Author: Brian Kirwan
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Lazy Susans, Black Friday, and Pesky Creatures – Thoughts from December 6, 2025
Patti and I are continuing to work on the kitchen. We have two lazy Susans that are only slightly less difficult than the sink is going to be to install. Attaching them to the wall is the hardest part. You must attach 2 x 4-inch pieces of wood together on the wall and for the…
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Avoiding Wheat, Error Code 9, and Nerdy Audio Discussions – Thoughts from December 3, 2025
Patti and I went to Thanksgiving at her nephew’s house. None of her older sisters were there, so the day was incident free. The only thing I avoided eating was the stuffing because of the wheat. Patti made it from a mix and said I wasn’t missing much. The new baby is walking around now…
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Archie, Other Animals, and Building Skills – Thoughts from November 18, 2025
Along with Archie chewing on a mouse that I mentioned in my last Thoughts from Life, there is a new story involving Archie and a cast of other animals. Because I work at night, I come home at about 1:00 in the morning. When driving into my spot beside Patti’s truck, I saw Archie on…
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Playing with Mice, the Mean Streets, and Infections – Thought from November 11, 2025
Full disclosure, I wrote this on a different day, but 11/11 is such a cool day. It was at least around this day when these things happened. I could have just said nothing about my rearranging of time, but I like to keep these Thoughts from Life interactive. If I’m fully disclosing everything, I should…
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Old Cassette Recordings, Bad Playing, and Editing – Thoughts from November 9, 2025
The main thing going on in my life right now is music. I should mention that Patti, the cats, and a few other people are always in my focus, but when I’m alone, music is my focus. I’ve spent more time working on music than writing. What you’re reading is my attempt to not completely…
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Time Changes and World Champions – Thoughts from November 2, 2025
We just had the time change where we gain an hour, but my body is still acting like I got less sleep. Patti said it’s seasonal affective disorder. I think my body is rebelling against the stupid time change that needs to go away. Hopefully, future readers of Thoughts from Life will look back on…
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Menthal Cough Drops and Copper Pipes Up from the Floor – Thoughts from November 1, 2025
I’m enormously tempted to tell you about the exciting information I learned recently, but I will tell the story of what I learned in the order it happened. When I read or listen to stories that are out of chronological order, I get confused. I won’t do that to you. This story begins with a…
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Little Time for the Kitchen and Music Creation – Thoughts from October 27, 2025
Life has torn me in several different directions recently. As usual, it’s mainly my fault. We’ve been working on the kitchen on my days off. That, along with grocery shopping, doing lawn work, and watching as many shows as possible, my days off are full. I’m used to that at this point. Having only a…
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Continued Remodeling, No Kings, and Outside Cats – Thoughts from October 19, 2025 – Part 2
This is part two of my article from October 19, but you know that from reading the title. When I was last blathering on about Patti’s kitchen remodel, I talked about nature’s body glue. Actually, it was about a cracked cabinet that we had to return. Because we had to return it, I couldn’t build…
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Upper Cabinets, Corner Cabinets, and Nature’s Body Glue – Thoughts from October 19, 2025 – Part 1
Believe it or don’t, I didn’t finish talking about the kitchen yesterday. Patti and I put up most of the upper cabinets with no problems. There was one time in the beginning when I tried to put one cabinet up on my own. About the time I could barely hold one cabinet up, I realized…
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