Glen Hansard
The Parting Glass
And of all the money that air I spent
I spent it in good company.
And of all the harm that air I've done
alas it was to none but me.
And for all I've done for want of wit
to memory now I can't recall.
So fill to me the parting glass.
Good night and joy be with you all.
And to all the comrades that air I had
who would be sorry for my going away.
And to all the sweethearts that air I've loved
who would bid me one more day to stay.
And as it falls upon my lot
that I should rise and you should not.
So fill to me the parting glass.
Good night and joy be with you all.
And if I had money enough to spare
and leisure time to sit a while.
There is a girl in this fair land
who surely has my heart beguiled.
With her long dark hair and ruby lips,
she surely has my heart enthralled.
So raise to me the parting glass.
Good night and joy be with you all.
So raise to me the parting glass.
Good night and joy be with you all.
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Recorded Live: 3/16/2012
Stage On Sixth (Austin,TX)
Source: https://t.co/Isvn3JLopp
One Last Farewell...
A Shark who gave everything for the shirt.
🦈 180 appearances.
🏉 88 consecutive PREM appearances.
🎯 943 points across all competitions.
RDP takes his place in the Sharks Hall of Fame.
Watch the full interview on YouTube 👇 https://t.co/WiQk27gMeL
Jon you are and always have been a legend. Your decision to share your last big story will do so much to help people afflicted with Alzheimer’s. Sending you and your family love and sharing this picture of the last ever @Channel4News I presented with you in December 2021. ♥️
I know it's sooo hard to wrench yourself out of bed at an ungodly hour, but is there really any sight better than a May sunrise? The light is soft, the colours gentle, and the fields sparkle with dew. I could walk these country lanes forever, among the scent of the cow parsley and the songs of skylarks.
📍 Peak District, England
Very sad indeed to see Fergal go. His reporting has been magnificent over the years. A former RTÉ man who became quintessentially BBC. https://t.co/rvUMAB3Nre
Sometimes you meet trees that undoubtedly must shake themselves, stretch their branches and move around the woods at night. This old beech has roots like tentacles, swarming across the mossy rocks, not to tether it to the earth but to propel it around when my back is turned.
A powerful reminder: perspective is everything!
I saw this video again today.
Created by the Guardian in 1986.
Still the smartest lesson in human perception.
It hits me every time:
We don’t see reality. We see our angle.
And a small shift can flip the whole story.
In the age of AI, this truth becomes brutal.
Two people can look at the same data, the same model, the same output —
and walk away with opposite conclusions.
Perspective isn’t a soft skill.
It’s a survival skill.
The leaders who win are the ones who can zoom in, zoom out, and question their own certainty.
This old Guardian ad reminds us of a timeless truth:
Change the view. Change the meaning. Change everything.
#perception #biases
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