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Aug 1 2012: consumer lust — the lascivious desire to obtain a attractive product regardless of its utility or cost effectiveness. 13232
Aug 1 2012: Young lady, your fair skin and ample bosom tell me you're parasite-free, well provisioned and ready to procreate. Shall we dance? 13233
Aug 2 2012: The "psychological immune system" is an instinctive aversion to conditions that seem unsanitary. Sometimes it serves us and sometimes not. 13234
Aug 2 2012: Weddings, babies, headshots and product glamorization. That's your career in photography. 13235
Aug 2 2012: "Sweet Beginnings" — Ugg! One bite of this was enough. Pure sugar, fat and gluton. Into the trash with it! http://t.co/TM8tJ4d4 13236
Aug 2 2012: RT @aedison: Please Kickstart my HERB garden I need to raise $420 WINK WINK. 13237
Aug 2 2012: RT @MatchingTattoos: The space between what you know for sure & what you need to believe is just big enough for your imagination to ... 13238
Aug 2 2012: Hawaiian girl I picked up at the Salvation Army. http://t.co/GZIavZKy 13239
Aug 2 2012: This is THE DUDE. I've met him all over the world! http://t.co/ItyKABcz (See photo comments for all the other places.) http://t.co/QLiu66MF 13240
Aug 2 2012: The Modern Woman ... and more photos shot today in Chicago (end of album) http://t.co/oUAT3FSuhttp://t.co/fvc9iY0N 13241
Aug 3 2012: You think you're so clever, but clever is relative and usually evaporates when you see the bigger picture. 13242
Aug 3 2012: When some technique is successful for us, we tend to repeat it—often long after it stops being successful. 13243
Aug 3 2012: Youth is a tragic story of resources we squandered because we thought they were infinite. 13244
Aug 3 2012: Went swimming in Lake Michigan this morning. Bizarre! The water was actually warm! http://t.co/aMIZK83F 13245
Aug 3 2012: Photography and serendipity are intimately entwined. 13246
Aug 3 2012: RT @KilroyCafe: Mel, Lindsay, Tiger — folks who had it all and blew it. Maybe "it all" isn't all it's cracked up to be. 13247
Aug 3 2012: RT @KilroyCafe: The preferred "solution" to problems in our society is whatever drug, gadget or service someone can advertise and make m ... 13248
Aug 3 2012: RT @TIME: Researchers have unlocked the secrets of implicit learning | http://t.co/70rtMkW5 (via @TIMEIdeas) 13249
Aug 4 2012: RT @WSJ: Most people believe they're more attractive, intelligent than they are - but that isn't always a bad thing. http://t.co/SBnLUsvP 13250
Aug 4 2012: Was walking across a Walmart parking lot in Reno when I stopped and ran back for my camera. This is what I saw. http://t.co/r9eSMzT4 13251
Aug 5 2012: @RhodiHawk Do you smash open shellfish on it? 13252
Aug 5 2012: Further evidence that making a kid a child star is child abuse. http://t.co/lNSvxZfB 13253
Aug 5 2012: RT @KilroyCafe: The law doesn't really solve problems, merely redistributes them. Only human judgment, rooted in the moment, can solve p ... 13254
Aug 5 2012: RT @KilroyCafe: Lawmaking is a neverending arms race against the pernicious effects of previous laws. 13255
Aug 5 2012: RT @TelegraphWorld: British expedition to Pacific 'treasure island' where pirates buried their plunder http://t.co/Vpaakigi 13256
Aug 5 2012: New York World's Fair 1964-65 http://t.co/Her9ii9R (Photos lifted from the web) http://t.co/Zvd7phFe 13257
Aug 5 2012: Beauty and power can be a wall cutting you off from the rest of the world. It can be hard to get anyone to treat you honestly. 13258
Aug 5 2012: Pretty women, movie stars and elected officials often find themselves in a bubble where little accurate information gets through. 13259
Aug 5 2012: Photos added to albums: Milwaukee http://t.co/ZCJD5jVg Chicago http://t.co/08V4enXe Retro Future http://t.co/lcXm2etphttp://t.co/hn2iPaRW 13260
Aug 5 2012: Prisons in America: the stunning statistics in a video http://t.co/GyhLNfBC via @brainpicker 13261
Aug 5 2012: "Our House" by Crosby, Stills & Nash — An insidious little piece of pro-real estate propaganda, spawning countless unsupportable mortgages. 13262
Aug 5 2012: Birds and mammals get all theatrical about their mating. All the posturing and silly walks! Looks like Monty Python to other species. 13263
Aug 5 2012: What is "sexy" to one species is an absurd waste of resources to another. 13264
Aug 5 2012: Art usually involves fixed restraints on duration. (e.g. 3m song, 90m movie, 140ch tweet) This tells the audience what to expect. 13265
Aug 6 2012: To grab an audience in any medium, you must respect and manage its expectations. 13266
Aug 6 2012: RT @KilroyCafe: Your best security is being connected to your environment, not locking yourself off from it 13267
Aug 6 2012: You really have to be dead to get any respect on this planet. 13268
Aug 6 2012: Life is the process of planning your own death and what you leave behind. 13269
Aug 6 2012: RT @fujiwiryani: @baddalailama aw that's deep, man. 13270
Aug 6 2012: My most popular videos on YouTube, often for reasons I cannot fathom. http://t.co/5wWdKwo3http://t.co/NMi2wRQf 13271
Aug 6 2012: RT @navanax: Depression is a sure sign that you grasp the realities of this world. 13272
Aug 6 2012: Evanston, Wyoming (one hour ago) ... and more photos from Wyoming http://t.co/Gikck26thttp://t.co/5CuwIEwf 13273
Aug 6 2012: McDonalds is hiring in Evanston, Wyoming. Up to $9.50/hour! http://t.co/Jp5B2wqi 13274
Aug 6 2012: One can have high academic achievement and low emotional intelligence. They're not at all the same. 13275
Aug 6 2012: Bonneville Salt Flats (last night) ... More photos from Utah http://t.co/ekkONVdD Art Photos http://t.co/K05hC4HChttp://t.co/KuSnWLKB 13276
Aug 7 2012: Much at sea you don't control, like wind and weather, but you still have to steer your ship. Let it drift, and the sea will pummel you! 13277
Aug 7 2012: Good intentions are futile without a solid base of pragmatism. 13278
Aug 7 2012: Don't burn your bridges, but if they're already burning don't rush back to save them. March onward, soldier! 13279
Aug 7 2012: Bizarre Alien Train observed last night in Cheyenne, Wyoming (3-minute video) http://t.co/JJ37ynG9 13280
Aug 7 2012: RT @KilroyCafe: Artificial sweeteners are like pornography: totally fake and reprehensible yet satiating the desire for more dangerous s ... 13281
Aug 7 2012: RT @KilroyCafe: The tragedy of the iPod mind control device is that it sucks the brains out of those who have very little to begin with. 13282
Aug 7 2012: Western Nebraska rest area - 360° panorama http://t.co/uVClGOsthttp://t.co/lvsFWErz 13283
Aug 7 2012: RT @ljmusik: Fuck this fucking Shit. Life makes no sense 13284
Aug 8 2012: @ljmusik Now you're cookin'! Stated differently, that might make an interesting song. Dysfunction is far more interesting than function. 13285
Aug 8 2012: RT @LIFECOACHERS: Self-administered orgasms are a wise choice for the budget conscious person. 13286
Aug 8 2012: River walking in Nebraska - 2-minute edited video shot today http://t.co/y5mYdHzF - Watch out for piranhas! 13287
Aug 8 2012: RT @badbanana: "Ask your doctor if you're naive enough for Placebo." 13288
Aug 8 2012: Adults who have spent their whole lives within a structured system can be as naive and ill-prepared for the world as youth. 13289
Aug 8 2012: Ricky Receptacle Says Thank You http://t.co/FklQZS3l 13290
Aug 8 2012: Do you mind if I objectify your primary and secondary sex characteristics? 13291
Aug 8 2012: Sonoran Desert, Nebraska - 360° panorama http://t.co/WONpwQOYhttp://t.co/n3uDoTEa 13292
Aug 8 2012: Observing the monkeys at the Omaha Zoo - new photo album shot today http://t.co/lV0EoU6bhttp://t.co/aMvmNlmP 13293
Aug 8 2012: Actors are people who want to be famous but who expect someone else to provide the script. 13294
Aug 9 2012: Alien presence detected in caverns below Omaha! Scary 4-minute video shot yesterday http://t.co/MfQZO1VM 13295
Aug 9 2012: @cottonmouth1 Lucky the alien presence didn't detect me. (Probably because of all the noisy children all around me.) 13296
Aug 9 2012: My most popular YouTube video right now: Notting Hill Carnival 2011 http://t.co/cTBaIEcg - Probably cuz it's going on now! 13297
Aug 9 2012: Bathing in the Skunk River in Iowa. The green object I am holding in my hand is called "soap". http://t.co/hwhegsN9 13298
Aug 9 2012: RT @lawnrocket: Envisioning an image and then trying to draw it, I have always found this to be unbelievably frustrating. Never matches ... 13299
Aug 9 2012: RT @lawnrocket: Holding the idea of what it generally needs to be and finding the specifics of what it is on the page... that's a lot mo ... 13300
Aug 9 2012: RT @lawnrocket: Whether someone hires you or not, that's not under your control. PRACTICING your craft is wholly under your control, and ... 13301
Aug 9 2012: @LadyFriday Proves you "love the environment" no matter how much it costs. 13302
Aug 9 2012: Movie mysteries: After Kubrick deflowered "Singing in the Rain" in CO, how did he obtain the rights to the Mickey Mouse Club song in FMJ? 13303
Aug 9 2012: On My Bucket List: Become a bodybuilder, movie star and Governor of California, ending my career as a caricature of my former self. [See Full Bucket List] 13304
Aug 10 2012: On My Bucket List: Deny that the child is mine until a paternity test proves otherwise. [See Full Bucket List] 13305
Aug 10 2012: Children can change quickly not so much because their brains are supple but because they have few prior investments to get in the way. 13306
Aug 10 2012: Recognize the vehicle? (@ Dekalb Oasis) [pic]: http://t.co/jiwswscm 13307
Aug 10 2012: RT @KilroyCafe: The main thing people are hiding when they jealously guard their privacy is just how boring their lives really are. 13308
Aug 10 2012: RT @KilroyCafe: Nothing restores one's ego to balance like good old-fashioned failure. 13309
Aug 10 2012: Once upon a time, a "school" was a place you went to, not a website you logged into. The next generation may not understand that. 13310
Aug 11 2012: Massachusetts General Hospital is conducting a study of people who would rather participate in studies than get cured. 13311
Aug 11 2012: In art, social media and life, most people are like Frida Kahlo: only one subject. Few are like Leonardo, seeing the world for what it is. 13312
Aug 11 2012: Halloween in New York City, 2008 http://t.co/XxgKkElv (newly uploaded album) http://t.co/ir3hFr2v 13313
Aug 11 2012: RT @KilroyCafe: Technology is not the savior of man, because every problem it solves inevitably creates another. 13314
Aug 11 2012: Watching the Gas Station Television Network, because I don't have a choice apparently. http://t.co/AOnRphnI 13315
Aug 11 2012: When a food product claims to be "made with REAL CHEESE" there's a word to describe the actual cheese content: homeopathy. 13316
Aug 11 2012: RT @MJMcKean: Ryan says Ayn Rand was his inspiration to enter public service, which is a little like Ray Kroc inspiring a career in nut ... 13317
Aug 11 2012: Obesity comes in three forms: food, possessions and entertainment. An excess of any of them will cripple you. 13318
Aug 12 2012: Of the 14 songs I have written, this is my only love song. Perhaps a bit obsessive. http://t.co/SfzMbHtv Demo on video. http://t.co/IX0oQfRR 13319
Aug 12 2012: RT @Ruys: @BadDalaiLama I would add spirituality, which can be a twisted form of entertainment 13320
Aug 12 2012: Roscoe likes to swim. Stupid pet video shot yesterday. http://t.co/dOb2dws2 13321
Aug 12 2012: New Jersey — one of the thirteen original colonies, founded on the principle that no one should be allowed to pump their own gas. 13322
Aug 12 2012: People who get angry at traffic jams, delayed flights an inanimate objects are ones you don't need in your life. Quietly purge them. 13323
Aug 12 2012: A dog's philosophy: Whatever it is, eat it. This may be your only chance! If it doesn't agree with you, you can always vomit it up later. 13324
Aug 12 2012: RT @noahWG: "Unlike the Rolling Stones [who] pad their own fortunes as their own cover band, Springsteen refuses to be a mercenary curat ... 13325
Aug 12 2012: RT @LIFECOACHERS: Feeling restless and uncertain about the future? Feel like you're all alone with your concerns? Like no one will care? ... 13326
Aug 12 2012: RT @bybeautydamned: Taking pictures of your food before you eat is the new 'saying grace'. 13327
Aug 12 2012: You can't rely on a yellow lab to protect your home from intruders. He'd invite them in and show them where the valuables are. 13328
Aug 12 2012: Tours and luxury travel separate you from your destination with a layer of glass—like visiting an aquarium rather than scuba diving. 13329
Aug 12 2012: @KelleyLPhoto The water is COLD below Hoover Dam. Did you swim above it? 13330
Aug 12 2012: @KelleyLPhoto They're just running out of water! I remember the dam when it was overflowing. 13331
Aug 12 2012: There are two kinds of anger: being privately agitated by an injustice and exploding outwardly at others. One does not require the other. 13332
Aug 12 2012: God is a placebo pill—a comfort to some but not curing any major disease. 13333
Aug 13 2012: Most people won't make hard decisions until forced to. Give them too much protection and those decisions will never be made. 13334
Aug 13 2012: "Never give up on your dreams" is stupid advice. Most dreams are egotistical and should be given up to make way for better goals. 13335
Aug 13 2012: Due to recent incidents, new rules are in effect at this motel. (@ Motel6) [pic]: http://t.co/THvknTVn 13336
Aug 13 2012: RT @KilroyCafe: The essential skill of the attorney is twisting words around to support whatever position he is being paid for. 13337
Aug 13 2012: RT @mellimelle: I never burn bridges in case I ever need to cross them to blow up the whole town on the other side while they sleep. 13338
Aug 13 2012: Today's pleasure: "Miriam" - new song by Norah Jones. Catchy tune, but too explicit to be fun. Just misogynistic. 13339
Aug 13 2012: It is impossible to not break the law on this highway (I-88 west of Chicago, 3 days ago) http://t.co/MD2Eetms 13340
Aug 13 2012: An angry lake in Chicago (3 days ago) ... More from Chicago http://t.co/0s9NVESQ Best art photos http://t.co/pPDkbHplhttp://t.co/vyEjoTPN 13341
Aug 13 2012: Money in excess of ones needs can be a powerful tool for change. More often, though, it just enables stupidity. 13342
Aug 13 2012: Buying your way out of a problem is rarely an elegant or sustainable solution. Often it just delays the solution. 13343
Aug 13 2012: Letting compassion rule your decisions usually leads to a terminal crisis where commitments overwhelm the available resources. 13344
Aug 13 2012: A good thing, in excess, is almost always a bad thing. 13345
Aug 13 2012: A contemporary political statement... but wrong car! (Manassas, Virginia, yesterday) http://t.co/7FhOkYE7 13346
Aug 13 2012: RT @laurenahayes: Never underestimate the power of disposable earplugs. 13347
Aug 14 2012: The Watergate complex, on approach to Reagan Airport this morning ... More from Washington http://t.co/82o2tKamhttp://t.co/vUdn9hfu 13348
Aug 14 2012: RT @KilroyCafe: A person's most obvious self-destructive trait is exactly the thing you can't talk to them about. You'll only get anger, ... 13349
Aug 14 2012: Roadkill is tasty, but vultures beware: Attend to your safety, or you will be there! 13350
Aug 14 2012: An adorable little puppy is the Trojan Horse that lets the big dog in. 13351
Aug 15 2012: RT @KilroyCafe: No society would be able to function if citizens weren't able to quietly evade the law to get things done. 13352
Aug 15 2012: Hot enough for ya? Sunset in Lewisburg, PA, last night ... More sunsets: http://t.co/C07ptDaIhttp://t.co/6kKK5csN 13353
Aug 15 2012: On My Bucket List: Display arrogant self-confidence far in excess of my abilities. [See Full Bucket List] 13354
Aug 15 2012: RT @TelegraphWorld: Wreck of Captain Scott's ship discovered off Greenland http://t.co/APj16tW3 13355
Aug 15 2012: RT @MailOnline: Mystery of dozens of dead birds falling from sky in New Jersey solved as officials say farmer killed them on purpose htt ... 13356
Aug 15 2012: Family vehicle seen today near Richmond. Note the details. ... More sign photos: http://t.co/X9gHsdHNhttp://t.co/SpC8iEA1 13357
Aug 15 2012: When the new iPhone 5 comes out, we should all donate our old iPhone 4's to the underprivileged children who don't have them. So sad! 13358
Aug 16 2012: It is the nature of youth to believe in magic. 13359
Aug 16 2012: RT @annieology: "@BadDalaiLama: An adorable little puppy is the Trojan Horse that lets the big dog in." Same can be said for babies ;) 13360
Aug 16 2012: On My Bucket List: Become the iconic star of a popular TV sitcom, and when the series ends never find work again. [See Full Bucket List] 13361
Aug 16 2012: Practicing your art every day doesn't necessarily make you creative. 13362
Aug 16 2012: Terrier is kidnapped and escapes, then follows his owner around. (Wizard of Oz from a dog's perspective) 13363
Aug 16 2012: My fave Area 51 TV shoots: SyFy http://t.co/k4HnVmIL UFO Hunters http://t.co/aYwWnqNh MysteryQuest http://t.co/bq9SMI9chttp://t.co/tW1iVnYj 13364
Aug 16 2012: Great Santa Run, Las Vegas 2007 (newly uploaded album) http://t.co/nfBBU97d - Sample: http://t.co/GuYFbGyz 13365
Aug 16 2012: Area 51, Las Vegas & Nevada - new photo index album (my 1000s of NV photos in one place) http://t.co/1vFsgjhohttp://t.co/Mec9okzr 13366
Aug 16 2012: The most important responsibility of gods and aliens is to not give people false hope. 13367
Aug 16 2012: RT @KilroyCafe: The opposite of religion is not atheism but existentialism, the theory that all meaning derives from what you can see an ... 13368
Aug 16 2012: "Get your freak on" is the wrong advice for some people. They already got their freak on and need to freakin' turn it off! 13369
Aug 16 2012: RT @noahWG: Man as super-organism, made of not just 10T human cells, but also 100T microbes. @TheEconomist discusses a revolution: http: ... 13370
Aug 16 2012: @EkDoTween That's cool! 13371
Aug 16 2012: RT @TIME: These photos by Michael Christopher Brown were taken on an iPhone for this week's issue — pretty remarkable, huh? | http://t.c ... 13372
Aug 16 2012: Don't get entangled with dysfunctional people, even if family. Maintain your firewalls, or their dysfunction will become yours. 13373
Aug 16 2012: RT @washingtonpost: Facebook's stock hits new low: http://t.co/hh1QfQBN 13374
Aug 16 2012: Ego is the fuel that drives us toward success and the poison that prevents us from getting there. 13375
Aug 16 2012: The Sacred Archive of Ancient Wisdom, our searchable archive of past tweets, has been updated: http://t.co/ryyHfQpK - http://t.co/3yMZ79KW 13376
Aug 16 2012: RT @HumanBeam: Shopping is ok. Rejoicing in all the things you don't need is even better. 13377
Aug 17 2012: RT @HumanBeam: No point in playing games where nobody wins. 13378
Aug 17 2012: RT @TheBosha: Relief is the closest most adults get to joy. 13379
Aug 17 2012: @laurenahayes Your photos of places are cool! Now you need to add people. (You may need something faster than your iPhone.) 13380
Aug 17 2012: @laurenahayes You have to deal with them sooner or later. Also they make photos more interesting. 13381
Aug 17 2012: Can you pass the marshmallow temptation test? http://t.co/GqJiRjmt (video) 13382
Aug 17 2012: Juvenile Sentencing Hearing Jan. 2007 - newly uploaded album from Las Vegas Family Court http://t.co/5YJbbGKl Sample: http://t.co/x3pe76nn 13383
Aug 17 2012: Chinatown, Los Angeles - newly uploaded album from 2007 http://t.co/93vXlVo3 - Sample: http://t.co/gAXncU07 13384
Aug 17 2012: Follow @BadLamaWisdom for choice philosophical retweets from our glorious past, 5 per day. 13385
Aug 17 2012: RT @KilroyCafe: Regardless of your circumstances, you can either take control and accept responsibility for your destiny or be a victim. 13386
Aug 17 2012: Subscribe to our public Facebook feed for our latest photos and videos. Over 500 albums! http://t.co/jZq4OSlghttp://t.co/WkR4izFo 13387
Aug 17 2012: RT @KilroyCafe: The appeal of something is usually greatest upon first discovery. After repeated exposure, interest rapidly diminishes t ... 13388
Aug 17 2012: Florida White Trash is like northern White Trash but redder. 13389
Aug 17 2012: Mature judgment is a transferable skill that mainly involves managing your own emotions. 13390
Aug 17 2012: In the 21st Century, real food raised on farms will be replaced by synthetic food made in laboratories by giant corporations. 13391
Aug 17 2012: In the 21st Century, sex will be replaced by visual and mechanical simulations, sparing the user the cost and messiness of a relationship. 13392
Aug 17 2012: In the amazing world of the future, many of our dreams will come true, but those dreams may have a cost we never anticipated. 13393
Aug 17 2012: RT @noahWG: Mattel commissions NYC design duo The Blonds to create "Drag Queen Barbie." And she looks fabulous: http://t.co/fKnc4TNN 13394
Aug 17 2012: What it means to be an American: the freedom to worship the porn of your choice. 13395
Aug 17 2012: On My Bucket List: Go to law school so I can help injured people by fighting for the maximum compensation they're entitled to. [See Full Bucket List] 13396
Aug 17 2012: vendomatophobia — n. an irrational fear that a vending machine will take your money and not give you the promised product. 13397
Aug 18 2012: (Sometimes it's a rational fear.) 13398
Aug 18 2012: Little dogs are the creation of man for his own vanity. They could never survive on their own. No wonder they're neurotic! 13399
Aug 18 2012: @WittyCassieHere Please use the whole URL of your blog entry. If you use just the website, your old tweets are useless. 13400
Aug 18 2012: RT @laurenahayes: Insane RT: @benwakeling: A child's skull, before their milk teeth fall out. This is freakier than all Aliens combined ... 13401
Aug 18 2012: RT @KilroyCafe: If warning shots across the bow don't work, you have to aim for the ship. 13402
Aug 18 2012: On My Bucket List: Take a Caribbean cruise with 2000 obnoxious guests from my own country. [See Full Bucket List] 13403
Aug 18 2012: Betty Crocker used to be a respectable lady. Now she's just a dollar store whore. (@ Dollar Tree) http://t.co/5zs1nAP9 13404
Aug 18 2012: It is silly to call someone an "aspiring" writer or artist. Either you do it now with the tools you have or it's empty talk. 13405
Aug 18 2012: @WittyCassieHere Your tweets last FOREVER. Your (theoretical) grandchildren will have access to them, so each must be timeless. 13406
Aug 18 2012: On My Bucket List: Designer fashions. [See Full Bucket List] 13407
Aug 19 2012: Mystery photo: Cathedral. Where and when was this taken? Reply here: http://t.co/IQIy4onkhttp://t.co/q5s0yTzp 13408
Aug 19 2012: On My Bucket List: Become a connoisseur of fermented grape juice or flavored high-fructose corn syrup. [See Full Bucket List] 13409
Aug 19 2012: RT @KilroyCafe: The risk in giving advice is that if someone follows it and gets in trouble, you are responsible. Call it the "Advice Di ... 13410
Aug 19 2012: RT @SlayerSays: If your Truth Isn't Stranger Than Fiction then you are probably just Super Boring. 13411
Aug 19 2012: On My Bucket List: Seek political asylum at the Ecuadorian Embassy. [See Full Bucket List] 13412
Aug 20 2012: Every adult has to experience deep catastrophe before they start taking responsibility for their own life. 13413
Aug 20 2012: To move ahead with your life, you have to leave behind people who aren't helping you. 13414
Aug 20 2012: You can't let the mental illness of others become your mental illness. 13415
Aug 20 2012: Promises are poisonous when you can't keep them. 13416
Aug 20 2012: Everyone understands a tsunami and the devastation it can cause. Few can grasp a slow rise in sea level, even if the cost is greater. 13417
Aug 20 2012: Ego is an infinite need that can never be satiated. 13418
Aug 20 2012: Just because an injustice touched you personally doesn't make it the best cause to fight for. You still have to use your resources wisely. 13419
Aug 20 2012: Every complex system, man-made or organic, is shaped not just by the needs at hand but by parasitic threats that would hijack the system. 13420
Aug 20 2012: I was hoping to learn more about this great man, but it was not to be. (@ Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center) http://t.co/4gSktQ4B 13421
Aug 20 2012: If I ever have a child, I will name him Rutherford in honor of our greatest President. If a girl: Rutherfordina. 13422
Aug 20 2012: Downtown Fremont, Ohio - right now! http://t.co/XMA8ZnU0 13423
Aug 20 2012: RT @ThatsWright: Family is a lot like playing stratego: you know there are bombs but you have no idea where they are and when they will ... 13424
Aug 20 2012: @LadyFriday I don't get it. Where's Friday? 13425
Aug 20 2012: The ballerina and the sumo wrestler are the same little child inside, but no one treats them the same because of what their body grew into. 13426
Aug 21 2012: People defeat themselves in their own goals by refusing to give up things that are fundamentally incompatible with those goals. 13427
Aug 21 2012: Considering substantiating all of my tweets with Biblical references (Deuteronomy 23:1). 13428
Aug 21 2012: The main challenge of photography is seeing the objective uniqueness of a scene when you're in the middle of it. 13429
Aug 21 2012: Even the most exotic environment seems routine after you've been exposed to it for a few minutes. The mind quickly resets "normal". 13430
Aug 21 2012: There's only one way to enforce Deuteronomy 23:1 — genital inspections at the door of every church. 13431
Aug 21 2012: We don't need no education. School deconstruction in Frement, Ohio (yesterday) ... More from Ohio http://t.co/vWX1B6ZLhttp://t.co/knHh0tqR 13432
Aug 21 2012: This woman told me about the history of the school, which was over 100 years old. (Fremont, Ohio, yesterday) http://t.co/IaoWAeTb 13433
Aug 21 2012: An unintended consequence of modern technology. http://t.co/Tfeysm80 13434
Aug 21 2012: Utopian dreams usually set the stage for anti-utopian nightmares. 13435
Aug 21 2012: RT @WSJ: In Puerto Rico, iguanas outnumber humans. To battle the problem, authorities have a new plan: eat them. http://t.co/ioo4Ads1 13436
Aug 21 2012: "In the Woods of Ohio" - a 1-minute video stabilization exercise shot yesterday at Rutherford's house, Fremont, Ohio http://t.co/inSnKLOE 13437
Aug 21 2012: I am distressed that I am distraught over the suicide of director Tony Scott when I had never heard of him before yesterday. 13438
Aug 21 2012: Committing suicide in the face of hardship says more about your character than about the hardship. 13439
Aug 21 2012: This is the face of Florida White Trash: very red! ... Article: http://t.co/xX7vggUbhttp://t.co/8VzELhRS 13440
Aug 21 2012: (Call it pre-cancerous rouge.) 13441
Aug 21 2012: You have little control over people paying you for your art. You have great control over practicing your art in the meantime. 13442
Aug 22 2012: RT @Avestriel: You can't outsmart stupidity. #argument 13443
Aug 22 2012: Little fish nibble on my flesh in the Skunk River in Iowa - 1-minute video shot today. http://t.co/9bZKa5iV 13444
Aug 22 2012: Science says you'll never see a full moon and crescent moon on the same night UNLESS YOU'RE ON ANOTHER PLANET—OMG, NO!... wait, streetlight. 13445
Aug 22 2012: Corn crisis in Iowa. One-minute movie shot this morning in a cornfield. http://t.co/mctkZNxY 13446
Aug 22 2012: The Dictator. (who?) http://t.co/6qSiy5EC 13447
Aug 22 2012: RT @angusbatey: @BadDalaiLama I see your favourite zombie ghost town is still refusing to die: http://t.co/NWXozwQD 13448
Aug 22 2012: @angusbatey A clear example of the Sunk-Cost Fallacy. 13449
Aug 22 2012: @noahWG Only Very Smart People know who is conscious and who isn't because, you know, diplomas and shit. 13450
Aug 22 2012: On My Bucket List: Have my publicist issue a statement expressing my deepest condolences. [See Full Bucket List] 13451
Aug 22 2012: Hot investment tip: Time to dump FB and buy AAPL because everyone else is doing it. What could possibly go wrong? 13452
Aug 22 2012: RT @TIME: Overconfidence and paranoia can become self-fulfilling prophecies | http://t.co/6sP0ER1y (via @TIMEHealthland) 13453
Aug 22 2012: To enjoy polyamory, you need the right kind of partner, preferably one who won't cut your dick off. 13454
Aug 23 2012: RT @ScienceDaily: Roots of human self-awareness: New study points to a complex, diffuse patchwork of brain pathways: A research te... ht ... 13455
Aug 23 2012: Aggressive "helping" doesn't help ==> RT @PsyPost: Close contact with young people at risk of suicide has no effect http://t.co/jSAcrzn1 13456
Aug 23 2012: What my eyes saw when I first opened them this morning. (@ geotagged location) http://t.co/rnK07VLG 13457
Aug 23 2012: My campsite near Wiggins, Colorado - 360° panorama http://t.co/PurVlal7http://t.co/1IPDHSnI 13458
Aug 23 2012: The fantasy of parenthood is you'll have things under control. The reality is you're in way over your head. 13459
Aug 23 2012: The box office for Tony Scott's last two films wasn't great, but the ratings on his final 30-second production were fantastic! 13460
Aug 23 2012: RT @lawnrocket: Something happens twice = coincidence. Something happens three times = pattern. Establish your pattern before breaking i ... 13461
Aug 23 2012: Not sure I care to stay in a Ho-Motel. http://t.co/qajOKDo1 13462
Aug 24 2012: I'm suffering from an extreme alien abduction deficit. Hundreds of nights alone in the desert and not a single (conscious) UFO encounter. 13463
Aug 24 2012: Looks like I arrived a little late for the party.(Thompson Springs, UT) ... More photos from Utah http://t.co/ekkONVdDhttp://t.co/H0E95Woz 13464
Aug 24 2012: Self-portrait this morning at Westwater, Utah. http://t.co/UQkDQqd7 13465
Aug 24 2012: At the cafe in Thompson Springs, it's always 4:20. http://t.co/CAzWro6j 13466
Aug 24 2012: My new business cards - from the Giza Pyramids. http://t.co/P9nYtFzz 13467
Aug 24 2012: @lawnrocket Beg to differ—Twice is often sufficient to establish pattern. See standard song structure: AB-AB-Bridge. Thrice may be overkill. 13468
Aug 24 2012: No one wants to hear that the investments they have made are misguided. They won't listen. Only hard consequences can teach that lesson. 13469
Aug 25 2012: A hidden culprit in obesity: central heating! When people are always cozy, their bodies don't need to work to stay warm. #revelincold 13470
Aug 25 2012: Hypothermia can be deadly, but feeling a little chill is harmless and probably good for you. It revs up your body's engine. 13471
Aug 25 2012: Why do you need any room heat at all at night? Just add blankets! 13472
Aug 25 2012: Throughout most of history, humans thrived in a wide range of temperatures with minimal heat and no A/C. Our bodies are built to take it! 13473
Aug 25 2012: "Brown fat" is a newly discovered system that helps keep the body warm by burning conventional fat for heat... but you got to exercise it! 13474
Aug 25 2012: My own experience says you can learn to take colder temperatures by pushing yourself and building up a tolerance. Call it "cold training". 13475
Aug 25 2012: If you're not shivering, you're not really cold. 13476
Aug 25 2012: Frostbite can take your limbs or your life, but you can't get it if the ambient temperature is above freezing. 13477
Aug 25 2012: Mountain climbers seem to be able to handle any temperature with just the clothing and sleeping bag they carry. 13478
Aug 25 2012: I have slept comfortably in a car in the Yukon in winter at -20°F. The secret: 3 cheap Walmart sleeping bags and 2 layers of long underwear. 13479
Aug 25 2012: Tibetan monks are famous for sleeping in extreme cold with only the lightest covering. It's not just godliness but natural bodily systems. 13480
Aug 25 2012: To stay alive, your body must maintain a constant core temperature, but skin and limbs don't have to. Healthy as long as they don't freeze. 13481
Aug 25 2012: Just like training can help you run farther, training for cold can help you take lower temperatures comfortably while burning fat. 13482
Aug 25 2012: Ironic that fat people should complain about being cold. They have the most insulation—but also the lowest tolerance for discomfort. 13483
Aug 25 2012: RT @KilroyCafe: There's no great satisfaction in having more food than you can eat or more friends than you can reasonably communicate with. 13484
Aug 25 2012: On My Bucket List: Have pompous academics argue for years about every minuscule thing I ever said—like Shakespeare or the Beatles. [See Full Bucket List] 13485
Aug 25 2012: If money alone was enough to soothe the ego, we wouldn't have politicians. 13486
Aug 25 2012: Vegas on Friday night. BOR-ring! Passing right through. http://t.co/Geig2hyr 13487
Aug 25 2012: @TrekkieGirls Time to move on, Trekkie Girl. There's a big non-Vegas universe put there! 13488
Aug 25 2012: My opponent says I lack the appropriate maturity and gravitas for this high office. Well poopy on him! 13489
Aug 25 2012: Staring up at the night sky and all those billions and billions of stars and realizing I just don't give a shit. 13490
Aug 25 2012: RT @versailleghost: elle a ruiné elle-même avec ses petits jeux 13491
Aug 25 2012: What they don't tell you about Middle Earth: denuded of trees and choked with wood smoke. 13492
Aug 25 2012: As a photographer, I like color, the more the better. B+W looks phony and deliberately artsy because the human eye doesn't see that way. 13493
Aug 25 2012: A facility to make the Bates family proud. (Green River, Utah, yesterday) http://t.co/OOQADUct 13494
Aug 25 2012: Personal meaning is derived from how your body responds to the world. You want to sustain good feelings and reduce bad ones over time. 13495
Aug 25 2012: Simple hedonism doesn't give you lasting satisfaction because all pleasurable sensations diminish with repetition. 13496
Aug 25 2012: When you plan ahead for future sensations you rise above hedonism and start to take responsibility for your place in the world. 13497
Aug 25 2012: The meaning of your life derives from "proactive hedonism"—planning ahead for the complex sensations that really make you happy over time. 13498
Aug 25 2012: RT @KilroyCafe: Domesticity is the enemy of creativity. 13499
Aug 25 2012: Unicyclist peddling uphill in Colorado. 30-second video of @1AcrossColorado shot 2 days ago. http://t.co/P0N8ZYwf 13500
Aug 26 2012: Rest Assured, my ass! http://t.co/bw38tkWL 13501
Aug 26 2012: So refreshing to see poison ivy afflicted with a disease—and a colorful one, too! (Ohio, 6 days ago) http://t.co/HF1BT8VQ 13502
Aug 26 2012: Extra income, for most, is just an opportunity to dig yourself a deeper hole. 13503
Aug 26 2012: Self-reward is a self-inflicted scam. You don't "deserve" anything for your behavior apart from its natural benefits. 13504
Aug 26 2012: A society of lesbian vegetarians would soon be overrun by... SPIDERS!!! OMG KILL IT SOMEBODY SAVE US WHAT HAVE WE DONE! 13505
Aug 26 2012: On My Bucket List: Start a utopian religious community named after me in the jungles of Guyana. (Kool-Aid, anyone?) [See Full Bucket List] 13506
Aug 27 2012: RT @MailOnline: Notting Hill Carnival: Carnival fever grips Notting Hill as thousands descend on London for Europe's biggest str... http ... 13507
Aug 27 2012: Better to do imperfect things than do perfectly nothing. (MRT @TheLastVirgo) 13508
Aug 27 2012: Fear of abandonment is the motivating force of paranoid psychos everywhere. 13509
Aug 27 2012: Luxury marketing is based on the flawed concept of self-reward. "You deserve this frivolous object for all you've done." Fact: You don't! 13510
Aug 27 2012: Mmmm! Breakfast! http://t.co/J0Aa25Xr 13511
Aug 27 2012: RT @washingtonpost: What the brain looks like when we lie: http://t.co/oLhKEDf3 13512
Aug 27 2012: RT @noahWG: Over the last 50 yrs, pop music has grown progressively more sad-sounding & emotionally ambiguous, via @ResearchDigest: ... 13513
Aug 27 2012: Handcooked potato chips sound painful. Imagine dipping each chip in hot oil. Must be Chinese workers. http://t.co/sduhVppx 13514
Aug 27 2012: The hardest part about being God must be listening to all those prayers. I mean, Jesus Christ, can't these people take care of themselves? 13515
Aug 27 2012: RT @noahWG: Around rivals, male zebra finches spend more time with a less attractive female to hedge against ending up alone: http://t.c ... 13516
Aug 27 2012: Westchester County Airport (yesterday) http://t.co/im7Pem7R 13517
Aug 28 2012: RT @KilroyCafe: Paranoia often ends in an explosion of violence as the paranoiac cuts off all avenues for his own escape. 13518
Aug 28 2012: RT @TheThomason: Parents in paper towel commercials, your children are monsters. Forget about absorbency and focus on getting your shit ... 13519
Aug 28 2012: Introduction to Digital Computers - circa 1962 (video) http://t.co/6DHhraSo 13520
Aug 28 2012: RT @MinnieGupta: "@Jezebel: Science Confirms that Smoking Weed in High School Makes People Stupid http://t.co/EfPdAoce" yep! 13521
Aug 28 2012: @EkDoTween I'm actually thinking of coming there, after the rains stop. 13522
Aug 28 2012: RT @MailOnline: How teenagers addicted to cannabis risk damaging their IQ and show signs normally seen in early Alzheimer's http://t.co/ ... 13523
Aug 28 2012: RT @TelegraphWorld: Prankster dressed as Bigfoot killed trying to provoke sightings http://t.co/sLIxI6z3 13524
Aug 28 2012: Let us never forget the Battle of Kringen, how peace-loving Scots were slaughtered by Norwegian hordes. Now is not too late for vengeance. 13525
Aug 28 2012: Liberalism is a cat lady who can't bear to turn away any hungry feline no matter how many she has. "I'll feed them all somehow," she says. 13526
Aug 28 2012: RT @rockerayanne: @BadDalaiLama Lol! My former neighbor is that woman. She took other peoples cats when she moved. 13527
Aug 28 2012: Gawking at the Bean! Millennium Park, Chicago - newly uploaded hi-res photos from 2008 http://t.co/CMsslf2g Sample: http://t.co/g8yXj8db 13528
Aug 29 2012: My all-time best portraits from around the world. http://t.co/zi5UI8Tt Samples: http://t.co/4vYDgkfO 13529
Aug 29 2012: People build their own Hell by committing to more than they're capable of. 13530
Aug 29 2012: You climb up through the rectum of the dinosaur and into the belly where they sell a bunch of dinosaur shit. #cabazon 13531
Aug 29 2012: Unlimited compassion leads to collapse. 13532
Aug 29 2012: Learn to Bath(e) http://t.co/o5TrF2Qf 13533
Aug 29 2012: RT @KilroyCafe: Before the GPS, people navigated by the stars, compass, paper maps, road signs and the nagging complaints of the person ... 13534
Aug 29 2012: RT @KilroyCafe: entertainment — n. a means of occupying time and dealing with your imprisonment without accomplishing anything or facing ... 13535
Aug 29 2012: Beginning my journey to Bucksnort. http://t.co/DGRdLI5R 13536
Aug 29 2012: I am one of the few people on the planet who have traveled the full length of Bucksnort Road. http://t.co/WIpfLptP 13537
Aug 29 2012: Local Bucksnort resident, not looking too healthy. http://t.co/c2UoYrZu 13538
Aug 29 2012: Everything was better back then in the Land of Selective Memory. 13539
Aug 29 2012: On My Bucket List: Join a political party. [See Full Bucket List] 13540
Aug 29 2012: Obesity bad, but starvation not helpful ==> Low-Calorie Diet Doesn't Prolong Life, Study of Monkeys Finds http://t.co/r0j5UhG5 Munch on! 13541
Aug 29 2012: Orbit lady off the port bow! http://t.co/NRHgLn0j 13542
Aug 29 2012: @noahWG You're ripping off @TheBosha with that one! 13543
Aug 29 2012: @noahWG@thebosha Or maybe "great minds think alike". 13544
Aug 29 2012: When a primitive society has excess resources it embarks on massive unproductive projects like the Pyramids. Ditto for modern individuals. 13545
Aug 29 2012: @TheBosha@noahWG You want beans? The data set (n=1): A) http://t.co/5oTPuWKa B) http://t.co/xZksWjaz Correlation, causation or coincidence? 13546
Aug 29 2012: Human Social Etiquette 101: Upon entering a public restroom, check for presence of urinals. EXIT RAPIDLY if inconsistent with your gender. 13547
Aug 29 2012: "Duh!" x 8 http://t.co/IYEDWWF7 13548
Aug 29 2012: The more enmeshed you become in the details of your art, the less you are able to see the big picture that everyone else sees. 13549
Aug 30 2012: My first @Mixel — Millennium Park, Chicago, Dec. 2008 http://t.co/uK19hvnHhttp://t.co/cz88D2CN 13550
Aug 30 2012: Glenn's Best Portraits—my 2nd @mixel - Album: http://t.co/wysVEqAMhttp://t.co/aw3PHjWr 13551
Aug 30 2012: There is no devotion without cost. If you focus on one thing, you're neglecting everything else. 13552
Aug 30 2012: RT @KilroyCafe: Other Christians need to cut Mormons a break. Their religion isn't any more absurd than yours, just more efficient. 13553
Aug 30 2012: Bucksnort, Tennesee - 20 photos from yesterday's (non) visit, at end of Tennessee album http://t.co/6j68m1gv Montage: http://t.co/p0xJMooD 13554
Aug 30 2012: Death spiral: As fatal diseases are cured, people absorb ever-greater medical services over their lifetime, until no society can support it. 13555
Aug 30 2012: A little more debt, one more credit card purchase, may seem harmless, until the burden becomes unsupportable and the system collapses. 13556
Aug 30 2012: Creeping commitment often leads to catastrophic collapse. 13557
Aug 30 2012: Catastrophe is nature's way of getting your attention when you won't listen otherwise. 13558
Aug 30 2012: The Eiffel Tower of Texas. (@ Mesquite Memorial Stadium) http://t.co/vMnXXrz3 13559
Aug 30 2012: Found my own private bathing spot on the Brazos River. Even has a rope swing! http://t.co/2R07NtVc 13560
Aug 30 2012: Newly uploaded panoramas: Prishtina, Kosovo http://t.co/kRwkngvX Split, Croatia http://t.co/V9h3JBKE Japanese temple http://t.co/ob6tQluH 13561
Aug 30 2012: Shinto Temple at Lake Kawaguchiko, Japan (April 19, 2012) Interactive panorama: http://t.co/ob6tQluHhttp://t.co/U563Gf1K 13562
Aug 30 2012: Smoking is a public manifestation of private fatalism. 13563
Aug 31 2012: A List of Stupid Things I've Done keeps you humble, but the real problem is your List of Stupid Things I'm Currently Doing. 13564
Aug 31 2012: @aristosophy Nice brain, but frequently self-defeating. Need less sophistry, more utility. 13565
Aug 31 2012: RT @Elvia_Giedlin: You can't spell "Schwarzenegger" without "google 13566
Aug 31 2012: RT @aristosophy: Gold Medallist, 100 metres defying omnipresent social cues to the effect that sport possesses some manner of cosmic sig ... 13567
Aug 31 2012: Latest camping luxury: Instead of a $10 foam pad from Walmart, a $20 piece of shag carpet. Primo! http://t.co/hHZJKSCV 13568
Aug 31 2012: I can't wait for our whole civilization to be subducted below adjoining tectonic plates. I wonder what kind of petroleum we will produce. 13569
Aug 31 2012: Tempted by the whims of Fate. http://t.co/Cf773gLe 13570
Aug 31 2012: Intelligence is compassionate but firm parenting of your own emotions. 13571
Aug 31 2012: If ordinary bacon seems a little too healthy for ya, y'all should try the Texas Down Home Country Fried Bacon. http://t.co/na7FUbWQ 13572
Aug 31 2012: Lake Kawaguchiko, Japan (April) http://t.co/IZ9hrTbE 13573
Aug 31 2012: @aristosophy Be not cynical, Little One. Changing minds is possible, but you must sail with the winds, not against them. 13574
Aug 31 2012: You can't tell people how to change. You can only enforce your own rules and boundaries and let them adapt as they will. 13575
Aug 31 2012: Popular music is rife with reproductive messages. Sinful! Also boring. 13576
Aug 31 2012: This time of year, you can drive Kent TX to San Simon AZ (352 mi) leaving 8am and arriving by 10:45am—legally. How? http://t.co/lZQzyNob 13577
Aug 31 2012: Here's one hint to the previous riddle http://t.co/ZKeJsiMO 13578
Aug 31 2012: @Kyoks1 That would give you an extra hour, right? 13579
Aug 31 2012: @aristosophy Wherever you go there are winds, Grasshopper. You just have to be sensitive enough to feel them. 13580
Aug 31 2012: @Kyoks1 To solve this mystery, you must have knowledge of a local temporal anomaly. 13581
Aug 31 2012: @Kyoks1 Political mostly. 13582
Aug 31 2012: @Kyoks1 No, Chihuahua doesn't have this phenomenon. 13583
Aug 31 2012: Religion is a way to give your ordinary life an epic-seeming greatness without you having to do anything special.
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