Tag: 2025

• Stealing Archie’s Food, Relocating Animals, and Happy Endings – Thoughts from December 9, 2025

  

  This Thoughts from Life is going to take us into the lives of five cats. Four of the cats are indoor cats and one is an outdoor cat. The inside cats are Scout, Willow, Luna, and Beatrix. Scout is the mom of the other three. They are all female cats. The outside cat is Archie.…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 26, 2026

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  2025, after living happily ever after, animal control, animal stealing Archie’s food, Archie, author created world, autobiographies, backyard animals, Beatrix, belief in supernatural happenings, déjà vu, fantasy stories, fate, five cats, friendships, grammar checker, I keep it random, indoor cats, keep myself interested, lazy writing, live happily ever after, Luna, my story writing, non-believer, nothing is predestined, opossums, outdoor cats, Patti, pest control, raccoon, raccoons carry rabies, religious concepts, relocating, relocating raccoons, relocating raccoons is illegal, romantic concept, Scout, sups, the problem will solve itself, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, vocal orange cat, wet cat food, whatever happens will be the solution, wild animals, Willow

• Jury Duty, Early Mornings, and Golden Tickets – Thoughts from December 7, 2025

  

  In November, I got a jury duty summons. It was for Tuesday, December 2. The good news was I didn’t have to report until noon. For someone who works at night, this takes planning to get there at that time. I normally get up at 11:00 am, but that day I got up at 9:00…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 19, 2026

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  2025, bailiff, being excused, conflicted feelings about America, courthouse, courtroom, courtroom dramas, Do you want to be on the jury?, extreme point of view, filling out questionaires, getting out of serving jury duty, going to bed early, golden ticket, group number, hearing the judge, impartial juror, in the jury box, judge, jury duty, jury duty summons, jury room, justice in America, legal knowledge, legal questions, my good ear, no paid time off, Patti, pink jury verification slip, sexual assault case, shortened version of my routine, they never ask about religion, thoughts, working at night

• 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…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 12, 2026

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  2 x 4 pieces of wood, 2025, animal trap, animals under the porch, apple cores, Archie, Archie’s food, base for an upper cabinet, Black Friday, Brian the Builder, cats, convert upper cabinet to lower cabinet, cutting into weird places, future counter, handsaw, kitchen remodel, lazy Susan, makeshift workbench, miter saw, Mommy Dearest, No wire hangers!, old countertop as workspace, opossom, oscillating tool, Patti, pesky creatures in the neighborhood, portable miter saw, raccoon, sawhorses, setting the animal trap, table saw, thoughts, wire hangers, YouTube Videos

• 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…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 5, 2026

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  2025, 26 screws, 8 tracks, ADAT machine, audio cables, audio interface, audio meters rising, audio tracks into the computer, avoiding wheat, boring holidays, brilliant idea, digital audio, easy holidays, error code 9, finishing leftovers, leftovers, nerdy audio discussion, new baby, Patti, shy baby, simple discussions, stuffing from a mix, syncing machines, tape playing mechanism, Thanksgiving, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, transferring audio to the computer, transport belt, tricking the machine into working, VCR tapes, weird restroom habits, XLR audio cables

• 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…

  Brian Kirwan

  April 28, 2026

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  2025, adding to the chaos, anchor point, animals eating cat food, Archie, attaching cabinet to the wall, backyard animals, barking aggressively, Beatrix, building skills, cabinet between two vents, cast of animals, cut off connection points, drawings, food and water, fout indoor cats, hiding under a chair, inside cats, kitchen remodel, large dogs, large headed raccoon, Luna, measurements, meowing, new tools, outside cat, Patti, planning, planning for future cabinets, porch, raccoon, Scout, small notepad, splotchy black cat, stray male cat, sups, thoughts, wet cat food, Willow

• 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…

  Brian Kirwan

  April 21, 2026

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  11/11, 2025, 2026, Archie, Archie’s game, being cruel to the mouse, cat acting like a cat, cat bite, cats, cats from the mean streets, chasing a mouse, chewing on the mouse, distracted by us watching, doing what cats do, drawing blood, four cats, healing slowly, holding a mouse in his mouth, infection from cat bite, infection from the mouse, keeping physically active, large red mark on her arm, losing the mouse, mouse catch, mouser, mousing capabilities, outside cat, Patti, Patti’s health, physical activity, playing with a mouse, playing with a real mouse, retirement, scars for weeks, Scout, staying healthy, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, written by artificial intelligence

• 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…

  Brian Kirwan

  April 14, 2026

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  2025, 4-track cassette, 8-track ADAT audio tracks, 90s, ADAT machine, audio cassette tapes, bad playing, cassette tapes into the computer, cats, composing songs in the computer, connecting things together, copy and paste, deafer, depressing, editing, experimenting with sound, forgettable moments, getting tools, lack of space in my office, learning something new, Life is Horrible, live music, live recordings, lyrics, mix of delight and irritation, more forgetful, multiple tracks, music, music recordings, older, one flawless take, Patti, recording audio on the computer, repetitive playing, song version, spare time, tape is linier, thoughts, VHS tapes, working on music, writing, writing duties

• 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…

  Brian Kirwan

  April 7, 2026

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  “their” team, 2025, 2025 World Series champions, avoiding facts, bored by sports facts, cheering at TV, congratulations, declaring me a jinx, Dodgers, eleventh inning, facing away from TV, flying cars, forbidden to watch, future reader, I don’t like sports, interrupt the story with facts, my future reader, no facts declaration, Patti, scaring the cats, seasonal affective disorder, slapping Chris Rock, sports blah blah, talk about a movie you like, talking about films, the other team, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, time change, too many facts, Will Smith, World Series, yelling at TV

• 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…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 31, 2026

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  2025, active ingredient, attaching pipes, chronological order, conversation with a singer, copper pipe, copper pipe sticking up from the floor, cutting a pipe, doctor checkup, fridge water, leaking pipe, menthol-based cough drops, mobile homes, no signs of leakage, Patti, pectin-based cough drops, pipe ring, polyp removed from my vocal cord, singing again, singing in my past, soreness in my throat, thoughts, throat problems, throat surgery, time to heal, vocal cords

• 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…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 24, 2026

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  1997, 2025, 30 years ago, backup routine, copper pipe, Crash of '97, creating directly, creating music on the computer, enter notes manually in the computer, free flowing ideas, grocery shopping, hard drive crash, hours of daylight, I Don’t Love You, kitchen renovation, lawn work, leaking pipe, Life is Horrible, losing years of data, lyrics, music projects, not being able to sing, out of practice, outdoor wood cutting, Patti, pipe cutter, pipe extender, pipe sticking up from the floor, playing guitar, playing piano, reading music, Realistically positive, singing, singing in the car, thoughts, throat problems, torn in several directions, translating the rhythms in my head, water to the fridge, working an hour away from my house, working on the kitchen