| #3401: | People are limited by the breadth of their own vision. If you think small, you're going to live small.
— Sat Jul 24 2010 05:05 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3402: | Life's greatest joy is discovering your freedom. It's worst terror is finding that you've lost it.
— Sat Jul 24 2010 22:51 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3403: | help! pepsi tragedy! spilled on keyboard. can only type w on-screen keypad. need ext keyboard! pls pick up at walmart. send to me in zagreb
— Sat Jul 24 2010 23:24 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3404: | One of life's greatest challenges is finding meaningful work you can also make enough money at.
— Sun Jul 25 2010 07:21 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3405: | Girl watching in Zagreb: Awesome! Brunettes of the world, be proud of who you are! No fake blondes here.
— Sun Jul 25 2010 07:32 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3406: | I Ljub Ljubljana! New photos from the capital of Slovenia: http://bit.ly/bEhGYp
— Sun Jul 25 2010 14:37 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3407: | The opposite of religion is not atheism but existentialism, the theory that all meaning derives from what you can see and experience.
— Sun Jul 25 2010 18:46 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3408: | Each of us has an emotional immune system that attacks and destroys any new ideas that conflict with what we have already committed to.
— Mon Jul 26 2010 03:17 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3409: | Wrong: "l have an idea. Let's find the resources." Right: "These are my resources. Let's find an idea."
— Mon Jul 26 2010 03:24 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3410: | Video: Buying my train ticket to Sarajevo. http://youtu.be/6nRpgxo-l4E - 23 seconds
— Mon Jul 26 2010 04:08 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3411: | Society allows young people a reasonable period of exploration, creativity and freedom before they settle into a normal adult life of debt.
— Mon Jul 26 2010 05:14 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3412: | RT @TheBosha: Our own @kilroycafe is on SiFi Channel right now. Watch!
— Mon Jul 12 2010 08:30 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3413: | Checking into my hostel in Sarajevo: http://bit.ly/9dsgcL - Remove your shoes before entering!
— Mon Jul 26 2010 18:44 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3414: | Society allows young people a reasonable period of creativity and freedom before settling into a normal adult life of debt and servitude.
— Mon Jul 26 2010 18:54 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3415: | First photos from Sarajevo: http://bit.ly/bI0ONC - More tomorrow!
— Mon Jul 26 2010 20:17 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3416: | Sniper Alley, Sarajevo. Video: http://youtu.be/Qqwb2WPkg2E 27 seconds
— Thu Jul 29 2010 06:50 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3417: | The most important responsibility of gods and aliens is to not give people false hope. The locals have to work things out for themselves.
— Fri Jul 30 2010 03:22 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3418: | Video: Finding Happiness in Timisoara, Romania. http://youtu.be.co/xu8xAo_Smco - Changing trains on the way to Transylvania.
— Fri Jul 30 2010 20:00 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3419: | Travel Rule #1: Lose the guidebook! The internet will provide all the info you need
— Sat Jul 31 2010 05:06 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3420: | If you did everything the travel guides told you to, you'd spend a week in every town and never get anywhere.
— Sat Jul 31 2010 05:09 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3421: | First photo from Transylvania: http://bit.ly/bCH9y4
— Sat Jul 31 2010 05:57 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3422: | Video: Boarding a Train to Transylvania. http://youtu.be/XCXd07tKO7I (Belgrade, 3 days ago)
— Sun Aug 01 2010 19:08 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3423: | More photos from Transylvania: http://bit.ly/abQSHQ
— Tue Aug 03 2010 05:03 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3424: | When something unusual happens, many will turn their heads. Few will change course to investigate.
— Fri Aug 06 2010 17:42 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3425: | Religion is what you need when your life is going nowhere due to your own bad decisions, because it's easier than change.
— Sat Aug 07 2010 01:21 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3426: | New photos from Amsterdam http://bit.ly/b8nN7R Cologne http://bit.ly/9pHxCv Munich http://bit.ly/cinqjX Budapest http://bit.ly/bT2qga
— Sat Aug 07 2010 01:28 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3427: | Mature love means learning how to deal with manipulation, addiction, co-dependence and all the other demons riding on the tails of romance.
— Sat Aug 07 2010 06:39 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3428: | ...and parenthood!
— Sat Aug 07 2010 06:44 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3429: | The best part of the candybar is the first bite. After that the experience deteriorates rapidly, but you keep eating anyway.
— Sat Aug 07 2010 12:01 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3430: | Life may have no inherent meaning, but that doesn't prevent you from living yours as though it does.
— Sat Aug 07 2010 16:36 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3431: | Life is too short to sit around waiting for others to validate you. You have to set your own goals and find your own satisfaction in them.
— Sat Aug 07 2010 16:41 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3432: | @TheBosha Dunder Miffin plant tour?
— Sat Aug 07 2010 23:39 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3433: | The ultimate goal of any social program is the emancipation of the client.
— Sun Aug 08 2010 00:37 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3434: | @TheBosha I understand there are SECRET UNDERGROUND TUNNELS throughout Pennsylvania. Is that where they're keeping the aliens?
— Sun Aug 08 2010 00:40 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3435: | Every decision in life is an act of triage — rationing and leveraging inadequate resources to achieve the maximum positive effect.
— Sun Aug 08 2010 01:20 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3436: | Video: Secrets of Area 51 Revealed! (in 44 seconds) http://youtu.be/HRIqb7JPrSI (Back again!)
— Sun Aug 08 2010 02:21 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3437: | "We'll protect you" is one of history's great betrayed pledges, usually a set-up for slaughter.
— Sun Aug 08 2010 15:03 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3438: | We elevate celebrities to the status of royalty just so we can revolt against them and prove they are no better than the rest of us.
— Mon Aug 09 2010 01:12 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3439: | Whether you have a hundred fans, a thousand or a million, it can never fill the personal void of needing fans at all.
— Mon Aug 09 2010 01:31 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3440: | There's no great satisfaction in having more food than you can eat or more friends than you can reasonably communicate with.
— Mon Aug 09 2010 01:39 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3441: | Dr. Guillotin's device for executing celebrities may have been more humane than current methods of public humiliation and pathetic decline.
— Mon Aug 09 2010 01:56 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3442: | Celebrity holds the false promise of perfect and unlimited love. Narcissists are drawn to it like moths to the flame.
— Mon Aug 09 2010 02:19 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3443: | Academia is the fundamentalist religious belief that all knowledge flows from others.
— Mon Aug 09 2010 08:08 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3444: | College professors are not true explorers but the curators and priests of other people's knowledge.
— Mon Aug 09 2010 08:16 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3445: | A remarkably effective method of selection is to ask a question and receive no reply.
— Mon Aug 09 2010 08:47 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3446: | After a reasonable attempt at negotiation, a healthy dose of action is required.
— Mon Aug 09 2010 09:11 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3447: | You can defeat the glutton within you by THROWING THE FOOD OUT as soon as peak satisfaction is reached.
— Mon Aug 09 2010 13:09 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3448: | If something makes you feel good now, repeating it 10x won't make you 10x happier, yet people make permanent plans based on this assumption.
— Mon Aug 09 2010 13:48 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3449: | Happiness is logarithmic, not linear. Satisfaction diminishes with repetition. Only continuous innovation and growth keep the soul alive.
— Mon Aug 09 2010 13:56 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3450: | Signs of economic recovery... in the blow-up gorilla industry. Photo: http://bit.ly/9x4Ndi - Harrisonburg, VIrginia.
— Mon Aug 09 2010 17:49 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3451: | The politics of society require us to live a dual life: what we say in public and what we privately know to be true.
— Tue Aug 10 2010 06:44 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3452: | There is no friend, no matter how close, with whom we can share everything we are thinking and feeling. There will always be barriers.
— Tue Aug 10 2010 06:56 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3453: | The most fundamental human right is the ability to discreetly withhold information from others and release it only as you choose.
— Tue Aug 10 2010 07:25 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3454: | Withholding information is different from lying. You aren't misrepresenting the truth, just distilling and packaging it appropriately.
— Tue Aug 10 2010 07:34 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3455: | Every message, if it is to be heard, must take into account the sensitivities of the audience.
— Tue Aug 10 2010 09:19 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3456: | The root of every bust is the euphoria and hubris of the previous boom. When will we ever learn?
— Tue Aug 10 2010 10:34 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3457: | The best treatment for trauma is to thoroughly understand the thing that traumatized you. Only then can you leave it behind.
— Tue Aug 10 2010 20:27 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3458: | @TheBosha Mold may be life, but you can do better. The forest burned down for a reason.
— Wed Aug 11 2010 00:17 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3459: | Oz legitimized the Scarecrow by giving him an advanced degree. It's amazing how many idiots we respect based on the same criteria.
— Wed Aug 11 2010 09:00 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3460: | The Mighty Oz must have realized that the people want an infallible mystical being to tell them what to do, hence the smoke and flames.
— Wed Aug 11 2010 09:06 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3461: | The Wicked Old Witch of the West and those flying monkeys were the scariest shit ever shown in the movies. No slasher film can compare.
— Wed Aug 11 2010 09:11 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3462: | In the end, Dorothy learned a universal and embarrassing truth: Oz wasn't necessary because the power to change was ours all along.
— Wed Aug 11 2010 09:29 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3463: | Pennsylvania, with its hills, tunnels and decrepit infrastructure that peaked around 1930, is the spiritual home of all model railroads.
— Wed Aug 11 2010 15:06 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3464: | D.A.R.E. program in public schools — making drugs cool since 1983. (Statistically INCREASES drug use among students.)
— Wed Aug 11 2010 16:12 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3465: | Extending the human lifespan would be a great boon to crossword puzzle makers, and there could be a 24-hour channel devoted to Jeopardy!
— Wed Aug 11 2010 18:26 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3466: | The reckless risk taking of youth becomes pathological risk aversion in old age. Given what they have to lose, shouldn't it be the opposite?
— Wed Aug 11 2010 19:29 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3467: | histrionic — given to overly dramatic emotional behavior. Usually exhibited by only one romantic partner, the other being their enabler.
— Wed Aug 11 2010 20:14 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3468: | The hidden benefit of poverty is that it keeps you lean and efficient. You can't afford the useless luxuries that entrap those with means.
— Wed Aug 11 2010 21:51 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3469: | Youth is the time for experimentation. You gotta try things out. Trouble is, some of those experiments end up costing you a lifetime.
— Wed Aug 11 2010 22:40 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3470: | Curiosity is dangerous to most adults because it runs the risk of revealing that they made the wrong choices. Best to stick to known paths.
— Thu Aug 12 2010 10:24 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3471: | Curiosity is the willingness to explore new things. Children are curious because they are uncommitted. Most adults can't afford it.
— Thu Aug 12 2010 10:31 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3472: | Adults are trapped by past investments to which they are emotionally committed. This restricts their vision and their freedom to explore.
— Thu Aug 12 2010 10:33 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3473: | The more emotionally trapped a person is, the more repetitive and ritualized his activities. He'll "explore" only within a narrow range.
— Thu Aug 12 2010 10:37 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3474: | The ritualized activities of old age aren't a function of the body but of accumulated emotional investments restricting any alternatives.
— Thu Aug 12 2010 10:43 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3475: | A rolling stone collects no moss. Furthermore, the moss collected by a non-rolling stone makes future rolling less and less likely.
— Thu Aug 12 2010 10:50 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3476: | Humans are creatures of inertia. Whatever they are doing they are likely to keep doing until forced into another path.
— Thu Aug 12 2010 13:01 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3477: | Happiness could be defined as the absence of woes, the achievement of goals or getting the most out of life with the resources you have.
— Thu Aug 12 2010 14:02 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3478: | Don't believe Frito Lay™ and Coca-Cola™ are food companies. They are chemical engineering companies — and they got your number!
— Thu Aug 12 2010 14:29 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3479: | Sex is a trick by Mother Nature to get us to mate. It has no meaning in itself and cannot sustain a relationship.
— Thu Aug 12 2010 15:42 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3480: | It is good to be physically fit, but fitness can also be an addiction, costing far more than any benefit in longevity or quality of life.
— Thu Aug 12 2010 15:59 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3481: | Each of us is duped by our own internal PR department, which insists that we have different motivations for our actions than we actually do.
— Thu Aug 12 2010 16:44 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3482: | A person's explanation for their own behavior is usually a sham, being concocted after the fact because the real reason is unacceptable.
— Thu Aug 12 2010 16:57 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3483: | In the landscape of the mind, there are vast tracts we dare not visit because of the trolls guarding the bridges.
— Thu Aug 12 2010 17:40 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3484: | Photo: Susquehanna nuclear power plant http://bit.ly/cr0Yza - yesterday
— Fri Aug 13 2010 02:00 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3485: | The world is a waster of human potential, but the Number One waster of that potential is the individual himself.
— Fri Aug 13 2010 07:41 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3486: | Most of life is spent either waiting for things to happen or coping with the mistakes of the past. Peak performance in the present is rare.
— Fri Aug 13 2010 08:21 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3487: | Financial markets may be fairly rational, but the core engine of the American economy is exploitation of the stupid.
— Fri Aug 13 2010 09:17 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3488: | Everything I know I learned in kindergarten. For example: Cooties are spread by girls.
— Fri Aug 13 2010 09:30 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3489: | When Jack and Jill went up the hill, crippling injuries changed their lives. If you've been injured, call attorney Luke Stein at 555-4731.
— Fri Aug 13 2010 12:18 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3490: | You can't explain to an idiot what an idiot he's being. Stupidity, by its nature, is inaccessible to words.
— Fri Aug 13 2010 15:23 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3491: | WARNING: Consumption of alcohol prior to conception can increase the chance of birth defects... and birth!
— Fri Aug 13 2010 21:54 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3492: | When an advertiser promises a tiny donation to charity for every product purchased, why not skip the middle man and give directly to it?
— Sat Aug 14 2010 01:31 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3493: | When an advertizing campaign says, "You CAN make a difference!" the proposed action is usually trivial and changes nothing.
— Sat Aug 14 2010 01:34 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3494: | Lost in the debate about same-sex marriage is whether marriage is wise at all. Yes, people will bond, but why must government be involved?
— Sat Aug 14 2010 10:33 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3495: | Married couples are conjoined in two major areas — real estate and child rearing — both of which are easily conducted without marriage.
— Sat Aug 14 2010 10:37 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3496: | The joining of two people's property is dangerous and usually unhealthly. It erases the natural boundaries between me and you.
— Sat Aug 14 2010 10:39 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3497: | Marriage means loss of personal control and negotiating power. Suddenly, love isn't a choice but an obligation.
— Sat Aug 14 2010 10:41 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3498: | It's hard to find success in the footsteps of another because by the time you get there the path has already changed. Best to find your own.
— Sat Aug 14 2010 13:56 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3499: | Photo: My first bath in a week! In the Tennessee River under Interstate 40 (between Nashville and Memphis) http://bit.ly/dnrem1
— Sat Aug 14 2010 15:34 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|
| #3500: | You can't own real estate. It owns you.
— Sat Aug 14 2010 19:10 GMT — view/retweet - FavStar
|