Tag: 2022

• Fourth of July Fireworks – Thoughts from July 3 and 5, 2022

  

  July 3, 2022 Yesterday was my birthday, and I celebrated with sushi and gambling. It was the big five two. It was my last day of being off from work with COVID. I’m back to work today. I always worry that my ID won’t work when I’ve been off for a while, but it worked…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 26, 2023

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  2022, America, arguing, Beatrix, behavior, beliefs, birthday, boring conversation, cats, celebrating, certain subjects, Christians, confused, conversation, COVID, dangerous, extroverts, extroverts annoy me, facts, fireworks, fireworks in the sky, first fireworks, Fourth of July, freaked out, gambling, good Christian, good person, illegal, interesting subjects, introduce myself, known facts, less shy, logical, Luna, mental note, modern America, my ID, neighborhoods, new employees, new people, Patti, people’s baggage, people’s beliefs, playing fair, pride, pride is not good, proud of America, Quest, Scout, Scout staring at Quest, seven deadly sins, shy, shy people, shyness, sushi, the littles, thoughts, topics of conversation, undeserved pride, uninteresting conversations, useless topics, white men, Willow, worst behaved Americans

• Covid-19 – Thoughts from May 30 and June 23, 2022

  

  May 30, 2022 Today started out crappy. I got a negative comment about the book The New Jim Crow about how racism has changed since the days of Jim Crow laws, but it still exists. The comment simply said, “ridiculous.” It was from an older man with Air Force on his baseball cap. Originally, I…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 24, 2023

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  200 pounds, 2020, 2021, 2022, ads, Aire Force, anger, attractive, bad behavior, baseball cap, blocking people, book, boost post, bratty celebrity, Brian Creates, cheating foods, COVID tests, Covid-19, creating, dozen donuts, eating, giving up, grocery shopping, hate, health, idiots, ignorance, Memorial Day, my behavior, negative comment, no political or social commentary ads, not my normal diet, not wearing my mask, pat the consequences, Patti, racism, Reality Acceptance, reality denial, regular breakfast, regular vegan diet, rejected post, sad songs playlist, San Francisco, sugar, symptoms, tested negative, The New Jim Crow, thoughts, Thoughts papers, throw out unhealthy food, vacation, vegan, vegetables, wish me skill

• Breaking Plastic Mirrors – Thoughts from May 22 and 25, 2022

  

  May 22, 2022 Someone asked about the term “reality denier” that I use for people who deny basic realities and behave badly because of it. I use it mainly to call out people’s behavior instead of swearing at them and getting angry. It’s not a perfect term so I usually only use it when I’m…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 19, 2023

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  2022, accepting reality, anger, angry, angry decisions, anxiety, bad decisions, basic realities, behaving badly, blind to realities, broken mirror, caring about others, conscious decisions, denying realities, depression, embarrassment, emotional, emotions, empathy, funny story, hate, hatred, humor, humorous, ignoring realities, improve other people’s day, jealousy, kindness, logic, loneliness, negative emotion, negative humor, no opposite of hate, non-reality accepter, not dealing with emotions, Other People Exist, people’s behavior, plastic mirror, Reality Acceptance, reality denial, reality denier, recognition, sadness, safety, seven years bad luck, thoughts, tight spot, Truck

• Conversations – Thoughts from May 10 to 21, 2022

  

  May 10, 2022 It seems like I am the only old person who is relatively happy with the way things are today. I heard several conversations today from older people who were complaining about what they could do or buy that they can’t anymore. When I’m waxing nostalgic, I’m usually talking about how much better…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 17, 2023

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  2022, better for more people, boring, Brian Kirwan Dictionary, change, cheaper, competing, complex concepts, complex subjects, complexity, conversations, embarrassed, enthusiasm, few interests, fewer people, filled with rage, future note, gas mileage, happy with the way things are, Harley-Davidson, Honda Civic, I love change, interests, loud, many interests, motorcycles, no interests, old person, older people, perceiving change, rich white A-hole, simpler, simplify, solving, The Love Boat, thoughts, uninteresting, waxing nostalgic, worse gas mileage, writing

• Rockstar Dreams – Thoughts from May 7 and 8, 2022

  

  May 7, 2022 May the seventh be today. I cleared out my office yesterday enough to get easily to my guitar. I still haven’t played it, but I can as soon as I add a new high string and tune it. It’s been a while, so I’ll have to remind myself how to do it.…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 12, 2023

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  2022, being shy, believing in magic, brutally honest, calendar, Chewbacca height, cleared out, connection points, deafness, dog, Facebook, fighting as kids, George, hating others, knowing magic is real, lack of embarrassment, limitations, Magical Misfits, my deafness, my guitar, my office, my songs, negativity, Neil Patrick Harris, new high string, nothing, on my good side, playing, racist, Reality Acceptance, red flags, rockstar dreams, saying inappropriate things, scheduling posts, Seinfeld, show about nothing, shy me, shyness, significant other, Sister, speaking softly, super religious, take offense, tall guy, thoughts, Trump fan, tune, understanding magic, website, website management, Wizardland, working

• Space Alien – Thoughts from May 3 and 4, 2033

  

  May 3, 2022 I’m listening to a book that is an oral history of The Next Generation and subsequent Star Trek shows. They talked about Deep Space 9 which I never watched. Hearing a description of the show, I don’t think I’ll ever watch it. They talked about spirituality being a part of it, which…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 10, 2023

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  2022, alien race, anti-science, bad health, behavior, can’t ignore it, communication, compatible, cravings, dad, Deep Space 9, donuts, fantasy, fantasy genre, fear of death, first dead body I saw, free will, funeral, future, Gene Roddenberry, genetics, health problems, healthier snacks, healthy, ignore others, ignoring reality, life support, limitless magic, magic, magical, Margaret Thatcher, May the fourth be with you, mom, muffins, mysterious powers, NerdMouse.com, nerds, nutrition, nuts without salt, open casket, painful death, pointing out what is wrong, pro-science, reality denial, religion, religious logic, salted nuts, science fiction, scientific method, self-centered people, space fantasy, speculative science, spiritual, spirituality, Star Trek, Star Wars, the force, The Next Generation, thoughts, unimaginative, water, weight loss, without religion, young man

• Booster Shot – Thoughts from April 30 and May 1, 2022

  

  April 30, 2022 This past Wednesday, Patti and I got our second booster shots. On Thursday, I did yard work and was going to go out grocery shopping, but found my whole body was in pain and I just wanted to sit down. Admittedly, I sat down on the squishy couch so I got more…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 5, 2023

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  2022, blog, booster shot, call in sick, cartoon version, cats, clear my mind, Covid-19, dark time, darkest before the dawn, darkness, dawn of new things, dragons, feeling sick, freeway, ghost, Hotel Transylvania, keyboard, Labor Day, laboring, May Day, May First, melodramatic, misery, misery infects others, misery loves company, no time, pain, Patti, Patti logic, piss me off, podcast, realistic, rearrange my office, record audio, record video, Saturdays, spread their misery, teleprompter, thoughts, typing, vaccine, vampires, werewolves, writing

• Did You Do Anything Fun Today? – Thoughts from April 23 and 24, 2022

  

  April 23, 2022 I asked Patti in a text if she did anything fun today and she said, “Like what?” That’s not exactly what she typed, but I wouldn’t be able to capitalize anything or use punctuation correctly to truly represent it. I would probably get a similar response from other people if I asked…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 3, 2023

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  2022, apathy, boring people, brain is rebelling, cold, conversations, cranky Brian, days off, do not like metaphors, emotionally, emotions, facinated, feeling, fun, fun people, fun things, getting through the day, God, happiness, have fun, headache, health, ignore life, Jesus, joke around, lack of dreams, lack of sleep, metaphorical crap, missing sleep, non-relatable, non-religious, Patti, religious, short rewards, sinus headaches, sleep, soul music, soulmate, souls, spirit, staring at their phones, text, the body is complex, thoughts, weather

• Sugary Things – Thoughts from April 16 to 20, 2022

  

  April 16, 2022 I noticed a truck on the freeway coming into work today that was shoving himself into traffic from the on-ramp. He had a blacked-out version of the American flag in his back window and a baseball hat on. The big truck, hat, flag, and bad driving were all signs of reality denial.…

  Brian Kirwan

  September 28, 2023

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  2022, albums, allergic, American flag, ashes in fireworks, atheist, bad driving, bands, baseball hat, big truck, candy, creative freedom, decisions, Easter, fireworks, freeway, future note, good bands change, goodies, Jane’s Addiction, last-minute, Lifetime Achievement Award for Denial of All Realities, loud, Nirvana, not signaling, painfully loud, performers, pyro, questions, reality denial, reality denial reality show, Reality Denier of the Day, refuse all food at work, religion, small catalog of songs, song, strawberry, sugary things, thinking for themselves, thoughts, too honest, traffic, Truck

• Wearing Masks – Thoughts from April 13 and 15, 2022

  

  April 13, 2022 I listened to this book that was a scientific look at sex. I told Patti some of the interesting and weird stuff from it, but I didn’t tell her about any of the female stuff. It seems to be a sensitive topic for her. It’s been growing in sensitivity for years. I…

  Brian Kirwan

  September 26, 2023

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