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The surnames Gleeson and Gleason developed from the Irish name O Glasain, which originated in East County Cork. The Gaelic prefix “O” means male descendant of, and Glasain derives from “glas,” literally meaning “green” in the sense of inexperience as opposed to the color. There are many variations of the name, including Gleason, Glisane, Glison, Glyssane, O’Gleasane and O’Glassane. The Gleesons belonged to the ancient territory of Mac Ui Bhriain Aradh’s country, the area betwe...

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Tue, 02/09/2021 - 9:18am meganj By:  Faith Gong We were snuggled up on the couch (or crammed in, depending on your perspective) for our family’s weekly Friday movie night. In the flickering light from the screen, I could see three pairs of worried eyes staring at me. “Uh, Mommy,” whispered one of my daughters, “Are you okay?” “I’m okay,” I sobbed. “This scene just gets me every time.” We were watching the 2015 Pixar animated feature, Inside Out. T...

Readers recommend the best books for reading aloud April 28, 2017 — 10:26am Text size Copy shortlink: The secret is out — you love reading aloud, and you love being read to. I knew it! And I am delighted. Last month I wrote about books that I thought would be great to read out loud. But you came up with a much better list. Let’s get to it: It took me less than a millisecond to frame a response: “Babbitt,” by Sinclair Lewis. ...

When Dave Samuelson died Oct. 3 after a decade-long struggle with prostate cancer, his wife, Trudy, lost her husband of 55 years and the Mission Valley lost one of its best-known artists.  “A big part of my life has a hole in it,” said Trudy last week as she prepared for holiday festivities with her family.  In honor of her husband, she has organized the Dave Samuelson Memorial Art Drive and is collecting art supplies through Jan. 5 at her business, Mission Valley Properties at 101 Mounta...

Self-Reliance: An American Virtue One chilly afternoon just after Thanksgiving, I stood in the crowded lot of my local auto repair shop in Front Royal, Virginia, watching the mechanic try to remove the metal caps from the pressure valves on my tires. He explained no one should have put such caps on these nozzles because they get stuck, as they were now, and taking them off by force could damage the tires. He first used WD-40 and a wrench, then disappeared inside, returned with a blowtorch, ging...

Why Do We Seek Comfort in the Familiar? (Ep. 445) December 23, 2020 @ 11:00pm In this episode of  No Stupid Questions — a Freakonomics Radio Network show launched earlier this year — Stephen Dubner and Angela Duckworth debate why we watch, read, and eat familiar things during a crisis, and if it might in fact be better to try new things instead. Also: is a little knowledge truly as dangerous as they say? Listen and subscribe to No Stupid Questions  at  *      *      * It was ...

Read the full transcript below: GEORGE PRENTICE: Its Morning Edition on Boise State Public Radio News. Good morning. Im George Prentice. Quick, whats your favorite Christmas movie? Well, for many of us, it has to be Its a Wonderful Life. And when most of us watch it, we see Jimmy Stewart up on the screen as George Bailey; and young Bob Anderson as the young George Bailey. But when Deb Gutierrez watches, up there on the screen she sees her dad, Bob Anderson. I met Deb several years ago. She live...

TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. A just reprinted novel from 1948 by Betty Smith has a title that seems perfect for the present. Its called "Tomorrow Will Be Better." Our book critic Maureen Corrigan says that optimistic title isnt the only thing to recommend this novel. Heres her review. MAUREEN CORRIGAN, BYLINE: I think Philip Roth should have been awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, but I dont think everything he wrote was prize worthy. Exhibit A - "The Breast," his 1972 Kafkaesqu...

The Books We Read in 2020 SHARE The Wall Street Journal asked people of some prominence to name the best books they read in 2020. So I asked my colleagues. Honestly, I like this list better. Of course, we all recommend the books Cato published this year. But we read more widely, and here are some of our favorites: The Little House By Virginia Lee Burton - This childrens story tracks our heroine—a well-built, 19th-century country home enjoying the stars at night and the changing seasons�...