Hilton Head, where the inmates are forced to play golf all day. 5083
Jun 15 2011: We just updated our Sacred Archive of Ancient Wisdom at http://BadDalaiLama.com - The most sophisticated Twitter archive on the planet! 5084
Jun 16 2011: The primary purpose of advice is to serve the needs of the person giving it. 5085
Jun 16 2011: RT @MikeShawTweet: @BadDalaiLama Advice: You are on target Bad Dalai. This time I see myself in what you say, so u r giving REAL spiritu ... 5086
Jun 16 2011: Porsches must offer SOME sort of reproductive benefit or their owners would have died off long ago. http://bit.ly/m5kOJx via @quippdPsych 5087
Jun 16 2011: 1 coyote. 1 roadrunner. 1 anvil from the Acme Corporation. Do the math. 5088
Jun 16 2011: RT @StephenAtHome: Our nation's seniors face another threat - the continual passage of time. 5089
Jun 16 2011: RT @ispeakfemale: This is how we get hurt: We start believing it really could last forever. 5090
Jun 16 2011: The burden of too many choices is the cost of evaluating them. Limited choice often makes us happier. http://tiny.ly/b6PW via @quippdPsych 5091
Jun 16 2011: A test of emotional intelligence is whether you can manage a room thermostat—not turning it to the extreme setting when you're cold or hot. 5092
Jun 16 2011: On My Bucket List: Become the subject of a political scandal to which the suffix "-gate" is applied. [See Full Bucket List] 5093
Jun 16 2011: RT @brainpicker: Gold! Richard Dreyfuss does a dramatic reading of the iTunes end user license agreement http://j.mp/mIyA9i (HT @opencul ... 5094
Jun 17 2011: You get complete honesty only from young children and drunks. Others learn discretion. 5095
Jun 17 2011: Just because you have a right to do something doesn't mean it's wise to do. 5096
Jun 17 2011: One can be smart without being wise. Being clever in solving a problem is not the same as choosing the right problem to solve. 5097
Jun 17 2011: ++++ LIVE TWEETING my attempt to visit to Cairo. Now in PHL, trying to work it out. ←Start tweet essay: Cairo 5098Jun 17 2011: My Egyptian visa, issued during The Troubles, is still valid: http://twitpic.com/3xj4cl←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5099
Jun 17 2011: As a furloughed airline worker, I fly nearly for free. The catch: I can only fly standby, and flights are heavily booked this time of year. 5100
Jun 17 2011: My first option was the simple one: fly free to Athens, then hop a cut-rate airline to Cairo... FOILED when the Athens flight check in full! 5101
Jun 17 2011: Perhaps I should just give up, settle for some lame destination like Paris or Rome. C'est la vie. You win some and lose some. 5102
Jun 17 2011: But wait! There's a flight later tonight to Tel Aviv. No cheap flights to Cairo, but I can get there by LAND across the Sinai Desert! 5103
Jun 17 2011: I've already researched the route: Tel Aviv south to Eilat by bus (5+ hours). Cross the Egypt border at Taba, then bus to Cairo (6 hours). 5104
Jun 17 2011: I intended to use the Taba crossing in January, which is why I have the visa, but a revolution got in the way. Now Egypt *seems* stable. 5105
Jun 17 2011: I get butterflies in my stomach when thinking about crossing the Sinai. Perhaps the most adventurous thing I've done. A little scary! 5106
Jun 17 2011: The total cost of the land journey, Tel Aviv to Cairo: under $100! A lot less than the airfare from Athens to Cairo. 5107
Jun 17 2011: Correction: Tel Aviv to Eilat: 75 Israeli Shekels. Taba to Cairo: 70 Egyptian Pounds. Grand total, including transfers: less than $50! 5108
Jun 17 2011: RT @Toledowni: @BadDalaiLama I guess in that sense you are indeed a yeisayer, a pragmatic-solution, no-no -for-an-answer fella. I would ... 5109
Jun 17 2011: RT @Toledowni: @BadDalaiLama Used to face the "catch" myself. In stand-by flight one's always subject to last-minute "humilliation" (pax ... 5110
Jun 17 2011: I would splurge on a hostel in Eilat, probably this one: http://j.mp/jNrDfd - A functional one I stayed at before. $20/nt (but 2 night min) 5111
Jun 17 2011: Information on the Taba crossing from Israel to Eqypt. http://T.CO/cwHhBbl 5112Jun 17 2011: Eilat is the Israeli Riviera, a tiny beach on the Red Sea sandwiched between Egypt and Jordan. My video from April: http://youtu.be/PxNDhtQzmDM←Our original YouTube video [more] 5113
Jun 17 2011: BUT FIRST... I have to get to Tel Aviv! The flight, 3 hours from now, is 100% full, but I'm counting on no-shows to leave me a seat. 5114
Jun 17 2011: OMG! Maybe throw in a day trip to this place: Petra! http://T.CO/dX74kyU I can't afford a $250 tour, but maybe a $80 taxi. 5115Jun 17 2011: I have only one request of the aliens: Sterilize the human race until they implement a credible parental licensing program. ←Start tweet essay: Alien Birth Control 5116Jun 17 2011: RT @dunebat: @BadDalaiLama Or the aliens could implement one themselves. 5117Jun 17 2011: .@dunebat "Or the aliens could implement one themselves." <== It is not their place to make the policy, only to insist there be one. 5118Jun 17 2011: Most of the world's problems stem from unrestricted birth. The most ill-equipped have the babies—and far too many of them. 5119Jun 17 2011: In a totalitarian regime, government can dictate a "one child policy", but in a democracy it is politically impossible. 5120Jun 17 2011: The aliens, with their advanced technology, should be able to prevent human reproduction, perhaps by disabling sperm or neutralizing libido. 5121Jun 17 2011: Alien-imposed birth control should be released only when the humans prove they can procreate responsibly. 5122Jun 17 2011: Alcohol-impaired procreation is the worst! As dangerous as drink driving! Parents must be tested before copulation is allowed to proceed. 5123Jun 17 2011: Only the aliens can save us from ourselves. Only they can say, "No more babies 'til you take care of the ones you already have." 5124Jun 17 2011: #### End live one-hour essay: "Alien Birth Control" ←End tweet essay: Alien Birth Control 5125Jun 17 2011: Maybe Bin Laden won after all, bankrupting a superpower. $3 TRILLION over 15 years. http://j.mp/iMxBYJ via @brainpicker 5126Jun 17 2011: Los Angeles is like the Galapagos Islands: filled with bizarre examples of extreme evolution that can't survive anywhere else. 5127Jun 17 2011: Starting a new political movement: "Protect Gays From Marriage!" Don't fight for a right that makes no rational sense to begin with. 5128Jun 17 2011: Gay couples who cannot marry must take their relationship in small discretionary steps in a process resembling reason. 5129Jun 17 2011: RT @BlondeDuJour: If a woman is single she assumes, too quickly, that every slight, every misery is related to that fact 5130Jun 17 2011: The "behavioral immune system" explains much irrational human behavior. http://bit.ly/lBjDmSe 5131Jun 17 2011: I'm on the Tel Aviv flight. Biggest adventure yet! Probably no tweets til Eilat in 20 hours. 5132Jun 18 2011: The expedition theme song: "Walk Like an Egyptian" by The Bangles. 5133Jun 18 2011: Trapped at the Tel Aviv airport for a few hours, due to Shabbat. (whole country shuts down!) w/ 2 others http://4sq.com/ks631D 5134Jun 18 2011: Arrival hall, Ben Gurion Airport. http://twitpic.com/5daeln←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5135Jun 18 2011: Got plenty of time to plot and plan at the Tel Aviv airport (due to Shabbat). Petra is out! Heading straight to Cairo over next 24 hours. 5136Jun 18 2011: Map of my bus route from Tel Aviv to Cairo, as first dreamt in December. FB photo: http://T.CO/Qwi1ZZo 5137Jun 18 2011: Just booked my escape route out of Cairo: a short flight to Athens. At $205, it's the most expensive part of the trip. 5138Jun 18 2011: I'll be splurging on accommodations in Cairo: a private room for $14/night. Hostelworld: http://T.CO/lsl4l8t 5139Jun 18 2011: RT @BlondeDuJour: It is often years before a woman realizes that men are neither rogues nor rescuers, but just people. 5140Jun 18 2011: From where I sit. Tel Aviv Central Bus Station, waiting for a midnight bus to Eilat. http://twitpic.com/5df84o←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5141Jun 18 2011: Bad Dalai drives a hard bargain! The seller said 30 shekels. I said 20. We settled on 25, and I got this hat! http://twitpic.com/5dfzqs←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5142Jun 18 2011: Boarding my bus from Tel Aviv to Eilat. http://twitpic.com/5dg6v1←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5143Jun 18 2011: The biggest, ugliest and most fascinating bus station I've visited. Seen way too much of it! (@ Central Bus Station) http://4sq.com/iz1Hh7 5144Jun 18 2011: In my last gasp of free wifi—aboard the bus to Eilat. http://twitpic.com/5dgcdz←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5145Jun 18 2011: RT @angusbatey: Big hat-tip to @BadDalaiLama for pointing me in the right direction: http://T.CO/94xZpcD" 5146Jun 19 2011: 3am smoking break on the night bus from Tel Aviv to Eilat. http://twitpic.com/5diwm4←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5147Jun 19 2011: About two hours from the southern tip of Israel. iPhone map: http://twitpic.com/5diy8a←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5148Jun 19 2011: At the meeting point of four countries: Israel, Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. http://twitpic.com/5dklhh←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5149Jun 19 2011: Danger of Death' But isn't there always? (Eilat, Israel) http://twitpic.com/5dknc0←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5150Jun 19 2011: Arrived in Cairo! Took 40 hours to get here! Here's m view from the window of my $14 private room. Right now! http://twitpic.com/5dw34l←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5151Jun 19 2011: Swimming with the fishes. Eilat, Israel. http://twitpic.com/5e7ai8←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5152Jun 20 2011: Interviewing a local resident of the Sinai Desert. (in Taba, Egypt, yesterday) FB photo: http://T.CO/sR9wybb 5153Jun 20 2011: Photos from the Sinai Desert (yesterday). FB album: http://t.co/yTMWYHB 5154Jun 20 2011: A 2-minute tour of my tiny hostel in downtown Cairo http://youtu.be/U-bcrxMlm3w On the 11th floor of a grungy office building near the Nile. ←Our original YouTube video [more] 5155Jun 21 2011: My money shot from the Pyramids of Egypt. http://twitpic.com/5ery1g (You can do amazing things with green screen!) ←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5156Jun 21 2011: The scariest part of a camel ride is the getting down! http://twitpic.com/5esf04←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5157Jun 21 2011: As a tourist in Egypt you're hassled and hustled at every turn, especially at the Pyramids. It takes a lot of energy to push it away. 5158Jun 21 2011: Forget "Walk Like an Egyptian". If you can "Bargain Like an Egyptian" you have a real skill. 5159Jun 21 2011: There is a sporting event on TV and all of Cairo is watching. Out my window I hear simultaneous whoops and groans from the whole city. 5160Jun 21 2011: It's not terribly hot in Cairo. I have A/C in my room but haven't used it. Just leave the window open and listen to the city. 5161Jun 21 2011: My camel driver, 13 years old. http://twitpic.com/5evfwn←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5162Jun 21 2011: Some random photos from Cairo, taken today. (This was my recovery day, and I didn't venture far.) FB album: http://t.co/il4P0D7 5163Jun 21 2011: My hostel is on the 11th floor of a downtown Cairo building. The elevator is out, so it's up and down this stairwell: http://j.mp/mDt6nf 5164Jun 21 2011: Egyptian commerce is filled with innocent mistakes, like a merchant "forgetting" to give your change back when you buy something. 5165Jun 21 2011: @laurenahayes You can't always be "insanely great". There is also an art to doing things just well enough and moving on. That's triage. 5166Jun 21 2011: Never get too close to dysfunctional people. Maintain a firewall between you and them so their dysfunction doesn't become yours. 5167Jun 22 2011: I updated the Taba, Egypt, page on WikiTravel to reflect my experience there: http://wikitravel.org/en/Taba 5168Jun 22 2011: This is where I'm headed today. Old Cairo. Looks like a maze! http://twitpic.com/5f3weo←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5169Jun 22 2011: Video Postcard: Interviewing a camel named Moses at the Great Pyramids. Not a lot to say, this one. http://youtu.be/59oW6Awy27w (40 seconds) ←Our original YouTube video [more] 5170Jun 22 2011: RT @CrankyPappy: Even when life hands you lemons, you have to actually get off your ass and make the lemonade, knucklehead. 5171Jun 22 2011: "A home without books is a body without soul."—Cicero <== Dear Cis, can you translate that into internet terms? What is a "book"? 5172Jun 22 2011: Histrionic Personality Disorder—aka "a drama queen". DSM: http://j.mp/jmuBcz Treatable? Not if you're in love with one! Just get away fast! 5173Jun 22 2011: RT @YourAuntLola: Sweetie, the important thing to remember about Life is: you never get there 5174Jun 22 2011: New AssSaver™ iPhone app warns you "Don't post that, dummy!" at appropriate times. 5175Jun 22 2011: It is refreshing to find an English language menu in Cairo, but two of the items are a little disturbing. http://twitpic.com/5fcpiq←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5176Jun 22 2011: Cairo, with 14 million cars, doesn't seem to have a single working traffic light. Kinda amazing traffic moves at all! 5177Jun 22 2011: RT @TheBosha: I support Marriage Equality for gays but as a divorced heterosexual man I can tell you there's no such thing. 5178Jun 23 2011: RT @xtinewu: Life Advice RT @runnersworld "In the first half of the race, don't be an idiot. In the second half, don't be a wimp." http: ... 5179Jun 23 2011: One advantage of visiting Egypt is you're bound to lose weight. Kindly bacteria will visit your digestive system and liquify the contents. 5180Jun 23 2011: At the Great Pyramids yesterday. Any erotic implications are unintended. http://twitpic.com/5fill5 More photos on FB: http://j.mp/ji7ZUx←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5181Jun 23 2011: FB albums from this trip: The Great Pyramids: http://j.mp/ji7ZUx Urban Cairo http://j.mp/leD3TS Taba and the Sinai Desert http://j.mp/iivAT9 5182Jun 23 2011: After 4 days in Cairo, it is a pleasure to get back to the stability, cleanliness, safety and prosperity... of Greece! 5183Jun 23 2011: Seriously, there is nothing visible on the surface of Athens to suggest the country is in crisis. 5184Jun 23 2011: View of the Acropolis from the same hostel I stayed at a month ago. (Pella Inn) http://twitpic.com/5fr2wh←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5185Jun 23 2011: Paranoia is the delusion that the world really cares. 5186Jun 24 2011: The usual penalty for mistakes in life is some form of imprisonment. 5187Jun 24 2011: @female_masrya Don't get me wrong. I enjoyed my stay in Cairo! 5188Jun 25 2011: An American Pyramid. Right now! Toto, I don't think we're in Egypt anymore! http://twitpic.com/5gpvea←Live photo from the road! [location|more]←End tweet essay: Cairo 5189
Jun 25 2011: Glen Campbell has Alzheimer's. http://j.mp/m2anG5 Wonder if the drugs and alcohol played a role. 5190
Jun 25 2011: Archive of all our tweets from our epic Cairo journey: http://j.mp/ieoDgM 5191Jun 25 2011: Kennedy was shot here... to which some of you whippersnappers may reply, "Who's Kennedy?" http://twitpic.com/5grz5w←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5192Jun 25 2011: Transportation of the proletariat, Dallas, Texas. http://twitpic.com/5gsb2p←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5193
Jun 25 2011: While total openness sounds nice in principle, no function of humanity can operate in that environment. 5194Jun 25 2011: Communing with the Common Man, whose perspective I find enlightening. I am not at all condescending in this. http://twitpic.com/5gux2e←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5195
Jun 25 2011: The skills of diplomacy and creative problem solving are a liability if they merely delay an inevitable collapse. 5196
Jun 25 2011: Many a marriage is kept marginally afloat by the hurculean efforts of one party who mistakenly takes the wedding vows literally. 5197
Jun 25 2011: Note: Previous tweet is autobiographical. 5198
Jun 25 2011: RT @maleger: Lawyers have feelings too. Allegedly. 5199
Jun 25 2011: I'm back in Walmartania—my country. Land of 24-Hour Savings and Always Low Prices. 5200
Jun 25 2011: My country has the finest Chinese-made merchandise in the world! None of Europe's Chinese merchandise can compare. 5201
Jun 25 2011: Trip conclusion: I was comfortable in Egypt, but it took me years to work up to it. It is not the place for an inexperienced traveler. 5202
Jun 25 2011: I've never visited a place with more scams and hustles than Egypt. I got cheated every day, but it was still worth it. 5203
Jun 25 2011: Cairo: No working traffic lights! You cross the street by boldly threading through moving traffic. 5204
Jun 25 2011: I had no fear of violence on the streets of Cairo but a real fear of death by vehicle or falling object. 5205
Jun 25 2011: Sleeping on the carpeted floor of baggage claim at CLT. Quite comfortable, actually. I've had practice! 5206
Jun 25 2011: The most expressive instrument is the cello, especially in the hands of @xtinewu. Like a doleful human voice. 5207
Jun 25 2011: Through delicate negotiation with the Google corporation, we have obtained BadDalaiLama@gmail.com for the exclusive use of His Holiness. 5208
Jun 25 2011: The secret of composing good music is recognizing the point where authentic emotion turns saccharin. 5209
Jun 25 2011: Everyone remembers the actor who uttered the famous line. No one remembers the screenwriter who wrote it. 5210
Jun 25 2011: RT @CrankyPappy: We have all done things we are, or should be, ashamed of. The trick is don't let those things define you. 5211
Jun 25 2011: RT @sbellelauren: as an AEA member & musical theatre actress i change my mind about gay marriage there is no way i can afford all these ... 5212
Jun 25 2011: @dunebat Can I plan a trip or can I plan a trip? http://t.co/LwT6w5E <== Another tragic case of MDCS—Male Data Collection Syndrome. 5213
Jun 25 2011: RT @GreatestQuotes: "A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it." —Albert Einstein 5214
Jun 26 2011: Sitting in the back of the bus with the common classes, I have learned their major form of entertainment is the consumption of alcohol. 5215
Jun 26 2011: On My Bucket List: Replicate a portion of my genome by joining my gamete with that of another in a process fraught with risk and obligation. [See Full Bucket List] 5216
Jun 26 2011: RT @xtinewu: @baddalailama plan B if AssSaver fails... RT @adamsconsulting How To:Delete A Drunk Night On Twitter & Facebook http://bit. ... 5217
Jun 26 2011: Unleaded in Oklahoma City: $3.199. A leading economic indicator... of what? Recovery? Recession? 5218
Jun 26 2011: "Boyfriend" and "girlfriend" are sexist, diminutive and pry into sexual orientation. Use "personfriend". #languagepolice 5219
Jun 26 2011: "Cowboy" and "cowgirl" are sexist and diminutive. Use "cattleperson" or "cattle management professional". #languagepolice 5220
Jun 26 2011: "Not as bad as I expected it to be" should not be construed as a positive review. 5221
Jun 26 2011: @jabookat I temporarily blocked you cuz you're acct is sending spam. Feel free to re-follow when you have it fixed. —Bad Dalai 5222
Jun 26 2011: Catching up on sleep in Oklahoma. Those things in the background are called "trees". They make "shade". Pretty amazing! http://ow.ly/i/dwmi 5223
Jun 26 2011: Gay marriage will inevitably lead to an epidemic of gay divorce and the mass realization: "I can't believe I fell for that!" 5224
Jun 26 2011: @NorthernMagic Who's the abuser now? 5225
Jun 26 2011: You can't climb a ladder unless you are willing to let go of a previous rung. That's what keeps most adults from growing. 5226
Jun 26 2011: RT @philoquotes: Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed. ~ William James htt ... 5227
Jun 26 2011: RT @jendenbrat: In the wild, cats don't care what brand of cat food they eat. 5228
Jun 26 2011: Offer a "regular" and "premium" option in any product and most who can afford it will go for the premium, just to say, "I'm special!" 5229
Jun 26 2011: Luxury is a scam to sell you a less efficient product at a higher price. 5230
Jun 26 2011: Luxury is a display to others that says, "I am better than you think I am." 5231Jun 26 2011: Tornado effects in Clarksville, Arkansas. http://twitpic.com/5hcm4o←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5232
Jun 26 2011: Actor gets a big break. Stars in a hit movie written and directed by someone else. Becomes a prima donna. Thinks he did it all himself. 5233
Jun 26 2011: RT @philoquotes: Beauty is a short-lived tyranny. ~ Socrates http://bit.ly/philq 5234
Jun 27 2011: Music evolved as a system of language learning. Humans basically sing to each other when they speak. 5235
Jun 27 2011: Before an infant knows words, he hears the music of his parents' speech. His innate musical sense drives him to replicate these patterns. 5236
Jun 27 2011: Music is language without the meaning, conveying only the emotional component of what is being said. 5237
Jun 27 2011: Art is a medium for a message. If you don't have a message, then your art is meaningless. 5238
Jun 27 2011: Much human effort is wasted on microscopic issues that don't make a difference to the thing being sought. 5239
Jun 27 2011: The main journey of life is escape from narcissism and recognition of your own value beyond it. 5240
Jun 27 2011: Digital animation can do some amazing things, but it is nowhere close to reproducing the subtleties of the human voice. 5241
Jun 27 2011: Photography is a tool to tag things in memory that would otherwise flit by and be forgotten. 5242
Jun 27 2011: The cost of any object is not just the purchase price but the cost of maintenance, storage and eventual disposal—which are usual far higher. 5243
Jun 27 2011: The main effect of automatic toilet flushers and light switches is to train people not to flush toilets or turn off lights. 5244
Jun 27 2011: A baby is a lot like an iPhone, requiring constant attention and you never want to drop it or leave it behind in airport security. 5245
Jun 27 2011: RT @CrankyPappy: Low testosterone levels in older men leads to Alzheimer's disease. High levels of testosterone in young men also render ... 5246Jun 27 2011: Sunrise in Memphis. http://twitpic.com/5hpb39←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5247
Jun 27 2011: Early explorers to Florida, upon seeing the manatee, assumed it was the legendary mermaid. "Man, those girls are ugly!" #ManateeMonday 5248Jun 27 2011: The REAL Parthenon, not that crumbly old Athens thing. Nashville. http://twitpic.com/5hv9ai←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5249
Jun 28 2011: Accurate assessment of our past self: so smart about some things, so dumb about others. 5250
Jun 28 2011: Wisdom is a combination of experience and the willingness to learn from it. 5251
Jun 28 2011: Apart from earthquakes and tornados, catastrophe is rarely random. It usually flows from the excesses and hubris of the previous success. 5252
Jun 28 2011: Pity the narcissist, who is more often the swindled than the swindler. His self-centeredness clouds detection of the intent of others. 5253
Jun 28 2011: Narcissists are not always grandiose or greedy. Some are pious, religious people who believe that God is there for them. 5254
Jun 28 2011: You can't explain narcissism to a narcissist. He won't understand. 5255
Jun 28 2011: It is easy to understand narcissists. We have known them intimately. They're called "teenagers". 5256
Jun 28 2011: @xtinewu "Fit as a Fiddle: The Women of Extreme Violining" 5257
Jun 28 2011: RT @Kurt_Vonnegut: A step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction. 5258
Jun 28 2011: If dietary restrictions weren't available (Kosher, vegan, gluton-free), people would invent them. ("I'll only eat blue things.") 5259
Jun 29 2011: You can have a better quality of life living at Motel 6 than in a home you own but have to maintain. 5260
Jun 29 2011: Each of us is a nest of invented restrictions: "I can't do ___ because I'm ___." Fact is, we've never really pushed ourselves. 5261
Jun 29 2011: Hanging in Austin for 24 hours. (@ Hostelling International Austin) http://4sq.com/jOeGiD 5262Jun 29 2011: My residence for the night: HI Austin Hostel. Under $30. http://j.mp/kE2Z28 Photo: http://twitpic.com/5ipdci←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5263Jun 29 2011: I got aliens on the brain at Area 51. http://twitpic.com/5ickjp (6/14) ←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5264Jun 29 2011: Photographic rebel, laughing in the face of government authority. http://twitpic.com/5icp83 (Area 51 border, 6/14) ←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5265Jun 29 2011: Trapped on a grounded plane for 3 hours. Situation so serious the flight attendants have broken out the Special Cookies. http://twitpic.com/5iddpx←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5266
Jun 29 2011: RT @brainpicker: This is amazing -- crows chastise bad behavior, even if it wasn't directed at them http://bit.ly/iDiDRt 5267Jun 29 2011: Trapped overnight at the CLT airport with none of my survival supplies. Latest innovation: trash bag blanket. http://twitpic.com/5ig5og←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5268Jun 29 2011: The trash bag blanket worked remarkably well. Got 4 hours sleep on the airport floor with sneakers for a pillow. http://twitpic.com/5iikl8←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5269
Jun 29 2011: I found my Walden at the airport. 5270
Jun 29 2011: 7am Cairo time. Midnight Austin time. Wide awake, but at least I got 9 hours sleep. A hostel is better than a trash bag! 5271
Jun 30 2011: I live out of two small bags. Now one of them is missing, lost luggage. All my clothes. Thankfully, all my electronics are still on my back. 5272Jun 30 2011: Lady Bird Lake, Austin, Texas. Adjacent to my hostel. http://twitpic.com/5j0bbf←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5273Jun 30 2011: Sunrise on Lady Bird Lake, Austin. http://twitpic.com/5j0dd2←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5274Jun 30 2011: ,@Erekosse "Beautiful place. Seems to be a kind of paradise" <== That's the illusion of Kodachrome—or in this case HDR. http://twitpic.com/5j0g1x←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5275Jun 30 2011: Enjoyed my stay at the Austin hostel. Got 12 hrs sleep and some work done in a nice environment. Beats the Hilton! http://twitpic.com/5j1855←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5276
Jun 30 2011: Lots of stranded travelers at the CLT airport on 6/28. (I was one.) FB photo: http://t.co/LxWVByv 5277
Jun 30 2011: Never underestimate the ability of music to encourage foolish lifestyle choices. 5278Jun 30 2011: A common example of the double entendre, a staple of modern advertising. So clever... not! http://twitpic.com/5j4fck←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5279Jun 30 2011: Driving Texas in 100+ heat and no air conditioning. Solution: spray bottle to douse myself with water. It works! http://twitpic.com/5j6mln←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 5280
Jun 30 2011: "No pain, no gain" is self-fulfilling. If you've endured pain for something, you value it higher. Also known as the sunk cost fallacy. 5281
Jun 30 2011: The Sunk Cost Fallacy is the main thing keeping people from changing. "I've invested so much in this path that I can't turn back now." 5282
Jun 30 2011: The most trite and pandering song ever recorded? I nominate "Greatest Love of All" by Whitney Houston. Is there any cliché NOT in it? 5283
Jun 30 2011: Depression is a serious medical condition that can be treated with drugs or by taking control of your own problems. ←Start tweet essay: Antidepressant Fraud 5284
Jun 30 2011: RT @trevlutz: .@BadDalaiLama "The Rose" and "Wind Beneath My Wings", both by Bette Midler, are full of sentimental bullshit too. 5285
Jun 30 2011: RT @shuffleyerfeet: @BadDalaiLama what if your depression is caused by something outwith your control? 5286
Jun 30 2011: There's one little problem with treating depression with drugs—legal or otherwise: How do you get off the drugs? 5287
Jun 30 2011: You suffer a loss. You're depressed. Doctor prescribes an antidepressant. Does that help you solve the problems—or just deaden your senses? 5288
Jun 30 2011: Depression involves brain chemistry—but so does every thought you think. Doesn't mean you can't take control of it. 5289
Jun 30 2011: Drug companies would rather you took their depression drug than solve your problems. That's why they urge you to "Ask your doctor about __". 5290
Jun 30 2011: If you aren't flirting with depression then you aren't really living. Finding strategies to deal with it is one of life's great challenges. 5291
Jun 30 2011: Depression tells you, "Your life's fucked up, Dude!" Thing is, depression is often right. So who is going to unfuck it for you? 5292
Jun 30 2011: The way to treat your own depression is come up with your own mental strategies to manage it. Drugs can't create those strategies for you. 5293
Jun 30 2011: The solution to depression is drugs, say drug companies.
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