| #2401: | The ultimate test of morality is what really works.
— Wed Feb 17 2010 11:14 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2402: | If God had intended us to have more than 140 characters, He would have given us Google Buzz.
— Wed Feb 17 2010 11:18 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2403: | "When food is used for purposes other than sustenance, it has truly lost its value." @conformer
— Wed Feb 17 2010 11:29 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2404: | The greatest tragedy of society is that having children is perceived to be a right no matter how ill-equipped you are to raise them.
— Wed Feb 17 2010 12:30 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2405: | "A friend is one before whom you may think aloud." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
— Wed Feb 17 2010 13:41 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2406: | There is no food item or consumer product that isn't tainted by some form of animal or human abuse. You just have to look deep enough.
— Wed Feb 17 2010 15:04 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2407: | Most moral decisions in life are not a matter of choosing the "best" alternative but the "least worst" one.
— Wed Feb 17 2010 15:08 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2408: | Oxymoron Alert: If the envelope came by bulk rate mail ("PRSRT STD") and it says, "Important Account Information Enclosed", it's a lie!
— Wed Feb 17 2010 16:27 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2409: | The essence of old age is saving old knick-knacks because no matter how close to death you may be you never know when you might need them.
— Wed Feb 17 2010 19:36 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2410: | Of all the enablers of dysfunction, the most destructive is success.
— Wed Feb 17 2010 21:38 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2411: | Bottom line: You have this tool at your disposal, this life, and you can either do the most you can with it or not. Totally up to you.
— Wed Feb 17 2010 23:05 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2412: | While it is sometimes wise to break the rules, it is not usually smart to broadcast that you are breaking them.
— Thu Feb 18 2010 02:03 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2413: | @MacXVX Winning isn't the only thing, but neither is losing. Both are irrelevant. All that matters is doing the most with what you have.
— Thu Feb 18 2010 02:25 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2414: | People see barriers where none exist because then they don't have to accept responsibility for their own predicament.
— Thu Feb 18 2010 02:28 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2415: | Existentialism is illustrated in Monty Python's Philosophers' Football Match, when Archimedes shouts "Eureka" and HITS THE DAMN BALL!
— Thu Feb 18 2010 02:40 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2416: | The gray area between rules and enforcement is where most of life is lived.
— Thu Feb 18 2010 02:44 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2417: | New photos added to album: "Times Square" http://bit.ly/cCCec4 - Through the eye of a fish!
— Thu Feb 18 2010 03:14 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2418: | No moping, tweeters! If you have a problem, solve it. Don't expect affirmation from us for your drinking, career problems, lack of sex, etc.
— Thu Feb 18 2010 10:33 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2419: | Tweeting something funny about how badly your life is going is just a crutch and a delaying mechanism. Get off your ass and do something!
— Thu Feb 18 2010 10:47 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2420: | There is nothing sadder than a lifetime wasted in the maintenance and protection of one possessions.
— Thu Feb 18 2010 13:11 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2421: | It is human nature to obsess over minor risks while the big ones sneak up and get you from behind.
— Thu Feb 18 2010 13:35 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2422: | The economy hasn't been the same since the bottom fell out of the sell-any-shit-to-anybody-no-need-to-pay-now-you-can-pay-later market.
— Thu Feb 18 2010 19:29 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2423: | Virtually everyone involved in music performance is already hearing damaged, so they have to turn the volume up even more to compensate!
— Thu Feb 18 2010 20:18 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2424: | The law is not a precision instrument, like a scalpel. It is more like a sledgehammer, a crude tool insensitive to the circumstances.
— Thu Feb 18 2010 20:25 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2425: | Oxymoron Alert: "Adult entertainment"
— Thu Feb 18 2010 20:36 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2426: | Just by virtue of our being born, wheels are set in motion that we cannot stop. The noblest thing we can do is master those wheels.
— Thu Feb 18 2010 21:53 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2427: | What is the meaning of life? Reality gives you problems, and you do your best to solve them. You need no more meaning than that.
— Thu Feb 18 2010 22:57 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2428: | How did higher education get hijacked by football? Football is the antithesis of learning. It's like churches sponsoring whorehouses.
— Thu Feb 18 2010 23:37 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2429: | The law is not morality. It is a crude caricature of morality for those who have none.
— Thu Feb 18 2010 23:44 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2430: | Kilroy Café #64: "The Meaning of Life Explained at Last" http://bit.ly/9bOn6m - It ain't all that complicated!
— Fri Feb 19 2010 02:02 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2431: | Physical maturity takes 20 years, mental maturity 20 more. By the time you figure everything out, you'll be dead!
— Fri Feb 19 2010 11:22 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2432: | Rude is bad, but being excessively polite is more annoying. "After you!" "No, after you!" Better to know what you want and take the lead.
— Fri Feb 19 2010 11:29 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2433: | I'm afraid of heights. Also guns, knives, vicious animals, auto accidents, cancer, heart disease, stroke - you know, stuff that can kill me.
— Fri Feb 19 2010 11:59 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2434: | Sex is another religion. People want absolutes, and sex seems universal. Faith works until the urge fades and they panic. Viagra!
— Fri Feb 19 2010 12:05 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2435: | Love is like the question Captain Kirk asks the evil robot to make the robot blow all its circuits. You'll go mad if you're too logical.
— Fri Feb 19 2010 12:23 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2436: | When you want your senses dulled and escape from responsibility for your current problems, religion is there for you.
— Fri Feb 19 2010 12:46 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2437: | Religion is the alcohol of the heavens.
— Fri Feb 19 2010 12:47 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2438: | America's largest lodging chain! Low rates. Free meals. #1 in customer dissatisfaction. Enjoy your stay with the Department of Corrections!
— Fri Feb 19 2010 15:20 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2439: | The benefit of experience is not just more knowledge, but more compact - fitting in a smaller space because you know the underlying rules.
— Fri Feb 19 2010 18:43 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2440: | Doesn't it seem a little presumptuous to pray to God and ask him to do stuff? Shouldn't He know the right thing to do without our advice?
— Fri Feb 19 2010 22:58 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2441: | The behavior of the economy would be simple to calculate if not for the burden of debt. Same applies to people - on many different levels.
— Sat Feb 20 2010 11:34 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2442: | Who knew you could get so much wholesome deep-fried goodness in one little box—without deep frying! The secret: The grease is in the batter!
— Sat Feb 20 2010 12:01 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2443: | Balls? BALLS? Those aren't balls! You haven't had balls til you've had Tennessee Sausage Balls! Photo: http://bit.ly/cDyJc8
— Sat Feb 20 2010 12:03 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2444: | The forecast for tomorrow looks good! There's a 99% chance there will be one.
— Sat Feb 20 2010 16:14 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2445: | Fame, marketing and packaging almost always beat quality in the race for first impressions. Quality's only consolation is that it lasts.
— Sat Feb 20 2010 17:28 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2446: | The benefit of a contract is that you know what to expect in the future. The cost is that you can't adapt to the unexpected.
— Sat Feb 20 2010 20:51 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2447: | Life works in cycles: boom & bust, love & divorce. People are caught off guard when they haven't lived long enough yet to see a full cycle.
— Sat Feb 20 2010 21:02 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2448: | Republicans include America's biggest assholes. Democrats make up for it with naïve idealism that could get us into even deeper shit.
— Sat Feb 20 2010 21:26 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2449: | People become entrapped in their own artificial expectations of life. The fundamental test of character is overcoming that internal block.
— Sat Feb 20 2010 23:03 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2450: | When the emperor has no clothes, there is great danger in stating the obvious.
— Sun Feb 21 2010 01:29 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2451: | What actor just had liposuction? Whose celebrity marriage is on the rocks? Who is dating whom? Honestly, it's none of our business!
— Sun Feb 21 2010 10:44 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2452: | "This is why Superman works alone." - Batman
— Sun Feb 21 2010 11:00 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2453: | No TV. No radio. No newspapers. All the news I get from the outside world comes through Twitter. How do I block those tweets?
— Sun Feb 21 2010 11:43 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2454: | A key element of style in any medium is "limited self-reference". What you think and feel is private, shared only through universal truths.
— Sun Feb 21 2010 11:54 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2455: | If you're on a budget and want to see the world, hostels are the way to go. Most of them are here: http://hostelworld.com
— Sun Feb 21 2010 12:01 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2456: | If you are wealthy, you should pretend to be poor. You are spending your future and may live to regret what you waste today.
— Sun Feb 21 2010 12:18 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2457: | On my bucket list: Install a personal weather station behind my home and spend the rest of my life meticulously collecting readings from it.
— Sun Feb 21 2010 13:32 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2458: | On my bucket list: Become a drag queen and own a nightclub where other drag queens hang out and take advantage of me horribly.
— Sun Feb 21 2010 13:40 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2459: | On my bucket list: Start and maintain a stamp collection, because that's much more interesting than visiting actual countries.
— Sun Feb 21 2010 13:42 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2460: | On my bucket list: Spend five years building an airplane in my basement then try to figure out how to get it out.
— Sun Feb 21 2010 13:53 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2461: | On my bucket list: Become a personal injury lawyer and portray myself on billboards and TV ads as a 30-foot giant protecting the little guy.
— Sun Feb 21 2010 14:34 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2462: | On my bucket list: Buy an expensive RV, make one trip across the country then store it in my backyard for the next 10 years.
— Sun Feb 21 2010 15:29 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2463: | "Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law." —Kant. Wrong! Your situation is unique, not universal.
— Sun Feb 21 2010 22:10 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2464: | Just discovered an exciting new food source: "Buffet by the Pound" http://bit.ly/cijHEH (Homeless by Choice Blog)
— Mon Feb 22 2010 01:10 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2465: | "EEGs show brain differences between poor and rich kids" http://bit.ly/9y2F7Q
— Mon Feb 22 2010 08:58 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2466: | picayune — adj. obsessed with trivial minutia while overlooking what's important. i.e. most people.
— Mon Feb 22 2010 10:47 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2467: | Young people say "I can change later; I got plenty of time." Old people say, "I can't change; it's too late for me." So when do we change?
— Mon Feb 22 2010 10:56 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2468: | The more resources you have at your disposal, the more "necessities" you think you need.
— Mon Feb 22 2010 11:25 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2469: | Kant, the philosopher, gave us "Can't", the philosophy — where you get so tied up in a rigid theory of life that no actions are possible.
— Mon Feb 22 2010 11:30 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2470: | "Humor is the most engaging cowardice." —Robert Frost
— Mon Feb 22 2010 11:36 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2471: | New photo album: Abandoned Schoolhouse on the Big Island of Hawaii: http://bit.ly/bn4X52
— Mon Feb 22 2010 13:00 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2472: | Kant's fallacy: "Act like everyone was doing the same as you." Well, everyone won't, and it's an impossibly high standard destined to fail.
— Mon Feb 22 2010 14:03 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2473: | Why can't Kant recant?
— Mon Feb 22 2010 14:08 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2474: | Youth is a period of joyously going about getting yourself trapped.
— Mon Feb 22 2010 20:08 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2475: | There may be some romance associated with "the common man", but you still want to limit your contact with him. Turns out he's an idiot!
— Tue Feb 23 2010 10:20 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2476: | Kilroy Cafe #65: "Taking Control" http://bit.ly/c6p9A9 - The key to solving your problems is usually in your mind.
— Tue Feb 23 2010 13:31 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2477: | You may have chosen the wrong hotel when the front desk is festooned with signs all of which end with "No Exceptions!"
— Tue Feb 23 2010 14:03 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2478: | Pity the king and queen dying alone in their castle, subjects of all they possess, imprisoned by the same stone walls that protect them.
— Tue Feb 23 2010 19:51 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2479: | If you borrow money from Emperor Ming you should pay it back as soon as possible because Wyoming.
— Tue Feb 23 2010 20:06 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2480: | Your mind is where you knit together possible outputs from impossible inputs.
— Tue Feb 23 2010 22:15 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2481: | Your mind is like the deliberation room of a jury: a place to hash out complex decisions free from outside interference.
— Tue Feb 23 2010 23:17 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2482: | "Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced." Kierkegaard. WRONG! We experience reality by solving life's problems.
— Wed Feb 24 2010 01:49 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2483: | Life is the process of solving the problems reality presents to you.
— Wed Feb 24 2010 01:52 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2484: | Photo: "Jesus and the 12 Disciples" http://bit.ly/9NhSKd - Taken today along Interstate 80 in Wyoming.
— Wed Feb 24 2010 06:22 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2485: | Anything they teach you in college you can more quickly and easily teach yourself if you are motivated.
— Wed Feb 24 2010 12:26 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2486: | Education can teach the form and procedures of things but not the inner purpose and meaning of them.
— Wed Feb 24 2010 12:31 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2487: | If you are learning from a textbook, why do you need a teacher? Can't you just read the book yourself and cut out the middle man?
— Wed Feb 24 2010 12:44 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2488: | "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach."
— Wed Feb 24 2010 12:45 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2489: | It is amazing how college students will blindly accept instruction from someone who has had no substantial experience in the outside world.
— Wed Feb 24 2010 12:49 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2490: | I credit formal education with less than 1% of my knowledge. The rest I taught myself or was imposed on me by real experience.
— Wed Feb 24 2010 12:59 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2491: | Students graduate from college much smarter and wiser than when they went in. The reason is simple: age.
— Wed Feb 24 2010 13:01 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2492: | Education helped me learn to read and do basic math, and for this I will always be grateful. From then on, education became a burden.
— Wed Feb 24 2010 13:10 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2493: | Education is the most inefficient form of learning.
— Wed Feb 24 2010 13:11 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2494: | An autodidact is one who decides to teach himself.
— Wed Feb 24 2010 13:13 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2495: | If a certain career track requires special educational credentials to let you in, it's probably boring as hell anyway.
— Wed Feb 24 2010 13:23 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2496: | If you're single, you can go anywhere, do anything, with minimal maintenance needs. Once you become obligated, that's when you get trapped.
— Wed Feb 24 2010 13:29 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2497: | Experience is the best teacher. When it slaps you hard across the face, you never forget the lesson.
— Wed Feb 24 2010 13:37 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2498: | If you fully control your own life, you can live on very little. If you give up control to outside forces, no income is ever enough.
— Wed Feb 24 2010 13:40 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2499: | New photo album: "Denver Flophouse" http://bit.ly/a1ONxe - Here's a place to stay in downtown Denver for only $16/night!
— Wed Feb 24 2010 14:44 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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| #2500: | Once you decide self-learning is possible and actually get off your ass to do it, education only gets in the way.
— Wed Feb 24 2010 14:48 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
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