| #1801: | The best gauge of artistic maturity is a grasp of irony.
— Wed Dec 09 2009 06:49 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1802: | The habits of personality cannot be changed by words or education, only by enforcement and engagement.
— Wed Dec 09 2009 11:32 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1803: | Falling in love with someone is the best guarantee that you won't be able to change them.
— Wed Dec 09 2009 11:36 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1804: | To have influence over someone's personality, you have to retain negotiating power -- that is, the ability and willingness to say "no".
— Wed Dec 09 2009 11:51 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1805: | Love is possible, but there will always be limits on how deeply you can dive into it. Go too deep and you'll drown!
— Wed Dec 09 2009 12:56 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1806: | Friend me for all my new photos & essays: http://www.facebook.com/KilroyCafe or "fan" me for the Cliff Notes version: http://bit.ly/1jBsF6
— Wed Dec 09 2009 13:39 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1807: | "The fairest rules are those to which everyone would agree if they did not know how much power they would have." -John Rawls via @linkibol
— Wed Dec 09 2009 15:55 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1808: | Of course you made the right choice... if you block out news of every other choice! That's the essence of commitment. And censorship.
— Wed Dec 09 2009 19:42 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1809: | Mystery cocoons discovered at St. Louis shopping mall. Photo album of my investigation: http://bit.ly/5Yp41G - I conduct an "alien autopsy".
— Thu Dec 10 2009 01:59 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1810: | "Lost Cat: Reward" in Jackson, Wyoming. Photo: http://bit.ly/7XyXa6 - I think I know what happened to little Fluffy!
— Thu Dec 10 2009 03:50 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1811: | The best sign of a peak in the gold market is people on TV urging viewers to buy it. (i.e. Sell now!)
— Thu Dec 10 2009 16:40 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1812: | The US economy lost virtually no jobs in November! This suggests the overall economy is on the mend (even if it sucks where you are).
— Thu Dec 10 2009 22:56 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1813: | Ah, the Christmas spirit! Yuletide traditions with family & friends! Gifts under the tree!... This is what I'm trying desperately to avoid.
— Fri Dec 11 2009 00:19 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1814: | I have just declared the recession over. My essay: http://bit.ly/7chrPf
— Fri Dec 11 2009 01:30 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1815: | "Threshhold of intervention" is the point at which you choose to use your resources to address someone else's problems. It must be high!
— Fri Dec 11 2009 03:43 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1816: | Revolution, in most of human history, is a bloody battle to replace one form of oppression with another.
— Fri Dec 11 2009 04:00 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1817: | What, there are moneychangers in the temple? I thought they WERE the temple!
— Fri Dec 11 2009 09:41 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1818: | I'm gettin nuthin for Christmas/Mommy and Daddy are mad/I'm gettin nuthin for Christmas/Cuz I rejected the consumer-driven Christmas model!
— Fri Dec 11 2009 09:48 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1819: | Night on the Hoth ice planet: Wyoming in a nutshell.
— Fri Dec 11 2009 10:30 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1820: | Hey, if you like my tweets, Retweet and/or Favorite the best ones so others catch on!
— Fri Dec 11 2009 14:25 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1821: | Is @KilroyCafe too much for you? Try @KilroyLite - Only two tweets a day! Tastes Great! Less Filling!
— Fri Dec 11 2009 15:17 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1822: | NY Times: "For Judges on Facebook, Friendship Has Limits" http://bit.ly/824edv - Some people shouldn't be Friends!
— Fri Dec 11 2009 15:41 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1823: | I find it deeply offensive that water should take a solid form. If that's its attitude, then I don't care to precipitate.
— Fri Dec 11 2009 16:15 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1824: | In the spirit of the season, here is my "Wal-Mart Christmas Carol" http://bit.ly/walmartxmas - Sung to the tune of "Silver Bells"
— Fri Dec 11 2009 23:02 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1825: | New photo album: "Somewhere in Wyoming" http://bit.ly/4JHDGn
— Fri Dec 11 2009 23:06 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1826: | Romance creates a mythology around the one you love. The delusion has to collapse sooner or later.
— Sat Dec 12 2009 13:00 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1827: | The habits of personality cannot be changed by words or education, only by enforcement.
— Sat Dec 12 2009 13:12 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1828: | Dateline: Wal-Mart, Salt Lake City. I'm completing a routine early morning patrol. Restrooms clean. Prices low. My work here is done.
— Sat Dec 12 2009 14:28 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1829: | It's the law in Utah: At least one family member must be named "Joshua".
— Sat Dec 12 2009 14:31 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1830: | Throughout America, seagulls are the new pigeons. You now find them miles from any coastline, in bizarre places like Denver.
— Sat Dec 12 2009 15:34 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1831: | Yukon Territory, July 2009: One of my favorite photos of all time: http://bit.ly/8qe0yW
— Sun Dec 13 2009 06:35 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1832: | START
— Sun Dec 13 2009 12:07 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1833: | The young person's excuse: "I've got plenty of time. I'll do it later." The old person's excuse: "It's too late for me. I can't change now."
— Sun Dec 13 2009 23:57 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1834: | My new philosophy essay: "The Limits of Charity" http://bit.ly/4XPKPx - Giving selflessly to others isn't the issue.
— Mon Dec 14 2009 15:35 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1835: | Q: What is an early morning meal of mustard, ketchup, relish, mayonaise, salt and pepper? A: A condimental breakfast.
— Mon Dec 14 2009 19:37 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1836: | DO NOT EAT THE FRESHNESS PAK. (In fact, best not to eat the product the Freshness Pak came with.)
— Mon Dec 14 2009 21:16 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1837: | The one charity that undeniably improves the world: Planned Parenthood.
— Tue Dec 15 2009 00:45 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1838: | Any forbidden fruit becomes bland and uninteresting as soon as you have easy access to it.
— Tue Dec 15 2009 02:23 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1839: | DO NOT EAT THE FRESHNESS PAK. (In fact, best not to eat the alleged food product the Freshness Pak came with.)
— Tue Dec 15 2009 02:34 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1840: | Global warming is real, but that doesn't mean governments have the power to stop it. The damage has already been done!
— Tue Dec 15 2009 16:31 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1841: | The trauma of home foreclosure is not the loss of the house itself but disposal of the accumulated possessions and obligations within it.
— Tue Dec 15 2009 19:48 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1842: | I have dedicated this tweet to all the noble causes of the world, because that's a heck of a lot easier than actually doing something.
— Tue Dec 15 2009 20:54 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1843: | I want to take this opportunity to express my facile and irrelevant support for our brave military men and women stationed overseas.
— Tue Dec 15 2009 21:49 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1844: | The adjustments forced by the Great Recession: lower wages, lower expectations, more frugality, no more free money.
— Tue Dec 15 2009 22:20 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1845: | Economic crises are unfortunate but necessary. Without them, no one would change.
— Tue Dec 15 2009 22:48 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1846: | You killed that tree! You didn't do it personally, but it died for you. Is that the kind of Christmas you practice -- a Christmas of DEATH?!
— Wed Dec 16 2009 00:24 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1847: | The ancient ways, the old traditions, the sacred beliefs of the elders -- you have to believe in them if you are already invested in them.
— Wed Dec 16 2009 00:57 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1848: | What's the meaning of life? There doesn't have to be one. You just deal with the problems in front of you!
— Wed Dec 16 2009 01:21 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1849: | Good night my little minions! Sleep tight! Tomorrow we rule the world -- and get rid of that pesky James Bond!
— Wed Dec 16 2009 03:55 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1850: | "There should be tax breaks for couples with no children. Think of the carbon saved by not bringing new people into existence!"@SamPayne1701
— Wed Dec 16 2009 11:29 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1851: | Dogs are programmed to follow the Alpha animal, but if you give them too much leash they become the Alpha animal. Same with children!
— Wed Dec 16 2009 12:09 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1852: | In Florida, there's a fine line between amenity and a manatee!
— Wed Dec 16 2009 13:35 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1853: | Many tragedies are blessings in disguise because they force us to make hard decisions we couldn't face otherwise.
— Wed Dec 16 2009 15:48 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1854: | Only 10 days left 'til the end of Christmas music!
— Wed Dec 16 2009 16:19 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1855: | "Most people are hamsters in a cage, running on a wheel, whose idea of 'change' is a bigger cage and a bigger wheel." MFRT @RedStarFilm
— Thu Dec 17 2009 01:53 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1856: | Many catastrophes are blessings in disguise because they force us to make hard decisions we couldn't face otherwise.
— Thu Dec 17 2009 02:01 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1857: | [Duplicate tweet deleted.] — Thu Dec 17 2009 08:18 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1858: | Nothing gets you thinking clearly like the threat of impending death.
— Thu Dec 17 2009 08:29 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1859: | Special effects be damned! What drives a movie is the characters and what happens to them. The rest is forgotten quickly.
— Thu Dec 17 2009 12:26 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1860: | If the Twinkie had been around for 5000 years, people would discern fine gradations in it, like wine and cheese. Alas, it's still junk food.
— Thu Dec 17 2009 13:35 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1861: | Nothing gets you thinking clearly like the threat of impending catastrophe.
— Thu Dec 17 2009 13:36 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1862: | There's no accounting for sexual chemistry. What is erotic to one person may seem stupid and incredibly tedious to someone else.
— Thu Dec 17 2009 17:10 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1863: | The main reason couples have children is because their relationship has hit a dead end and isn't sustainable otherwise.
— Fri Dec 18 2009 03:37 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1864: | The bonding ceremony was efficient. The joined couple accepted their fate with stoicism. Musicians were paid. Affidavits were prepared.
— Fri Dec 18 2009 11:42 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1865: | If you have experienced misery all your life and it happens to go away, you will create new misery someplace else.
— Fri Dec 18 2009 11:47 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1866: | If you have been miserable all your life and the misery goes away, you will create it anew someplace else.
— Fri Dec 18 2009 11:51 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1867: | If you have been miserable all your life and the misery goes away, you will probably create it anew someplace else.
— Fri Dec 18 2009 14:03 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1868: | I H8 NY! U will 2 when U C the wthr they hv w8ing 4 U!
— Fri Dec 18 2009 22:22 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1869: | Although it's been said many times, many ways, Merry SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY! It's beginning to look a lot like PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!
— Sat Dec 19 2009 10:10 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1870: | All good fiction involves some form of magic. Things will happen that are impossible in real life, but the resolution must be real.
— Sat Dec 19 2009 11:58 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1871: | Avatar: a 3-hour transformation of wonder into tedium.
— Sun Dec 20 2009 04:29 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1872: | Avatar: How can you spend $300 million on a movie and nothing on the writing? Cameron wrote it himself, and Cameron is a dick.
— Sun Dec 20 2009 11:03 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1873: | Avatar: At least the shapely Na'Vi women have the decency to not go topless, in deference to our human sensitivities.
— Sun Dec 20 2009 11:17 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1874: | Are We Alone?: the most boring and irrelevant question in the world!
— Sun Dec 20 2009 11:58 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1875: | Nearly all advertising involves an element of fraud. If it isn't lying to you explicitly, it is doing it by implication.
— Sun Dec 20 2009 13:46 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1876: | In the battle for respect from your elders, you're probably never going to win, so forget about it. Just do what's right for you!
— Sun Dec 20 2009 20:35 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1877: | [Duplicate tweet deleted.] — Sun Dec 20 2009 23:40 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1878: | It is not your civic duty to vote if you don't know the candidates and can't make an informed choice.
— Sun Dec 20 2009 23:48 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1879: | [Duplicate tweet deleted.] — Sun Dec 20 2009 23:57 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1880: | Movie special effects have no effect on me. All I care about is the story.
— Sun Dec 20 2009 23:58 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1881: | Some people are heat sinks: You pour energy into them and get nothing in return. This is a bad place for a relationship!
— Mon Dec 21 2009 05:55 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1882: | "I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus..." - This is not our concern. We are not our parents' keeper!
— Mon Dec 21 2009 06:01 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1883: | Whenever someone makes a fool of himself, his first inclination is to blame you for whatever mistake he made.
— Mon Dec 21 2009 06:05 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1884: | The greatest atrocity of British English is the use of plural for collective nouns. "The team are" etc. The team is a body, acting as one!
— Mon Dec 21 2009 06:16 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1885: | Experts in any field often miss the forest for the trees. They get so caught up in details that they lose touch with the big picture.
— Mon Dec 21 2009 06:27 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1886: | You can raise a child hoping to mold him in your own image. It usually turns out, though, that the kid has his own plans.
— Mon Dec 21 2009 06:47 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1887: | Choosing the right path is only part of the journey. The other part is actually traveling the path you have chosen.
— Mon Dec 21 2009 06:50 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1888: | My new philosophy essay: "The Burden of Choice: More Options Aren't Necessarily a Good Thing." http://bit.ly/8DTu3e (Kilroy Cafe #60)
— Mon Dec 21 2009 15:53 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1889: | All of us are suffering from the basic trauma that our parents were delusional at the time they had us and were ill-prepared for the task.
— Tue Dec 22 2009 01:46 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1890: | You may say I'm a dreamer, but I haven't given up hope of the Beatles getting back together. There will be a software package.
— Tue Dec 22 2009 02:09 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1891: | Trapped in the dual prison of real estate and children. When things go bad, there can be noplace more harrowing!
— Tue Dec 22 2009 06:30 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1892: | 20th Century History: Woodward & Bernstein were a composer/songwriter team who produced such classics as West Side Story and Sound of Music.
— Tue Dec 22 2009 13:40 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1893: | [Duplicate tweet deleted.] — Tue Dec 22 2009 15:41 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1894: | The most pervasive form of censorship is that of a married person defending their spouse. The facade collapses just prior to divorce.
— Tue Dec 22 2009 17:10 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1895: | My new Homeless by Choice blog entry: "How to Keep Warm" http://bit.ly/5LtnKD - Brrrrr!
— Wed Dec 23 2009 17:05 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1896: | I'm seeing subliminal messages and secret instructions on the Captcha words when I post a link to Facebook. Pray they don't tell me to kill!
— Thu Dec 24 2009 05:18 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1897: | A fallacy: "If my parents hadn't made the lifestyle choices they did I wouldn't be here today, so those choices are right for me, too."
— Thu Dec 24 2009 05:26 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1898: | This Mcdonalds McRib sandwich makes me Mcsick to my Mcstomach. It's another mystery Mcmeat Mcproduct I'll Mcavoid in the Mcfuture.
— Thu Dec 24 2009 05:28 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1899: | Those who claim to love snow do so only because they can afford a resource-intensive, fossil-fueled cocoon to shield themselves from it.
— Thu Dec 24 2009 18:33 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #1900: | The majority of people will use their excess resources to reinforce repetitive behavior and avoid any real change or accomplishment.
— Fri Dec 25 2009 10:18 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|