Jeez

I've turned my blog into the diary of a teenage girl.  Not good.

May I Just Say

...that my tagline above has never been more apropos. It's a slight corruption from Tristan und Isolde, and makes a brief appearance in T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land." Here's my translation:

Fresh blows the wind, the homeland's way;

My Irish child, why do you stay?

Exactly.

N.B. - The original text says "wo weilest du" (where do you stay).

Back Now

...but planning my trip to Italy. May take a while for something of substance to appear on here. (Back Row: "Well, we've waited this long, haven't we...?)

Distractions

Sorry for the lax blogging. I have been studying for the Illinois bar exam. I will resume active blogging when I feel like it - prolly after the exam.

Passive-Aggressive Thought of the Day

It's amazing that, for as long as my blog has been up and running, I have not yet received a single comment on any of my posts. Maybe nothing I've written is good enough to deserve a comment. I guess that's the only conclusion to draw.

Oh well. (Sigh)

Mental Note

What with my discussions of the military and the French, and a few other things, I have decided that my blog has been entirely too gay of late. Time to butch things up a bit. Football's pretty damn straight, unlike other sports - I'll start there.

My List of Blog Posts Is Almost Exactly Like My Browser History

That's not good.

Mental note: Must try to do more original stuff instead of pilfering from other blogs. And, must exercise some judgment in picking things for linking.

Mental note: Must start remembering my mental notes.

Random Question Totally Unconnected to the Previous Three Posts

Has anything ever done more in the cause of solipsism than the invention of the blog?

Okay. I Cheated.

I labeled the previous post under "yo-yos." It does discuss yo-yos.

Well, if you're going to have so many freakin' views on running a blog, why don't you start one yourself? Sheesh!

I Label and Its Because I'm Judgmental

I love the labels function on Blogspot. Many bloggers, I find, underutilize them, thus neglecting them as a potential source of expression themselves. Bloggers should approach the labels function so as to exploit the ways in which the labels can further the goals - substantive as well as aesthetic - of the blog itself.

This blog, for example, is meant to capture the random folderol of a Philly lawyer. That is a goal of great scope (though, I regret to inform, little depth). If I meet my goal, it would mean creating a blog that covers a large number of topics. If I limited my labels to only a few topics, however, it would mean that my blog only covers a few topics, and that it was not adequately capturing the wide array of drivel sloshing around in my head. I know, therefore, that my labels list must be long - this explains, for instance, why I have a label for "yo-yos." (It's a really funny video.)

Basically, I use the length of my labels list as a barometer for how random and diverse I'm being - how well I'm meeting my goal.

I also gauge the spread of my topics by keeping an eye on the number of posts to which each label applies. If "admin" predominates, then this blog is a complete waste of time and would be burned in a pyre with witches' clothes and Beatles records if, you know, we did that sort of thing anymore. (We don't, right?) "Politics" is a good one for the lead in the count. And as for that "yo-yos" label, I really, really hope I can get that out of just one count - I find the coverage of yo-yo news by the MSM to be woefully inadequate.

And Away We Go

My name is Emmett. I have created this blog because no one should have to go for too long without hearing me go on about something or other.

A little about me. I am a 31-year-old lawyer living in Philadelphia. I was born in Ireland, but moved to the United States with my family when I was eight years old. We moved to Chicago, which is where I was raised. I went to Dartmouth College for undergrad and the University of Michigan for law school. I am a litigator by training, and I have a particularly strong interest in international law.

I have a diversity of interests, some of which I could list.... But I guess if I do my job properly with this blog, they will become apparent soon enough.

Enjoy!