Thoughts from Life – Brian Kirwan has thoughts, and these are them.

Thoughts from Life

Blanket Rules are Illogical Rules – Thoughts from May 28 and 29, 2023

May 28, 2023 Following rules you hear is not the same thing as following rules that are written and documented. Enough said. May 29, 2023 It was fun to end my Thoughts paper yesterday with “enough said” after one sentence, but I wasn’t actually done. Today, I will finish what I only introduced yesterday. The…

Brian Kirwan

May 28, 2024

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2023, all-or-nothing statements, arbitrary and unecessary rules, being a rebel, being aware of other people, blanket rules, caring about other people, challenging behavior, changing my ways, common sense, courtesy rules, daily routines, disagreeing with all rules, established rules, experience, following blanket rules, illogical rules, individual decisions, knowing why I’m doing something, managers, preventing rudeness, questioning, questioning rules, rebels, rude people, sound reasoning, sterile workplace, thoughts, understanding a task, verbal rules, walking on the right
Ignoring Other People and My Moth Friend – Thoughts from May 20 and 21, 2023

May 20, 2023 I’m on day six of eight days of working the same earlier shift. It’s only two hours off the shift I enjoy better, but it’s an annoying two hours. The most annoying part about it is feeling tired every day. If I told you when I was coming to work, you would…

Brian Kirwan

May 23, 2024

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2023, abnormal jobs, autism, being an atheist, bored or freaked out, boring people, carefull word choice, caring about other people, catering stories to the group, connecting to other people, conversations about religion, coworker, drumming in the air, exciting people, experiencing the world, ignoring other people, ignoring the world, incidence, interesting people, little creatures, looking strangers in the eye, loud clothes, moth, moth on my windshield, movements as communication, my Monday, my moth friend, no beliefs, observations, Other People Exist, people’s stories, shyness, snoozes, stimulus, storytelling, the early shift, thoughts, tired, unpleasantness of the world, videoing, weird stories, work
Vacation PTSD and Loud Nerds – Thoughts from May 14 and 15, 2023

May 14, 2023 I’m tired and cranky. It’s Mother’s Day, but that’s not why I’m cranky. Patti’s mom and my mom are no longer alive. It’s my life that’s feeling more and more out of control. Patti makes decisions for me, my work makes decisions, and time doesn’t allow me to make more than a…

Brian Kirwan

May 21, 2024

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2023, acknowledge another human being, anniversary, cayenne pepper, dripping sweat, eating lunch, I told you that, ignoring other people, Jamaica, knocking my chair over, lack of decision making, life out of control, living without a say in our lives, loud conversation on phone, loud noise, lunch, lunch at night, making decisions, Mother's Day, my part in the plan, mysterious plans, Patti, plans, podcast, spicy meal, staring at their phones, steamed vegetables, sweating, talking on speaker phone, thoughts, tired and cranky, vacation, vacation PTSD, vacation time, vegetable lunch, visioning a plan is easy, young and nerdy
Sexist Old Men and Unpleasant Pets – Thoughts from April 30 and May 06, 2023

April 30, 2023 Last day of the month, here we are. I want to start this Thoughts paper with a thought from yesterday. I was in a van of older gentlemen and they started talking about comedians. One of them said he doesn’t like female comedians that speak vulgarly. As part of that, he mentioned…

Brian Kirwan

May 16, 2024

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1970s, 2022, 2023, Amy Schumer, animals, attitudes about women, Bill Cosby, blogging, cats, childhood, comedians, diary entry dribble, Disneyland, dogs, educate yourself, farms, female comedians, female lead, female led comedies, fish, Fritz, fury raging inside me, good behavior, growing up on a farm, hamsters, humor, listening to women, male comedians, male executives, male-centric forms of entertainment, memoirs, minds in the past, old man lead, older gentlemen, period humor, periods, pets, pure breed, questioning things, roosters, sexist men, sports, stored-up thoughts, thoughts, Thoughts paper, ugly, unwritten, vulgar comedians, vulgarity, women are better than men, writing
Drugs and Fairies in a Capitalist Society – Thoughts from April 19 and 23, 2023

April 19, 2023 I just heard on the radio someone referencing 4/20 tomorrow. It’s a pot head holiday. I think it’s the same station that plays Bob Marley at 4:20 in the afternoon. They made a joke about hot boxing a taxi. I understand these references, but don’t find them funny. Marijuana has never been…

Brian Kirwan

May 14, 2024

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2023, 4/20, 4:20, accepting reality, atheism, atheism acceptance, atheist parents, authors, bare feet, capitalism, catering to religion, competitive thinking, costumes in Las Vegas, crap, English, fairy, fairy look, false histories, hot boxing, I never did drugs, intentional weird thoughts, marijuana, mental problems, mind-altering substances, my mind works differently, nerdy, prioritizing reality, radio, Reality Acceptance, reality denial, religious language, socialism, swearing, teaching atheism, thoughts, Thoughts papers, useless information, weird thoughts, whimsical person, woman with wings on, writing