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  • Jamaica, Here We Come – Thoughts from June 11 and 12, 2023

    Jamaica, Here We Come – Thoughts from June 11 and 12, 2023

    June 11, 2023 Here we sit in the LAX airport. It’s about 9:30 pm and our flight is at about 11:30 pm. Who is this “we” you speak of? This might be your question if this is your first ever Thoughts paper you’ve read from this Brian guy. Brian is one of the we and…

    Brian Kirwan

    May 30, 2024
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    2023, airport, away from our bags, Beatrix, being tired, boarding groups, boarding the plane, Brian, carry-on, cats, cats are part of my routine, choking on salt, Couples Resorts, Facebook, flight, French fries, fur on our stuff, gaining vacation weight, getting nervous, Italian hot sauce, Jamaica, laptops, LAX airport, Luna, Miami airport, missing my bed, missing the cats, my weight, packing, Patti, Quest, racism sexism and religious fundamentalism, resort restaurants, resorts, routine, Scout, sleeping on planes, Starbucks, suitcases, talking cat, the American South, thoughts, Thoughts paper, too much salt, vacation, vacation meal, vegan and vegerarian options, Willow
  • Blanket Rules are Illogical Rules – Thoughts from May 28 and 29, 2023

    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

    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

    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

    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
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