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  • Celebrating Too Much, Censors, and Living Out of Your Car – Thoughts from June 1, 2024

    Celebrating Too Much, Censors, and Living Out of Your Car – Thoughts from June 1, 2024

    June 1, 2024 Well, June is finally here. It’s not only the time of gloomy weather, but it’s also the time of Patti and Brian’s anniversary. June 14 is less than two weeks away. We didn’t have a vacation set for this time of year, so I decided to take an extra day off work.…

    Brian Kirwan

    April 1, 2025
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    2024, Aldi, autobiography, before VCRs, boycotting shows, Brian, censors, chocolate lasagna, Christian fundamentalists, commercials, dessert, gaining weight, going out, June gloom, living out of the car, mini vacation, network executives, Norman Lear, Olive Garden, Patti, Patti and Brian’s Anniversary, racism, real people, religion ruins everything, retired, retirement payment, sexism, shrimp scampi, Streaming services, SUV full of stuff, thoughts, tiramisu, tuning in to watch TV, TV, VCR
  • Non-Smokers, Feminist Punks, and Cassette Recorders – Thoughts from May 28, 2024

    Non-Smokers, Feminist Punks, and Cassette Recorders – Thoughts from May 28, 2024

    Patti is still a non-smoker, but she said she found it rough recently, so she bought a week’s worth of nicotine patches. I have mixed feelings about it. You would think the time to use them would be weaning yourself off the cigarettes. She has been smoke free for weeks now. The physical effects of…

    Brian Kirwan

    March 25, 2025
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    1990, 2024, audiobook, autobiography, converting audio cassette tapes to digital, creating new songs, creating songs, distinct style, editing, experimental singing, experimental songs, four-track cassette recorder, high notes, home studio, horrible father, incomplete songs, influencial, junior high, Kathleen Hanna, macho crap, my songs, nicotine patches, non-smoker, only completed in my head, Patti, physical effects of nicotine, pioneer of feminist punk, punk music, Rebel Girl, record and edit songs, recording music, singing harmonies, singing lessons, song structure, song writing, thoughts, Thoughts paper, traumas, victims, weaning off of cigarettes, writing full songs
  • Mormons, Caffeine, and BFFs – Thoughts from May 22 and 25, 2024

    Mormons, Caffeine, and BFFs – Thoughts from May 22 and 25, 2024

    May 22, 2024 Yesterday, a fellow employee retired. He retired from his primary job a while ago and this was his retirement job. Now he’s fully retired from all jobs. Patti is still retired and still not smoking. I never really had a plan for retirement. I will never see myself as a retired person…

    Brian Kirwan

    March 18, 2025
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    2024, addiction, alcoholics, audiobooks, BFF, BFFs, blind spot, books, caffeinated soda, Caffeine, cancer, Church of Lies, create and edit, creating things, develop ideas, diet soda, FLDS Mormon church, Flora Jessop, get away from religion, getting enough sleep, getting healthy, horrible behavior, husband should not be your best friend, leaving religious thinking, modern fantasy, Mormons, Mormonsixm, never be retired, non-smoker, not a fan of religion, opposite work schedules, patriarchy, Patti, polygamist community, quitting smoking, retired, retirement job, routine, Santa, science fiction, taking health seriously, thoughts, Thoughts paper
  • The Mothers, The Beatles, and The Other Bands – Thoughts from May 12 and 19, 2024

    The Mothers, The Beatles, and The Other Bands – Thoughts from May 12 and 19, 2024

    May 12, 2024 As I mentioned in my non-existent seminar, it’s Mother’s Day today. Patti and I no longer have living mothers so it’s just a reminder of what’s missing in our lives. We also don’t have living fathers, but we’ll deal with that when we get to Father’s Day. I celebrated the day by…

    Brian Kirwan

    March 11, 2025
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    1966, 1968, 1970, 2024, autobiography, baseball analogy, being friends with your spouse, being non-religious, Billboard charts, book, Canadian, comparing bands, comparing songs, fantasy stories, Father's Day, fathers, friends before dating, George Harrison, George Martin, getting to know someone, Hard Days Night, ignorant opinion, John, longevity, lying on date, Mike Nesmith, Mother's Day, motherhood, mothers, my fantasy stories, Patti, Paul, Preferring The Beatles, preferring The Monkees, presenting perfect version of yourself, religious myths, Ringo, skipping book chapters, song writing, The Beatles, The Beatles vs The Monkees, The Monkees, The Monkees movie Head, The Rolling Stones, thoughts
  • Cinco de Mayo, Retirement, and Seeing Cubs – Thoughts from May 5 and 11, 2024

    Cinco de Mayo, Retirement, and Seeing Cubs – Thoughts from May 5 and 11, 2024

    May 5, 2024 As I mentioned yesterday, today is Cinco de Mayo. Someone joked that no one knows what it’s about. I could use my research I did yesterday to inform him that everyone knows it’s about the victory of Mexico over France in 1862. My heart would grow three times larger if he thought…

    Brian Kirwan

    March 4, 2025
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    1862, 2024, additional destinations, babies, baby boy, cats, Cinco de Mayo, clever, cold water, disgusted by fast food, enjoying vacuuming, extra errands, falling, freaking out the cats, humor, just watching me, knowing stuff, knowledge off the top of my head, nephew, non-refrigerated water, not eating, Patti, pizza eating, research, retirement, retiring, roasting people, sleeping baby, The Lion King, thoughts, Thoughts paper, tiger cubs, tiger documentary, tigers, tigers hunt kill and eat, trimming bushes, tv shows, vacuuming, Walmart, watch tv, workshopping ideas, writing, writing in retirement card
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