| #901: | You can't own a home. A home owns you. |
| #902: | Buying a home is committing yourself to eternal servitude to its needs. |
| #903: | Seen along a highway in Texas: "Make A Difference... Be A Correctional Officer." |
| #904: | Most of the personal investments people make seem to be based on the assumption that they're going to live forever. |
| #905: | The fundamental right and responsibility of every individual is to regulate their own economy. |
| #906: | Whatever happens during sleep, you need it to put everything into perspective. |
| #907: | When you lack sleep, you can still work on immediate problems but you fail to see the big picture. |
| #908: | Ninety-nine percent of the consumer economy depends on the consumer having poor reasoning skills. |
| #909: | When you eliminate television, radio, newspapers, YouTube & MP3s from your life, you regain your brain and can begin to live. |
| #910: | In Houston, store windows fog up on the outside when the hot, muggy air hits the air conditioning. |
| #911: | It's a good bet: If you give someone extra resources, he will use them to dig himself a deeper hole. |
| #912: | Essential to dealing with clients is making them believe thay are wise and in control no matter how stupid they have been. |
| #913: | In the aftermath of 9/11, it became a matter of civic pride that the terrorists would strike your town next. |
| #914: | No human can obey every law and government regulation. It's impossible! You must choose what to comply with and why. |
| #915: | The law, in practice, is more an escape from responsibility than an expression of it. |
| #916: | Luxury brands make you look stupid. If you waste money on them, you're going to feel foolish in the long run. |
| #917: | Oxymoron Alert: "Smart Water". Photo: http://bit.ly/7ZjWF - Six bottles for only $5.75. You gotta be an idiot to fall for this! |
| #918: | Do you take this man/woman as your lawfully wedded spouse, to clean up after, to make excuses for, to protect from reality, 'til death...? |
| #919: | I'm goin' through the Big "D". All my exits are in Texas. - Facebook: http://bit.ly/yuMpW |
| #920: | Every Wal-Mart is nearly identical EXCEPT for prices. Here's a dramatic example I found yesterday in Texas: http://bit.ly/42dak |
| #921: | Why did the turtle cross the road? I'm afraid we'll never know. R.I.P. |
| #922: | In Oklahoma, don't fall for those "Scenic Turnout" signs along the highway. This is OKLAHOMA. |
| #923: | I don't see how foreigners can say America lacks substance. Our Ponzi schemes are the finest in the world! |
| #924: | So Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary, but Mary was married to Joseph. Does that mean married people didn't have sex back then? |
| #925: | All of my Kilroy Cafe philosophy newsletters are now available on a simple text-only index: http://bit.ly/kqiiW |
| #926: | Just had a filling meal from the free sample stations at Costco in Denver. This expired membership of mine is well worth the price! |
| #927: | My latest Kilroy Cafe philosophy essay: THE TRAGEDY OF SUCCESS: http://bit.ly/bgqDE - If you don't know when to stop, success will kill you. |
| #928: | Digital is the new slavery. |
| #929: | The best relationships start with "I really like your work." If you can say it in both directions, you might be onto something. |
| #930: | Wyoming has a wild ungulate problem. There are far too many! Fortunately, cars eat ungulates. |
| #931: | You can't create music with the radio on or iPod in your ear. Either you consume music or produce music; you can't do both! |
| #932: | Musicians get so wrapped up in the mechanics of music they forget its essence: the words and tune - the part being sung. |
| #933: | Instruments can be a huge distraction from the words being sung. They are there to serve the words, not the other way around. |
| #934: | Think of "Sound of Silence" by S&G. Simple, word-driven song. You don't need a band or agent. The song stands on its own. |
| #935: | Success in life depends on knowing your role. You err when you get sucked into things you know you're not good at. |
| #936: | When you feel you've lost your way, the best advice is "Go back to your roots" - your core skills, your original motivation. |
| #937: | Yesterday, I was ATTACKED BY PRAIRIE DOGS at a Wyoming rest area. Here is the photographic record: http://bit.ly/E8LhP |
| #938: | Made some minor revisions to my travel guide, HOW TO SLEEP IN A HOSTEL: http://bit.ly/u0xQ9 |
| #939: | I can't say enough about the glories of the Northern Hemisphere summer. It beats out winter by a long shot! |
| #940: | Age can be measured in years or in the number of excuses one has to not do things. |
| #941: | The main goal of human relations is not to convince people you are right but simply to get the behavior you want from them. |
| #942: | People become imprisoned not so much by authority as by restrictions they impose on themselves. |
| #943: | As soon as people have enough food, they start inventing new ways to make food more complicated. |
| #944: | In Yellowstone: tourists on cellphones, relaying every detail of every attraction to the folks back home. Also: me Twittering about it. |
| #945: | The Alaska Highway is still rugged. 1500 miles from Dawson Creek to Fairbanks and only three Wal-Marts! |
| #946: | Parenting, like democracy, requires a delicate balance between authority and the consent of the governed. |
| #947: | You should rely on your own resources to solve your problems. It's nice to have the help of others but don't expect it. |
| #948: | Most of the battle of life is negotiating with yourself. When life doesn't give you what you expect, what will you give up? - #existentialism |
| #949: | There is no safe haven. If you think you've found one, you've probably lost your freedom without gaining the safety you expected. |
| #950: | People will obsess over some trivial contributor to health-like organic food-while ignoring their own bad habits that will really kill them. |
| #951: | Every misfortune is also an opportunity. It is up to you to discover what that opportunity is. |
| #952: | People who are bored are boring people. |
| #953: | Most people spend most of their lives positioning themselves for a life that never happens. Then they die. - #existentialism |
| #954: | People can spend a lifetime building a shrine to themselves. Then they die and it's sold for scrap. |
| #955: | The Alaska Highway is an "adventure" only in the sense that you have endured five days of driving through a lot of trees. |
| #956: | The northern lands are all about resource extraction: oil, forest products, and extracting money from the occasional tourist. |
| #957: | In Canada, I find that conversations just go better with a few superfluous "eh?"s thrown in, eh? |
| #958: | Between Whitecourt and Ft. St. John is boreal forest interspersed with wheat and canola fields. Growing season is April to Sept. |
| #959: | Anyone who named their business "2000" or "New Millennium" has to be regretting it by now. |
| #960: | In Canada, most big towns have community recreation centres with gyms and indoor pools, open to all for a low fee. Stop in for a shower! |
| #961: | A low-fat diet and moderate exercise can help you live longer, but super-nutrition or hyper-exercise don't do anything more. |
| #962: | Do health food advocates and Olympic athletes live any longer than normal active, healthy people? Their obituaries suggest no. |
| #963: | I propose that shopping at health food stores, buying organic produce and paying twice as much for food has zero effect on your longevity. |
| #964: | The town of Beaverlodge accepts no liability for injuries to persons climbing the giant beaver. Please do not mount the beaver! |
| #965: | Each person has built his life on a platform of delusion. It is not your role to pull it out from under him. - #existentialism |
| #966: | It is refreshing to see Canadian geese IN CANADA, where they belong. Better than fouling our parks and jet engines in the U.S.! |
| #967: | The Great North has only two seasons: winter and mosquito. |
| #968: | Traveling in Northern Canada, I haven't seen the night in days. I'm sure it happens, but it's light when I go to sleep and when I wake up. |
| #969: | In an encounter between car and moose, nobody wins. |
| #970: | In human behavior, there is no "normal", just differing gradations of dysfunction. |
| #971: | Religion is just another way of saying, "I am not responsible for what happens to me." |
| #972: | In northern latitudes, the sun rises in the northeast, circles the horizon then sets in the northwest. |
| #973: | I have driven from Texas to Alaska without listening to the radio for more than five minutes. It's thought pollution! |
| #974: | Real estate is so 20th Century. It just isn't relevant to the 21st. Those who are invested in real estate are entrenched in the past. |
| #975: | Not far from the permafrost in Alaska is agriculture! Wheat, barley and oats grown near Delta Junction, thanks to plenty of summer sun. |
| #976: | Travel advice: If you have only a two-week vacation and more than half a brain, go to Europe. (If less than half, go to Vegas.) |
| #977: | Many a sucker has taken an exciting two-week vacation and extended it for a lifetime, only to find the excitement ended after two weeks. |
| #978: | You thought something would make you happy, so you worked hard to attain it, only to find it wasn't what you thought it was. |
| #979: | If the Yukon ain't north enough for ya, there's Inuvik on the Arctic Ocean, 750 road miles from Whitehorse. http://inuvik.ca |
| #980: | My new motto for this state: "Alaska: The Land of Half-Built Dreams" |
| #981: | The greatest barrier to learning is education. |
| #982: | Attention old people: Please clip your protruding nose and ear hair. It will make you seem connected to the real world. |
| #983: | Most people use their freedom only to build their own prison. |
| #984: | Young people are eager to try any product that promises to give their life meaning. They want to buy an identity, not build one. - #existentialism |
| #985: | Interacting with the common man in Fairbanks, it all comes back to me: Alaska attracts wackos! |
| #986: | Of course, Alaska attracts wackos from the Lower 48, but it also breeds them locally! |
| #987: | The trouble with public advice of any kind (health, travel, legal, etc.) is that it has to be addressed to the dumbest person out there. |
| #988: | Alaska, like Las Vegas, has approximately six tourist activities available. Once you've done them, terminal boredom sets in. |
| #989: | Who says America has lost its edge? Our people are the fattest in the world! No one can compete with our morbid obesity! |
| #990: | Special summertime offer from Alaska: 100 tons of scenery with every purchase! (Getting it home is your problem.) |
| #991: | Bad things happen when you insulate people from the effects of their own actions. |
| #992: | Companionship aside, a proprietorship is usually far more efficient than a partnership. |
| #993: | If a sentimental dipshit like Manilow can write the songs, I can too! http://lovestrangely.com |
| #994: | Please do not climb the giant beaver! Town of Beaverlodge accepts no liability for injuries sustained thereby. Photo: http://bit.ly/ELwvo |
| #995: | You can study the theory of something, but you have to interact with its reality before you truly understand. |
| #996: | This is all you need to know about the meaning of life: No one knows any more than you do! - #existentialism |
| #997: | The American pattern of parenting is being hyperprotective in infancy but losing all control by the teen years. |
| #998: | Some new photos from the Alaska Highway: http://bit.ly/yQOqg |
| #999: | Paradise ain't all it's cracked up to be! "Squatters in paradise say it's job from hell" http://bit.ly/14QSX4 (LA Times, 7/27) |
| #1000: | Success can mean the end of growth because it commits you to certain behaviors and robs you of the incentive to change. http://bit.ly/bgqDE |