Tag: 2024

• Going Home, Laundry Day, and Cat Scratches – Thoughts from March 1 and 9, 2024

  

  March 1, 2024 I woke up about 9:00 am and all four of the cats were in bed with me. This was as good a time to get up as any. I looked at my phone and hadn’t heard from Patti. I texted her and told her I was up and to call me when…

  Brian Kirwan

  December 31, 2024

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  2024, AJ and the Queen, Aldi, Audible, autobiography, Beatrix, bleeding profusely, cat scratch, cats, cats in bed, creature of habit, daylight savings day, distractions, Drage Race, games with medications, going home, good story, grocery list, grocery shopping, hospital, laundry day, listening to audiobooks, Luna, making five meals for my work week, morning routine, operation smoke no more, Patti, Patti’s friend, Patti’s Sunday rules, personal lives, picture of cat scratch, prescribed asprin, prescriptions, produce, quiting smoking, quitting day, quitting smoking, retirement, rountine, RuPaul, Sam's Club, Scout, smoke free, Sunday is laundry day, the great American smoke out, thoughts, time math, Vegas, waiting to hear from the doctor, Walmarket, Walmart Market, whatever Patti says day, Willow

• Emergency Rooms, CT Scans, and Old Habits – Thoughts from February 29, 2024

  

  It’s leap day or leap year or however you say it. I’m at the emergency room with Patti. She woke up and was blind in her right eye. Eventually, she could see out of the top of her eye, but the lower half was gray and blocking her sight. Because Patti is Patti, she drove…

  Brian Kirwan

  December 24, 2024

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  2024, admitted to the hospital, alarms, be honest or be silent, bean dip, blind in her right eye, cat scan, cats, CT scan, denial, doctor, emergency room, feelings, freezing room, Fritos, health, health problems, hospital gowned, ignoring health with humor, leap year, mixed emotions, mixed nuts, mom cat, nurse, ophthalmology, overnight in the hospital, Patti, person who gets sick, phone by the bed, physical tests, quiting smoking, raisins, Scout, silence, smoke related health problems, smoking, stroke, strokes, thoughts, TV as a nightlight, work

• Anger at Idiots and Fix-it Jobs – Thoughts from February 27, 2024

  

  I need cheering up. The past few days have been a series of events that have pushed me into angry guy territory. I have either yelled at people directly or secretly to myself. The world is pissing me off more than it has in years. It’s nothing new that’s getting me angry. The things that…

  Brian Kirwan

  December 17, 2024

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  2024, A-holes, aesthetically pleasant, angry guy, angst, annoying people, audiobooks, being a good person, caring about other people, creating things, dad, dad’s fix-it jobs, disturbing cough, feeling like a freak, fix-it jobs, getting older, having a clean house, idiots, illness, illogical and unethical behavior, mowing the lawn, not creating things at home, Other People Exist, Patti, people ignoring others, siding fix-it job, silence is my enemy, snot, sore throat, they annoy me, thoughts, vacuuming, wanting more, wasting time, working around the house, yelling at people

• Contact Sports, Lesbians, and Streaming Services – Thoughts from February 11 to 25, 2024

  

  February 11, 2024 This is a day when I wish I hadn’t decided not to swear in my Thoughts papers. Today is Super Bowl Sunday (insert puke noise here). As usual on this day each year, there were a huge amount of A-holes on the freeway. At work, they had nachos, donuts, and cookies. I…

  Brian Kirwan

  December 10, 2024

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  2024, adulting, American football, baseball, boxing, cards with cats, Conservatives have power, contact sports, coughing, creating media, CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy), Democrats and Republicans, discriminatory practices, Dr. Bennet Omalu, God she doesn’t believe in, inhumane sport, inventing religious beliefs, leaking water, lesbian, LGBTQ, Liberals have people, married adult, money hides reality, monthly subscriptions, my team, other people, our team, Patti, religious beliefs, replacing siding, sore throat, Streaming services, super bowl Sunday, thoughts, Thoughts papers, tonsil removal tools, Valentine's Day

• Scratchy Throat, Star Wars, and Super 8 Movies – Thoughts from February 8 and 10, 2024

  

  February 8, 2024 I’m sitting in Kaiser waiting for Patti to come out of her appointment for a pain that sounded like a kidney stone pain. While I was here, I got my flu and Covid shots. February 10, 2024 I was about to talk about this on February 8, but Patti finished her appointment…

  Brian Kirwan

  December 3, 2024

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  2001: A Space Odyssey, 2024, 5-25-77, box of toys, Covid shot, doctors’ offices, eyes watering, flu shot, gagging, Google, grocery shopping, Kaiser, kidney pain, long cotton swabs, movie, nerds, Patti, phenomenon, picture of the back of my throat, Return of the Jedi, scraping tonsil stones, scratchy throat, shower curtain liner, space fantasy, sparkler on a fishing line, Star Wars, Star Wars in theaters, Star Wars toys, Super 8 movies, The Empire Strikes Back, thoughts, tonsil removal kit, tonsil stones, toy Millennium Falcon, VHS

• Me, Casual Conversations, and My Birth Certificate – Thoughts from January 21 and 27, 2024

  

  January 21, 2024 As someone was talking about watching a football game and getting riled up, I had an existential crisis as I listened. I felt an urge to point out how I could never have a conversation about such a reprehensible sport. I held my tongue, but it made me wonder if I’m ever…

  Brian Kirwan

  November 26, 2024

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  2024, average people, birth certificate, caring about others, casual conversations, everyday conversations, exaggerating who we are, football, grades from school, honor role, how others view you, interesting conversations, interests, junior high, knowing yourself, miserable, no friends, not a rebel, Patti, perfect attendance, places we don’t go, quitting smoking, reprehensible sport, retirement, routines, sports, stressful job, talking about personal things, thoughts, too honest to lie, understanding, what should be is not what is, who you actually are

• Meditation, Hypnosis, and Rock Stars – Thoughts from January 14 and 20, 2024

  

  January 14, 2024 I was listening to a meditation today. Why I was listening to it is not what I’m talking about today. Part of it was a positive affirmation to tell yourself. I’ve heard people saying these things before, but I was noticing how the affirmations have no connection to reality. Telling yourself you’re…

  Brian Kirwan

  November 19, 2024

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  2024, audio examples, audiobook, autobiography, avoiding conflicts, Barbra Streisand, being hypnotized, Bono, changing your life, credit cards, diplaying toys, fame, famous people, good people, Goodwill, hiding thoughts, high interest credit cards, hypnosis, indesicive, innermost thoughts, Irish band, loan, meditation, not a normal job, organizing, paragraph, Patti, people’s thoughts, playing with writing structure, positive affirmation, premise sentence, rambling, removing stress, rock star, rock stars, songs, strangers, stress, structure, the logic behind my actions, thoughts, thoughts about other people, Thoughts paper, toys, typical rock star, U2, unaware of the world, vocal range, Wilipedia, writing

• My Toy Store, Meowing Cat, and Broken Mirrors – Thoughts from January 13, 2024

  

  January 13, 2024 My office is slowly but surely looking like a toy store. I bought cubes and shelves to help me display them instead of piling them up in corners. I was questioning why I would have these things if I couldn’t see them. These are probably the last toys I will collect until…

  Brian Kirwan

  November 12, 2024

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  2024, being a collector, breaking mirrors, cat, cat food, cats, Disney, displaying toys, figurines, full voice meow, giant mirrors, good credit score, healthy cat food, low interest loan, Luna, meowing, my office, my toy store, my toys, Nightmare Before Christmas, old superstitions, organizing my finances, organizing my life, Patti, pay off credit cards, purchased at a discount, random crap, squirty poops, Star Wars, superstitious neighbors, thoughts, Thoughts paper, too much stuff, trash bag full of stuffed animals

• Tofurkey, Cats, and a Kidney Stone – Thoughts from January 7, 2024

  

  January 7, 2024 We’re already seven days into 2024 and this is my first Thoughts paper of the year. I have many things to talk about, but I just haven’t done it. Christmas and New Year were interesting. Patti and I were going to have tofurkey on Christmas Day but we were too sick. We…

  Brian Kirwan

  November 5, 2024

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  2023, 2024, Amazon, Beatrix, blotches of crap, cats, Christmas, drink more water, expensive cat food, gift card, grammar checker, kidney stone, lion’s mane for cats, litter box, Luna, new cat food, New Year, New Year’s Day, organizing office, organizing toys, Patti, plastic shelves, Scout, squirty poops, stackable cubes, the love cat, thoughts, Thoughts paper, tofurkey, toilet, vegan, vegetables, Willow