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The Man Book: Creating a Reservoir of Timeless Wisdom12h ago ( February 26, 2021 at 9:20 AM ) With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Friday to help our newer readers discover some of the best, evergreen gems from the past. This article was originally published in June 2019.
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Dan Hickey.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it. —Einstein
In May of 2011, while scanning the Long Island Sound on the top deck of the Port Jefferson ferry, I had an epiphany. At ...Tags: Google, Featured, Robin Williams, Life, Reagan, Ireland, Ben Franklin, Athletics, Bob, Jack, Frost, Einstein, Journaling, Craig, Aristotle, Thomas Jefferson 47 people like this. Like How Many Acres Do You Have?February 23, 2021 at 5:00 AM  Tags: Featured, Life, Church, America, Ireland, North America, Anthony, Rosemary, Adam, Eugene Peterson, Pastoring 142 people like this. Like How we met: 'I fancied him as soon as he rescued me'February 22, 2021 at 6:00 AM Joan and John Gallagher, 64 and 62, met in June 1983 after a windsurfing session went wrong. They now live together in Catalonia in SpainIn 1983, Joan Tuohy was living and working in Boyle, in County Roscommon in the west of Ireland, an area popular for its water sports on nearby Lough Key. One summer’s day she was out windsurfing on the lough when she got into difficulties. “It’s quite a big lake and when the wind changed I realised I wouldn’t make it back to shore,” Joan says. Luckily, she was...Tags: Relationships, Catalonia, Life and style, Ireland, John, Mars, Joan, Boyle, John Gallagher, County Roscommon, Joan Tuohy, Lough Key One 22 people like this. Like Naoroji’s ‘Drain of Wealth’ Approach: Guiding Indian NationalismFebruary 9, 2021 at 9:36 AM  Tags: England, London, Life, India, History, Britain, United States, Ireland, United Kingdom, House Of Commons, Parliament, Mumbai, Whitehall, Bombay, Gujarat, University Of Southern California 121 people like this. Like King Ghidorah being conspicuously indifferent to a pile of cricket booksFebruary 1, 2021 at 4:13 AM Email readers: Sorry you’ll have to click through to the website to see the photo. Probably should have mentioned that about a year ago when we first realised that the ‘featured image’ doesn’t appear.
Miriam writes:
Here’s my cat King Ghidorah being conspicuously indifferent to a pile of cricket books.
We found these books in the shed when we were looking for the baby set for the high chair. The books had probably been there since we moved in four years ago. They are now on the daybe...Tags: Sex, Ireland, Leo, Miriam, Tribble, Regulars, Animals being conspicuously indifferent to cricket, Ghidorah 45 people like this. Like Jason Derulo announces partnership with Bedlam Vodka tied to its national launch, and talks creativity, 'living rebelliously,' and how the pandemic has changed his outlookDecember 4, 2020 at 1:00 PM Tags: Amazon, Music, Celebrities, Small Business, Entertainment, Life, US, Trends, Ireland, Retail, Evans, North Carolina, Vodka, Partnerships, Liquor, Jason Derulo 98 people like this. Like Shivering Dublin bay swimmers slighted for their 'fancy fleeces'November 25, 2020 at 12:31 PM Choppy waters as clash of ‘newbie dryrobe types’ with ‘hardy’ bathers swells into debate on tribes and snobberyJames Joyce opened Ulysses with a reference to the “scrotum tightening” effect of swimming in Dublin bay, but these days there is a secondary, somewhat more visible effect: dryrobe bashing.A boom in the popularity of sea swimming in Ireland has filled Dublin’s bathing spots with people wrapped in fleece-lined hooded robes – and for some of the old-timers it feels like an invasion. Conti...Tags: Europe, Fitness, Life and style, Ireland, Identity politics, Dublin, Swimming, James Joyce, Joyce, Ulysses 41 people like this. Like A look at Trump's most failed businesses, according to his tax recordsSeptember 30, 2020 at 11:16 AM Tags: Taxes, Washington Post, Scotland, Life, Trends, Ap, Features, Ireland, Washington Dc, New York Times, Manhattan, Miami, Associated Press, Fifth Avenue, Times, Donald Trump 130 people like this. Like The 10 richest family 'dynasties' in Asia, who have a collective net worth of over $250 billionSeptember 24, 2020 at 9:02 AM Tags: Asia, Hong Kong, London, Indonesia, Life, Singapore, India, Samsung, Trends, Bloomberg, Features, Thailand, Ireland, Mumbai, Samsung Electronics, Seoul 71 people like this. Like Photos show a surreal scene at the Kentucky Derby during the pandemic, with almost no fans in the stadium and protests demanding justice for Breonna TaylorSeptember 8, 2020 at 4:56 PM Tags: Kentucky, Life, New York City, Trends, Features, Ireland, Dubai, Derby, Horse racing, Black Lives Matter, Taylor, Hall of Fame, Black, Mohammed, Kentucky Derby, Louisville 80 people like this. Like 11 habits of ridiculously likable people you can teach yourselfSeptember 7, 2020 at 12:27 PM Tags: Life, Careers, Trends, Strategy, Linkedin, Kindness, Features, Ireland, Iq, Emotional Intelligence, EQ, Nordic, Simone Biles, Don, Pasadena Calif, Heath 117 people like this. Like Summer Fridays ReviewAugust 16, 2020 at 7:40 PM The Story Behind Summer Fridays Founded by bloggers Marianna Hewitt and Lauren Gores Ireland, Summer Fridays is a line of skin care products designed to “relieve stressed-out skin so everyday feels like a Summer Friday”. These bloggers were inspired to create Summer Fridays after trying countless...Tags: Ireland, Beauty, Marianna Hewitt, Lauren Gores, Skin Care Reviews 31 people like this. Like An England v Pakistan Test series “precap” (with preamble)August 4, 2020 at 5:33 AM  Tags: England, Australia, Sex, India, Uncategorized, US, Ireland, Pakistan, West Indies, David Willey, Sam Billings, Waqar Younis, Azhar Ali, David Carradine, Gabriel, Guwahati 90 people like this. Like David Willey is out of step with the worldJuly 31, 2020 at 6:45 AM Two examples which highlight how unutterably dreadful David Willey’s timing is.
Example one. In March 2019, Sky Sports commentator Ian Ward delivered the definitive expression of incredulity when David Willey opened the bowling against the West Indies in an Alice band. (You may have seen it.)
In July 2020, almost every England cricketer seems to sport an Alice band, sweat band, bandana or similar, because apparently England cricketers are unable cut their own hair, unlike everybody else ...Tags: England, Sex, Ireland, West Indies, Alice, David Willey, Ian Ward 18 people like this. Like Looking back on the rarely-that-highs and not-especially-lows of Joe Denly’s Test careerJuly 15, 2020 at 5:47 AM  Tags: England, Australia, Sex, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, Joe Root, West Indies, Stokes, Adam Gilchrist, Mount Maunganui, Brett Lee, Joe Denly, BJ Watling, Denly, Ben Stokes Headingley 138 people like this. Like July Check InJuly 14, 2020 at 11:03 PM  Tags: Mississippi, Careers, Ireland, Mexico City, John, Oaxaca, Gig Harbor, Judy Wise, Bellissima Art Escapes 116 people like this. Like The Top 4 Trending Celtic Clothing Items Of 2020July 14, 2020 at 4:08 PM  Tags: Fashion, Usa, Scotland, Ireland, Celtic, Irish, Kilts, Fashion Advice, Amazon You, Tartan Plaid, Irish Wool, Celtic Clothing, Celtic Dresses, Celtic T-shirts, Tartan Shoes, Wool Kilts 73 people like this. Like The Grand Old Man of India who became Britain’s first Asian MPJuly 7, 2020 at 5:30 PM  Tags: UK, London, Life, India, History, Bbc, Britain, Ireland, South Africa, House Of Commons, Karl Marx, Parliament, Bombay, Great Britain, Holborn, British Parliament 136 people like this. Like The Best Books to Read in Uncertain TimesApril 14, 2020 at 2:37 PM  Tags: Books, London, Montana, Life, Job, Travel & leisure, Ireland, Lincoln, Jeremy, Jack, Cormac Mccarthy, Marcus, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Auschwitz, Abraham Lincoln, Gus 55 people like this. Like A cat being conspicuously indifferent to the Boxing Day TestMarch 14, 2020 at 7:50 AM  Tags: England, Sex, Ireland, Leo, Strauss, Dusty Rhodes, Owais Shah, Regulars, Animals being conspicuously indifferent to cricket, AP Webster 68 people like this. Like Goth princess: how the new It dress won over Kate – and everyone elseMarch 11, 2020 at 6:00 AM The pretty but slightly perplexing dress is a hit with celebrities and royalty alike. Here’s why it is so popularAs our esteemed readers know, we at the Guardian fashion desk do not make a habit of blanket coverage every time a duchess wears a dress to a thing. There are issues that demand rolling coverage in the news right now, and common sense suggests that Kate’s decision to wear, say, a tweed suit versus a wool coatdress on a given day’s charity visit probably isn’t one of those issues. But ...Tags: Fashion, Life and style, Ireland, Vogue, Cameron Diaz, The Duchess of Cambridge, Scarlett Johansson, Dresses, Kate, Roland Mouret 30 people like this. Like Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara become first all-female pair to win Pritzker PrizeMarch 4, 2020 at 8:10 AM The Dublin architects are also the award's first Irish recipients.Tags: Design, Uncategorized, Awards, Lifestyle, Radio, Architecture, Ireland, Peru, Dublin, Zaha Hadid, Hyatt, Select, News Brief, Yvonne Farrell, Shelley McNamara, Architectural Design 6 people like this. Like How I learned to stay safe in Highland mountains – with the expertsJanuary 28, 2020 at 1:30 AM A week-long mountain leader course teaches the skills to navigate and lead expeditions in some of Scotland’s remotest and potentially hazardous terrainI go to the mountains to breathe. To look out over huge vistas. To put my body in a different environment. To have fun with friends. To get cold, tired and hungry. To wax lyrical about tea and hot showers. To see the world anew.The mountains of the UK and Ireland offer unique environments for adventure, exploration and nature connection. Over the ...Tags: Travel, UK, Scotland, Life and style, Ireland, Walking, Walking Holidays, Climbing holidays, Learning Holidays, Scotland Holidays, United Kingdom Holidays, Highlands Holidays, Highland mountains 14 people like this. Like 20 of the best learning holidays in the UK and EuropeJanuary 25, 2020 at 2:00 AM From singing and surfing to furniture-making and freediving, we choose breaks where you’ll learn new skills while having fun in beautiful surroundingsPortrush is a bracing but beautiful place to learn to surf. Despite having two top surf beaches, it is far less crowded than beaches in Devon and Cornwall. But for totally empty breaks, Portrush Surf School also runs one- to three-day surf tours to hidden spots along the west coast of Ireland. There are at least two surf sessions a day, with coachi...Tags: Travel, Europe, UK, Life and style, Ireland, Cornwall, Devon, Cultural Trips, Learning Holidays, United Kingdom Holidays, Europe Holidays, Portrush Surf School 14 people like this. Like Paul Rice went underground to meet Russia’s LGBTQ population. ‘A Worm in the Heart’ is the result.January 18, 2020 at 10:00 AM  Tags: Europe, Feature, UK, New York, Entertainment, Putin, Vladimir Putin, Russia, US, Lifestyle, America, San Francisco, Eu, Society, Austria, United States 93 people like this. Like Priests broke confession confidentiality to out gay soldiers to militaryJanuary 13, 2020 at 9:42 AM  Tags: UK, England, Navy, Life, Lifestyle, Military, Ireland, Ministry Of Defence, The Times, Confession, Defence, Chaplain, Lgbtq, Times, Ad Friendly, Queerty 77 people like this. Like Who said it in 2019? The quiz of the year's most outrageous quotesDecember 25, 2019 at 7:00 AM Match the obnoxious, horrendous or merely outlandish quotes to the wanton, scandalous or merely unconventional celebrityIt was a vintage year for Spice Girls fans, as the band re-formed for a sell-out Britain and Ireland tour. But which of the following statements did Scary Spice, AKA Mel B, not make in 2019?“Can the CEO of Tesco Food Dave Lewis please contact me urgently?”“She is going to hate me for this because she is all posh in a country house but it wasn’t a ‘thing’, it just happened, we j...Tags: Celebrity, Life and style, Britain, Ireland, Spice Girls, Boris Johnson, Dave Lewis, Essex, Mars, Mel, Sussex, Charles Moore, Lorraine Kelly, Pizza Express Woking, Tesco Food, Lady GagaLana Del ReyGemma CollinsRylan Clark Neal 27 people like this. Like Leo Varadkar opens up about the homophobic abuse he’s suffered since being named TaoiseachDecember 23, 2019 at 1:10 PM  Tags: Politics, India, Lifestyle, Racism, Ireland, Dublin, Homophobia, Mumbai, Leo Varadkar, Ad Friendly, Queerty, Varadkar, RTE Radio, Irish Sun, Pete Buttigieg Leo Varadkar 132 people like this. Like 'I felt compelled to hug strangers’: a day at the gathering of my ancestral clanDecember 21, 2019 at 10:00 AM When Megan Nolan received her invitation, she wasn’t convinced of the importance of a shared name. Could 20 Nolans change her mind?In June this year I received an email inviting me to Carlow, Ireland, to receive an award from the Nolan clan. The award was in recognition of my writing career, a little gesture of thanks for promoting the Nolan name in the world. I was dimly aware of Irish clans, largely from gift shops near tourism hotspots, where you can sometimes buy a horribly expensive sweater...Tags: Europe, Family, London, Life and style, World news, Ireland, Nolan, Megan Nolan, Carlow Ireland 30 people like this. Like How to be hopeful: nine photographers on their most inspiring picturesDecember 16, 2019 at 7:00 AM Joy in an orphanage, refugees reaching safety, warriors encountering a young rhino and the greening of a tropical hotel. Images that give hope for 2020 – selected by Sarah GilbertHannah Franzén Continue reading...Tags: Photography, Animals, Iraq, Singapore, Environment, Life and style, Culture, Architecture, Ireland, Wildlife, Art and design, Migration, Cameroon, Refugees, Bangladesh, Kenya 27 people like this. Like |
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