American counterculture exponents like William S. Burroughs ( whose literary influence on Gibson and cyberpunk in general is widely acknowledged ) and Timothy Leary were among the first to extoll the potential of computers and computer networks for individual empowerment.

Denis Colin Leary ( born August 18, 1957 ) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director and film producer.

Leary is known for his biting, fast paced comedic style and chain smoking.

Through marriage, Leary is a third cousin of talk show host Conan O ' Brien.

Leary received an honorary doctorate and spoke briefly at his alma mater's undergraduate commencement ceremony on May 16, 2005 ; he is thus credited as " Dr. Denis Leary " on the cover of his 2009 book, Why We Suck.

In 2006, Leary and Lenny Clarke appeared on television during a Red Sox telecast and, upon realizing that Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis is Jewish, delivered a criticism of Mel Gibson's antisemitic comments .< ref >

is: Denis Leary

* In the 1993 Denis Leary song " Asshole ", Leary states he is " going to get the Duke ( John Wayne ), John Cassavetes, Lee Marvin, Sam Peckinpah and a case of whiskey then drive down to Texas " before being cut off by a bandmate and getting called an asshole.

Similarly, the books espouse the use of mind-altering substances to achieve higher states of consciousness, in line with the beliefs of key counterculture figures like Timothy Leary, who is mentioned throughout the three novels.

The traditional account of the origin of the fire is that it was started by a cow kicking over a lantern in the barn owned by Patrick and Catherine O ' Leary.

* The 1937 film In Old Chicago, is centered on the fire, with a highly fictionalized portrayal of the O ' Leary family as the main characters.

A modern interpretation of the Banner, by local textile artist Ruth O ' Leary, is now on display at the saint's shrine at Durham cathedral.

" The film is a fictionalized account about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and stars Alice Brady as Mrs. O ' Leary, the owner of the cow which started the fire, and Tyrone Power and Don Ameche as her sons.

Meanwhile Bob, the youngest O ' Leary son, who helps his mother, is in love with Gretchen, an innocent German girl.

Mrs O ' Leary is told about the fight while helping Daisy's calf to suckle.

The portrayal of the O ' Leary family is largely fictitious down to the names of the characters.

One day, her stablehand Michael O ' Leary ( Humphrey Bogart ), who for years has loved her from afar, confronts her about her unruly behavior and she confesses she is dying.

His portrait of John O ' Leary ( 1904 ) is considered to be his masterpiece ( Raymond Keaveney 2002 ).

Interestingly, Clíodhna appears in the name of one O ' Leary in a medieval pedigree, as Conor Clíodhna or " Conor of Clíodhna ", and it is notable that the family were originally based in the area of Rosscarbery, very near to Glandore, before moving north to Muskerry.

Wag the Dog is a 1997 black comedy film starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro, co-starring Anne Heche, Denis Leary and William H. Macy about a Washington spin doctor who, merely days before a presidential election, distracts the electorate from a sex scandal by hiring a Hollywood film producer to construct a fake war with Albania.

Calhoun State Prison is located in Morgan and the city of Leary has two peanut buying points.

There is Calhoun County School System Unit, Calhoun County High / Middle School Which Serves Entirely Calhoun County Some Students From Cities of Arlington, Edison, Leary, and Morgan.

George O ' Leary, current football coach at the University of Central Florida played football at the university in the 1960s but did not graduate.

Dr. Leary began conducting experiments with psilocybin in 1960 on himself and a number of Harvard graduate students after trying hallucinogenic mushrooms used in Native American religious rituals while visiting Mexico.

Michael is a graduate of Damien High School, La Verne, California, and is currently residing in Upper Montclair, New Jersey with his wife, Joni O ' Leary, and two daughters Katie and Caroline.

The founding board of the project consisted of Leary, Aldous Huxley, John Spiegel ( later president of the American Psychiatric Association ), Leary's superior at Harvard University David McClelland, Frank Barron, Ralph Metzner, and two graduate students who were working on a project with mescaline.

While at Emerson, he met fellow comic Mario Cantone, whom to this day Leary considers his closest friend.

Comedian Steven Wright and actress Gina Gershon also attended Emerson at the same time as Leary.

In 1931, while a student in University College Dublin, Nic Dhiarmada gave an address on " Women in Irish life long ago " which Philip O ' Leary described in 2004 as " unapologetically feminist ".

* Dermot O ' Leary ( 1973 – ) – Television and Radio presenter, attended the Colchester Sixth Form College

In 1935, William S. Gray of the University of Chicago and Bernice Leary of Xavier College in Chicago published What Makes a Book Readable, one of the most important books in readability research.

Born in Cork, the son of a publican, O ' Leary was educated at Presentation College, University College Cork and Columbia University, New York, King's Inns On returning to Ireland, he became involved in Labour politics and was employed as Education Officer for the Irish Transport and General Workers Union ( ITGWU ).

In May 2003, Mary O ' Leary was a guest speaker at " Italian Americans and Early Rock and Roll ", a symposium presented at Queens College, City University of New York by the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute and the university's Newman Center.

New College of California was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1971 by former Gonzaga University President, Father John Leary.

He studied as an undergraduate at the University of Leipzig and holds a Master's degree from Magdalene College, Cambridge, and a PhD from the London School of Economics, where he studied under the supervision of Brendan O ' Leary.

Leary began working as a comedian in the Boston comedy scene of the 1980s at the underground club Play It Again Sam's.

Leary and Clarke both spoke about their early affiliations and influences in the Boston comedy scene in the documentary film When Standup Stood Out ( 2006 ).

* In early 2004, HBO produced a documentary called The Curse of the Bambino, featuring commentary from native Boston celebrities such as Denis Leary, narrated by Ben Affleck.

The DVD release When Standup Stood Out ( 2006 ) details Clarke's early career and affiliations with other famous Boston comics, such as Steven Wright and Denis Leary, his good friends.

In 1980, Clarke wrote and starred in a local television show Lenny Clarke's Late Show featuring Wright and Leary, in collaboration with Boston comedy writer Martin Olson.

Clarke and Olson were roommates, and their apartment, known by comedians as " The Barracks ", was a notorious " crash pad " for comics visiting Boston, and the subject of a documentary film as Clarke and Leary explain in When Standup Stood Out.

Troy Franklin O ' Leary ( born August 4, 1969 in Compton, California ) is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played with the Milwaukee Brewers (-), Boston Red Sox (-), Montreal Expos () and Chicago Cubs () and also in the Australian Baseball League for the Daikyo Dolphins.

In response, the comedian founded the Leary Firefighters Foundation, which has since distributed over $ 2. 5 million ( USD ) to fire departments in the Worcester, Boston, and New York City areas for equipment, training materials, and new vehicles and facilities, since its creation in 2000.