| #801: | Aliens did not create the problems of Planet Earth. We did! It is unreasonable to expect aliens to solve our problems for us. |
| #802: | People see in Area 51 what they want to see. The stories from here tell you more about the people doing the observing than about the base. |
| #803: | Twitter taught me brevity. |
| #804: | Every new technology creates new diseases and breeds new parasites feeding off it. |
| #805: | It's hard to find a lawyer who can "think outside the box," because the law, by definition, is totally inside the box. |
| #806: | "It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." - W. Churchill, via @JaeJamPro |
| #807: | For every acquisition of an object or obligation, there must be a corresponding "dequisition" of an existing burden. |
| #808: | It is possible to prove that something exists but impossible to prove that it doesn't exist. |
| #809: | We can know what 99% of the buildings are for at Area 51, but as long as 1% remains unknown, the imagination can fill in whatever it wants. |
| #810: | Good news from Dennys™ in Cedar City, Utah: The donut is now obsolete, thanks to the invention of Pancake Puppies™. |
| #811: | Area 51 is a testing facility for secret aircraft and weapons systems that would be of little interest to the average person if he saw them. |
| #812: | I'm now accessible on Facebook™ via the simplified address: http://www.facebook.com/KilroyCafe |
| #813: | "Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality." - Chamfort via @linkibol |
| #814: | Someone can be "smart" and "talented" but that's only part of the story. The rest is how they are emotionally invested. |
| #815: | You have two options in life: grow or die. |
| #816: | It feels good to be respected by others but only when you're respected for who you really are, not who you pretend to be. |
| #817: | A hot tub is symbolic of the things you don't need in life: a huge maintenance burden that doesn't give you the pleasure you think it will. |
| #818: | Wherever there's a "Public-Private Partnership" you can be sure "Public" is getting the raw end of the deal. |
| #819: | "The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off." - Gloria Steinem |
| #820: | When Satan comes to Earth, he usually appears as a man of God. |
| #821: | After 3 days on an expense account (free food) all food is reprehensible to me. Just want a nice roll and a glass of water. |
| #822: | I'd be happy enough with some fava beans and a nice Chianti. (I'll skip the liver, thanks.) |
| #823: | Billy Mays dead!!! But wait, there's more! Act now and get NO MORE BILLY MAYS INFOMERCIALS! Operators are standing by. |
| #824: | New photos from an "Area 51" TV shoot for an upcoming History Channel show http://bit.ly/k0Zas - In Nevada and Utah. |
| #825: | At last, something as big as the National Debt: the number of zebra mussels in Lake Mead: http://bit.ly/BUJHn - 3+ trillion in two years! |
| #826: | NY Times: "The Resilience of Modern Marriage" http://bit.ly/8cM4b - A tribute to the strength (or insanity) of human pair bonding. |
| #827: | The ego is usually biggest in those who least deserve to have it. |
| #828: | Life is like riding a roller coaster backwards. You see a "trend" behind you but not the dips and turns that will mess it up. - #existentialism |
| #829: | "Seven Years in Tibet" (the book) taught me much about how to survive and thrive under difficult circumstances. |
| #830: | The Onion: "King of Pop Dead at 12" http://bit.ly/OwQNz - Exactly! He never advanced beyond 12! |
| #831: | It's really pathetic when southern European women try to turn blonde. It becomes a "muddy blonde" that just doesn't work. |
| #832: | Suicide requires that you take life without humor or forgiveness. Lighten up, dude! |
| #833: | Family: a shared delusional system by which dysfunction is passed from one generation to the next. |
| #834: | I am sitting in a park in Lisbon, greatly enjoying my Refrigerante Aromatizado Gasificado com Açúcares e Edulcorantes. |
| #835: | Here are my first photos from LISBON, PORTUGAL http://bit.ly/Ju571 - Just arrived. |
| #836: | Some of my best photos from the past four years are found in GLENN'S BEST TOURIST PHOTOS http://bit.ly/olj30 - Now combined in one album. |
| #837: | NY Times on firefly mating "Blink Twice if you Like Me" http://bit.ly/o2fbz - Mating rife with deception and posturing - as always! |
| #838: | The Holy Grail of commerce is to take something that costs pennies and sell it for dollars. Examples: Perfume, soft drinks, fashion. |
| #839: | The products that are most advertised are usually the ones you least need. |
| #840: | The products that are most advertised are usually the one with the highest profit margins, thus supporting huge marketing budgets. |
| #841: | Lying in advertising is illegal, but "puffery" is not - that is, making distorted claims that are not technically lies. |
| #842: | Everywhere you go in Europe, the Beatles are playing. They're as big now as they were in the 1960s! |
| #843: | Q: What two U.S. states have never had temperatures above 100 degrees F? A: Alaska and HAWAII! |
| #844: | Here is a guided tour of my hostel in LISBON, PORTUGAL: http://bit.ly/L00hX - The ideal of what a hostel should be! |
| #845: | There's a fine line between the people who fight fires and those who set them. Local Las Vegas news story: http://bit.ly/kbjhK |
| #846: | The people who are most imprisoned are often those at the top: the rich, famous and powerful. Their freedom to change can be limited. |
| #847: | Money is a cruel and stupid master but it gives society structure. It lends people purpose when they might otherwise have none. |
| #848: | Without passing judgment in ones religious beliefs, keeping Kosher (or Halal or vegan) seems like a major pain in the butt. |
| #849: | "entrenchment" : the state of being trapped in established patterns that cannot easily be changed. |
| #850: | Fourth of July - You know what that means! It's almost time for Back-to-School Savings! |
| #851: | The inevitable effect of everyone having car alarms is that no one pays any attention when they go off. |
| #852: | Michael Jackson, Billy Mays and now Sarah Palin. Another tragic loss for popular culture. |
| #853: | Liberace's flamboyance is an example of "stressed creativity" - a desperate attempt to be unique and make a mark. |
| #854: | In the human world, there's tragedy everywhere you look - if you care to look! |
| #855: | In honor of the 4th of July, I'm having myself a Piggly Wiggly Breakfast! Photos: http://bit.ly/13Toax + http://bit.ly/UKsNI |
| #856: | Motorcycles should be called "insanemobiles". You got to be crazy to endure the discomfort and risk of riding them. |
| #857: | Everyone in America has their ethnic heritage, but for most it doesn't consist of more than dressing up in costumes once a year. |
| #858: | In the Eastern USA, all open land has to be mowed; otherwise it rapidly turns into forest again. |
| #859: | A vacation home is a prison. If you own one, you have to go there. |
| #860: | Judging from what you read in tourist brochures, there must be about 10,000 Seven Wonders of the World. |
| #861: | Art without a function in real life is merely egotism. |
| #862: | To protect people from each other, you must have law, but then you have to protect people from the people enforcing the law. |
| #863: | The law, due to its human origins and human enforcement, will always be a royal screw-up. |
| #864: | "Doing the right thing" very often turns out to be the wrong thing. If it defies logic, it could be a setup for disaster. |
| #865: | "My favorite 4th is still the one when we declared our independence from the tyrannical monotony of annual fireworks displays." @Moltz |
| #866: | The "reasons" people cite for their choices are usually false. They are invented after the decision has already been made. |
| #867: | Never underestimate the destructive power of money - how having too much of it can destroy your foundations. |
| #868: | All that really matters in music is the sound that comes into your ears. Everything else is musical bullshit. |
| #869: | If you could survey people who have experienced sudden wealth and visit them again 20 years later, the results would not be happy. |
| #870: | Never trust Mapquest or Google Maps to tell you where to go in rural areas. They often ignore local roads that get you there faster. |
| #871: | The struggle of "Individual vs. Society" includes conflict within the family and couple. There's tyranny there, too! |
| #872: | And so the evil men pillaged and plundered, and with their ill-gotten gains they built great universities like Yale, Harvard and Princeton. |
| #873: | Why does growth essentially stop for most people once they reach adulthood? They get trapped in their own investments. |
| #874: | Glenn Campbell: Continuous creativity built on a solid base of trauma. |
| #875: | The biggest barrier to Michael Jackson's success was MJ. Now that he's out of the way, the profits will roll! LA Times: http://bit.ly/ACJCq |
| #876: | My new photos from LUMBEE HOMECOMING, a Native American festival held in North Carolina on July 4: http://bit.ly/2RY8fi |
| #877: | I drive 1000s of miles a month and hardly ever listen to the radio. I got thoughts to think and radio is merely a distraction. |
| #878: | Whole Foods knows the recipe for profit: You put "organic" or "natural" on something and the suckers will pay twice as much. |
| #879: | Whole Foods sells adjectives: "stone ground", "spring fed", "organic", "free range", etc., and people will pay big money for those words. |
| #880: | My new photo album from SINTRA, PORTUGAL, a medieval tourist town about an hour from Lisbon: http://bit.ly/jjNEh |
| #881: | If you're a budget Norteamericano visiting Europe, check out http://EasyJet.com and http://RyanAir.com - Makes cheap travel so much easier! |
| #882: | I have just released a new "Homeless by Choice" blog entry, THE SCOURGE OF HUMIDITY: http://bit.ly/3wn7s8 - Life is easier in the dry! |
| #883: | LA Times: Life inside the Irvine bubble http://bit.ly/4uB9vK - Low crime, but totally isolated from the real world. |
| #884: | "Self-Proclaimed Prophet Blames God" for sex charges (Las Vegas) http://bit.ly/10sBmQ - Just your run-of-the-mill neighborhood cult leader. |
| #885: | Highway rest areas on I-84 in Connecticut are marked "NO LOITERING". What else can you do at a rest area?! My photo: http://bit.ly/LnFln |
| #886: | Missed the Michael Jackson extravaganza. Do you think it will be repeated? This guy's star is rising. Look out Elvis! |
| #887: | The principle risk of marriage, in the long term, is that it allows one party to avoid taking responsibility for themselves. |
| #888: | The easy way to deal with Sarah Palin is give her her own TV talk show. She'll be happy, out of politics and those who want to tune in, can. |
| #889: | Massachusetts pronunciation guide: Harvard Square=Hahvud Skweya, Somerville=Summavul, Bedford=Bedfud, car=cah, farmer's market=fahmaz mahkit |
| #890: | Houston: "Deep in the heart of the armpit of Texas." |
| #891: | Sleep apnea: If you sleep on your back, your tongue can fall back in your throat and cut off your air. Try another position! |
| #892: | Let's look into reopening Neverland! It could be the new Graceland, the new Liberace Museum. The sky's the limit! |
| #893: | Rolling moss collects no stones! |
| #894: | My favorite term from the Bush years: "moral clarity". Such a thing does not exist in the real world. |
| #895: | In fundamentalist religion, what is billed as "trust in God" is really just trust in the word of other people. |
| #896: | Pop singers are seen as our spiritual and philosophical leaders, even if their only skill is singing someone else's words. |
| #897: | Michael, Elvis, Whitney, Britney, Madonna - they must be deep and wise because their songs are good. Get real! |
| #898: | My new photos from SOUTH OF THE BORDER, a tourist trap on I-95 at the NC/SC state line: http://bit.ly/JEHl4 - Si, Senor! |
| #899: | The space requirements of Americans are obscene. You don't need 2000 sq feet to live in. You can be comfortable in 100 sq feet with WiFi. |
| #900: | The bigger the home, the better the prison. |