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

 

Being a Better Lifehacker

While I definitely think it’s healthy for people to have dialogues and get into disagreements — sometimes passionately — I also think those who constantly and solely bicker about the current state of affairs aren’t actually providing anything meaningful themselves. Barometer Reading — Some...

Essay in the Woods

Writing has been a passion of mine since childhood, but like a lot of people, I’m not currently entrenched in the corruption of a national government or dazzling celebrity. I’m just a regular person, going to school and working part-time....

Usage of Wiggle Room

This article is a response and expansion to Buster Benson’s writing: 39 — Make Wiggle Room — Yearly review of my life. Studies show that longer commute times cause a number of negative physical and mental effects in some people. This makes...

That Leaves for Tomorrow

i. hands I once forgot how my hands moved — I once forgot how the feeling of your palms against mine  were the details of flesh rivers and trivial pulses.   And the horn blew,   and you tried hard to build...