December 2010
43 posts
This guy is really serious about his Black Ops →
from Craigslist.
You know how hopeless you are when...
You have a favorite historical treaty. Mine would be the Hay-Banau-Varilla treaty. I mean, come on, the Panama Canal created America’s foreign policy. The Webster-Ashburton Treaty wasn’t bad either. What’s your favorite treaty?
True Grit was...
A very good movie. I think it deserves an Oscar for best film or something. There was never a moment where I felt bored and it was a very funny and accessible western tale. Let’s hope westerns of this calibre can make a comeback.
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George Washington was...
kind of a dick for crossing the Delaware and engaging the British forces on Christmas. But hey, it worked.
Alexander the Great
began conquering most of the Mediterranean in 334 b.c.e. right around his early 20’s. While Alexander conquered Europe, most of us are worrying about grades, our Christmas gifts, interpersonal drama, or trying to get the high score in Robot Unicorn Attack.
Why do I want to be a lawyer?
I was thinking about it just now, and I think the answer is very simple. For those who don’t know, studying the annals of history has long been a passion of mine and has integrated itself into my identity. Now, lawyers in America practice what is known as Common Law. Common Law is law based on precedent, that is, whenever there is a debate, the winner is the side that can prove that...
“The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.”
– Leo Tolstoy
“To bear all naked truths,
And to envisage circumstance, all calm,
That is the...”
– Hyperion: A Fragment by John Keats
“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and...”
– Andrew Jackson
The Christmas Effect
Well it is nearing Christmas, and I would be reasonably remiss to deny that there is indeed some sort of mysterious magic behind the season and the holiday itself. For some strange and wondrous reasons, the spirits of all are somehow impelled to raise themselves up to some sort of abnormally happy and optimistic state of being, empirically speaking, of course. Now, when I speak of magic, I’m...
