#knowing-oneself

"Say No to Drugs Commercials The image of an egg sizzling in a frying pan is not your brain on drugs.It's just a fucking omelet."

"Writer's Prayers That Don't Work "Lord, lead me from the banality of everyday life,to the gleaming one beneath the surface."

"Southern Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Sure nuff, I'm happier than a cat on a formerly hot tin roofwhich now usesNXT Cool Zone® heat reflecting roof coating ~but I'm still ornier than a mule on loco weedand a whole lot hornier than a two-dicked billy goat.You gots any coatin' for dat?"

"No Planning for Death [10w] People put more planning into a weekend vacation than death."

"Dsylıxǝa Hey, it isn't cool to make fun of people with Dsʎlıxǝaʎou dɯub pircʞ ¡!¡"

"Psychotherapy [10w] If you can second guess a psychotherapist,they’re totally useless."

"Laughter and The Chosen [10w] Making people laugh is God's gift to the Chosen People."

"Masochist [10w] A masochist goes to massage parlor seeking a tragic ending."

"Compassion [10w] Compassion is the combination to enter the vault of heaven."

"Iran [10w] In Teheran daylight dawnswith minarets against skies of bronze."

"War [10w] When leaders threaten war,they’re breaking dirt on our graves."

"Advice for Women at Starbucks If a vanilla latte and banana nut muffin doesn't solve the problem,perhaps you're going at it wrong."

"Catalyst [10w] You're not lying if your lie helps engender the truth."

"Jealousy [10w] Jealousy's like being reprimanded for a crime you haven't committed."

"Tonight is For the Dying I've seen it grow dark ten-thousand times, yet never once mourned the loss of light, until tonight. Tonight I'm dying, dying, dying; before morn I may be ash in an urn, I know the light will return, maybe keeping ablaze its promise to others. Maybe not.If I had my druthers, the others would bedying, dying, dying, too,tonight."

"If You Can't Think, You've No Right to Speak [10w] Our Constitution's guarantee of free speech specifically excludes fucking idiots."

"Pacifism There's nothing like seeing action in war to turn a soldier into an instant pacifist or an instant killer."

"Tangled [10w] Love becomes a tangle of roots submerged in common soil."

"A Prayer God, be my light in pitch-black night;Show me the path from wrong to rightThat I might in Your hands be delivered later,Having eclipsed myself to become something greater."

"Talking to Myself I used to talk to myself until myself criticized myself.Now I'm giving myself the silent treatment."