#2001: | @tammyphinney Rice cakes, alas, are not complete and balanced nutrition. You need to add protein, vitamins, etc. |
#2002: | Sleeping on floor or ground with minimal padding: heaven! On a cushy bed: poor sleep, toss & turn, hell on my back. Beds are for sissies! |
#2003: | "Living in a world where children are told they are unique individuals is never a good thing." @aubynr - Right! Kids shouldn't run the show. |
#2004: | Have you ever looked up at the stars and thought about all the space debris in Earth orbit and what's going to happen to it? Me too! |
#2005: | I am sickened by San Diego's support for the credit card industry. Signs everywhere say, "Go Chargers!" |
#2006: | "The problem with irony is that the people it applies to don't get it. Isn't that ironic?" @CynicalNihilist |
#2007: | Hawaiians are trapped in a hell of Paradise! If you want something else, you can't get in the car and drive. Perfection becomes monotony. |
#2008: | Hypocrites offer prayers for Haiti but no money. Unfortunately, even money may have little effect on the entrenched chaos there. |
#2009: | In business as in life, there is no such thing as a guarantee, only the illusion of it that suckers are willing to pay too much for. |
#2010: | The job of an "expert" is to scare the shit out of you so you'll come to him for help. |
#2011: | "Is it really 'self help' if it's some guy in a video telling you what to do?" @CynicalNihilist |
#2012: | Marriage, by definition, encourages dependence and sabotages independence. It renders both parties less capable of dealing with the world. |
#2013: | On the Big Island, an expensive SUV is often rationalized by a single trip into the Waipio Valley. Hiking is cheaper! |
#2014: | How to rent a convertible for the price of a standard car: Rent a standard car and OPEN ALL THE WINDOWS! Duh! |
#2015: | Rights are the citizen's protection from the inevitable incompetence of government. |
#2016: | @ThatsWright Toothbrush at work: Should dental hygiene stop merely because we are at work? (Just keep it in your desk, please!) |
#2017: | My new photo album: Waipio Valley, Big Island of Hawaii: http://bit.ly/6j2myb - A trek into the jungle. |
#2018: | "When a male's emotional growth is stunted, he'll sometimes compensate by using his vehicle to prove his masculinity" - OTS via @nictate |
#2019: | When deciphering a message of any kind, the envelope it came in is as telling as the message itself. Ask: Who sent this to me and why? |
#2020: | The only thing as dangerous as conservatives in power is liberals in power. |
#2021: | After that big buffet, I am suffering from Post-Digestive Stress Disorder (PDSD). |
#2022: | In New Jersey you aren't allowed to pump your own gas because you haven't been properly trained. Next: no parenthood without a license. |
#2023: | There is nothing happy about entertainment. It is pornography without the sex, exploitative of everyone involved. |
#2024: | Checks and balances: important in government and important to me. Always hoping my checks don't bounce and my balances are above zero. |
#2025: | "The rich get richer and the poor get children." @TheShaktiMan |
#2026: | "Omission from conversation is the only way to prove you don't care about something. Talking about it only confirms otherwise." @poeks |
#2027: | "Beta testing can kiss my late-adopting ass." @nictate - Mine, too! |
#2028: | "You spend your childhood thinking otherwise when really, adulthood consists of bullshitting and knowing just enough to get by." @katefeetie |
#2029: | Entertainment is an addiction and the enemy of accomplishment. Either you take the drug and remain numb or you do something with your life. |
#2030: | [Duplicate tweet deleted.] |
#2031: | The absurd and untenable excesses of the Bush administration in no way justify the same under Obama. |
#2032: | Passive-aggressive -- the expression of ones anger, frustration or impotence by not doing things as opposed to doing them. The coward's way. |
#2033: | Sarcasm -- irony with an aggressive edge, emphasizing the speaker's helplessness and cynicism. "Yeah, right!" Not a healthy way to talk. |
#2034: | Sesame Street characters make me cry. I get all emo over Elmo. |
#2035: | Paranoia -- a self-centered delusion of threat or attention that allows the subject to avoid responsibility for his own inadequacies. |
#2036: | [Duplicate tweet deleted.] |
#2037: | Paranoia is delusional not in the sense that the CIA/NSA isn't capable of watching you but that they would care enough about you to bother. |
#2038: | [Duplicate tweet deleted.] |
#2039: | RT @bytErrant: Just learned to bend spoons with my mind. But being more Chiss Angel than Uri Geller, I had to up the ante. I bent a *spo ... |
#2040: | A prison can be a cell you are thrown into against your will — or a construction of your own free choice that sneaks up on you slowly. |
#2041: | Marketing is the art of lying to the public in such a way that you can't be prosecuted. |
#2042: | A deadly combination: stupid, egotistical and in a position of power. Think Barney Fife. Funny to watch but avoid at all costs! |
#2043: | Freedom requires money, but not necessarily a lot. It is more a matter of how well you use the money you have. |
#2044: | HYPERBOLE ALERT: What is a "hydrating moisturizer"? I mean, isn't any moisturizer hydrating by definition? |
#2045: | The future of health care is simple: People with more money will be able to buy a longer life. |
#2046: | "Work" is a deal you make with someone else to provide your services in exchange for their money. It is submission to the goals of another. |
#2047: | One of the central problems of life is how to find paying work that also allows you to retain your dignity and pursue your own goals. |
#2048: | Law is an attempt to solve social problems by a system of written rules. The rules, alas, never quite work as intended. |
#2049: | The crudities of law must often be fine-tuned by conscientious evasion and discreet disobedience. |
#2050: | Poverty sucks, and this must always be so. Otherwise people will not be motivated to escape it. |
#2051: | "Blowing up 78x60x14 inch airbed. By mouth. 65520 cu-in? This may take a while." @GeoffreyHale - LOL! I've tried! Worth investing in a pump. |
#2052: | "When you think about it, all things are For A Limited Time Only." -- MRT @tehawesome |
#2053: | The tragedy of the rich is how they spend more money but usually end up with an inferior product. |
#2054: | Pepperidge Farm™ choc chip cookies: $2.50. Good price but: 140 calories x 8 cookies (cuz I'll eat em all!) = 1120 cals. No deal, Wal-Mart™! |
#2055: | I am impressed by the girth of Wal-Mart™ patrons in Erie, Pennsylvania. Average circumference exceeds height by a wide margin. |
#2056: | Throughout human political history, most "bold initiatives" have lead to deep shit. |
#2057: | There is no easy childhood. Either you are traumatized by reality too early or blindsided by it later. |
#2058: | A novel is the ultimate low-budget film: no cast, crew, lighting or sound, just the story. |
#2059: | I love/hate Wal-Mart™ passionately. Evil, yes, but look at these low prices! |
#2060: | The only real solutions to people's prtoblems come from outside the law. Often, the noblest thing the law can do is stand aside. |
#2061: | The biggest problem of law is that the people who write it are usually detached from it's effects. |
#2062: | The only real solutions to people's problems come from outside the law. Often, the noblest thing the law can do is stand aside. |
#2063: | Most of what is called "food" in modern mass marketing is really "pseudo food", enticing consumption but providing little nutrition. |
#2064: | The main engine of economic growth is rich people who falsely believe that getting even richer will make them happier. |
#2065: | "Ducks are not easily arranged." @northpacific |
#2066: | "Never underestimate the importance of free speech. It would be much harder to spot the stupid among us without it." -- Dwain Henry |
#2067: | "Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get." - Conan O'BrienĀ - Indeed, some get a windfall of publicity! |
#2068: | If $1 million would make you happy, it doesn't necessarily follow that $2 million would make you twice as happy. Often the opposite! |
#2069: | People who believe that God is with them usually get themselves into god-awful messes. |
#2070: | Religion is one opiate of the masses. Another is humor. |
#2071: | "Never underestimate the importance of free speech. It would be much harder to spot the stupid among us without it." @DwainHenry |
#2072: | The biggest problem of law is that the people who write it are usually detached from its effects. |
#2073: | My new photo album: Wawaloli Beach, Big Island of Hawaii: http://bit.ly/7cYoKv - A volcanic beach on the Kona Coast popular with locals. |
#2074: | Do I understand the Supreme Court ruling correctly, that an entire campaign can now be funded by a single donation from Exxon-Mobil? |
#2075: | In the future, personal liberties will be protected -- as long as they don't conflict with the needs of Wal-Mart, Exxon, Philip Morris... |
#2076: | Your Deal with the Devil is making enough money to survive while still pursuing your own potential and upholding your own morality. |
#2077: | "Malicious compliance" is when you strictly follows rules or orders even though you know it will cause harm. Crippling to any organization. |
#2078: | We all know about food obesity, but what about entertainment obesity? With a constant diet of empty stimulation, the brain turns flabby. |
#2079: | Much of the apparent wealth of the world is merely a theft from the future. |
#2080: | New photo album: Swanton, Ohio: http://bit.ly/6miA0S - A small town near the Ohio Turnpike. |
#2081: | New photo album: Syracuse, New York: http://bit.ly/4Bxkjy |
#2082: | NY Times: "For photographers and graphic artists, not a pretty picture out there" http://bit.ly/8GV0qI |
#2083: | Corporations have profit goals that don't necessarily mesh with the needs of society. If we let them pollute the river, they will. |
#2084: | So if a disinfectant claims to kill "99.99% of germs", what happens next? The remaining .01% reproduce and BREED STRONGER GERMS! |
#2085: | Alcohol is alcohol. Why does it matter if it's Corona, Johnnie Walker or Grey Goose? It's all a charade for the same buzz. |
#2086: | Having a baby is what couples do when they can't think of anything else. |
#2087: | Modern capitalism is not a system that makes investors rich. It makes management rich as they con investors out of their money. |
#2088: | The individual's ability to understand his own predicament is very weak. Ego and investment cloud his vision. Sentimentality replaces logic. |
#2089: | When the flight crew says what a pleasure it was to serve me on this flight, do they really mean it or are they just faking? |
#2090: | When someone says, "How are you?" you are supposed to reply, "Fine, thanks." No one really wants to know about your problems. |
#2091: | A godsend to obsessive-compulsives: the automatic toilet seat cover! http://bit.ly/7PCAtd - Seen at O'Hare Airport. |
#2092: | How to build a strong immune system: Revel in dirt! Touch public toilet seats. Hang out with people with colds. I.e. — Forget about it! |
#2093: | The irony of being obsessive-compulsive is that your immune systems is probably weakened by lack of exposure to mild pathogens. |
#2094: | We wanted you prisoners to be happy, sedated, non-confrontational. That's why we gave you television. |
#2095: | I'm thrilled with my new wide-angle lens: http://bit.ly/8jTgpQ |
#2096: | My best tourist photos: http://bit.ly/5BFUwY |
#2097: | Many a dream turns into a nightmare when it's only half built and the resources run out. Then it becomes a prison. |
#2098: | Those who urge us to "follow your dreams" fail to take into account how many dreams end in disaster. They have to be SMART dreams. |
#2099: | STILL the best movie of all time: "Citizen Kane". Color, 3-D add nothing to the magic. |
#2100: | Libido comes and goes throughout ones life. Losing it is no big deal, unless you are committed to a relationship based on it. |