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

 

It’s Not Enough

The rhetoric of ignoring ‘haters’ is too often used as an excuse to ignore criticism and continue status quo. Why not? It’s easy and it works. Essentially, the writers that spew to leave your comfort zone are often the ones...

Into the Void

When we have to ask ourselves why we still haven’t put anything out there yet, we say it’s because it’s not good enough. We pander — hesitating to tell our beloved others about what we’re up too. When we keep all of...

Anti-Medium

That title is bothersome, isn’t it? It instinctively goes against all of the advice that’s out there. The advice about how you’re supposed to be succinct, yet descriptive. Or that you need to have a sort of qualitative quality. But...

A Youthful Apology

Looking back, I wasn’t a good person for most of my teenaged years. It seems as though there was almost an endless amount of time when I acted reckless and immature. I disappointed my favourite teachers and betrayed the only...