Just thought, I meant to post something about why this blog’s called “The Hope and the Glory” (at least for now – I might change it). They’re a couple of things I’ve noticed about the way I try to think, and the things I enjoy. When it comes to an outlook on life, or things changing, I try to remain hopeful. Things can go sour in any number of areas of life, but over the long run those sour patches don’t tend to dominate. Assuming that they’re unchangeable, and that you will never see the good times again seems to me to be a pretty defeatist way to look at things, as well as being self-fulfilling. The second part is down to one of the consistent themes I enjoy in various media (music/film/writing) – I like things that come across as feeling triumphant. Not necessarily areas where they are triumphant, but where you get the feeling that there’s the hope there. That no matter how remote the possibility of victory is, it’s still entertained.