Brennan's Old Blog

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world. -Jack Layton

 

The Trick of Time

“It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much. … The life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully.” — Seneca,...

On Second Thought

THE INTERNET IS a remarkable utility that has changed humanity forever. Never in history has information been more freely available. Past generations wouldn’t have been able to fathom the amount of personal freedom that the Internet has given us. Because...

The Want of Difficulty

THERE’S A BATTLE within all of us. I try to detach for a moment, and recognize the duality — the two distinctive wants that battle for majority attention: The want of difficulty, and of seeking betterment for ourselves. Doing the right thing...

The Ego of Ideas

The Ego of Ideas One of the greatest poets of the 20th century, T.S.Eliot, is attributed to the quote: “Mediocre writers borrow. Great writers steal.“ All work, at some point in time (unless you’re Disney) becomes public domain. This is work...