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  • Project Families, Automatic Urinals, and Self-Diagnosed Autism – Thoughts from September 1, 2024

    Project Families, Automatic Urinals, and Self-Diagnosed Autism – Thoughts from September 1, 2024

    Here we are at the beginning of Patti’s birthday month. I’m still waiting on an itinerary of our Route 66 trip. Does this make me nervous? Of course it does. Patti is very good at keeping me in the dark about specifics. Projects we do together always winds up with me trying to find out…

    Brian Kirwan

    August 5, 2025
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    2024, anxiety, authentic form of communication, autism, autism spectrum, autistic traits, automatic toilets, automatic urinal, behaviors of autism, birthday month, covering the sensor, depression, doing projects, easily distracted, exact sequence, going to concerts, happier being myself, hiding who I am, lack of control in life, learning to sew, looking people in the eye, loud noises, manual button, masking, mental health, official diagnosis, Patti, problems with crowds, removing myself, Route 66 trip, self-diagnosed autism, sensory issues, sensory overload, special allowances, thoughts, water keeps running, working with wood
  • Creativity and Shyness – Thoughts from August 19 and 31, 2024

    Creativity and Shyness – Thoughts from August 19 and 31, 2024

    August 19, 2024 I’ve talked with several people about my throat. I told them about the polyp on my vocal cords. The singer I talked to said she has had them on her vocal cords. She had them removed with surgery. A former nurse said trying the dietary changes made sense before going right for…

    Brian Kirwan

    July 29, 2025
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    2024, animations, autism, autobiographies, balsa wood, being gay, being shy, building things, creating candles, creating crap, creating songs, creative pursuits, creative skills, depression, dietary changes, drawings, encouraging environment, encouraging parents, encouraging people, experimental ideas, hippies, introduced myself, LGBTQ, musical creations, new person at work, new situations, painting ceramics, polyp on my vocal cord, shyness bubble, signs of autism, singing, singing too much, surgery, thinking is my favorite hobby, thoughts, Thoughts paper, throat problems, vocal cords, Wordscapes, Wordscapes tournament, writing, writings
  • Singing in the Car was My Downfall – Thoughts from August 17, 2024

    Singing in the Car was My Downfall – Thoughts from August 17, 2024

    The first thing I must talk about is my doctor’s appointment to look at my throat. I finally got the camera down my throat and saw an image of my vocal cords. They gave me a numbing agent in my nose that went down my throat. Before they gave it to me, they asked if…

    Brian Kirwan

    July 22, 2025
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    2024, alcohol, ball on my vocal cord, camera down my throat, carbonated drinks, cayenne pepper, doctor’s appointment, gradual change, gross, moratorium on singing, my first surgery, nasal passage, nodules, numb nose, numbing agent, Patti, polyp on my vocal cord, singing in the car, straining my voice, thoughts, vocal cords
  • My Fantastical Reality – Thoughts from August 12, 2024

    My Fantastical Reality – Thoughts from August 12, 2024

    This Thursday, August 15, is my appointment to see a throat specialist. I mostly just want to find out what is wrong with my throat. After that, I want to find out what they can do to fix it. I’ve been experimenting with different toothpastes to see if they could be irritating my throat. My…

    Brian Kirwan

    July 15, 2025
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    2024, acting properly, acting rude, Alice in Wonderland, anti-hero, boring story, characters, contrariwise, Disney version, doctor appointment, fantastical things happen, fantasy stories, griffins, history teachers, how magic works, magic and magical creatures, magic is reality, magical creatures evolution, metaphors, new to this world, rules of your universe, science fiction, slapping together existing animals, stories, stuck-up English girl, the reality of the story, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, throat problem, throat specialist, whitening toothpaste, writing
  • Politics and Route 66 Trips – Thoughts from August 4, 2024

    Politics and Route 66 Trips – Thoughts from August 4, 2024

    August 4, 2024 This is going to be a different kind of Thoughts paper. These might look like the regular words I use, but don’t be fooled. I’m writing them under a change tree. What’s a change tree? It’s the tree of change, of course. I’ve never been a fan of change. It always comes…

    Brian Kirwan

    July 8, 2025
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    2020 election, 2024, anxiety, being liberal, birthday, caring about others, change, complaining, conservative, conversation, enough old white men in politics, interrupted routines, it is not perfect but nothing is, itinerary of the trip, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, liberal, looking conservative, non-religious, Patti, prepared for change, Reality Acceptance party, religious beliefs, respresent all Americans, Route 66, routines, running for President, sad and miserable people, scientific facts, talking points, thoughts, Thoughts paper, under a change tree, vacation, vice president, winging things
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