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• Windshields, Pig Men, and Random Clams – Thoughts from July 16 and 17, 2024

  

  July 16, 2024 I would like to talk about an issue that is of great importance to me. You may already know what I’m going to talk about. Yes, the thing that disturbs me most when I’m driving is having a dirty windshield. We’ve all been there. Bugs die, birds poop, and dirt gathers on…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 10, 2025

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  2024, bitch-fest, caring about other people, caring about women, Cartoon Network, Chartreuse!, dirty windshields, eating raw vegetables, Emilio Estevez, fart after eating, fart jokes, farting while sleeping, horrible traditions, how to be men, invisible windshield, issues, literary reference, Martin Sheen, men are pigs, Patti, random clam, random things!, restroom, seeting the toilet seat up, self-deprecating humor, summer of our discontent, teach men to be good people, thoughts, vegan diet, weird animation, windshield washer fluid, windshield wipers, yoga, YouTube

• Writing Thoughts and Me – Thoughts from July 8 to 14, 2024

  

  July 8, 2024 There’s been a rumor that this is my last Thoughts paper. I just want to state for the record that I still have thoughts I write down and I don’t see an end to them anytime soon. Who started the rumor is not important. Why they started the rumor is more relevant…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 3, 2025

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  2024, autobiagraphy, average height, average looks, average white man, big nose, blind without glasses, camera down my throat, curious what authors look like, deaf dumb and blind kid, deaf in one ear, ears stick out, graying hair, inner thoughts, interesting paragraphs, laughing at my flesh, life experience, living in the past, meeting expectations, midlife, motives, my surface level self, near sighted, outer appearance, paragraphs, Patti, Pete Townsend, point of living, product of the times, questioning your purpose, reading, receding hair, Roger Daltrey, rumor free, rumors, sentences, shampoo with dye, sore throat, The Who, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, Thoughts paper, throat cancer, throat problems, throat specialist, unprecedented times, wearing glasses, weight, Wordscapes, writing, you can only live in the present

• Birthdays at Home – Thoughts from July 1 and 6, 2024

  

  July 1, 2024 July is here, and the hot summer bugs are singing their songs. To me, the songs mostly sound like Happy Birthday because tomorrow is my birthday! I don’t know if I’ve ever talked about what it’s like to have a summer birthday, so here I go. If you have a summer birthday,…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 27, 2025

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  2024, 54 years old, alcoholic drinks, annoying birthday aftermath, Beatrix, being held back a year, Ben and Jerry’s dairy free ice cream, Blue Milk, cats hanging out with me, celebrate on my birthday, chili dog from Wienerschnitzel, chocolate chip cookie dough, choice of beverages, dairy, dairy-free ice cream, Disneyland, eating as you drink alcohol, eating in a restaurant, fireworks, food is better at home, Fourth of July, girl cats, Happy Birthday, hearing problems, holiday near your birthday, home body, hot summer bugs, lactose intolerance, leftovers, Luna, no school birthdays, Patti, sample cocktails, Scout, senior citizen, singing bugs, sliver of bed space, Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge, staying at home, summer birthdays, sushi on my birthday, the cats, thoughts, Willow

• Traveling the World, Autobiographies, and Revisionist History – Thoughts from June 26 and 30, 2024

  

  June 26, 2024 Do I regret not living in a dorm, traveling the world, or living more adventurously when I was young? The rest of this Thoughts paper will explain my answer. Why am I asking this philosophical question about my possible regrets? It began when I was listening to Rebel Wilson’s autobiography. She talked…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 20, 2025

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  2024, audiobooks, autobiography, being a good person, being an interesting person, being rich and famous, believing in supernatural things, California, caring about other people, coincidence, college, destiny, foreign laguages, foreigner in my own land, getting philosophical and spiritual, growing up in a small city, justifying your beliefs, living in a dorm, living outside the US, love at first sight, mono hearing, multicultural, Patti, Paul Stanley, private school, public school, Rebel Wilson, regrets, religious beliefs, religious words, revisionist history, spiritual equals religious, temporary relationships, thinking independently, thoughts, Thoughts paper, traveling the world, weird shy kid, world traveling, you can’t change the past

• 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

• Mono Hearing – Thoughts from June 2, 2024

  

  I’m going to start today’s Thoughts paper with a thought about what it’s like to only hear in one ear. I noted about twenty years ago in a Thoughts paper how my hearing was declining in one ear. Over the years, I have gone from only hearing certain tones to hearing almost nothing. I was…

  Brian Kirwan

  April 8, 2025

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  2024, anxiety, attractive people, autobiography, bad ear, Beatles songs, Brian, creating music, deaf in one ear, declining hearing, Halle Berry, headphones, hearing loss, hearing only in one ear, humor, ignoring my name, Is this the correct side?, knowing left from right, knowing where sounds are coming from, live events, live events are a nightmare, loud noises, mono hearing, mono hearing sucks crap through a straw, overloaded ear and brain, Patti, Paul Stanley, physically hurts me, pity attractive people, Rob Lowe, speaking quietly, Stephen Colbert, stereo music, stereo was my jam, the name Brian, the price of beauty, thoughts, Thoughts paper, walking on the left of people, you’re on my bad side