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Nov 1 2011: My best portrait photos from around the world: http://t.co/vnK8SfBO 7135
Nov 1 2011: Lecturing my readers: You'll star and RT my words of wisdom but not my photos? Come on! Last night's were stunning! http://t.co/SBO4BOjI 7136
Nov 1 2011: Good morning, Walmart. I love you! http://t.co/v1Qtholl 7137
Nov 1 2011: The cycle of life. http://t.co/U9mQCgqX 7138
Nov 1 2011: In any social interaction, the person with the higher status uses I-words less. http://t.co/xTvTWCSL via @brainpicker 7139
Nov 1 2011: The public has a limited attention span, so if you "raise awareness" in one area (cancer, famine), aren't you lowering it in all the others? 7140
Nov 1 2011: RT @georgiatriallaw: @BadDalaiLama Maybe it is a zero sum game, unless you are trying to inrease attention spans across the board, a wor ... 7141
Nov 1 2011: RT @cottonmouth1: @BadDalaiLama ...the pics from Transylvania are stunning....enchanting, even..... 7142
Nov 1 2011: It takes supreme arrogance to become a Life Coach. "I already have my shit together. Now I'm going to help you with yours." 7143
Nov 1 2011: DÃa de los Muertos — bitches! 7144
Nov 1 2011: Counseling to treat PTSD "worse than useless" http://t.co/RdVSLpwE via @newscientist 7145
Nov 1 2011: KARDASHIAN MARRIAGE ENDS AFTER ONLY 72 DAYS!!!.... In other news: Greek referendum triggers worldwide financial collapse. 7146
Nov 1 2011: My home for the next week. http://t.co/DGS8uGum 7147
Nov 2 2011: Video Postcard: Subway Ride in Manhattan. http://t.co/0OJRd9dY A surreal 5-minute view out the side window (10 days ago) 7148
Nov 2 2011: "Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself." — Wittgenstein 7149
Nov 2 2011: The Red Pill gives you humility. It makes you see how small and vulnerable you are. 7150
Nov 2 2011: I am a recovering stuff addict, and the only way to manage my disease is to not have any storage space. 7151
Nov 2 2011: So many are struggling to succeed in movies and music. Their main enemy is their inability to see their own work as others do. 7152
Nov 2 2011: Songwriting is moviemaking on a smaller budget. 7153
Nov 2 2011: You can't claim you need funding to write a great song. For the words and tune, the budget is trivial. It's all up to you. 7154
Nov 2 2011: A great filmmaker can make a compelling film with an iPhone. A great photographer can work with any camera. A songwriter needs only a voice. 7155
Nov 2 2011: A bigger budget can put more frosting on the cake. It can't bake a better cake. 7156
Nov 2 2011: Best CHEAP winter vacation in America: Drive from Miami to Key West. My new note: http://t.co/0Fx4aMTk 7157
Nov 2 2011: The philosophy of my Google Notes: Just the essential advice you need, with nothing you can't Google for yourself. 7158
Nov 2 2011: Even with endless information instantly available, there will always be a need for prioritization and perspective that Google can't provide. 7159
Nov 2 2011: Now playing in my head: "Back in the High Life" by Steve Winwood. 7160
Nov 2 2011: Video Postcard: "Surreal Ride on a New York Subway" (shorter, punchier version of the video posted yesterday). http://t.co/lPzkuTz3 7161
Nov 2 2011: "No price is too high for peace of mind." - the premise of many a consumer scam selling the illusion of security. 7162
Nov 2 2011: My all-time best relationship photos from around the world. http://t.co/BrKfiOIl 7163
Nov 2 2011: Santa Monica Pier - photo album from 2007, just reposted on FB. http://t.co/IkhY2taP 7164
Nov 2 2011: 360° panorama: Downtown Meridian, Mississippi. http://t.co/dCknW1bJ 7165
Nov 2 2011: This photo of golf carts in Burlington, Vermont, is a fine commentary on the state of matrimony. http://t.co/xdCuI9bZ (2010) 7166
Nov 2 2011: It's the Crown Royal Racing Team! PLEASE DRINK AND DRIVE RESPONSIBLY. Photo: http://t.co/ZkFmp2MO 7167
Nov 3 2011: One of the luxuries of age is being able to admit what an idiot you were in your youth. 7168
Nov 3 2011: "We are now looking straight into the face of a great depression." Telegraph: http://t.co/UwcMmBmR 7169
Nov 3 2011: So what will happen in a few weeks when Greece can't pay its police and army and its government ceases to function? This is unfathomable! 7170
Nov 3 2011: If you grew up in a paper mill town, the smell of wet paper would remind you of home and you'd probably marry someone who smelled like that. 7171
Nov 3 2011: RT @sulphurshelf: @BadDalaiLama I grew up with a dad working road construction so every time I smell fresh pavement I get childish excited. 7172
Nov 3 2011: New photos today: Santa Monica http://t.co/IkhY2taP Alabama http://t.co/yxzT4p8Y Mississippi http://t.co/B70ZY8RG Road http://t.co/yDG925Rg 7173
Nov 3 2011: Check out our Google+ for a "best of" selection of photos, videos and philosophical works, current and past: http://t.co/utQAbSZz 7174
Nov 3 2011: "We're the young generation, and we got something to say." In fact, the Monkees had nothing to say. They were a corporate creation. 7175
Nov 3 2011: @AbuseKids How will signing a petition fight Family Court corruption? 7176
Nov 3 2011: Just heard "Zombie Zoo" by Tom Petty for the first time. How did I miss this? Soundtrack on http://t.co/CMAgeABa via @TheLoveGuyOfTS 7177
Nov 3 2011: To say that gambling helps the local economy is like the vampires offering to give back a pint of blood for every ten they take. 7178
Nov 3 2011: "Trail's End"—I'll say! Lure a guy in with the promise of love, then blast him with a high-powered rifle. http://t.co/TU2UD8um 7179
Nov 3 2011: Climate change causing huge "migration" of trees http://t.co/8ssv1V28 <== I saw this today in Texas: vast stands of dead evergreens. 7180
Nov 3 2011: My camera is whining. Wants to be fed. I try to explain this is Texas. Nothing to photograph here. 7181
Nov 3 2011: RT @dunebat: @BadDalaiLama Depends on what part of this great state you're in. :D 7182
Nov 3 2011: BUT WAIT! I was walking thru the woods when I saw this ENORMOUS TEXAS CHICKEN! The thing was Huge! Caught it on iPhone video. Uploading now. 7183
Nov 3 2011: Thinking of becoming a Life Coach but don't know how? Turns out there's a Life Coach to help you with that! http://t.co/fHQdZwR8 7184
Nov 3 2011: Having someone worship you is dangerous. It can quickly turn to violence when you fail to deliver the supernatural things they expect. 7185
Nov 3 2011: GIANT TEXAS CHICKEN caught on iPhone video. Worldwide exclusive, shot two hours ago! http://t.co/Kuy4UzVU 7186
Nov 3 2011: The real stuff from Texas!... Sure, it costs more, but I'm worth it!™ http://t.co/b9NvGuAN 7187
Nov 3 2011: Intelligence is a product of nature and nurture but becomes your own responsibility as soon as you are aware of it. 7188
Nov 3 2011: For me, photography isn't an abstract artform but a way to process the world. 7189
Nov 3 2011: God. For those who won't be good unless they're under 24-hour surveillance. 7190
Nov 3 2011: I'm not a twitter addict. I can stop anytime I want. 7191
Nov 4 2011: If you forget whether or not you even have kids. #youmightbeatwitteraddict 7192
Nov 4 2011: If our high tweet volume becomes too much for you, you can monitor Favstar for just the tweets vetted by our staff. http://t.co/XUhCmZdZ 7193
Nov 4 2011: UFO sighting over Abilene, Texas. 15 minutes ago. Geotagged from exact spot. Can you identify? http://t.co/gZKZC79w 7194
Nov 4 2011: If my modern self could talk to my 20-year-old self, it could point out his defects in judgment and reasoning, but 20 wouldn't listen. 7195
Nov 4 2011: I can't wait for self-reproducing robots, especially little tiny ones with sharp teeth and... wait! No! GET AWAY FROM ME! ARRRRRRRGGGGH! 7196
Nov 4 2011: RT @Erekosse: @BadDalaiLama Jorge LuÃs Borges wrote a tale that is pretty similar, entitled "el otro" (The other) 7197
Nov 4 2011: I can't believe this video is real: "Murmuration" http://t.co/R4k2YjzX A "flock" of birds is an understatement! 7198
Nov 4 2011: On My Bucket List: Dedicate myself to an arcane dying art of little use in the modern world. [See Full Bucket List] 7199
Nov 4 2011: Sweetwater, Texas, 10:22am — First rockabilly rendition of "Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer" heard in Walmart. The seasons are achangin'! 7200
Nov 4 2011: RT @ScottSaab: @BadDalaiLama Suggestion: Walking :) 7201
Nov 4 2011: Language Police: The terms "cowboy" and "cowgirl" are sexist and belittling. Use "cowperson" or "cattle management professional". 7202
Nov 4 2011: Didn't know it still existed, but it does! The drug store lunch counter. Stanton, Texas. http://t.co/ArtA52lI 7203
Nov 4 2011: The REAL Stonehenge! (@ Stonehenge Replica at UTPB) http://t.co/Zy4EiztU 7204
Nov 4 2011: Stonehenge of Texas — 360° panorama. http://t.co/2UtFw3Q7 7205
Nov 4 2011: Our photos from the OTHER Stonehenge. http://t.co/yZvn8qVa 7206
Nov 4 2011: RT @dunebat: @BadDalaiLama You wouldn't believe the stir that caused when it was first erected at UTPB. 7207
Nov 4 2011: Some call West Texas boring. I say it's a joy! Flat, straight roads. Little traffic. 80mph limit. A man's got space! http://t.co/SDhKX76d 7208
Nov 4 2011: RT @ExpertPrimate: I don't think I need a "collector's edition" anything, thank you. 7209
Nov 4 2011: RT @princeboucher: I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the ... 7210
Nov 4 2011: The Sunk-Cost Fallacy: Just because you have made a huge past investment in something doesn't make it the right thing to continue doing. 7211
Nov 4 2011: Few have mastered the skill of when and where to abandon ship. 7212
Nov 4 2011: "Trust the Force" is just about the stupidest advice Hollywood has given us. Talk about fatalism! 7213
Nov 4 2011: Forget PTSD. The real terror is when you break into a panic 2-3 times a day: "OMG! Where's my iPhone?!?!" 7214
Nov 4 2011: RT @KrystelismS: You must separate the women from the bitches, the Audreys from the Marilyns 7215
Nov 4 2011: Sunset, Van Horn, Texas. http://t.co/HbAebRkR 7216
Nov 5 2011: I and others of my generation have had the privilege of making our youthful mistakes before the Internet, so—Ha!—no trace! 7217
Nov 5 2011: RT @Schmoodles: Acme customer services must be sick of Wile E. Coyote by now. 7218
Nov 5 2011: Our best photo album in months! "Boo at the Zoo" (6 days ago) http://t.co/7XpaeSMd Overview: http://t.co/njsKISvq 7219
Nov 5 2011: An RV morning in New Mexico. Photo: http://t.co/8k5M1KE2 7220
Nov 5 2011: RT @DanielleOlympia Occupy My Room because the whole system is messed up. 7221
Nov 5 2011: "When you lower the barrier of entry, you lower the signal-to-noise ratio." 7222
Nov 5 2011: New photos from New Mexico: http://t.co/9VlWg93N (end of album) 7223
Nov 5 2011: "Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it." ~ Rousseau via @philoquotes 7224
Nov 5 2011: RT @TheEconomist: KAL's cartoon: #Greece appreciates the #EU's willingness to help. It's just that there are so many strings attached ht ... 7225
Nov 5 2011: "Success has made failures of many men. " - Cindy Adams via @AllGreatQuotes 7226
Nov 5 2011: Three new elements named on the Periodic Table, but so far no Lazarium (Element 115) http://t.co/CHetdFth #area51 7227
Nov 5 2011: Standing at the corner of Glenn St. and Campbell Ave. in Tucson, Arizona. (Sounds vaguely familiar.) http://t.co/IBiPrjnp 7228
Nov 5 2011: Oh, you young Caucasian sun goddesses, soakin' up the rays, you're gonna freak when you see the prunes you turn into. 7229
Nov 5 2011: Picacho Peak, Arizona. http://t.co/Wo6gt4CF 7230
Nov 5 2011: In any investment decision, monetary or otherwise, what matters is ongoing value, not past cost. 7231
Nov 5 2011: Life is too short to be a gourmet or connoisseur. Whatever you focus on is going to take you away from what's really important. 7232
Nov 5 2011: .@trevlutz "Nothing more important than food." <== If you already have enough, there are plenty of things more important. 7233
Nov 5 2011: .@trevlutz "That's a big "if" for more than a billion people." <== They are not gourmets or connoisseurs. 7234
Nov 5 2011: RT @trevlutz: One could say the same thing about people who travel the world. Do what is "important" instead of traipsing around. <== +1! 7235
Nov 5 2011: Now playing in my head: "All I Wanna Do" by Sheryl Crow (as I wander Santa Monica Blvd.) 7236
Nov 6 2011: I am now a proud owner of a Ralph's Rewards Card, allowing me to buy selected groceries at non-California prices. http://t.co/xWebivas 7237
Nov 6 2011: @xtinewu Snappoutta it, Wu! 7238
Nov 6 2011: This graffiti in Santa Monica is a little too good. Can you spot the flaw? http://t.co/dOkm50c5 7239
Nov 6 2011: New York or Los Angeles? In LA I'm like, "Wow, center of the universe!" In NY I'm like, "Wow, I can't believe people live like this!" 7240
Nov 6 2011: Has the music died? Is there even one song released in the past four years that they'll still be playing 20 years from now? Name it! 7241
Nov 6 2011: A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step... followed by Starbucks, Walmart, McDonalds... Whew! Long road ahead! 7242
Nov 6 2011: @MimiNassau I don't get that at all. This is the first time I've heard it. That's a future Classic Hit? 7243
Nov 6 2011: RT @LetsGo2TheBeach: @BadDalaiLama wow thats a good question. nothing i can think of will become a classic. 7244
Nov 6 2011: "Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, that's creativity." – Charles Mingus via @laurenahayes 7245
Nov 6 2011: A person creates his own test of character: whether he is who he says he is and does what he says he will. 7246
Nov 6 2011: RT @emel_ella: @sirzatakbulak sana söz ettiÄŸim @BadDalaiLama :)) follow him 7247
Nov 6 2011: RT @sirzatakbulak: @emel_ella@BadDalaiLama tamamdır takipteyim:) 7248
Nov 6 2011: A couple of our tweets have just passed the "25 star" mark: http://t.co/H3tAkdg4 (Quite remarkable, since we are not tweeting penis jokes.) 7249
Nov 6 2011: Man, those tweets are good! (If we do say.) Keeping hitting the "More" button for even better ones! http://t.co/H3tAkdg4 7250
Nov 6 2011: The main disease of nice people is getting overcommitted to the needs of others, which turns out not so nice in the long run. 7251
Nov 6 2011: Good morning, California! http://t.co/9O9fWn4e 7252
Nov 6 2011: LA cycle of life: The rains come making the grass grow feeding the wildfires that denude the hillsides that collapse in the next earthquake. 7253
Nov 6 2011: A piece of futuristic furniture at a garage sale is "junk". In showroom surrounded by empty space, it's "design". 7254
Nov 6 2011: L.A. Is a land of unreturned phone calls to people who say, "Call me!" 7255
Nov 6 2011: @xtinewu Smash those balls like they were your ex's! 7256
Nov 7 2011: New photos from Santa Monica: http://t.co/KqDKYjPL (end of album) 7257
Nov 7 2011: A person creates his own test of character: whether he is who he says he is and does what he says he will. 7258
Nov 7 2011: Personal growth starts with leaving your comfort zone. That's easy when disaster kicks you out. It's not so easy to leave on your own. 7259
Nov 7 2011: Just because what you are doing is difficult or painful doesn't mean you're leaving your comfort zone. 7260
Nov 7 2011: RT @luvsandorjts: @DalaiLama Dalai lama, please, see how mongol lama behaves badly here, indulging in eating meat, engaging in sex and ... 7261
Nov 7 2011: Love is not a steady state but an ongoing negotiation to get what we want. 7262
Nov 7 2011: Just because you love your child doesn't mean you're going to put up with any bullshit. 7263
Nov 7 2011: "@DalaiLama, please, see how mongol lama behaves badly here, indulging in eating meat, engaging in sex and making money" ~ @luvsandorjts 7264
Nov 7 2011: .@MikeShawTweet "Love is an ongoing negotiation to be allowed to give what we are capable of giving." <== Yes, that can be arranged! 7265
Nov 7 2011: "Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows." ~ Paulo Coelho via @persdevquotes 7266
Nov 7 2011: Groupthink doesn't work! You're never going to get creativity out of a meeting. http://t.co/MuRHSbp9 via @brainpicker 7267
Nov 7 2011: "The U.S. government has no evidence that any life exists outside our planet." http://t.co/TDYpkGjX - And I believe them! 7268
Nov 7 2011: "Jobs found it difficult to furnish the places he lived. His house had only a mattress, a table, and chairs...." http://t.co/X5GymjfI 7269
Nov 7 2011: Money is our enemy, not our friend. Make enough of it to stay alive but then keep it at arm's length because it poisons whatever it touches. 7270
Nov 7 2011: A California institution—but don't call it "fast" food! (@ In-N-Out Burger) http://t.co/LeigfhSB 7271
Nov 8 2011: Southern California Bimbo. http://t.co/Wm2EfvXr (photo) 7272
Nov 8 2011: Portly patron stealing a shopping cart from Food 4 Less in the San Fernando Valley. http://t.co/mB4HlMbq (photo) 7273
Nov 8 2011: RT @cottonmouth1: @BadDalaiLama ....not gonna lie...I was expecting a dumb blond. ....you got me. 7274
Nov 8 2011: RT @DalaiLama: The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred. 7275
Nov 8 2011: RT @Kyle_Lippert: Reasons to get married: 7276
Nov 8 2011: The Green Party was a nice little shindig thrown by the Jolly Green Giant for all his vegetable friends. Chlorophyll anyone? 7277
Nov 8 2011: Quantity can overwhelm quality. Step back. Slow down. 7278
Nov 8 2011: Weird discovery just now in a Walmart restroom in Bakersfield, California. http://t.co/KnSTMIJm (photo & text) 7279
Nov 8 2011: Maybe it's the latest incarnation of the artist formerly known as the Artist Formerly Known as Prince. 7280
Nov 8 2011: Watch out for them wide-facers! Researchers claim CEO head shape can predict performance—and morality. http://t.co/bTK9I9ib via @noahWG 7281
Nov 8 2011: RT @Schmoodles: I subscribe to 'Stripper Monthly' for the daddy issues. 7282
Nov 8 2011: @Lornebalfe I'm going to have to watch that several times to get all the steps. And he did it without a microwave! 7283
Nov 8 2011: .@Schmoodles is funny! 7284
Nov 8 2011: There are objects you buy for vanity and others for provable utility. Most people can't tell the difference but usually claim the latter. 7285
Nov 8 2011: The first step to doing it is having the balls to think you can. 7286
Nov 8 2011: Driving west through Texas you start getting a runner's high where the land flies by and you're all La-Di-Da 'til—Wham!—you hit the Pacific. 7287
Nov 8 2011: RT @Schmoodles: Arguing with religious people is like trying to explain quantum mechanics to a potato. 7288
Nov 8 2011: This tweet is sponsored by Toyota of Santa Monica. http://t.co/droRPUQM (photo) 7289
Nov 8 2011: This tweet is sponsored by Arby's of Santa Monica. http://t.co/f10XdedI (photo) 7290
Nov 8 2011: HDR is cool but time consuming. Panoramic cropping gives you more bang for the buck. 40 new photos from Santa Monica: http://t.co/KqDKYjPL 7291
Nov 9 2011: In retrospect, I was never as smart as I thought I was. 7292
Nov 9 2011: In San Jose, taxicabs come in your choice of five fruit flavors. http://t.co/xUTirQDd (photo) 7293
Nov 9 2011: Serendipity is cheaper than perfection and usually far more effective. 7294
Nov 9 2011: "Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders." Here's one of them. http://t.co/lEkJONM3 (photo) 7295
Nov 9 2011: You hear people cry about injustice mainly when it affects them personally and then the definition of "injustice" gets pretty broad. 7296
Nov 9 2011: Oops! Went to SJC. Flight actually leaves from SFO! Now racing there in cab. $100 fool penalty! 7297
Nov 9 2011: I'm always confusing Visalia and Gilroy. Visalia smells like onions, Gilroy like garlic. There could be vampires in Visalia but not Gilroy. 7298
Nov 9 2011: .@EmpressCortana " I'm from Visalia...And I'm a creature of the night." <== You see, that proves it! Gilroy a little hot for ya, eh? 7299
Nov 9 2011: Serendipitist — n. one who takes advantage of unexpected circumstances. Opposite of a perfectionist, who must control all circumstances. 7300
Nov 9 2011: Prosperity makes you fat and lazy. Adversity keeps you toned and healthy. 7301
Nov 9 2011: Former creative artist, now safely entombed in the formaldehyde of celebrity. Hasn't done anything memorable in years. 7302
Nov 9 2011: There is something poetic about navigating through Mountain View using Google Maps on my iPhone. 7303
Nov 9 2011: "@SkyeTedesco8728: You Are on Your Way to Claiming a iPhone! ..http://whua.in/vrt?=nzq4" <== Furthermore... 7304
Nov 9 2011: 360° panorama: Aboard a Caltrain commuter train near Santa Clara, California. http://t.co/IUlVNjxk 7305
Nov 9 2011: 360° panorama: Santa Monica - 3rd Street Promenade (2 days ago) http://t.co/loGGq0cd 7306
Nov 9 2011: Existentialism says that you can lead a meaningful life just by studying the world around you and your own body's reactions to it. 7307
Nov 9 2011: Rare footage of Glenn Campbell in action at Area 51, circa 1994. http://t.co/Iq3gUpAA (first 3 minutes) 7308
Nov 10 2011: Mac Smack — what you want to deliver, upside the head, to Macintosh users for their holier-than-thou attitude. 7309
Nov 10 2011: "Sacha Baron Cohen as Lord Monckton" http://t.co/ggNt5fMl - This video had me going. What is real? via @brainpicker 7310
Nov 10 2011: Cops write you tickets for speeding. Life hands you tickets for other mistakes, and the penalty could far exceed the offense. 7311
Nov 10 2011: Ah, back in the loving arms of US Scareways—as a paying passenger this time. Did you miss me? 7312
Nov 10 2011: Many have vowed, "I'll never fly this airline again!" Ah, but how much are you willing to pay for that "never"? 7313
Nov 10 2011: My home for the night, Tucson, Arizona. http://t.co/GLhv6yYH 7314
Nov 10 2011: Advice from a former baggage handler: If you buy luggage to be fashionable, it won't be for long. We'll make sure of that! 7315
Nov 10 2011: There may be some satisfaction in defying authority and going against the grain, but that's not the same as having an identity of your own. 7316
Nov 10 2011: Good morning, Tucson! http://t.co/ZiQR9j2p 7317
Nov 10 2011: RT @LetsGo2TheBeach: Some people are keeping up with the Kardashians. I'm just trying to keep up with @BadDalaiLama. 7318
Nov 10 2011: A man is nothing without power... for his iPhone. 7319
Nov 10 2011: Existentialism is the philosophy that says existence itself provides it's own meaning. You don't need gods, gurus or anything else. 7320
Nov 10 2011: Truth lies in testing the world, seeing what happens and modifying your actions accordingly. 7321
Nov 10 2011: Existentialism says everything you need to know about life is right in front of you. Life itself provides the data. You just need to see it. 7322
Nov 10 2011: All of us were born clueless. Nonetheless, the world around us has a structure independent of our wishes and we have to learn what it is. 7323
Nov 10 2011: You can defy the world around you, insist that it conform to your wishes, but then you're in for a whole lot of pain. 7324
Nov 10 2011: You can lead a fairly meaningful existence just by avoiding pain—not just now but as far in the future as you can project. 7325
Nov 10 2011: If you hold your hand over a candle flame, you suffer pain. Now you'll avoid it in the future. That's the starting point of wisdom. 7326
Nov 10 2011: Pain is not just physical. Many things are painful that you wouldn't expect. You have to accommodate them in your plans. 7327
Nov 10 2011: The world is indifferent to our presence. The universe isn't good or evil; it just "is", and it is our job to figure it out. 7328
Nov 10 2011: Existentialism is a simple and obvious philosophy. It is confounded only by our childhood, which primed us for a world that cares about us. 7329
Nov 10 2011: Our parents coddled us, responded when we cried and made us feel like the center of the universe. It's hard to get over that. 7330
Nov 10 2011: To figure out how life works, you conduct experiments and try to deduce the underlying mechanisms. What works? What doesn't? You decide. 7331
Nov 10 2011: Existentialism isn't an atheist philosophy but an agnostic one. We don't know what lies beyond this life. All we know is our current world. 7332
Nov 10 2011: Existentialism is seen as a very lonely philosophy. There's no father looking after you, just you and your own choices. 7333
Nov 10 2011: You could argue that life is an illusion. Existentialism says, "So what?" It's the best illusion we have, so we have to respect its rules. 7334
Nov 10 2011: Existentialism is big on choice. That's all you have. You can choose wisely or poorly, and you alone responsible for what happens. 7335
Nov 10 2011: No matter your circumstances, you have to work with what you've got. Use the tools you have. Don't dwell on the ones you don't have. 7336
Nov 10 2011: If you're trapped in a hospital bed and your only power is to bat your eyelashes, then that is the tool you have to use. 7337
Nov 10 2011: In any situation, you are going to look for choice. How can you improve things or limit the damage? 7338
Nov 10 2011: Taking no action can often be a responsible choice, as long as it is a deliberate and knowledgeable decision. 7339
Nov 10 2011: Even without a God, there can still be evil. Evil arises from an inconsistency between one part of you and another, called "bad faith". 7340
Nov 10 2011: Virtue lies in being consistent with yourself and in harmony with the world outside. 7341
Nov 10 2011: Existentialism says you are responsible for everything that happens to you. Everything! 7342
Nov 10 2011: You didn't cause the earthquake, but you are responsible for preparing for it and for what you do after it happens. 7343
Nov 10 2011: Under existentialism, there is no giving up. Fortune or misfortune, you soldier on, because life is all you've got and you have to use it. 7344
Nov 10 2011: "Glenn Campbell Defines Existentialism", our 7-minute video from July, explains it all (kinda). http://t.co/bF0BN41p 7345
Nov 10 2011: On every planet in the universe there are mathematical constants like Pi and existential ones like freedom, death and regret. 7346
Nov 10 2011: ABC Market, Tucson, Arizona. http://t.co/o1ypvUtU (photo) 7347
Nov 10 2011: OMG! Pi = Pie! Maybe there is a God! http://t.co/dilxFAmw via @xtinewu 7348
Nov 10 2011: "So you're having an Existential Crisis?" Our one-page 2008 essay, republished today in blog form. http://t.co/nYzbOYEL 7349
Nov 10 2011: RT @DalaiLama: Appreciate how rare and full of potential your situation is in this world, then take joy in it, and use it to your best a ... 7350
Nov 10 2011: "The Meaning of Life Explained At Last!" - Our 2010 essay offers a pretty good synopsis of existentialism. http://t.co/g9iqpAye 7351
Nov 10 2011: RT @TIME: Is this the end for the euro? | http://t.co/VLZ92RBn 7352
Nov 10 2011: 24-hour veg-out at the corner of Nowhere and Nowhere. (@ Motel 6 Tucson Airport) http://t.co/19PYVcUh 7353
Nov 10 2011: "Silvio Berlusconi sex parties" — I'm gonna miss that phrase! 7354
Nov 11 2011: Hangin' with the real people, enjoyin' the Early Bird Special. (@ Country Folks Restaurant) http://t.co/bTAucDM6 7355
Nov 11 2011: Eatin' with the country folk. http://t.co/8ivkqi7n 7356
Nov 11 2011: Has anyone scientifically studied the relationship of body fat ratio to ambient country music? Correlation or causation? 7357
Nov 11 2011: All our twitter favorites for the past year are now available at http://t.co/BIi7kaFO - A neat utility from @Favorious 7358
Nov 11 2011: Tweetake went belly up, so we're now using http://t.co/hcTF4m1l to archive our tweets. (Their data file goes into http://t.co/o7IVLwc4) 7359
Nov 11 2011: Used tires at sunset. Tucson, Arizona. http://t.co/QucBE3wW (photo) 7360
Nov 11 2011: That new car smell. http://t.co/93RXGV1I (photo, 2 hours ago) 7361
Nov 11 2011: It doesn't say much for your relationship if you think you need marriage to lock you in and make it harder to escape. 7362
Nov 11 2011: "A once-in-a-lifetime time and date: 11:11:11 on 11/11/11" <== But aren't they ALL once-in-a-lifetime time and dates? 7363
Nov 11 2011: RT @persdevquotes: The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch. ~ Jim Rohn http://t.co/FBFmRht5 7364
Nov 11 2011: "Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools," said Napoleon just before Waterloo 7365
Nov 11 2011: RT @Schmoodles: 900 years ago the date was 11/11/1111. Can you imagine that? Another 11? Twitter would probably explode or some shit. 7366
Nov 11 2011: I can spend days in a motel with no memory, after checkout, of whether there was a TV in my room. I guess this means I'm cured, 7367
Nov 11 2011: Any art divorced from human purpose eventually turns to tedium. 7368
Nov 11 2011: For 390 of the best tweets from my previous account @KilroyCafe, see @KilroyLite (through Feb. 2010) 7369
Nov 11 2011: I have updated my own personal Social Media Policy. http://t.co/Fwd5v1W7 7370
Nov 11 2011: It is a blessing that those who are most easily offended are also the least curious. 7371
Nov 11 2011: Oppressive, totalitarian regime. Free speech curtailed. Big Brother watching your every move. Yeah, I've been there. First wife. 7372
Nov 11 2011: Biosphere 2: One of the strangest places in America. My photo album from 2009: http://t.co/LHb6C6mZ 7373
Nov 11 2011: Arcosanti: unfinished utopia in the Arizona desert. My album from 2010: http://t.co/JddsA3b0 7374
Nov 11 2011: People are defined by their addictions. 7375
Nov 11 2011: Experimenting with @BadLamaWisdom as a way of retweeting just our aphorisms, no travel, photos or news. 7376
Nov 11 2011: @MimiNassau "I'm addicted to chocolate, The Kinks and green eyed guys." <== So I, as a chocolate-eyed guy, am out of your league? Kinky. 7377
Nov 11 2011: Tweet stealing is a crime punishable by people not believing your best tweets are really yours. 7378
Nov 11 2011: Marriage is the joining of two hearts—and two pocketbooks. So when you give your spouse a gift, aren't you stealing from them to pay for it? 7379
Nov 11 2011: "You can imagine how mortified we all were." — Self-interest mistaken for self-sacrifice on Ayn Rand DVD http://t.co/8f3Yq9iF — LOL! 7380
Nov 11 2011: If you cherish the Bad Lama's wisdom but can't process the rest of the stuff we post, follow @BadLamaWisdom instead. Just the aphorisms! 7381
Nov 12 2011: Just a few feet away but as close as I care to get. (@ Mexico-ish) http://t.co/iRV1C1XG 7382
Nov 12 2011: At the "corner" of Texas and Mexico, where the Rio Grande stops being the border. Everything beyond the dam is Mexico. http://t.co/LREqkENa 7383
Nov 12 2011: RT @danywino: @BadDalaiLama Viva Mexicou! 7384
Nov 12 2011: One foot in Estados Unidos, the other in Mexico. http://t.co/zsXHvi6y 7385
Nov 12 2011: All the monuments to peace and friendship are in disrepair. (Mexico in the background.) http://t.co/Oh1YXSIO 7386
Nov 12 2011: Now playing in my head: "Mexico" by James Taylor. "I already been, now I don't care to go." 7387
Nov 12 2011: Been to Palestine. Crossed the Sinai by bus from Israel to Cairo. Even crossed the Berlin Wall. But this border here I'm not messing with. 7388
Nov 12 2011: In the 1980s, I visited Juarez and took a bus to Chihuahua, Chihuahua. I wouldn't do it today. 7389
Nov 12 2011: RT @persdevquotes: Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not in her power. ~ Da Vinci 7390
Nov 12 2011: A sinister name and a spooky Star Trek landscape. (@ Dragoon Rail Crossing) http://t.co/et5KHwaY 7391
Nov 12 2011: A mystery of the ages in Dragoon, Arizona. $1 gets me in, but what will I find? (@ The Thing?) http://t.co/yusttIcm 7392
Nov 12 2011: All along I-10 in Arizona, THE THING? beckons. Is it man or beast? http://t.co/COwxpmfA (photo) 7393
Nov 12 2011: At last we are there! The Thing? Museum. Residing at this respectable educational institution. http://t.co/mhAbkrSa (photo) 7394
Nov 12 2011: Admission to THE THING? is quite modest. http://t.co/z4mEaQKH (photo) 7395
Nov 12 2011: The sarcophagus in which THE THING? resides. Dare we look? http://t.co/0kdc2jMD — and that's all! Sorry! Ran out of film! 7396
Nov 12 2011: The cadaverous Count's quest for corpuscles caused considerable consternation. 7397
Nov 12 2011: Recent news has taught me that Penn State has a football team, but I still don't understand what football has to do with education. 7398
Nov 12 2011: The Devil best not get in a fiddle fight with @xtinewu cuz he gonna lose! #ff 7399
Nov 12 2011: I'm dreaming of a "What Christmas?" 7400
Nov 12 2011: Complete album of THE THING. http://t.co/rI6aMfpp 7401
Nov 12 2011: No statistic about what other people are doing can justify your own actions. 7402
Nov 12 2011: RT @Schmoodles: I've missed my period seven months in a row AND I'm putting on weight. At least things can't get any worse. 7403
Nov 12 2011: Mom. Just checking in. http://t.co/1GstBzOv via @laurenahayes 7404
Nov 12 2011: @laurenahayes Now there's a crisis! 7405
Nov 12 2011: The soviet movie set from hell. http://t.co/38kdpiEa via @ThatsWright: 7406
Nov 12 2011: If you were an airline crew member with a chaotic work schedule around the world, you would learn to master your own sleep patterns. 7407
Nov 12 2011: I'm living with a bear! http://t.co/0cYQQPAa 7408
Nov 12 2011: Chaos is an essential part of the creative process. You can't just sit in your room and create. Life has to throw stuff at you. 7409
Nov 12 2011: This is not a public pool. http://t.co/HwudSxm5 (photo) 7410
Nov 12 2011: Now playing in my head: "Viva la Vida" by Coldplay. Awesome song! http://t.co/PPQJ7Y6A 7411
Nov 12 2011: "Viva la Vida" (2008) — An exception to my earlier claim, "No memorable song has been released in the past 4 years," 7412
Nov 12 2011: The will is strong but the flesh is weak. Genuine Robertson's jerky at Love's truck stops. http://t.co/VyM40DY4 7413
Nov 12 2011: (I got the $14.99 half-pound size, deluding myself that I'm getting a "better value". Like doing a "little" cocaine.) 7414
Nov 12 2011: (Mmmm! The cattle of Robertson's did not die in vain.) 7415
Nov 12 2011: It is silly to review a 3-minute song. You either like it or you don't. Don't mess it up with words. 7416
Nov 12 2011: Curiosity is when you see something unusual on the side of the road and you turn back to investigate instead of blasting past. 7417
Nov 13 2011: Curiosity requires the freedom to change course and not being afraid of what you might find. 7418
Nov 13 2011: RT @Kyoks1: He estado n Palestina, cruce L Sinai n bus d Israel☇Cairo,tambn L muro d Berlin, pero c/esta frontera(El Paso) no me meto vi ... 7419
Nov 13 2011: Perseverance in what you do is not as important as knowing why you are doing it. 7420
Nov 13 2011: RT @TheLastVirgo: Belief is the steam iron that smoothens the creases of uncertainty from the fabric of Life. 7421
Nov 13 2011: 20 new photos from the Mexican border at El Paso. http://t.co/52l5Z72j (end of album) 7422
Nov 13 2011: Upon reading of one furore or another in the British press, I can't help but snap to attention and offer a crisp Nazi salute. "Sieg Heil!" 7423
Nov 13 2011: Life is a blank sheet of paper and an assignment: "Do something with this!" 7424
Nov 13 2011: Every morning, find something in your life that is time consuming but meaningless. Discard it. Replace it with something more meaningful. 7425
Nov 13 2011: Don't expect absolute meaning in life. Choose relative meaning from among the activities currently available to you. 7426
Nov 13 2011: Wherever meaning in life may reside, it is not in poop jokes. 7427
Nov 13 2011: The most effective sleeping pill is meaningful activities during the day. 7428
Nov 13 2011: Looking back on my past life, I find 99% of it to be in vain. The remaining 1% I seek now to distill and replicate. 7429
Nov 13 2011: I wouldn't be happy if I didn't have train tracks nearby. (@ Motel 6) http://t.co/wOraTEXs 7430
Nov 13 2011: A busy, obligated or materially successful life should not be confused with a meaningful one? 7431
Nov 13 2011: Our support site http://t.co/o7IVLwc4 has been updated to reflect our new systems and services, including our Lite™ account @BadLamaWisdom 7432
Nov 13 2011: "Any appearance of "I" or "me" in our tweets reflect the opinions of our channeler and does not necessarily reflect the position of HHBDL." 7433
Nov 13 2011: Dogs are the Waylon Smithers of the animal world. 7434
Nov 13 2011: For all your Fancy Junk needs! (my first venue creation on 4sq) (@ Fancy Junk & Unusual Objects) [pic]: http://t.co/0zCO4am4 7435
Nov 13 2011: If you're stopping to take pictures at every roadside attraction, isn't that photographic hoarding? Shouldn't it be a reality show? 7436
Nov 13 2011: A business that doesn't quite know what it wants to be. (Van Horn, Texas) http://t.co/b5KAQvkK 7437
Nov 13 2011: Another business with an identity crisis. http://t.co/QciHKxIw 7438
Nov 13 2011: When you get on the freeway in West Texas, you got to think, "Am I going in the right direction?" because it could take hours to find out. 7439
Nov 13 2011: Road, sky, dirt, thin shrubs, low hills. That's it! West Texas. http://t.co/Aj6utjZY 7440
Nov 13 2011: RT @MailOnline: China was 'rescued' by European loans 100 years ago, result was a century of misery http://t.co/iAqxN6W9 7441
Nov 13 2011: If I was going to rob a bank, it probably wouldn't be this one. (@ Ozona National Bank) [pic]: http://t.co/EEaJ6ZJE 7442
Nov 13 2011: A lion is a known predator. If you present yourself to the lion and you get eaten, is it really the lion's fault? 7443
Nov 13 2011: Crockett County Courthouse, Ozona, Texas. http://t.co/AEun9Y7R (photo) 7444
Nov 13 2011: 84 mph and it still feels like I'm creeping along. http://t.co/CBcSfgtt (photo) 7445
Nov 13 2011: I tried the McRib once. Never tasted anything so McGross in my McLife. 7446
Nov 14 2011: Every photo needs a human reference point or it has no meaning. 7447
Nov 14 2011: Photo of the Grand Canyon: boring. Photo of a tiny person looking out over the Grand Canyon: interesting. 7448
Nov 14 2011: @xtinewu Kool! 7449
Nov 14 2011: @xtinewu Trying to read the fine print! :-) 7450
Nov 14 2011: New photos added today: Ozona, Texas http://t.co/ppUyzo22 - Van Horn, Texas. http://t.co/52l5Z72j (end of albums) 7451
Nov 14 2011: Breakfast in San Antonio. (@ El Jacalito Mexican Restaurant) http://t.co/1OtiLQ8i 7452
Nov 14 2011: Breakfast in San Antonio: Huevos Rancheros. http://t.co/PFOff7if (photo) 7453
Nov 14 2011: My breakfast venue: I could have used the drive-thru http://t.co/jcQJPFvd but I chose to walk in the front door. http://t.co/NZI8dh6l 7454
Nov 14 2011: What we have here is a failure to communicate. Cat's gonna have to come out from under this motel bed... or else! http://t.co/Pb3C8SD4 7455
Nov 14 2011: (This calls for a feline extractor device — i.e. a stick) 7456
Nov 14 2011: It was not a clean extraction. Cat is now locked in the bathroom for Phase 2 of my plan: into the cat carrier! http://t.co/Yyl1Ycpb 7457
Nov 14 2011: Another unhappy customer — CAPTURED! http://t.co/p3eFcy7F 7458
Nov 14 2011: ...The moral: You can't fight the Man cuz the Man's gonna win. 7459
Nov 14 2011: ...This Occupy Under The Bed protest failed because it lacked coherent goals. 7460
Nov 14 2011: A drive across Texas reveals the state's four main industries: oil, cattle, prisons and businesses named "Lone Star". 7461
Nov 14 2011: RT @persdevquotes: Being busy is a form of laziness - lazy thinking and indiscriminate action. ~ Tim Ferriss 7462
Nov 14 2011: Not all pit bulls are dangerous, but you definitely want to steer clear of pit bull owners. 7463
Nov 14 2011: Best thing about Houston is getting to the other side of it. 7464
Nov 14 2011: @TheBosha No, say it ain't so! Turn back now! Witch's castle! 7465
Nov 14 2011: My main complaint about Texas is it's too small. If it was 1800 miles wide instead of 880, I could get some real thinking done. 7466
Nov 15 2011: The problems of the world are massive and your resources for intervention are very limited, so what you do must be deliberate and judicious. 7467
Nov 15 2011: You have cousins you grew up with, and you say you'll visit but when you finally do you find they've been dead 100 yrs. #middleearthproblems 7468
Nov 15 2011: The main tragedy of modern humanity: The most fecund are the least equipped. 7469
Nov 15 2011: New photos added today: Houston http://t.co/bKQ1axCu San Antonio http://t.co/Rqse4TBb 7470
Nov 15 2011: No extraction required this morning. Put litter box on bathroom. Waited for "scratch, scratch". Closed the door. No more #OccupyUnderTheBed! 7471
Nov 15 2011: Love rewires the brain. 7472
Nov 15 2011: The penalty of staying at the Ritz is losing all the unexpected experiences and opportunities you'd find in more chaotic surroundings. 7473
Nov 15 2011: If I had all the money in the world (and no one knew) I'd still be homeless, staying in hostels and cheap hotels, because chaos is valuable. 7474
Nov 15 2011: Fine hotels and elegant homes are like plastic bubbles, isolating you from the rest of humanity. 7475
Nov 15 2011: The saddest form of travel is Paris Hilton's, moving from one luxury venue to another with no opportunity to experience the world directly. 7476
Nov 15 2011: Life with the "common people" is no paradise, but you should be able to handle it without artificial isolation. 7477
Nov 15 2011: Sometimes life gets too noisy and you want to isolate yourself so you can get things done. This doesn't usually require much money though. 7478
Nov 15 2011: A delusion of luxury is that you're getting a better product. Fact is, you're usually getting a worse one, less suited to the real need. 7479
Nov 15 2011: Which does the job better, a $10 wristwatch or a $2000 one? The $10 watch because you don't have to protect it. 7480
Nov 15 2011: The burdens of luxury almost always outweigh the benefits, regardless of cost. 7481
Nov 15 2011: If you travel in luxury, you'll experience far less than traveling on the cheap. Luxury is sterile, like watching the place on TV. 7482
Nov 15 2011: Difference between Motel 6 and luxury hotels? No little bottles of shampoos and lotions. (@ Motel 6 Lafayette) http://t.co/ZMlZFtB3 7483
Nov 15 2011: Our past wisdom on "Luxury": http://t.co/UxxIISlJ 7484
Nov 15 2011: luxury — n. infinite gradations of taste invented by marketers to absorb the excess resources of those who have them. 7485
Nov 15 2011: For the same time and money others spend doing Vegas in luxury I could do Bangkok and Tokyo on the cheap. Who gets the better experience? 7486
Nov 15 2011: Our tweeted essay from March on "Luxury Marketing" http://t.co/cvf5LVe1 7487
Nov 15 2011: Pity the peacock who must haul around all that ridiculous plumage. Also pity the luxury consumer who must do the same. 7488
Nov 15 2011: That you sympathize with someone's suffering does not necessarily mean you can or should do something about it. 7489
Nov 15 2011: Louisiana — Celebrating largeness. http://t.co/hfkUhpBZ 7490
Nov 15 2011: Now playing in my head: "Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M. A song couldn't get simpler or more powerful. http://t.co/xBL4aeg4 7491
Nov 15 2011: The tiger is IN. — In fact, he's always in. Sleeping. Turning over. Yawning. Resting so (@ Tiger Truckstop) [pic]: http://t.co/lb6hEUSe 7492
Nov 15 2011: The first step in corporate responsibility is a feel-good ad campaign saying how responsible you are. 7493
Nov 15 2011: My iPhone has way more computing power than this clunky old thing. http://t.co/DaVzSzyL (Photo - Stennis Space Flight Center) 7494
Nov 15 2011: To become a Classic Hit, a song must pass the "ringtone test"—that is, does the main theme make a compelling ringtone. 7495
Nov 15 2011: The lyrics and melody aren't the whole song, but they form the backbone from which everything else is hung—like a movie script. 7496
Nov 15 2011: @xtinewu A womb with a view! 7497
Nov 16 2011: People take tours of Florida and Disney World because I guess something like that is just too complicated to do on your own. 7498
Nov 16 2011: Life is landmarked by experiences where we look back later and say "What was I thinking?" 7499
Nov 16 2011: @xtinewu You can do it! Ralph's has many kind employees to assist. 7500
Nov 16 2011: Now playing in my head: "Bad Day" by Daniel Powter http://t.co/yskVaZzz (2005) 7501
Nov 16 2011: RT @ExpertPrimate: I kinda want to make a nice romantic dinner for myself, then not show up and not call. That's so like me. 7502
Nov 16 2011: It takes courage both to be creative and to move with it when it happens in a way you weren't expecting. 7503
Nov 16 2011: RT @laurenahayes: The Dutch Tulip Bubble of 1637 http://t.co/lcFyMKru 7504
Nov 16 2011: Egads! One Catholic saint may be a fake. Thank God they didn't have journalists back in the early days! http://t.co/ykRcuyUT 7505
Nov 16 2011: Cats, dogs and children—don't let them run your life! You tell them what to do, not the other way around. 7506
Nov 16 2011: RT @LetsGo2TheBeach: @BadDalaiLama my cat said not to listen to you! : D 7507
Nov 16 2011: Feeling the sting of discrimination: Locked out of my favorite hostel in Miami due to my advanced age. Apparently, I am no longer "youth". 7508
Nov 16 2011: Years ago, a crabby co-worker committed suicide after being diagnosed with treatable cancer. We said he was "sorely missed" but not really. 7509
Nov 16 2011: I've dodged a lot of bullets but taken a couple right in the chest. So best policy? No bullets! 7510
Nov 16 2011: As machines become more complex, they take on personalities. Some programs are nice and others are bitches you don't want to deal with. 7511
Nov 16 2011: When does a denial become a confession? Interesting observation in Penn State case. Wash Post: http://t.co/VULpoYld 7512
Nov 16 2011: The position of the addict is, "I am worthless and can't help what I do." You can't fight that with any rational argument. 7513
Nov 16 2011: All our past tweets on Addiction: http://t.co/coUhVYiv 7514
Nov 16 2011: Any societal effort to "fix" one problem inevitably creates new ones, sometimes worse than the original. 7515
Nov 16 2011: On My Bucket List: Become a Japanese CEO forced to acknowledge my company's malfeasance by bowing deeply in public. [See Full Bucket List] 7516
Nov 16 2011: All the items on my Bucket List: http://t.co/RnSncNEw 7517
Nov 16 2011: I confess to a heterosexual attraction to adult females, effectively blocking me from any executive position with the Catholic Church. 7518
Nov 16 2011: There's a fine line between "helping" and "interference". 7519
Nov 17 2011: Poolside room with a pool I can actually swim in in November: $39 incl tax. (@ Motel 6) [pic]: http://t.co/nUwFq0j3 7520
Nov 17 2011: RT @DalaiLama: Even more important than the warmth and affection we receive, is the w. and aff'n we give. <== Dude could write for Hallmark! 7521
Nov 17 2011: RT @laurenahayes: 99% of the 99%ers at #OWS cannot formulate one coherent sentence to articulate what they're protesting @zerohedge@Gre ... 7522
Nov 17 2011: If you lived in a shipping container that you moved to exotic places, you'd still have the same problems, just a different view. 7523
Nov 17 2011: Now playing in my head: "Hey There Delilah" by Plain White T's. 7524
Nov 17 2011: Narcissism is defined not by self-interest but by an unwillingness to get inside another person's head to understand what they want. 7525
Nov 17 2011: I love you like alligators love flamingos. 7526
Nov 17 2011: "Hydroponic Gardening Superstore" — What are people in South Florida growing hydroponicly that they need a superstore?... Wait, never mind! 7527
Nov 17 2011: @xtinewu New York, she will find a way to confound your plans no matter what you do! 7528
Nov 17 2011: Getting that holiday feeling? It's not too early to start planning your Christmas getaway to some Muslim country that doesn't celebrate it. 7529
Nov 17 2011: @LadyFriday Hey, Lady F! Long time! Thanks for the RT! 7530
Nov 17 2011: Nothing turns me off a product more effectively than a paid actor trying to sell it to me. 7531
Nov 17 2011: RT @LadyFriday: @BadDalaiLama I secretly worship your Tweetacular skillz, BDL... B) 7532
Nov 17 2011: @LadyFriday Well it's not a secret anymore! 7533
Nov 17 2011: I broke down and donated to Wikipedia: http://t.co/3oVRUG9o - It's worth it just to learn about TV shows without having to watch! 7534
Nov 17 2011: Boy banging a drum at the Ft. Lauderdale airport. http://t.co/78qzZrkQ 7535
Nov 17 2011: At some point, you become the parent of your parents, and everything becomes a lot more clear. 7536
Nov 17 2011: My current state of repose, Washington, D.C. http://t.co/aU0ILgXS 7537
Nov 18 2011: Occupy My Bunk... until there are some serious changes in status quo. (@ Downtown Washington Hostel) [pic]: http://t.co/3E4FGvLA 7538
Nov 18 2011: At a hostel, it's definitely not about appearances but about serving the basic bodily functions: sleep, eat, shower, wifi. 7539
Nov 18 2011: Felis catus domestica. http://t.co/xEhET54g (photo - 2 days ago) 7540
Nov 18 2011: New photo album: "Another Exhausting Visit With My Annoying Nephews." http://t.co/RMtujXUl (Orlando, Fl - 2 days ago) 7541
Nov 18 2011: Hardship forces you to separate function from appearances. 7542
Nov 18 2011: RT @nytimes: At NY Family Courts, Rule for Public Access Isn't Heeded http://t.co/xEQXDfx6 <== Easier for me in Nevada. http://t.co/yQi2A8L9 7543
Nov 18 2011: Judging from appearances, the main business of Washington is the employment of security guards. http://t.co/JYOvaBze 7544
Nov 18 2011: The plaza behind the Capitol hides a vast underground complex. I was escorted through it once by armed guards. http://t.co/lAVUs4Xv 7545
Nov 18 2011: Deep in the heart of the belly of the beast. (@ United States Capitol Building w/ 3 others) [pic]: http://t.co/yqDai1Df 7546
Nov 18 2011: An icon of America! Philo Farnesworth holding the world's first iPhone. http://t.co/R17pMo7H 7547
Nov 18 2011: Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol — 360° panorama. http://t.co/OGFT9HvE — Look up! 7548
Nov 18 2011: The high cost of addiction. http://t.co/SLyZlFON - Washington Union Station (4 hour ago). 7549
Nov 18 2011: The Bad Dalai Lama is now Facebook friends with Kim Jong Il, the Dear Leader of North Korea. Let's all welcome him! http://t.co/ektQhPJ2 7550
Nov 18 2011: RT @ScottSaab: Overheard today: I have the body of a God. A Buddhist one. @BadDalaiLama What say? :) 7551
Nov 18 2011: If you're not focussed on a goal and ruthless in pursuing it, your life will quickly be overwhelmed by distractions. 7552
Nov 18 2011: RT @persdevquotes: Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. ~ Thomas Edison http://t.co/FBFmRht5 7553
Nov 18 2011: RT @persdevquotes: It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste. ~ Henry Ford http://t.co/FBF ... 7554
Nov 18 2011: "It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project." ~ Napoleon Hill via @persdevquotes 7555
Nov 18 2011: Autumn motif in residential Washington. http://t.co/7mvnca3P 7556
Nov 19 2011: I didn't realize it at the time, but I snapped a photo this morning of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. http://t.co/w7yQI4Bj 7557
Nov 19 2011: My best news photos from the past five years: http://t.co/qhP1AAGM 7558
Nov 19 2011: "Who you talkin' to?" http://t.co/fIbAmOYX - U.S. Capitol, this morning. (View in hi-res for full hilarious effect) 7559
Nov 19 2011: Just because you have perfected a set of technical skills does not mean you have perfected the skill of what to use them for. 7560
Nov 19 2011: @MimiNassauhttp://t.co/NnhGiHJs 7561
Nov 19 2011: In skills that aren't important, there will always be someone better than you. Just make sure there's no one better in the important skills. 7562
Nov 19 2011: To determine if someone is trustworthy, you must conduct a "virtual drug test" to look for addiction. 7563
Nov 19 2011: Most dishonesty arises from some form of addiction—obsessions if not drugs. People lie and steal to hide or fund their habit. 7564
Nov 19 2011: People can lie to get ahead but not so much as they lie to protect their ego and addictions. 7565
Nov 19 2011: RT @TheLastVirgo: Some of the most beautiful songs are composed by the most tormented souls. 7566
Nov 19 2011: View from my hostel window in D.C. http://t.co/XTbW4FCQ 7567
Nov 19 2011: RT @TheLastVirgo: Random observation: How can anyone who feels Life is just an illusion be so disillusioned? 7568
Nov 19 2011: New photo album: Touring the U.S. Capitol (yesterday). http://t.co/PwZNfuf8 7569
Nov 19 2011: @spyropapaspyrou Kind of interesting. A techno-beat thing. 7570
Nov 19 2011: Is Google+ dead? http://t.co/rilrVKJO - No, but it will never compete directly with Facebook. We use it as a showcase: http://t.co/D6ODflSf 7571
Nov 19 2011: It's Saturday, and the sloth bears are not showing up. I guess they're sleeping in. [pic]: http://t.co/MsFAPwC1 7572
Nov 19 2011: Saturday one-footed sleep-in of the lawn ornaments. http://t.co/aYWEkYYQ 7573
Nov 19 2011: Same old story: The drunk zoo visitor climbed into the lion habitat and was eaten. Happens all the time. Move along please! 7574
Nov 19 2011: The bigger the lens, the more cold and detached the photo. Emotion resides in 18-55mm. 7575
Nov 19 2011: Love. http://t.co/VVWMZbgJ 7576
Nov 19 2011: New photo album: Smithsonian National Zoo (shot today): http://t.co/xateRW2Z 7577
Nov 19 2011: My lizard friend. http://t.co/d6NDBpUk 7578
Nov 19 2011: My best relationship photos from the past five years. http://t.co/BrKfiOIl 7579
Nov 19 2011: Looking for a restroom. (@ The White House w/ 5 others) http://t.co/zX32CH4R 7580
Nov 20 2011: Checking out of D.C. — Onward! (@ Union Station w/ 12 others) http://t.co/JEmUMxZV 7581
Nov 20 2011: 360° panorama: Aboard a double-deck Megabus out of Washington. http://t.co/ZyqC8NAO - Look down! 7582
Nov 20 2011: "Practice makes perfect" isn't the whole story. Plenty of people practice a musical instrument without improving. What are they missing? 7583
Nov 20 2011: Repetition does not imply learning or growth. Instead, it often prevents both. 7584
Nov 20 2011: A third of the homes in North Las Vegas are in foreclosure. It's the new Detroit! http://t.co/nuJCFfvf 7585
Nov 20 2011: Arrival in Knoxville. http://t.co/05BaeUPI 7586
Nov 20 2011: Another Walmart-related fatality. http://t.co/1dRKD9N3 7587
Nov 20 2011: Corner of Gay and Main. http://t.co/7Wr3EZ7V - 360° panorama. 7588
Nov 20 2011: A bag lady in downtown Knoxville just asked me if I was homeless. I had to confess that I was. (But "mobile" homeless is a lot more fun.) 7589
Nov 20 2011: Annabel: Sweet. Sociable. Licks to show affection. Can't fetch worth a damn. Likes to chase cats. (Related: My right arm is very clean.) 7590
Nov 20 2011: @aaroncajes It's something you'll have to infer. 7591
Nov 20 2011: On My Bucket List: Come face-to-face with my own mortality. [See Full Bucket List] 7592
Nov 20 2011: Many couples are held together by their pet, which they dote on mercilessly. The only scary thing is when the pet is a child. 7593
Nov 20 2011: Practice and experience are useless without insight. 7594
Nov 20 2011: Today is like Black Friday all over Walmartania. All the Walmart parking lots are full, so all must be right with the world. 7595
Nov 20 2011: Dear Consumer: Only you can fix this broken economy. Get out there and buy useless shit again! If you got credit, use it! Now is the time! 7596
Nov 20 2011: "Bradley Cooper: Sexiest Man Alive". My Q: Who is Bradley Cooper? (Last I knew Mel Gibson was SMA. Am I out of touch?) http://t.co/Q4zjzqtN 7597
Nov 20 2011: Wet spill in the baby food aisle. http://t.co/vbx0eiM5 7598
Nov 20 2011: Annabel, my new traveling companion. http://t.co/GJtfDJ4X 7599
Nov 20 2011: When hubris leads to a crash, it is hard to not feel some schadenfreude, except that innocent people also get injured. 7600
Nov 21 2011: Cats or dogs? Cats are more cuddly, but dogs are true companions—and much more responsibility. They're children who never grow up. 7601
Nov 21 2011: Movies and TV shows may be influential, but for viral infection of the human soul, nothing matches a song. 7602
Nov 21 2011: Everything is negotiable except the willingness to negotiate. 7603
Nov 21 2011: Early explorers saw the manatee in Florida and thought they were seeing the mythical mermaid. "Man, those girls are ugly!" #manateemonday 7604
Nov 21 2011: RT @iandury0: the cost-conscious vampire who filled his fridge with less-expensive blood-flavoured beverage 7605
Nov 21 2011: Snogging with Annabel. http://t.co/R8EWgeXB 7606
Nov 21 2011: I don't see the point of an "Adult Superstore". It's not like there's a huge diversity of products. Archive photos: http://t.co/jYeTDplm 7607
Nov 21 2011: @TheBosha Oh, YOU were that guy! Perv! How was a supposed to take a photo with you there? 7608
Nov 21 2011: You don't have to wait for an evil act to judge a person evil. Their attitude alone justifies staying away from them. 7609
Nov 21 2011: Evil is a state of war with oneself. 7610
Nov 21 2011: 48 years ago today, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, ruining my birthday forever. 7611
Nov 22 2011: Lone gunman or conspiracy? At some point the Statute of Limitations kicks in and you gotta let it go. 7612
Nov 22 2011: If I had a schoolgirl crush on one of the Beatles, it would be John. So dark and conflicted. 7613
Nov 22 2011: The hardest part of creativity is evaluating your own work. 7614
Nov 22 2011: To evaluate your own work, you must overcome your own ego and resist the emotional pressure to defend your investments. 7615
Nov 22 2011: Time is money, until you have enough money at which point time becomes more valuable. 7616
Nov 22 2011: At the hearing of a teen drug offender. She's looking good in her orange jumpsuit! http://t.co/3hqwY2Bu 7617
Nov 22 2011: Six orange-clad defendants in a country courtroom, most looking at hard time. My defendant, the youngest, hoping to get out today. 7618
Nov 22 2011: Casual wheeling and dealing between lawyers and DA. 10 years prison tacked onto 25. Arrest warrants issued. All very light and breezy. 7619
Nov 22 2011: Learning all about "Shake and Bake" methamphetamine manufacture in court today. No external heat source required! 7620
Nov 22 2011: Teen and her BF charged with meth manufacture—which they're guilty of—but case hard to prove cuz only apparatus found, no actual drugs. 7621
Nov 22 2011: Defendants lead back to detention during a court recess. Washington County Courthouse. http://t.co/ztELNnHp 7622
Nov 22 2011: Sigh! My teen was supposed to testify against her ex-BF, but then LIED on the stand, said she knew nothing. Sigh! 7623
Nov 22 2011: My friend bought herself another 23 days in jail, which is the best place for her (no drugs). Wish they could keep her longer! 7624
Nov 22 2011: .@janeconley: "wish she could be in a hospital instead of jail" <== No, jail is far more effective! 7625
Nov 22 2011: Checking out of the Washington County Courthouse, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Back on the road after 3 hours of courtroom amusement. 7626
Nov 22 2011: Center of justice in Washington County, Oklahoma. http://t.co/i4RRw1ag 7627
Nov 22 2011: Dealing with teenagers over an extended period greatly improves ones skills in lie detection. 7628
Nov 22 2011: When someone is engaged shameful pursuits, there is a danger they'll lash out at you to hide their shame. This is the root of violence. 7629
Nov 22 2011: "Do-It-Yourself" can save you money, but "Do-It-Yerself"?... Well, yer just lookin' fer a heap o' trouble! 7630
Nov 22 2011: I slept much better once I determined that I was a human, inherently more valuable than other species, and kicked the dog off the bed. 7631
Nov 22 2011: RT @xtinewu: Don't overthink & overcomplicate, just go for it! Simplicity swings the hardest... 7632
Nov 22 2011: @xtinewu Now yer cookin', Wu! 7633
Nov 22 2011: If you choose someone for the fantasy and the fantasy turns into a fraud, you can't really blame the fraud for being who he is. 7634
Nov 22 2011: Most Utopias end up only half-built, never achieving the dream but entombing their creators. 7635
Nov 22 2011: What's that word—you know, the word for something that's at the tip of your tongue but you can't quite recall it?... Fuck, I'll just Google. 7636
Nov 22 2011: You can afford to be creative or curious only if you allow enough time in your schedule for it. 7637
Nov 22 2011: @Schmoodles I love your non-vagina and non-penis jokes. Although the star-reward may be minimal, I hope you'll get back to them. 7638
Nov 22 2011: "Unpredictable rewards keep us guessing, so we'll keep checking long after we're rewarded because 'you never know.'" via @laurenahayes 7639
Nov 22 2011: Life is too short to bake cookies. 7640
Nov 23 2011: Let's be honest: Annabel is not the sharpest tool in the shed, but still very sweet. http://t.co/3dcKPKSM 7641
Nov 23 2011: RT @Schmoodles: Praying to God is the adult version of writing a letter to Santa. 7642
Nov 23 2011: .@xtinewu "Life is too short NOT to bake cookies!" <== Problem is not the cookies, per se, but the "opportunity cost" (Google it!) 7643
Nov 23 2011: People treat time as an infinitely renewable resource. It's not. It's the most scarce and precious resource we have. 7644
Nov 23 2011: "Opportunity cost" is the value of what you could be doing if you weren't doing what you're doing now. 7645
Nov 23 2011: In computer programming, you encounter a lot of paranormal phenomena—things that defy all logic until you see what you've been overlooking. 7646
Nov 23 2011: Our searchable tweet archive has been updated at http://t.co/ryyLNqqE 7647
Nov 23 2011: Numbers don't lie! Over the past 31 days, we cranked out an average of 24 tweets a day. For a lower volume feed, follow @BadLamaWisdom 7648
Nov 23 2011: In the beginning, love is defined for us by others. We have to fail many times before we learn to define it for ourselves. 7649
Nov 23 2011: @xtinewu So what is the meaning of "home" if you are never there? 7650
Nov 23 2011: Jealousy is a bad sign. It is a hint that the relationship can't sustain itself on its own merits. 7651
Nov 23 2011: @xtinewu Home is where the inventory of currently unused goods resides. 7652
Nov 23 2011: One little airplane, crashing into the spectator stands, ruins the air show for everybody. 7653
Nov 23 2011: Walmart, El Reno, Oklahoma: Two pimply-faced teens, boy and girl, both wearing braces, smooching in front of the Trojan condom display. 7654
Nov 23 2011: I found Jesus in a Walmart restroom. http://t.co/a89prS0q 7655
Nov 23 2011: Thanksgiving thought: If I eat this block of fat, and digestion is efficient, it will become equivalent fat on my body. http://t.co/cPtfQRyu 7656
Nov 23 2011: You can't control your weight without becoming a food snob. "I'm not going to eat THAT! It's beneath me." 7657
Nov 23 2011: Eat, go for a walk, smell things, pee on things, poop, chase things but rarely catch them, make noise, crave attention—dogs or people? 7658
Nov 23 2011: The main satisfaction in life is not achieving specific goals but using your resources in the best way possible. 7659
Nov 24 2011: Biggest damn cross you ever seen! (@ Largest Cross In The Western Hemisphere) http://t.co/KJVPCNwd 7660
Nov 24 2011: Fillin' up with the Lord's fuel. (@ Jesus Christ Is Lord Travel Center) [pic]: http://t.co/ZZioR9Zb 7661
Nov 24 2011: At the Jesus Christ Is Lord Travel Center, they trust in God but you still have to pre-pay for gas. http://t.co/y5R2y4ia 7662
Nov 24 2011: Archive photos from the Jesus Christ Is Lord Not A Swear Word Travel Center, Amarillo, Texas. http://t.co/gmqgcNcR 7663
Nov 24 2011: This is not a typo! Rental car (truck actually!) for $9.21/day plus tax (weekend rate). http://t.co/dK45y3mR 7664
Nov 24 2011: @ATLcatalyst Reserve at http://t.co/6x93e8bw for a weekend, then check every day to see if the rate has changed. Rates go up and down daily. 7665
Nov 24 2011: Humans are horrible at risk management. They obsess over highly unlikely risks while ignoring the ones that really get them. 7666
Nov 24 2011: @xtinewu "on what debauchery shall I spend my per diem?" <== You already debauched in NY. Time to be staid and responsible—and pocket it! 7667
Nov 24 2011: @xtinewu For reasons of Karma, if nothing else. The Un-Honeymoon is over! 7668
Nov 24 2011: Creativity is looking past conventions and preconceptions to what really works. 7669
Nov 24 2011: Creativity isn't playing by the rules; it's rewriting the rules by which the game is played. 7670
Nov 24 2011: RT @noahWG: Without jealousy, I fear many couples wouldn't have much to say to one another. 7671
Nov 24 2011: The amount of makeup used is inversely proportional to ones inner self-confidence. 7672
Nov 24 2011: Misfortune is an essential mechanism to push us out of our comfort zone and into the next stage of our development. 7673
Nov 24 2011: Whenever I am offered a free online service without any advertising pushed on me, I get worried. How will this thing survive? 7674
Nov 24 2011: The jalapeño should not be confused with actual flavor. 7675
Nov 24 2011: Science is an infinite onion. Every layer of mystery you peel away just reveals more mystery, with rarely any net benefit for mankind. 7676
Nov 24 2011: For any benefit you claim from science (atomic energy, diseases cured) I can show you a comparable cost (atomic bombs, overpopulation). 7677
Nov 24 2011: Scientists are as religious as any fundamentalists, believing without proof that science will cure all ills. 7678
Nov 24 2011: @cottonmouth1 "....Happy Thanksgiving, Mr. Bad....wherever you are...." <== Thank you for caring! Location attached. 7679
Nov 24 2011: @aaroncajes "Mr. Bad Dalai Lama when will you and your brother return to your home temple?" <== That's up to the Chinese authorities. 7680
Nov 24 2011: The most common specimen in the museum is the pleasedonottouch. http://t.co/IvZK6IoD 7681
Nov 24 2011: Death is a state where you lose control of your own P.R. No more spin control! 7682
Nov 24 2011: Love cannot last without content. You can't just "have a relationship". You have to have a common mission. 7683
Nov 24 2011: Truck family. Moriarty, New Mexico. http://t.co/q4CYnS5E 7684
Nov 24 2011: @aaroncajes No, it is an HDR taken with my dSLR. (3 photos at diff exp combined into one with Dynamic Photo HDR.) Not what the eye sees. 7685
Nov 24 2011: OMFG! My friend, Lady Gaga impersonator @KittyBrucknell, gets hugged by the REAL Lady Gaga on British TV. LMFAO! http://t.co/fgAYgsRj 7686
Nov 24 2011: How do I explain to a sweet lady like this that I don't like being licked? http://t.co/v41h5tu5 7687
Nov 24 2011: The REAL Cookie Monster: If a cookie is sitting in front of you, can you resist its temptations? 7688
Nov 24 2011: This little fellow in the dirt spooked the hell out of me. http://t.co/WQBrtwwr Full body: http://t.co/VWm7ZRVy 7689
Nov 25 2011: He who gives up nothing ends up losing everything. 7690
Nov 25 2011: Note: Our tweets starting midnight (ET) are recycled from one year ago today. (Yes, we're self-plagiarizing!) Source: http://t.co/Bn7GQqAV 7691
Nov 25 2011: To find what makes you happy, you must experiment and test your own limits. No advice from others will suffice. You must seek your own data. 7692
Nov 25 2011: It is of little benefit to your self-esteem to be praised for an accomplishment you know is not your own. 7693
Nov 25 2011: Romantic love is a value-added service. If you are not receiving value in excess of the price paid, you shouldn't be using the service. 7694
Nov 25 2011: @laurenahayes "Nurture beauty and innocence, genius and goodness." <== You're sounding like the Good @DalaiLama (yawn!) 7695
Nov 25 2011: RT @nagzor: @BadDalaiLama just a scientific way of saying 'if you're unhappy GTFO...' 7696
Nov 25 2011: "Smart" doesn't always mean "wise". One can be smart in pursuit of ones goals but unwise in the choice of them. 7697
Nov 25 2011: Most romantic relationships eventually devolve into parental ones: one partner becoming increasingly childish while the other enables them. 7698
Nov 25 2011: Success tends to freeze you at whatever developmental state you were in when it occurred. 7699
Nov 25 2011: Given the choice between being lonely and losing yourself in a relationship, lonely gives you far more options. 7700
Nov 25 2011: @piratehook3r Give us back the dimples, Pirate Girl!! Your dimples are your greatest asset. #revolt #revolution #bringbacktheoldavi #occupy 7701
Nov 25 2011: The biggest worry about falling in love is losing your edge. 7702
Nov 25 2011: For many, love is a creative asset, for others, the end of personal growth. 7703
Nov 25 2011: Love is like a sailing ship. You can take it to some fantastic places, but you have to take control. The ship won't steer itself. 7704
Nov 25 2011: Love is not a savior or a miracle but a blank canvas. You have to decide what to paint on it. 7705
Nov 25 2011: People say about love, "Now I have security. Now I can relax." That's the beginning of disaster. 7706
Nov 25 2011: Cuttin' loose at the Route 66 Casino, Albuquerque. http://t.co/PpusnQgi 7707
Nov 25 2011: RT @Olivia_Sarai: RT @BadDalaiLama: People say about love, "Now I have security. Now I can relax." That's the beginning of disaster. // ... 7708
Nov 25 2011: @Olivia_Sarai: "I'd like you to write about science, you're brilliant in every topic" <== Indeed I am! But who would pay for such wisdom? 7709
Nov 25 2011: Karma won't pay the bills, but it greatly reduces them. (cc: @Olivia_Sarai) 7710
Nov 25 2011: Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico. http://t.co/x9CWfvuu 7711
Nov 25 2011: Roadside vending stands, Laguna, New Mexico. http://t.co/RC7QkAE0 7712
Nov 25 2011: New photos from New Mexico. http://t.co/4m7lMuBu (end of album) 7713
Nov 25 2011: RT @cottonmouth1: On My Bucket List: …spending a Day in The Life of @BadDalaiLama...... [See Full Bucket List] 7714
Nov 25 2011: RT @TheLastVirgo: If you yawn, please ensure you also stretch simultaneously. Revel in the Spirit of Pandiculation. <== Learned a new word! 7715
Nov 25 2011: RT @MailOnline: 'A very compelling case for life': Scientists in a frenzy after discovery of planet just like Earth http://t.co/orllOf8w 7716
Nov 25 2011: For soporific solipsisms and truist tautologies, follow the Good @DalaiLama 7717
Nov 25 2011: Just made public the 2-minute trailer for my proposed travel series: Operation Weekend. http://t.co/aSVmUb2O More info: http://t.co/uwfZXeyp 7718
Nov 25 2011: @TheLastVirgo You know, I rarely pandiculate. Kind of embarrassing. What's wrong with me? 7719
Nov 25 2011: @piratehook3r "Apparently I get all of my super powers from my dimples." <== Indeed, without them you're a mere mortal. 7720
Nov 25 2011: RT @LetsGo2TheBeach: @cottonmouth1 Damn u for coming up w/ that idea before me! I'M spending a day with @BadDalaiLama !!!! 7721
Nov 25 2011: @TheLastVirgo I'm not into any of that Kama Sutra stuff. 7722
Nov 25 2011: Creativity is when you grab something routine from your environment and use it for a new purpose. 7723
Nov 25 2011: If you TRULY LOVE His Holy Badliness, please retweet his wisdom unreservedly. Some of this shit needs to go viral! 7724
Nov 25 2011: Running a race and winning isn't necessarily creative. Creativity is bypassing the race altogether. 7725
Nov 25 2011: The invisible "dark matter" of the Twitter universe is people who read and appreciate but don't star or retweet. 7726
Nov 25 2011: Internet technology is a "brain prosthetic", extending ones sensory reach but not replacing the human skills of intellect and judgment. 7727
Nov 26 2011: RT @TheEconomist: The risk that the euro may disintegrate within weeks is alarmingly high http://t.co/k0kGjpyX 7728
Nov 26 2011: Why isn't anyone talking about the Swiss debt crisis? (Oh, I guess because there isn't one.) 7729
Nov 26 2011: Entertainment Intolerance Disorder (EID) — the inability to tolerate entertainment in any form (TV, movies, etc). Doctor, what do I do? 7730
Nov 26 2011: Entertainment seems like harmless fun until you realize all the meaningful things you're giving up to pursue it. 7731
Nov 26 2011: Entertainment is a thief of time. 7732
Nov 26 2011: LATE NIGHT LAMA! - Our late night tweets (midnight-6am ET) are recycled from one year ago today. From our archive: http://t.co/o7IVLwc4 7733
Nov 26 2011: When you need something too much, your neediness itself becomes the biggest barrier to getting what you want. 7734
Nov 26 2011: Another term for "dream home" is "self-designed prison". 7735
Nov 26 2011: If someone freaks out over life's minor frustrations (traffic jams, lost luggage), you definitely don't want them around for the big crises. 7736
Nov 26 2011: Each of us is a sexually motivated being, through no fault of our own, but how we express and manage that drive is a matter of choice. 7737
Nov 26 2011: The most important right of the individual is to keep secret his intentions. 7738
Nov 26 2011: Whenever you think you have no choice, you usually have many. You just refuse to see them. 7739
Nov 26 2011: Selfless service to others is NOT your first priority. First invest in yourself, then you will have the tools to invest in others. 7740
Nov 26 2011: Writing and recording a song is a creative process. Performing it live is a religious one. People are worshipping the gods who made it. 7741
Nov 26 2011: Real estate advice: Never buy property in a desert development with "Paradise" in the name. 7742
Nov 26 2011: First loves are training grounds, destined to fail. You have to burn through a few before you learn what's right. 7743
Nov 26 2011: We enjoy the often profound musings of @TheLastVirgo. She should shave her head and become our Mini Me! #ff 7744
Nov 26 2011: Public Notice: @piratehook3r has lost her dimples. If anybody finds them, please give them back. Cash reward for safe return. 7745
Nov 26 2011: RT @noahWG: Black Friday. Leave it to the 1% to create a whole pseudo-holiday out of their ability to manipulate the consumer. 7746
Nov 26 2011: Karma won't pay the bills, but it can greatly reduce them. 7747
Nov 26 2011: His Badliness is a discriminating connoisseur. Will only drink wine from a gallon jug. (Needles, CA) http://t.co/xXl2gJJP 7748
Nov 26 2011: Needles, California, should never be pronounced "Needless" although I always do. 7749
Nov 26 2011: Almost time to bid adieu to Annabel. http://t.co/xc1MI6fh 7750
Nov 27 2011: If you're not willing to fight, stand up for your interests and defend your borders, then love is not the place for you. 7751
Nov 27 2011: Moon and Venus over Edwards Air Force Base. http://t.co/cD6lfWIb 7752
Nov 27 2011: The jilted lover took his own life rather than live without his one true love, proving how wise she was to leave him. 7753
Nov 27 2011: Californians put Christmas lights on palm trees with no sense of irony. It's just what God intended. 7754
Nov 27 2011: Authentic Californian cuisine. (@ In-N-Out Burger) http://t.co/J5WGTL3X 7755
Nov 27 2011: LATE NIGHT LAMA! The following tweets are reruns from one year ago today. http://t.co/6k0e3vE3 7756
Nov 27 2011: The depth of my love for you—Is shown on this fine tattoo—Would it cause you alarm—If I sent you my arm—To nourish your lawyer and you? 7757
Nov 27 2011: Opposites attract—and usually end up trying to annihilate each other! 7758
Nov 27 2011: A delusion can persist only as long as there are excess resources to support it. 7759
Nov 27 2011: Reality is the assassin of delusion. 7760
Nov 27 2011: Life throws obstructions in your path, but they are usually minor compared to the barriers you create for yourself. 7761
Nov 27 2011: Paranoia is a mechanism that assures your success in life never exceeds your inner self-esteem. 7762
Nov 27 2011: People like to invent restrictions for themselves—lists of things they won't do—because it helps them avoid making real decisions. 7763
Nov 27 2011: "Just Say No!" to catchy but ineffective slogans. 7764
Nov 27 2011: Slogans are cheap, easily distributed, immediately satisfying and far less painful than action or decision. "We Support Our Troops!" 7765
Nov 27 2011: The purpose of slogans is to give people the illusion they are addressing a complex problem without any costs and risks. 7766
Nov 27 2011: RT @Kyoks1: @BadDalaiLama or because they're trading-off a "manageable" sacrifice/penance for something wrong they're doing, but not wil ... 7767
Nov 27 2011: People have their comfort zone, their home base, their touchstone. For me it is... Walmart! #seriously #youthinkimcrazy #travelinglife 7768
Nov 27 2011: We honor @Kyoks1 for her well-aimed retweets and Spanish translations of our work. You are part of our sinister plan for world domination! 7769
Nov 27 2011: RT @aaroncajes: @BadDalaiLama Walmart is the temples of the bad dalai lama. :P 7770
Nov 27 2011: Half Cuddle. http://t.co/ki6xCBtN 7771
Nov 27 2011: Everyone who loves Walmart, raise your hand! http://t.co/z38QnAyb 7772
Nov 27 2011: "I know good camera presence when I see it. And your delivery is spot on." Our TV show trailer: http://t.co/iUCBP7PP 7773
Nov 27 2011: RT @MailOnline: Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal: Was 'raped' maid and missing BlackBerry a set-up to help Sarkozy? http://t.co/8IB2fs6Z 7774
Nov 27 2011: RT @TheEconomist: Sarajevo debates how to mark June 28th 2014, the one hundredth anniversary of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand ht ... 7775
Nov 27 2011: RT @brainpicker: Interesting – @magisto_says algorithmically cuts any boring video into a snazzy highlight reel http://t.co/mZmUCpQO (HT ... 7776
Nov 27 2011: RT @persdevquotes: You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. ~ W. Churchill http://t.co/F ... 7777
Nov 27 2011: RT @philoquotes: The logic of the world is prior to all truth and falsehood. ~ Wittgenstein http://t.co/f4loa27z 7778
Nov 27 2011: RT @oliverburkeman: Here's the full NYRB piece about DSK, by the way. http://t.co/h2aQhJHl The thing about the celebratory dance is *rea ... 7779
Nov 27 2011: The cool thing about modern conspiracies is someone is always going to break. A conspiracy is only as strong as its weakest member. #dsk 7780
Nov 27 2011: If I had to go, this sounds like a nice place! (@ Pleasant Valley State Prison) http://t.co/7hdlcQed 7781
Nov 27 2011: (I get 2 extra points on Foursquare for being the first of my friends to check in there.) 7782
Nov 27 2011: How do you get 3 cannibals and 3 missionaries across a river in a boat that carries only 2? Not a problem—IF YOU'RE A CANNIBAL! 7783
Nov 27 2011: Those without a grasp of irony will be trampled to death by life. 7784
Nov 27 2011: After Thanksgiving, people start driving around with big green corpses lashed to the top of their cars. Some sort of Pagan ritual. 7785
Nov 27 2011: RT @Telegraph: Where are the great movies, asks Spielberg http://t.co/wwCZOH0u <== LOL! He hasn't been making them! 7786
Nov 28 2011: Checking into the multiplex for a multi-film orgy. (@ Century 20 Great Mall and XD w/ 3 others) [pic]: http://t.co/OVKTD9HP 7787
Nov 28 2011: Hugo — Tedious film school lesson with all the clockwork money can buy. C- 7788
Nov 28 2011: Whenever I see a new movie with a fresh child star, I think: "There's another life ruined!" My sadness for them overpowers the movie itself. 7789
Nov 28 2011: A movie can't be all suspense and build-up. I has to deliver something valuable at the end. 7790
Nov 28 2011: RT @Qrystal: Sometimes, "No comment." is better left unsaid. 7791
Nov 28 2011: Music is not an end but a means. 7792
Nov 28 2011: Having a love of words is not the same as having something to say. 7793
Nov 28 2011: No matter how thrilling something was the first time, you can never go back. You can repeat the outer motions but not the inner feeling. 7794
Nov 28 2011: Parental love is an act of charity. Romantic love is an arrangement for mutual benefit. Don't confuse one with the other. 7795
Nov 28 2011: The online world is place to plan and analyze activities of the real world, not a replacement for them. 7796
Nov 28 2011: The purchase price of a possession is only part of its cost. The rest is its storage, maintenance and protection, which can be much higher. 7797
Nov 28 2011: Youth may know the statutes, but age knows the case law. 7798
Nov 28 2011: Marketing consists of offering the consumer a pornographic image then standing in front of it and collecting an admission fee. 7799
Nov 28 2011: It is one thing to protest a rigged election, quite another to riot over a cut in pay. 7800
Nov 28 2011: Time is the distiller of quality. 7801
Nov 28 2011: I tied to watch "The Muppets" but I couldn't help thinking, "Jim Henson is dead. Disney now owns this." 7802
Nov 28 2011: All our Foursquare check-ins since the beginning of time (10 months ago). http://t.co/qTfEWFpO 7803
Nov 28 2011: RT @aedison: My Dad wrote the book on Jim Beam. Well, he did the research. 7804
Nov 28 2011: RT @Schmoodles: Running out of happy pills makes me sad. 7805
Nov 28 2011: Peter Pan Motel, Santa Cruz, California — 360° panorama. http://t.co/yLbgLSYS 7806
Nov 28 2011: First time here! A wonderfully decrepit seaside resort. (@ Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk) [pic]: http://t.co/kYoxWoMn 7807
Nov 28 2011: My first Instagram photo. @ Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk http://t.co/5mtSRj8v 7808
Nov 28 2011: Redwood City, California - 360° panorama. http://t.co/gjTnFxmn - Just stopped beside the road and said, "Wow, this is cool!" 7809
Nov 28 2011: Rock n' Roll road trip, Santa Cruz Beach. http://t.co/jDMl4okp 7810
Nov 28 2011: People buy real estate in a scenic location to try to expropriate its identity to bolster their own. 7811
Nov 28 2011: If you can't resist temptation, then remove yourself from the environment where it takes place. 7812
Nov 28 2011: Some of the most crippled people are those who have never had a real disaster in their life, never had a forest fire to clear the brush. 7813
Nov 28 2011: Panther Beach, near Santa Cruz - 360° panorama. http://t.co/N4oxzvkX 7814
Nov 28 2011: Those who are creative and actualized above the surface are less likely to be deviant and destructive below the surface. 7815
Nov 28 2011: A "successful" artist (making money) should not be confused with a "great" one (remembered through the ages). 7816
Nov 28 2011: Pigeon Point Lighthouse. Purdy! http://t.co/YaiGZmth 7817
Nov 29 2011: RT @ExpertPrimate: The only thing that scares me about getting old is old people. Have you ever tried listening to one? So full of shit. 7818
Nov 29 2011: New photo album: Panther Beach and Pigeon Point Lighthouse. http://t.co/usB3NFiW 7819
Nov 29 2011: An angry sea. Panther Beach. http://t.co/baKk30rk 7820
Nov 29 2011: RT @PoulsNocturne: @BadDalaiLama Anger can certainly be beautiful sometimes. 7821
Nov 29 2011: RT @cottonmouth1: @BadDalaiLama ....God walks that beach.....awe-inspiring. 7822
Nov 29 2011: The only flaw in the previous photo is a lack of scale. Without a tiny human in the photo, you can't measure the waves or cliffs. 7823
Nov 29 2011: Where would we be without parataxic distortion? Probably not here today to discuss it, as it certainly serves a procreative purpose. 7824
Nov 29 2011: The bigger the wedding the better the marriage — True or False? 7825
Nov 29 2011: The root of all evil is a mind at war with itself. 7826
Nov 29 2011: It is sad to watch a friend descend into addiction and almost as sad to see them bury themselves in possessions and obligations. 7827
Nov 29 2011: No matter how complex a virtual model may become, it can't compete with the richness, consistency and unexpected twists of reality. 7828
Nov 29 2011: Humans are natural hoarders, genetically programmed to stockpile resources for lean times. Once, it was essential, now dysfunctional. 7829
Nov 29 2011: RT @mecotterill: Dear @BadDalaiLama, if I started to treat my life as though it were a video-game, would it get better or worse? 7830
Nov 29 2011: RT @noemiruth The bigger the wedding the more expensive the divorce. 7831
Nov 29 2011: If there were no limit on the human lifespan, power would become entrenched and we would be even more wasteful of time than we already are. 7832
Nov 29 2011: RT @cottonmouth1: @BadDalaiLama ....FALSE! …just ask Kim K. 7833
Nov 29 2011: Hitchcock-shaped vicar using an iPhone at Newark Airport. http://t.co/81OdCera 7834
Nov 29 2011: Obvious neediness has the paradoxical effect of pushing people away. They are afraid of drowning in your concerns. 7835
Nov 29 2011: @xtinewu GirlQuote #1 seems to conflict with GirlQuote #2. 7836
Nov 29 2011: Why do airport workers say, "Have a safe flight"? Do they know something we don't? Are they implying it might NOT be safe? #paranoia 7837
Nov 29 2011: Horrible toilet-to-patron ratio, so even the MEN have to wait! (@ Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)) http://t.co/UF64exFD 7838
Nov 29 2011: Some ideas are offensive because they are exploitative, others only because you have already invested in the opposite. 7839
Nov 29 2011: No Langoliers here... unless they're spreading! (@ Portland International Jetport (PWM) w/ 2 others) http://t.co/F935sUnc 7840
Nov 29 2011: RT @TIME: Creative types are more likely to cheat | http://t.co/4ROIFDuU (via @TIMEHealthland) 7841
Nov 29 2011: RT @YourAuntLola: If you really want to get somewhere, sweetie, you may have to Jump Ship & Swim 7842
Nov 29 2011: Get ready for the white polar bear Coke can! It will make this carbonated corn-syrup beverage seem so... New and Exciting! 7843
Nov 29 2011: I just learned, after all these years, that this product is NOT pronounced "Peanut Noyer". I'm so embarrassed! http://t.co/HF0QjlxM 7844
Nov 29 2011: Sam's Club, Portland, Maine. http://t.co/yLWU074s 7845
Nov 29 2011: Funny isn't fun anymore when you have to be funny to survive. 7846
Nov 29 2011: Humor is important, but relationships are healthiest when you can directly say what you want without coding it in a joke. 7847
Nov 29 2011: The greatest achievement of marketing is Dasani — filtered tap water with a pinch of salt, sold for the same price as fruit juice or milk. 7848
Nov 29 2011: New England is full of historic birthplaces of once-famous dead people who no one today has ever heard of. 7849
Nov 29 2011: The American economy hasn't been the same since the bottom fell out of the shit-you-don't-need market. 7850
Nov 29 2011: RT @MinnieGupta: "I wanted to marry your mother as soon as I met her. But I had to wait 11 days." Aw Mom and Dad ♥ 7851
Nov 29 2011: @MinnieGupta Serious? Arranged marriage? 7852
Nov 29 2011: Self-portrait on a red-eye flight last night. http://t.co/A9T0fzMF 7853
Nov 30 2011: All my 360 panoramas on Photosynth: http://t.co/5F3QakS0 7854
Nov 30 2011: @xtinewu "Really FB: People you may know-Kim Jung Il" <== That's cuz he's a friend of mine! Don't pre-judge. He's cool! http://t.co/ektQhPJ2 7855
Nov 30 2011: @xtinewu Are those dead palm trees or some sort of tentacled monster? 7856
Nov 30 2011: Following tweets are part of our Late Night Lama recycling program, from one year ago today. http://t.co/34kMWTZD 7857
Nov 30 2011: Sarcasm is irony with a bitter edge. 7858
Nov 30 2011: Sarcasm is the passive-aggressive way of saying things. It expresses ones frustration while blocking any avenue of resolution. 7859
Nov 30 2011: Sarcasm, like anger, is dysfunctional self-expression the world doesn't need. 7860
Nov 30 2011: Those who cannot reduce their commitments to sustainable levels will find their commitments reduced for them—usually catastrophically. 7861
Nov 30 2011: "Wanting it all" is the functional equivalent of wanting nothing. 7862
Nov 30 2011: Life is the process of reducing the infinite possibilities in front of you to the few things you can afford to do. 7863
Nov 30 2011: Sometimes your best move is just cop an Alford plea and move on with your life. 7864
Nov 30 2011: Unbuffered democracy—where the people vote directly for laws—is as much a tyranny as any dictatorship. (See California.) 7865
Nov 30 2011: "Object constancy" is knowing that people have their own lives apart from your needs. Children learn it gradually, but some adults never do. 7866
Nov 30 2011: If slogans really change human behavior, then we should erect signs every few feet along the highway: "Always Drive Safely!" 7867
Nov 30 2011: Taste is a neurological mechanism to guide us to the foods our body needs. It is not an end in itself. 7868
Nov 30 2011: RT @bprabawabr: Just like "love" RT @BadDalaiLama Taste is a neurological mechanism to guide us to the foods our body needs. It is not a ... 7869
Nov 30 2011: Love is a means of travel, not a destination. 7870
Nov 30 2011: Love alone is engaging for a while, but sooner or later you have to ask, "Where am I going with this?" 7871
Nov 30 2011: The best guarantee that your love will collapse is not having a mission of your own outside of it. 7872
Nov 30 2011: RT @KrystelismS: "Everything you're running away from is in your head." 7873
Nov 30 2011: RT @ThaRealDavidson: I prefer fake celebrs over real ones: see @BadDalaiLama and @ChuckNeinas. But for real celebrities, the best is @B ... 7874
Nov 30 2011: Cartoon on object constancy http://t.co/Hbf9Sdtn via @Habbie 7875
Nov 30 2011: @MinnieGupta But how did they pull off marriage in 11 days? 7876
Nov 30 2011: Home is where the computer and peripheral devices are. 7877
Nov 30 2011: A spoiled child turns into a narcissistic adult. 7878
Nov 30 2011: Given a credit card, most people will use it to delay painful but inevitable life changes. Change will still happen but now you're indebted. 7879
Nov 30 2011: A brand name on generic goods (Tide™ laundry detergent) may provide an assurance of quality but rarely equal to the premium paid. 7880
Nov 30 2011: "Square feet are overrated." - http://t.co/2iTEX40h is on the right track, but is still trying to sell you a scenic (and useless) location. 7881
Nov 30 2011: Supposedly I'm on TV — Right now! History Channel. Old UFO Hunters episode. 7882
Nov 30 2011: Most of those "You screwed me over" songs really should be "How did I put myself in this situation?" songs. 7883
Nov 30 2011: ...If you miss it, here is the full episode http://t.co/JmA5gbQs (I'm mainly in the 2nd half). Glenn's clips only: http://t.co/YcxGJkEf 7884
Nov 30 2011: Spielberg films are well-crafted products without any depth or meaning. 7885
Nov 30 2011: Don't believe any Area 51 show you see on television - especially if I'm in it! There's no evidence of aliens there, just bad reality TV. 7886
Nov 30 2011: The difference between a commercial product and a work of art is true art has a soul. Commercial products only pretend to. 7887
Nov 30 2011: For a timeline of my best work, follow me on Google+ http://t.co/utQAbSZz - More visual than Twitter and not as cluttered as Facebook. 7888
Nov 30 2011: Facebook comments on UFO Hunters episode: http://t.co/zoKY2JEp 7889
Nov 30 2011: True art acknowledges the complexities of life.
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