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

Thoughts from Life

Dessert for Breakfast and Restroom Restrictions, Thoughts from June 18 and 25, 2024

June 18, 2024 I must go back to four days ago. It was June 14, and we ate at Super Sushi in Redlands. We took the leftovers home. Patti also bought two pounds of tiramisu while we were out before we went for sushi. I had some later that night, but Patti had some the…

Brian Kirwan

May 13, 2025

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2024, accepted restrictions, accepting reality, age restrictions, anniversary, breathing heavily, Cheerios, choos wisely, dessert for breakfast, grunting and straining noises, justifying bad behavior, layer of sugar, leftovers, men are gross, men sitting down to pee, mini vacation, Mini Vacation Land, neutralizing smell, observations in the restroom, Patti, Redlands, restroom, restroom habits, restroom options, restroom talk, restrooming, stomach problems, sugary cereals, Super Shushi, thoughts, tiramisu, unhealthy habits, urinal, weight problem, you make the choices in your life
Doctors, Dining, and Anniversaring – Thoughts from June 16, 2024

Today, I will start by going back in time. It’s June 14 and we’re out of the house before noon. The main reason that Patti and I are walking around outside in the morning was because Patti wanted to go out to breakfast for our anniversary. Before we did that, I needed to go to…

Brian Kirwan

May 6, 2025

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2024, Amazon lady, Anniversaring, audiobooks, BBC shows, breakfast at noon, Brian and Patti’s Anniversary, coffee, day of debauchery, doctor’s office, drinking water, drug testing, exchanging gifts, fasting, getting blood taken, going to breakfast, June 14, lab testing, leaving urine sample, my bad ear side, my regular breakfast, non-workday, not understanding basic things, parking away from the sun, Patti, Redlands, Richard Ayoade, Super Sushi, sushi, taking blood, The IT Crowd, thoughts, waiting room, wedding anniversary, wireless over ear headphones, YouTube
Hot Toilets, Disturbing Noises, and Boring Conversations – Thoughts from June 11 and 12, 2024

June 11, 2024 Let’s begin this thing you’re reading with a fascinating story involving a hot restroom toilet bowl. I was in a restroom at work and sitting down. My pants were not down around my ankles because that’s not where I keep my pants when I’m on the toilet. The top of my pants…

Brian Kirwan

April 29, 2025

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2024, all or nothing, boring stories, cellophane noise, changing my mind, chill pill, courtesy flush, crappy stories, expressing the thoughts of others, flushing, Google, humor, inherently negative attitude, Leaf sculpture!, nails on a chalkboard, no middle ground, Patti, political conversations, regular courteous self, restroom toilet, retirement, set in your thinking, sitting on the toilet, Southern California, sports talk, staying overnight, steaming coming out of the toilet, surrounded by people talking, taking note, talking about death, talking about food and drinks, thinking for yourself, thoughts, toilet bowl, video on the toilet, water heating my butt, wedding anniversary, weirdly impressive, work stories, wrapping something in cellophane
Being Tired, Poop Schedules, and Genuine Friendships – Thoughts from June 4 and 8, 2024

June 4, 2024 This is one of those entries that most people wouldn’t start. If you have nothing to write about, why would you start writing? I’m at the point that many people would call writer’s block. That doesn’t stop me. It just means you have nothing structured to write about, but there’s always a…

Brian Kirwan

April 22, 2025

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2024, being tired, best man, breathing cat hair, casual and informal friends, cats, close friends, deep discussions, earplugs, eye mask, Facebook, follow-up questions, friends, genuine friends, getting married, Good friends talk about poop, Nerd Mouse calendar, normal questions, Patti, poop questions, poop schedule, poop schedule discussion, profound thought, Sebastian Bach autobiography, sore throat, spouses, surface level descussions, thoughts, tired, typing, wearing two masks to bed, weird questions, writer’s block, writing
Mono Hearing Part 2 – Thoughts from June 3, 2024

Thinking about the subject of yesterday’s Thoughts paper, I realized I had more to say. This will be Part 2 of my discussion of the nightmare I call mono hearing. If you didn’t read yesterday’s paper, stop reading this and read that. Now that you’re back or you never left, I will continue talking about…

Brian Kirwan

April 15, 2025

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2024, an assault on my ear, cause of hearing loss, celebrities, celebrities with mono hearing, ear wax washed out, flushing the ear canal, getting a hearing aid, good ears, gradual decline of hearing, hearing in pain, higher register singing, loud places, mono hearing, mono hearing siblings, mountain driving, my bad ear, my good ear, noise into pain, pain in the back of my throat, pebbles in my throat, permanently raspy voice, popping ears, primary physician, referral from the doctor, singing, Sister, swimmer’s ear, thoughts, Thoughts paper, throat specialist, troublesome ear, troublesome throat, wax build up