| #1201: | My clinical study of the "Preening and Nesting Behavior of the Human Female" http://bit.ly/3bCc28 (Kilroy Cafe #7, June 08) |
| #1202: | "Pour appartenir vraiment au monde d'aujourd'hui, il faut exister en dehors de lui." @javarome - #existentialism |
| #1203: | When your relationship hits a dead end and you have nothing more in common, there's always a solution: Have a baby! - #marriage #childbirth |
| #1204: | For most people, survival in marriage means carefully watching your words and not rocking the boat. |
| #1205: | Those who manufacture comedy can be some of the saddest people on Earth. - #entertainment #humor |
| #1206: | Slate: "Seeking: How the brain hard-wires us to love Google, Twitter, and texting." http://bit.ly/bf7xu (8/12) What the brain wants. - #consciousness |
| #1207: | The cost of a lie includes not just the moral damage but the huge psychological energy it requires to maintain it. - #lying |
| #1208: | When you tell a lie, you commit yourself to two sets of books: the real accounting and the fake one. The problem is keeping them straight. - #lying |
| #1209: | As a rule, those in positions of power are very passive. They won't make decisions unless they are forced to. |
| #1210: | Nobody thinks about the mosquito, about her short life and how the odds are stacked against her. Makes you want to give generously! |
| #1211: | On the web, you should avoid the trap of providing an ongoing public service. What you publish should stand on it's own without maintenance. |
| #1212: | The majority of accidents in the modern world are caused by multitasking - subdividing your attention beyond safe limits. |
| #1213: | The cost of a lie includes not just the moral damage but the huge psychological energy required to maintain it. - #lying |
| #1214: | I see an alarming trend in British visitors, who feel they must embrace American "wastage" (wasting food, etc). We're not all like that! |
| #1215: | "NO ASSING ROUGH" is the traditional motto of the Boston subway system. Can you figure out where it came from? |
| #1216: | After watching "District 9", I'm going to think twice before throwing a prawn on the barbie! - #movies |
| #1217: | Breaking news from @TheOnion: "Mom Has Some Wild New Ideas For Dressing Son This Year" http://bit.ly/VG81h |
| #1218: | Just because you know something to be "true" does not mean it should be spoken. The ill-timed truth can be as destructive as any lie. - #lying |
| #1219: | Most of the people who would work out in a gym would never engage I useful physical labor the achieve the same end. |
| #1220: | You can't say someone's sexual orientation is determined by brain chemistry but also claim it hasn't affected other parts of their behavior. |
| #1221: | "Free will" is discovering that you have a choice when your biology and society say you have none. - #existentialism |
| #1222: | Crime is a real threat, but the damage it does is usually dwarfed by what we do to ourselves through our own foolish actions. |
| #1223: | Just because because something is a "good idea" doesn't mean you should do it. It has to be the best idea for your limited resources. |
| #1224: | Crime is a real threat, but the damage it does is usually dwarfed by what we do to ourselves through our own foolish actions. |
| #1225: | Consult the Sky Mall catalog in your seat-back pocket for an extensive assortment of things you don't need. - #airlines |
| #1226: | Life is full of "Duh!" moments when you realize, "Things would have been so much easier had I only known that before!" |
| #1227: | True growth is possible only when you see yourself as free to change. |
| #1228: | Fact checking District 9: How does "interspecies prostitution" work? What possible interest could the prawns have in our Earth women? - #movies |
| #1229: | Fact checking District 9: There are over a million prawns, yet you have the head of the program going door-to-door to serve them notices. - #movies |
| #1230: | Fact checking District 9: Bad Guys wielding automatic weapons can't hit Good Guys right in front of them, while Good Guy shots always hit. - #movies |
| #1231: | Most of the people who would work out in a gym would never engage in useful physical labor to burn the same calories. |
| #1232: | District 9: Wikus is a totally fresh and daffy anti-hero hero, a take on real bureaucrats everywhere. - #movies |
| #1233: | I just learned from CNN the key to good health. Hand sanitizer. Tons and tons of hand sanitizer. |
| #1234: | Now I've learned from CNN that I'm not hydrated properly because I don't have the appropriate hydration equipment. I'm gonna die! |
| #1235: | Just because a TV show is called a "documentary" doesn't mean it bears any relation to reality. Think of it as "truth-based fiction". |
| #1236: | Just because a TV show is called a "documentary" doesn't mean it bears any resemblance to reality. Think of it as "truth-based fiction". |
| #1237: | "Free will" is discovering that you have a choice where you thought you had none. - #existentialism |
| #1238: | In a Las Vegas casino, the only sure place to win is the buffet. |
| #1239: | I was once a televised buffet expert - a self-styled "buffologist" (or "buffoon"). Was on CNN and the Food Channel. - #vegas |
| #1240: | A song consists of lyrics sung by the human voice. Instrumental music is only a supporting character. |
| #1241: | I never would have imagined in my youth that Playboy (viewed in utmost secrecy) would someday be seen as quaint and old-fashioned. - #pornography |
| #1242: | If you're trying to lose weight, STAY OUT OF LAS VEGAS! -- Keep Out! No Trespassing! Verboten! - #dieting |
| #1243: | A funny blog of mis-captioned photos: http://www.superpoop.com |
| #1244: | Most paranoid delusions assume, falsely, that you are important enough to others that they would bother to conspire against you. |
| #1245: | If the NSA is bugging your phone and aliens are probing your mind, well, at least somebody cares! - #paranoia |
| #1246: | Another take on sleeping in airports: Workers at LAX living in a makeshift RV park. LA Times: http://bit.ly/94OiY |
| #1247: | Some of the most trite and empty song lyrics come from @johncmayer - although they sound good at first. |
| #1248: | World's dumbest airport security announcement: "The Seattle police and fire departments are here to serve you. In an emergency dial 911." |
| #1249: | Essential for sleeping in airports/airplanes: warm clothes, light blanket, head covering, foam ear plugs. |
| #1250: | Air traveler advice: NEVER put any personal belonging in the seat-back pocket. You'll forget it! |
| #1251: | Best place on the West Coast to get power adapters, memory cards, camera batteries, etc: Frys Electronics. Entertaining in itself! |
| #1252: | Artistic maturity is the trading of trite and simplistic emotions for complex and layered ones. |
| #1253: | The road to Hell is paved with democracy: the people voting for what feels good and suffering the results. |
| #1254: | "Slumdog Millionaire" and "District 9" are the first wave a new film genre: Third World Chic. Expect more to come. |
| #1255: | For many, music is a destructive addiction that sucks up their lives just as surely as meth and cocaine. |
| #1256: | Music has a hold on the nervous system that isn't always healthy. Instead of doing real things, you have an iPod in your ear. |
| #1257: | There's a name for wild horses in America: vermin! They're an invasive species brought here by the Spaniards. Why do they need protection? |
| #1258: | Your first defense against junk food is in the shopping phase. Just don't buy it, because if you do you're going to eat it. |
| #1259: | If you must buy junk food, never buy the industrial-size package. You'll eat it all! Buy the smallest size available so that's all you eat. |
| #1260: | Comfort often means the death of creativity because you lose the incentive to push your limits. |
| #1261: | For many, music is a destructive addiction that sucks up their lives just as surely as meth or cocaine. |
| #1262: | True self-confidence arises from an honest accounting with oneself. |
| #1263: | Humor is an essential lubricant of life, but it can't be an end in itself or it becomes a prison. |
| #1264: | Humor can sugar-coat your problems and make them easier to live with, but it won't fix them. |
| #1265: | "Parasites" are activities that take your energy and give nothing in return. Each may seem harmless, but too many and your system collapses. |
| #1266: | Hollywood Prop Rule #235: All space helmets/Hazmat masks must have lights on the INSIDE so you can see the astronauts' faces. |
| #1267: | The Stockholm Syndrome, where hostages identify with their captors, applies just as well to families. Didn't we all grow up as hostages? |
| #1268: | You can glorify the ironworker for building a bridge but ultimate success depends on an invisible designer who never touches the metal. |
| #1269: | I have just released my first love song (albeit a bit obsessive): "Can't Stop Thinkin" - http://bit.ly/91Nca |
| #1270: | LA Times: "Music Did A Number on Me" http://bit.ly/p06K1 - An account of a childhood crushed by music. |
| #1271: | LA Times: "China's Internet-addiction camps turn dangerous" http://bit.ly/dyJHg - It's a long road to recovery from "device addiction". |
| #1272: | NY Times: "Why We Must Ration Health Care" http://bit.ly/2gC7jP - Indeed yes! Triage applies to all things, even health care. |
| #1273: | Driving across the great state of Montana, it's refreshing to see "McCAIN/PALIN" signs along the road. They're protecting our heritage! |
| #1274: | According to supermarket tabloids, Sarah Palin's marriage is on the rocks. Who's a thunk it?! |
| #1275: | The key to survival in an organization is finding your private space within it, giving them what they want as you quietly get what you want. |
| #1276: | Hollywood Absurdity #235: All space helmets/Hazmat masks must have lights on the INSIDE so you can see the astronauts' faces. |
| #1277: | Before you pass judgment on life, you have to actually live it, not just study it from afar. |
| #1278: | We may remember Madonna's bustier or KISS' face paint, but whether we sing the song to ourselves 10 years later depends only on the sound. |
| #1279: | If you want to understand music, the first thing to do is throw away your iPod and music collection. That's merely music addiction. |
| #1280: | There's a fine line between music appreciation and music addiction, and it is usually crossed when you buy the music. |
| #1281: | An unhealthy diet of music is playing the same songs over and over. A better mix is the ambient music all around you that you don't control. |
| #1282: | Political opinions? The air is full of 'em, as cheap as the breath they're made of. I see no great use in adding mine or even in having any. |
| #1283: | "There's always a wise-ass in every group who thinks he is better than everyone else..." - My photo from North Dakota: http://bit.ly/2HkAU |
| #1284: | I think I know where Fargo, North Dakota got its name. You have to "go far" to get there! |
| #1285: | Mediocrity persists in the world because it sells. Mediocrity is stable, reliable, marketable, doesn't make waves and can be mass produced. |
| #1286: | Hundreds of lives lost, maybe thousands. What's worse, I have to scrape them off the windshield! |
| #1287: | Shower at a North Dakota truck stop: $6. That minty fresh feeling: priceless. |
| #1288: | Breaking news from @TheOnion: Study: Watching Fewer Than Four Hours Of TV A Day Impairs Ability To Ridicule Pop Culture http://bit.ly/4wJKhD |
| #1289: | Delusions aren't all bad. They can give us faith in ourselves when we might otherwise have none. |
| #1290: | The No. 1 sign of a novice traveler is over-packing -- taking way more stuff than is needed. |
| #1291: | In the real world, there will always be a gap between what the rule books say and what is actually enforced. Life is lived in that space! |
| #1292: | When the speed limit says "55 MPH", most cars are going between 56 and 64. That's the just-over-the-limit zone where most of us reside. |
| #1293: | The guy who drives 55 in a 55 zone is an obstruction, an inflexible hard-ass. While he is officially "right", we pass him if we can. |
| #1294: | The spread between law and enforcement -- e.g. between the speed limit and speed of ticketing -- can be called "enforcement gap". |
| #1295: | One advantage of entrepreneurs over corporations is greater ability to overlook the rules - to "play the gap" between law and enforcement. |
| #1296: | Any study of law is incomplete without an understanding of how it may be subverted. This is why laws that look good often don't work. |
| #1297: | Any proposed law must be understood from the perspective of the clever criminal. How will he turn the new law to his own advantage? |
| #1298: | Glenn is Gordon Lightfooting along the shores of Gitchee Goomie, knowing that the gales of November never come THIS early. #fb |
| #1299: | In northern Minnesota, I've encountered terrain virtually identical to Alaska's. Yes, boreal forest! |
| #1300: | Nearly everything you were taught in your childhood is wrong, but at least it gave you a basis for understanding how and why it is wrong. |