Author Archives: bryan

This past week I was told, “You are inconsequential.” This declaration was followed by further confirmative action, and though initially I was angry, it disturbed me. It created a nagging discomfiture. I believe it did so because each one of … Continue reading →

Once upon a time. Not so long ago. In a land. Not so far away… There were sick people. People who were sick, (sometimes but not always), (and to some degree but not completely), due to circumstance beyond their control. … Continue reading →

TO THE POLITE, WELL-SPOKEN GENTLEMAN DRIVING THE BOX TRUCK ON TUESDAY, WHO IS NOW SEEKING ME OUT TO ISSUE A FORMAL APOLOGY: Hello again, It was nice to meet you on Tuesday when our verbal paths collided and our physical … Continue reading →

In April 2015 I wrote A MANIFESTO ON HAPPINESS. This week I wrote ANOTHER MANIFESTO ON HAPPINESS. Drawing from these two personal declarations, I struggle mightily with tolerance for quiescence and duplicity. I have considerable difficulty understanding how any one … Continue reading →

I have read multiple times, from multiple thinkers, that to study philosophy, or to philosophize, is to learn how to die. So if Philosophy is the love of, and the search for, wisdom, and if wisdom is some balance of … Continue reading →