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Seamus O’Rourke

Wonderful stuff relating to a certain kind of Irish father

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Brooks (2015) The road to character

“What a wise person teaches is the smallest part of what they give.”

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Waters (1997) An intelligent person’s guide to modern Ireland.

“…a fumble for eternity, a longing for heaven, a thirst for return to the embrace of the Almighty”

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Quotes

“We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike power” – E.O. Wilson, It gets easier. Every day it gets a little easier. But you got to do it every day. That’s the hard part. But it does get easier. Jogging Baboon, in Bojack Horseman Here was a man who was either in total harmony with […]

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The Fear, by Ger Hough

“You Were On My Mind,”

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Sisyphus

“We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking.” ― Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus My new logo for 2020 Peter Singer The Drowning Child and the Expanding Circle John Perry Barlow The Pursuit of Emptiness Isaac Asimov A Cult of Ignorance On a serious tangent, see below one of the many […]

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Poetry

Desiderata Go placidly amid the noise and the haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.Avoid loud and aggressive […]

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Right to Be Forgotten

One of my areas of interest is the RTBF. Below are links and resources on the topic. New notes: 2025 (Apr 19, 2025) A reader’s letter, a newsroom’s dilemma, and how criticism could mean deportation: Letter from the Editor https://www.cleveland.com/news/2025/04/a-readers-letter-a-newsrooms-dilemma-and-how-criticism-could-mean-deportation-letter-from-the-editor.html (Apr 17, 205) Meta is set to train its AI models with Europeans’ public data, […]

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Bread

Ingredient Weight Whole-wheat flour 170g All-purpose flour 170g Steel-cut oats (pre-soaked) 115g Barley (pre-soaked) 30g Bran 28g Wheat germ 28g Brown sugar 2 teaspoons Salt 1 teaspoon Baking soda 2 teaspoons Buttermilk 500ml Melted butter 45g 1. Pre-heat oven to 400F. 2. Mix the dry ingredients well. 3. Add half the buttermilk and the melted […]