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Stealing Archie’s Food, Relocating Animals, and Happy Endings – Thoughts from December 9, 2025

This Thoughts from Life is going to take us into the lives of five cats. Four of the cats are indoor cats and one is an outdoor cat. The inside cats are Scout, Willow, Luna, and Beatrix. Scout is the mom of the other three. They are all female cats. The outside cat is Archie.…
Brian Kirwan
2025, after living happily ever after, animal control, animal stealing Archie’s food, Archie, author created world, autobiographies, backyard animals, Beatrix, belief in supernatural happenings, déjà vu, fantasy stories, fate, five cats, friendships, grammar checker, I keep it random, indoor cats, keep myself interested, lazy writing, live happily ever after, Luna, my story writing, non-believer, nothing is predestined, opossums, outdoor cats, Patti, pest control, raccoon, raccoons carry rabies, religious concepts, relocating, relocating raccoons, relocating raccoons is illegal, romantic concept, Scout, sups, the problem will solve itself, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, vocal orange cat, wet cat food, whatever happens will be the solution, wild animals, Willow -
Jury Duty, Early Mornings, and Golden Tickets – Thoughts from December 7, 2025

In November, I got a jury duty summons. It was for Tuesday, December 2. The good news was I didn’t have to report until noon. For someone who works at night, this takes planning to get there at that time. I normally get up at 11:00 am, but that day I got up at 9:00…
Brian Kirwan
2025, bailiff, being excused, conflicted feelings about America, courthouse, courtroom, courtroom dramas, Do you want to be on the jury?, extreme point of view, filling out questionaires, getting out of serving jury duty, going to bed early, golden ticket, group number, hearing the judge, impartial juror, in the jury box, judge, jury duty, jury duty summons, jury room, justice in America, legal knowledge, legal questions, my good ear, no paid time off, Patti, pink jury verification slip, sexual assault case, shortened version of my routine, they never ask about religion, thoughts, working at night -
Lazy Susans, Black Friday, and Pesky Creatures – Thoughts from December 6, 2025

Patti and I are continuing to work on the kitchen. We have two lazy Susans that are only slightly less difficult than the sink is going to be to install. Attaching them to the wall is the hardest part. You must attach 2 x 4-inch pieces of wood together on the wall and for the…
Brian Kirwan
2 x 4 pieces of wood, 2025, animal trap, animals under the porch, apple cores, Archie, Archie’s food, base for an upper cabinet, Black Friday, Brian the Builder, cats, convert upper cabinet to lower cabinet, cutting into weird places, future counter, handsaw, kitchen remodel, lazy Susan, makeshift workbench, miter saw, Mommy Dearest, No wire hangers!, old countertop as workspace, opossom, oscillating tool, Patti, pesky creatures in the neighborhood, portable miter saw, raccoon, sawhorses, setting the animal trap, table saw, thoughts, wire hangers, YouTube Videos -
Avoiding Wheat, Error Code 9, and Nerdy Audio Discussions – Thoughts from December 3, 2025

Patti and I went to Thanksgiving at her nephew’s house. None of her older sisters were there, so the day was incident free. The only thing I avoided eating was the stuffing because of the wheat. Patti made it from a mix and said I wasn’t missing much. The new baby is walking around now…
Brian Kirwan
2025, 26 screws, 8 tracks, ADAT machine, audio cables, audio interface, audio meters rising, audio tracks into the computer, avoiding wheat, boring holidays, brilliant idea, digital audio, easy holidays, error code 9, finishing leftovers, leftovers, nerdy audio discussion, new baby, Patti, shy baby, simple discussions, stuffing from a mix, syncing machines, tape playing mechanism, Thanksgiving, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, transferring audio to the computer, transport belt, tricking the machine into working, VCR tapes, weird restroom habits, XLR audio cables -
Archie, Other Animals, and Building Skills – Thoughts from November 18, 2025

Along with Archie chewing on a mouse that I mentioned in my last Thoughts from Life, there is a new story involving Archie and a cast of other animals. Because I work at night, I come home at about 1:00 in the morning. When driving into my spot beside Patti’s truck, I saw Archie on…
Brian Kirwan
2025, adding to the chaos, anchor point, animals eating cat food, Archie, attaching cabinet to the wall, backyard animals, barking aggressively, Beatrix, building skills, cabinet between two vents, cast of animals, cut off connection points, drawings, food and water, fout indoor cats, hiding under a chair, inside cats, kitchen remodel, large dogs, large headed raccoon, Luna, measurements, meowing, new tools, outside cat, Patti, planning, planning for future cabinets, porch, raccoon, Scout, small notepad, splotchy black cat, stray male cat, sups, thoughts, wet cat food, Willow

