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

Thoughts from Life

Fourth of July Fireworks – Thoughts from July 3 and 5, 2022

July 3, 2022 Yesterday was my birthday, and I celebrated with sushi and gambling. It was the big five two. It was my last day of being off from work with COVID. I’m back to work today. I always worry that my ID won’t work when I’ve been off for a while, but it worked…

Brian Kirwan

October 26, 2023

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2022, America, arguing, Beatrix, behavior, beliefs, birthday, boring conversation, cats, celebrating, certain subjects, Christians, confused, conversation, COVID, dangerous, extroverts, extroverts annoy me, facts, fireworks, fireworks in the sky, first fireworks, Fourth of July, freaked out, gambling, good Christian, good person, illegal, interesting subjects, introduce myself, known facts, less shy, logical, Luna, mental note, modern America, my ID, neighborhoods, new employees, new people, Patti, people’s baggage, people’s beliefs, playing fair, pride, pride is not good, proud of America, Quest, Scout, Scout staring at Quest, seven deadly sins, shy, shy people, shyness, sushi, the littles, thoughts, topics of conversation, undeserved pride, uninteresting conversations, useless topics, white men, Willow, worst behaved Americans
Covid-19 – Thoughts from May 30 and June 23, 2022

May 30, 2022 Today started out crappy. I got a negative comment about the book The New Jim Crow about how racism has changed since the days of Jim Crow laws, but it still exists. The comment simply said, “ridiculous.” It was from an older man with Air Force on his baseball cap. Originally, I…

Brian Kirwan

October 24, 2023

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200 pounds, 2020, 2021, 2022, ads, Aire Force, anger, attractive, bad behavior, baseball cap, blocking people, book, boost post, bratty celebrity, Brian Creates, cheating foods, COVID tests, Covid-19, creating, dozen donuts, eating, giving up, grocery shopping, hate, health, idiots, ignorance, Memorial Day, my behavior, negative comment, no political or social commentary ads, not my normal diet, not wearing my mask, pat the consequences, Patti, racism, Reality Acceptance, reality denial, regular breakfast, regular vegan diet, rejected post, sad songs playlist, San Francisco, sugar, symptoms, tested negative, The New Jim Crow, thoughts, Thoughts papers, throw out unhealthy food, vacation, vegan, vegetables, wish me skill
Breaking Plastic Mirrors – Thoughts from May 22 and 25, 2022

May 22, 2022 Someone asked about the term “reality denier” that I use for people who deny basic realities and behave badly because of it. I use it mainly to call out people’s behavior instead of swearing at them and getting angry. It’s not a perfect term so I usually only use it when I’m…

Brian Kirwan

October 19, 2023

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2022, accepting reality, anger, angry, angry decisions, anxiety, bad decisions, basic realities, behaving badly, blind to realities, broken mirror, caring about others, conscious decisions, denying realities, depression, embarrassment, emotional, emotions, empathy, funny story, hate, hatred, humor, humorous, ignoring realities, improve other people’s day, jealousy, kindness, logic, loneliness, negative emotion, negative humor, no opposite of hate, non-reality accepter, not dealing with emotions, Other People Exist, people’s behavior, plastic mirror, Reality Acceptance, reality denial, reality denier, recognition, sadness, safety, seven years bad luck, thoughts, tight spot, Truck
Conversations – Thoughts from May 10 to 21, 2022

May 10, 2022 It seems like I am the only old person who is relatively happy with the way things are today. I heard several conversations today from older people who were complaining about what they could do or buy that they can’t anymore. When I’m waxing nostalgic, I’m usually talking about how much better…

Brian Kirwan

October 17, 2023

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2022, better for more people, boring, Brian Kirwan Dictionary, change, cheaper, competing, complex concepts, complex subjects, complexity, conversations, embarrassed, enthusiasm, few interests, fewer people, filled with rage, future note, gas mileage, happy with the way things are, Harley-Davidson, Honda Civic, I love change, interests, loud, many interests, motorcycles, no interests, old person, older people, perceiving change, rich white A-hole, simpler, simplify, solving, The Love Boat, thoughts, uninteresting, waxing nostalgic, worse gas mileage, writing
Rockstar Dreams – Thoughts from May 7 and 8, 2022

May 7, 2022 May the seventh be today. I cleared out my office yesterday enough to get easily to my guitar. I still haven’t played it, but I can as soon as I add a new high string and tune it. It’s been a while, so I’ll have to remind myself how to do it.…

Brian Kirwan

October 12, 2023

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2022, being shy, believing in magic, brutally honest, calendar, Chewbacca height, cleared out, connection points, deafness, dog, Facebook, fighting as kids, George, hating others, knowing magic is real, lack of embarrassment, limitations, Magical Misfits, my deafness, my guitar, my office, my songs, negativity, Neil Patrick Harris, new high string, nothing, on my good side, playing, racist, Reality Acceptance, red flags, rockstar dreams, saying inappropriate things, scheduling posts, Seinfeld, show about nothing, shy me, shyness, significant other, Sister, speaking softly, super religious, take offense, tall guy, thoughts, Trump fan, tune, understanding magic, website, website management, Wizardland, working