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Apr 15 2011: HHBDL is back in the Holy Land, trying to knock some sense into these people. [view in context] 4437
Apr 15 2011: Just chillin' in Old Jerusalem. (@ Jaffa Gate Hostel) http://4sq.com/gUUjr3 4438Apr 15 2011: The Jaffa Gate Hostel, cheap lodging with loads of character. I'm very comfortable here. http://twitpic.com/4l5533←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 4439Apr 15 2011: A bed with my name on it. $24/night. http://twitpic.com/4l5kax←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 4440
Apr 15 2011: All our tweets, photos and videos from our last visit to Jerusalem in December: http://BadDalaiLama.com/archive?essay=jerusalem 4441Apr 15 2011: Damascus Gate, 2 hours ago. The Ministry of Silly Hats is out in force! http://twitpic.com/4l8xlk←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 4442Apr 15 2011: Local politics. http://twitpic.com/4l98br Just outside the walls of Old Jerusalem: "Free Palestine" ←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 4443
Apr 15 2011: It is amazing how many people will freely admit: "I like my house, my TV and my current routine. I really have no ambitions beyond that." 4444
Apr 15 2011: RT @Kyoks1: Jerusalem te ensena q todas las religiones son lo mismo; diferentes sombreros y festividades misma suspencion de logica via ... 4445Apr 16 2011: My favorite falafel stand in Jerusalem, near the Damascus Gate. http://twitpic.com/4lowob←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 4446Apr 16 2011: Falafel pita—Official Food of the Bad Dalai Lama in the Middle East. http://twitpic.com/4lozik←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 4447
Apr 16 2011: In Jerusalem, I eat a balanced diet: falafel pita for breakfast, falafel pita for lunch and a sensible falafel pita for dinner. 4448
Apr 16 2011: Many dream of foreign travel but few actually pull it off. They invent too many barriers for themselves to ever allow it to happen. 4449
Apr 16 2011: Hostels separate relaxed, flexible people from the uptight and inflexible. The latter belong at the Hilton or should never leave home. 4450
Apr 16 2011: Any big, confusing place becomes small and provincial once you have been there for a while. 4451
Apr 16 2011: Even New York and L.A. have their versions of the country bumpkin—people of limited perspective who can't function anywhere else. 4452
Apr 16 2011: Jerusalem teaches you how every religion is the same. Different hats and holidays, same underlying suspension of logic. 4453
Apr 16 2011: If you are religious, then no matter how mundane and restricted your life may be, you can feel superior, because God knows you personally. 4454
Apr 16 2011: RT @JerryThomas: "Hell is other people."~Jean Paul Sartre "You're not so hot yourself."~Other People 4455Apr 16 2011: Video Postcard: Old Jerusalem "Subway" http://youtu.be/KZuCO324TB4 - Many cities have subways, but this one is FREE and carries only 3 boys. ←Our original YouTube video [more] 4456
Apr 16 2011: RT @YourAuntLola: Sweetie, love does not conquer deception, agression or cruelty. And it has a pretty hard time with snoring 4457
Apr 16 2011: Most Americans would be freaked out by hostels. They couldn't handle the wide range of conditions or the relative lack of privacy. 4458
Apr 17 2011: RT @trevlutz People say the want to travel around the world, when they really mean they want to travel around the world in first class. 4459Apr 17 2011: Early results of yesterday's video shoot in Old Jerusalem. (2-minute draft portion of a promo video) http://youtu.be/yeDTvVZL1W0←Our original YouTube video [more] 4460
Apr 17 2011: The stupider a traveler is, the more outraged he becomes when things don't turn out as planned. 4461
Apr 17 2011: Smart people: "I made a mistake. How can I change?" Stupid people: "A mistake was made. Who can I blame?" 4462
Apr 17 2011: That a computer can win Jeopardy suggests that Jeopardy represents a dumb kind of intelligence any automaton can master. 4463
Apr 17 2011: Human suffering is everywhere. It is hypocritical to respond to it when it's visible but not when you know it's just out of view. 4464
Apr 17 2011: Jerusalem is testament to the human willingness to believe in whatever system you were born into. 4465Apr 18 2011: View from the roof of my $25 hostel in Jerusalem. Right now! http://twitpic.com/4mdqx4←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 4466Apr 18 2011: Video Postcard: Looking out over Jerusalem from the roof of my hostel. http://youtu.be/pBmFvwR7YR0 (30 seconds) ←Our original YouTube video [more] 4467
Apr 18 2011: Religion isn't about trusting God. It's about trusting that other people know more about God than you do. 4468
Apr 18 2011: Today's solution becomes tomorrow's problem. 4469
Apr 18 2011: Rule of law is essential to the governance of man, but it can also be a cruel master, imposing a tyranny of its own. 4470
Apr 18 2011: The lowest form of humor is now the Sarah Palin joke, displacing the pun in 2008. 4471
Apr 18 2011: The measure of "old" is the extent to which you are dwelling on the past instead of the future. 4472
Apr 18 2011: I can think of nothing more depressing than growing old with someone. Have you seen what those people have to put up with? 4473
Apr 19 2011: Brilliant! Our two arch-nemesis's, @KimKardashian and @DalaiLama have been combined as @KimOrDalai. Which is which? You decide. 4474
Apr 19 2011: About to enter Jesus' tomb (currently empty). This place is crawling with Christians! 4475
Apr 19 2011: Like the multiple sites of the Roswell crash, there are competing locations for the crucifixion and tomb of Jesus. 4476
Apr 19 2011: No believer wants to get too specific about the roots of his belief. 4477
Apr 19 2011: RT @sjb351: @BadDalaiLama And nobody should ever get too involved in the beliefs of their roots. 4478Apr 19 2011: Queuing up to enter Jesus' tomb. (One of several competing sites.) http://twitpic.com/4mu6il←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 4479Apr 19 2011: Inside Jesus' tomb... not much to see really. Just this sign indicating he has stepped out. http://twitpic.com/4mudwl←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 4480Apr 19 2011: The alleged site of Jesus' crucifixion: This bus station. http://twitpic.com/4mumhp←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 4481
Apr 19 2011: The exact sites of Jesus' birth, life and death seem speculative, since he was gone for centuries before anyone tried to pin them down. 4482
Apr 19 2011: Jerusalem is the quintessential medieval city. In spite of the tourist trappings, you can't get closer to what life was like 1000 years ago. 4483
Apr 19 2011: RT @KimOrDalai: RT Kim or Dalai? OMG I just got Tina Fey's new book Bossypants! Have u guys read it? Its amazing & thanks for the shout ... 4484
Apr 19 2011: RT @TheBosha: The fall of Western civilization will be traced to the triumph of design over content. 4485
Apr 19 2011: Change of venue. (My original hostel was full due to the bi-religional holiday,) (@ New palm hostel) http://4sq.com/h55Tfx 4486
Apr 19 2011: Eilat—the Israeli Vegas! Within mortar range of Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. (@ Corinne Hostel) http://4sq.com/g9eXLx 4487Apr 20 2011: Boys with big guns sleeping beside me. http://twitpic.com/4nbwz8←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 4488Apr 20 2011: Aerial tramway to Masada (earlier today). http://twitpic.com/4nc0xk←Live photo from the road! [location|more] 4489Apr 20 2011: It's done! The best TV series proposal ever created! http://youtu.be/K5gV7IYibPo Filmed in Jerusalem and Palestine over the past few days. ←Our original YouTube video [more] [view in context]
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