M.K. Gilroy's Blog

From shopping for the best cut of meat available at your grocery store to slicing and serving it to friends, here are the secrets to smoking a perfect brisket on the Big Green Egg (or whatever smoker you prefer to use). I try to cover all the key elements that are valuable to both beginner […]

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(But You’re Still the Only One Who is Responsible for It) It wasn’t my fault. There is a broad spectrum of emotional and intellectual responses, often polarized, when hearing that phrase stated by someone who has suffered a setback in life. But taken at face value, it wasn’t my fault, is often correct. You, they […]

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Read the 12 Rules. Or listen to it. Sooner than later. As in, your next book. Peterson is so brutally honest (one of his rules is to tell the truth or at least not lie) that you can’t help but be a little more forthcoming with yourself and others in the reading.

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A Book Review Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland, begins with two detectives from Northern Ireland descending into high security vaults of a special collection at the Boston College library. Next and interspersed over the course of the book is the 1974 abduction and murder of Jean McConville, an […]

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I just got news that I’m positive! I have the antibodies that fight Covid-19 coursing through my bloodstream. Despite having had next to no symptoms and having tested negative for the actual virus seven weeks ago, it was good to get confirmation. I knew I had had it. Here’s a quick rundown of my story […]

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Today (September 17) is the 230th birthday of the US Constitution. Happy birthday to “we the people.” When was the last time you read the defining document of the United States of America? Have you ever read it in its entirety? I confess, my last reading was as a high school senior in government class. […]

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Writing: you gotta love it and you gotta hate it! I love churning out 5,000 words in a day. But I hate deleting 5,000 words from a section that just wasn’t working. (Some things you’ve added to your story just don’t fit and can’t be saved.) I love coming up with a surprise ending. But […]

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What better way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day than to savor the wisdom and worship found in the Prayer of Saint Patrick. I arise today Through the strength of heaven; Light of the sun, Splendor of fire, Speed of lightning, Swiftness of the wind, Depth of the sea, Stability of the earth, Firmness of the […]

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In praise of procrastination? Really? Mark, when was the last time someone told you “nicely done” after you procrastinated? Good question. I can’t remember. Like you, the predominant message I’ve heard my entire life is “get it done now.” Authors, speakers, preachers, parents, teachers, bosses, clients, great quotations, and trusted advisors, have delivered the same […]

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Will the Seattle Seahawks protest the National Anthem? The Huffington Post reports that in a not-very-carefully-guarded secret that, indeed, this Sunday, September 11, 2016, (which just so happens to be the 15th Anniversary of 9/11). As is the case with Colin Kaepernick’s sit-down turned kneel-down protest of the anthem, members of the Seahawks obviously have the right to peacefully protest the […]

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