Posts by Nicholas Sarwark
Subversive Philly Ads
The Philadelpia Daily News has a series of mock ads encouraging people to move to the City of Brotherly love. They’re cute and subversive. In other news, law school continues to kick my ass and I’m going to be in Portland this weekend for the Libertarian National Convention. What’s happening with you? Yours truly,Mr. X…
Read MoreShort Update
Evidence is kicking my ass, Law Review is kicking my ass, and work is kicking my ass. Hence the light bloggery. Also, the following quote is gold: “A man may fail, but he does not become a failure until he blames somebody else.” -J. Paul Getty Yours truly,Mr. X …iron, lion, zion…
Read MorePeople Don’t Do the Right Thing
There have been a number of instances in the past few weeks where people have not treated me appropriately. Whether through malice or negligence, they just didn’t live up to the standards that I would expect. This used to be something that I would get angry about, where I’d say, “They should treat me better.”…
Read MoreRebirth
My laptop hard drive suffered a catastrophic failure earlier this week. All of my data files, pictures, and music were lost. Luckily I had a backup of Quicken, so my financial records should be safe or at least easily reconstructed. I’ve ordered a new hard drive that should get here next week and I’m buying…
Read MoreVegas and a quote
I’m off to sunny Las Vegas on Thursday. Wish me luck at the tables and in a poker tournament I’m playing in. Also, this quote touched a chord: There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all. -Ogden Nash,…
Read MoreNetflix and ING
If any of my intrepid readers who don’t already have Netflix would like a free month to try it, drop me an email before May 8. Ditto for anyone who doesn’t yet have an ING Direct account and would like a free $25. Yours truly,Mr. X …clearing the inboxes…
Read MoreMy Slippery Slope is Lubricated by Mormon Sex Brigades
A dire warning about the dangers of gay marriage should give you all pause. But gay marriage and polygamy are only the beginning, because the dark road that begins with equal rights leads inexorably to the next terrifying step: legalized, state-sponsored robot sex! I love my iPod, but I don’t love my iPod. Yet. Yours…
Read MoreKnapp on Iran
Tom Knapp has a cool, dispassionate analysis of why it would be batshit fucking insane for us to attack Iran. Shithouse rat crazy doesn’t even begin to cover the state of mind required to entertain this kind of thing. Throw in the trial balloons about preemptive nuclear strikes — on a country bordering Russia —…
Read MoreWar on Jihadism
Jonathan Rauch has an excellent article at Reason that clarifies who and what we’re really fighting in the “War on Terror.” Jihadism is not a tactic, like terrorism, or a temperament, like radicalism or extremism. It is not a political pathology like Stalinism, a mental pathology like paranoia, or a social pathology like poverty. Rather,…
Read MoreToday is Inbox Zero Day
Fueled by coffee and the sweet electronica of Deep Dish, I’m implementing Merlin Mann’s Inbox Zero today at work. Because 271 messages in my Inbox is 271 too many. Yours truly,Mr. X …clearing the decks…
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