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• Loud Laughter, Ugliness, and Cat Fur – Thoughts from July 23 to 27, 2024

  

  July 23, 2024 There was a group of people who were talking about 100 feet from me. One member of the group had a laugh he bellowed several times which I could hear from where I was. Eventually, the entire group erupted into laughter at an equal volume to the bellower. Some people enjoy being…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 1, 2025

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  2024, bad ear, being allergic to cats, bellowing, blocking fur, cat allergy, cat fur, cats, cool numbers, day matches the year, disgust, fictional beings, four cats, good ear, group discussions, group insults, group topics, groups of people, Halloween candy, Halloween decorations, Halloween season, hearing aids, hearing test, humidifier, I thank myself for being weird, loud laughter, loud leaders, loud noises hurt my ear, mono hearing, parties, Patti, proper descriptions, scientific chart of ugliness, summer season, take a mental picture, the cats, the end of summer, thoughts, ugliness, ugly, ugly has no scale, ugly things don’t exist, unattractive things, wearing masks at night, weird squirrels

• Inflatable Slides, Thinking for Myself, and Smelling Others – Thoughts from July 22, 2024

  

  I saw a billboard from the freeway that was advertising an inflatable slide that you could rent for your party. The billboard was in Spanish, so I don’t know what it actually said. It made me smile because Patti was talking the other day about getting an inflatable slide in our backyard. She saw that…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 24, 2025

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  2024, advertisements, billboards, body odor, boredom, choice is a privilege, disgusting smell, doing things my way, elevator smell, expressing thoughts, filling in downtime, free will, gorilla smell, inflatable slides, nerdy problems, nerdy thoughts, no pleasing me, paralyzed by choices, parties, Patti, pleasant smells, thinking about doing something, thinking for myself, thoughts, Thoughts paper, too much information, too much perfume, unexpressed thoughts, unexpressed topics, writing about indecision

• White Lineage, Personal Planners, and Shoe Racks – Thoughts from July 21, 2024

  

  Yesterday, I was coming into work, and I saw a personalized license plate on a white Ford truck in front of me. I stared at it and figured out the weird combination of letters. It could only be one thing. I couldn’t think of anything else it could be. The license was as close to…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 17, 2025

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  “white lineage”, 2024, acting, birthday, building, built a shoe rack, bumper stickers, collaboration, cordless drill, embarrassment, focusing, Ford truck, happy wife, I need a manager, making doctor’s appointments, music, Patti, personal assistant, personalized license plate, phone calls, planning skills, planning vacations, race cars, racist phrase, rage, recent obsession, speedway bumper sticker, tennis shoes, thickness of the wood, thoughts, vague memory, white lightning, white racists, writing, writing details

• 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