Author: Brian Kirwan

• 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

• Accidents, Foxes, and Awards – Thoughts from April 15 and 16, 2023

  

  April 15, 2023 There are often stories about celebrities getting into snow skiing, rock climbing, scuba diving, or some other accidents. The celebrities are called out for bravely surviving the accidents. I roll my eyes at all these stories. If they are doing an activity that is dangerous, we should treat them like the statistic…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 9, 2024

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  2023, accidents, arrogant, athletes, award shows, awards, bankable actors, brief career, celebrities, crazy like a fox, damage to their bodies, dangerous activities, death, divorce, exercise, fake news, famous for their looks, fox hate, Fox News, foxes, grammar checker, happier and healthier, hunting foxes, illogical activities, injuries, knowingly damaging your body, living funerals, losing their looks, non-celebrity accidents, pain, picking on foxes, preventable accidents, professional athlete, retired athletes, rich idiots, rich people, risk, roasting myself, rock climbing, salesmen, scuba diving, sleazy salesmen, sly as a fox, snow skiing, solving problems, sports-related activities, statistics, statistics are boring, studying, surviving an accident, talking about dead, thoughts, Trump

• Disposable Wipes and Freeway Rants – Thoughts from April 12, 2023

  

  I haven’t talked about my toilet habits in a while, so let’s do that. At home, I’ve been using disposable wipes. I use two disposable wipes and much less toilet paper. In this way, I’m single handedly saving the environment. Okay, enough with the jokes. They simply get me cleaner sooner than toilet paper alone.…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 7, 2024

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  2023, advertising for Christianity, classes on using restroom, clogging hotel toilet, dash-cam, discriminating against non-religious people, disposable wipes, freeway rants, God Bless America, me singing with songs, non-religiously affiliated people, not good business model, person at crosswalk, pooping at work, rant over, restroom, spare time, starting a rant, storage business, thoughts, toilet habits, toilet paper, usable footage, vacation, vehicle approaching a stop sign, videos, waiting for pedestrian, waving people to go, wealthy Christians, wet paper towels, wet wipes

• Easter and My Weird Resting Face – Thoughts from April 9, 2023

  

  Easter is rearing its ugly head today. I keep meaning to look up what it means to Christians so I can make fun of it. Right now is as good a time as any, so I’ll do that right now and get back to you. I’m back. Did you miss me? It is when they…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 2, 2024

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  2023, aging, audio recordings, baby and zombie Jesus, candy, candy and gifts, catering to the live audience, concerts, conversational pauses, dash-cam, distractions, Easter, Easter meaning, electronic music, fictional characters, Germany, getting older, grocery shopping, horrible stories, I don’t like live recordings, I’m a work in progress, ignorance, Jesus story is not kid friendly, kids, kids are pretty stupid, live recordings, lying to kids, my weird resting face, origins of the Easter Bunny, Patti, positive side of a deteriorating body, rabbits delivering eggs, ranting, reality, resurrection version of Easter, Santa Claus, slow song introduction, thoughts, thoughts are inaudible, worse eyesight, YouTube Music

• Falling for April Fools and Multitasking – Thoughts from April 1 and 3, 2023

  

  April 1, 2023 It’s April Fools’ Day! Believe nothing I say today unless it sounds too boring to be a joke. I hooked up my dash-cam to look out at the traffic and inside my car. I like everything about it except how fat it makes me look. It’s capturing the video of me accurately…

  Brian Kirwan

  April 30, 2024

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  2021, 2023, accurate video is a problem, April Fool’s Day, April Fools!, audio book, autobiagraphy, bad fall, bad pasture, based on a true story biography, being clumsy, being in a hurry, believe nothing, birthday, book, dash-cam, distractions, dying, eating lunch, extended stays in the hospital, falling, fatness, fool you later, inside my car, lack of a chin, multitasking, Norm Macdonald, Patti, phone call, quick thoughts, real lives need exaggeration, receding hairline, repeating words, small feet, texting, The Simpsons, thoughts, Thoughts paper, traffic, transitions, visual jokes, watching TV

• Metaphors, Movies, and Dash-Cams – Thoughts from March 27 and 29, 2023

  

  March 27, 2023 What can I say? My life is going swimmingly as long as that phrase means you are swimming in a giant ocean without land in sight. I’m not exactly drowning yet, but I would like to find a land I can call home someday. Treading water is good for your core, though.…

  Brian Kirwan

  April 25, 2024

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  2023, authors, bad behavior on the freeway, blockbuster movies, capture the madness on the freeway, car chases, compiling video on my computer, cords, dash-cam, dashboard, David Sedaris, editing video, explosions, GoPro, illogical and wrong, illogical plot points, installing issues, J. K. Rowling, land I can call my own, Linda West, memoirs, metaphors, movies, my reality accepting take, online, ordered a dash-cam, real speak, reality denial, Samantha Irby, sexist and homophobic behavior, thoughts, time to edit video, transfering video, tropes in movies, violence