#3801: | Photo: What recession? http://j.mp/8YXUZ2 Plenty of work in Williston, North Dakota. |
#3802: | New photos from Duluth and Lake Superior: http://j.mp/yhIpF |
#3803: | "Home" is a delusion, ingrained from our childhood. When you grow up, you can do fine without one. What's important is getting things done. |
#3804: | What kills people in downturn is all the obligations they accumulated in the boom times. |
#3805: | The greatest luxury, worth more than money, is control of your own time. |
#3806: | Too many pointless family arguments start, "I don't like your attitude." All that really matters is: "Did you do what you said you would?" |
#3807: | If you're fool enough to bike across the country, at least have the sense to go west to east. With the wind at your back, it's half as hard. |
#3808: | Of all the intellectual abilities one can possess, the skill of relevance is most valuable. |
#3809: | Keeping your promises involves two things: doing what you say you will and limiting your promises. |
#3810: | Regardless of your circumstances, you can either take control and accept responsibility for your destiny or be a victim. |
#3811: | Walking down the aisle, taking the marriage vows, the bride is thinking: "What does everyone think of me? Am I doing this right?" |
#3812: | For everything we do, there is a purpose and a ritual. With time, we perform the ritual and forget the purpose. |
#3813: | The manly thing to do is get a high-powered rifle with a night-vision spotting scope, go out in the woods in your SUV and kill things. |
#3814: | Biology is not destiny; it just provides a set of strengths and weaknesses. You can ignore them or work with them. |
#3815: | Thousands of deaths reported across the country. Bodies piling up, too many to count. My windshield is a mess! |
#3816: | Frustration happens, but anger is a choice. It proves your narcissism and lack of control and rarely gains you what you hope it will. |
#3817: | A raised voice is sometimes useful to get things done, but real anger almost always makes matters worse. |
#3818: | Why have one accent when you can practice many? Southern drawl, Texas twang, British snoot — it all depends on the circumstance. |
#3819: | "Who owns this land?" can usually be traced back to a theft for which the statute of limitations has since run out. |
#3820: | Everyone says they want the truth about themselves, but if you give it to them they'll explode — at you! |
#3821: | I am now retweeting the best of my past philosophical wisdom as @BadDalaiLama ... Bad, BAD Dalai Lama! |
#3822: | RT @BadDalaiLama: However you regard death, your ability to operate machinery will be greatly hindered. |
#3823: | The most destructive thing to ones health and well-being is a life of aimless leisure. |
#3824: | It is not selfish to guard your own resources and abilities because these are your only tools for making changes in the world. |
#3825: | RT @BadDalaiLama: Given the choice between freedom and slavery, most will choose slavery, but they call it by other names. |
#3826: | RT @BadDalaiLama: Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he'll deplete the local fisheries. |
#3827: | RT @BadDalaiLama: There are no unconditional relationships. You have to fight for what you want, even from those you love. |
#3828: | Area 51 hike and camp-out, Oct. 9-10. Join us in the Nevada desert for "Groomstock 2010". See the secret base! Free! http://j.mp/cFpBDD |
#3829: | Many will complain. Few will be moved to change their circumstances. |
#3830: | RT @BadDalaiLama: This is all you need to know about the meaning of life: No one knows any more than you do! |
#3831: | Love alone cannot bear the weight of all we ask it to do. |
#3832: | RT @BadDalaiLama: People usually choose their lifestyle based on how it looks in the brochure, not on how they actually experience it. |
#3833: | RT @BadDalaiLama: The most dangerous people are those with absolute moral certainty about what should be done. |
#3834: | Totally being there! "Stewart, Colbert to host opposing rallies on Mall" http://wapo.st/9nrJsf |
#3835: | RT @BadDalaiLama: You can't talk people out of their bad habits. You can only defend your own boundaries when their habits intrude into ... |
#3836: | carrion item — n. the rotting carcass of a dead animal stored in the overhead bin or under the seat in front of you. |
#3837: | You haven't been rejected 'til you've been rejected by @rejecter. #ff |
#3838: | RT @BadDalaiLama: The main goal of human relations is not to convince people you are right but to get the behavior you want from them. |
#3839: | RT @BadDalaiLama: People believe what they need to believe. My job is to remain vague and not say anything that disrupts their belief. |
#3840: | RT @BadDalaiLama: It is not selfish to guard your own resources and abilities because they are your only tools for changing the world. |
#3841: | New photos from Boron, California. Borax Capital of the World! http://j.mp/ai6xxe |
#3842: | Photos and videos don't merely record reality; they create it. |
#3843: | The way you remember an event is permanently altered as soon as you see photos of it. The photos themselves become the dominant memory. |
#3844: | RT @philosophytweet: Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you. - Jean-Paul Sartre |
#3845: | Television is the force-feeding of experiences, much faster than your emotional system can digest them. |
#3846: | Something is an addiction when you are doing it not for its own reward but for the anxiety you feel when you don't do it. |
#3847: | One has achieved Nirvana when one can drive through Las Vegas on the freeway without the slightest inclination to stop. |
#3848: | Addendum: I have not quite achieved that Nirvana. |
#3849: | What you are doing may be important, but is it the most important thing you could be doing? |
#3850: | RT @BadDalaiLama: Your weakest negotiating position is when you are handcuffed to the person you are negotiating with. |
#3851: | RT @BadDalaiLama: In a world of crushing need and inadequate resources, you must conserve your resources and use them only where they do ... |
#3852: | RT @BadDalaiLama: To journey wisely, you do not need perfect knowledge of every road. You only need to choose your next step. |
#3853: | RT @BadDalaiLama: The biggest mistakes of nations and individuals are when they see a "trend" in recent events and assume it will always ... |
#3854: | RT @BadDalaiLama: Looking back on our own romantic obsessions, we are bound to exclaim, "I can't believe I fell for that!" |
#3855: | RT @BadDalaiLama: Steer clear of people who get mad at inanimate objects, because they will blame you next. |