Tag: 2026

• Breakroom Temperatures, Preferred Seating, and Super Bowl Aggressions – Thoughts from February 11, 2026

  

  My recent two-part article went into how I have OLD (obsessive-logical disorder). It’s not exactly OCD but is mental illness adjacent. I’m going to point out another time at work that my mind flips out. It takes place in a breakroom that I shortly discussed in one article. The breakroom has two major flaws. Being…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 21, 2026

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  2026, A-holes on the freeway, aggression of the event, break from the cold, breakroom, despising everything football represents, extra anxiety, guns and shooting, heating my lunch, humorless, imperfect day, keeping my good ear to the room, mental illness adjacent, mind flips out, my preferred seat, obsessive-logical disorder, OCD, OLD, people think I’m kidding, prop the door open, quarantine myself from the Super Bowl, seeing the microwave numbers, Super Bowl, Super Bowl on TV, super bowl Sunday, temperature of the room, thoughts, working on Super Bowl Sunday

• Double Doors, Automatic Toilets, and Germaphobes – Thoughts from February 1, 2026 – Part 2

  

  When last we left the mentally ill rantings of the author of this two-part article, he was explaining OLD (obsessive-logical disorder). I was describing the double doors at the top of the stairs at work. If none of this sounds familiar, go back and read Part 1 of this two-part article. I established in it…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 14, 2026

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  2026, automatic toilets, automatic towel dispenser, automatically flushes again, backpack, breakroom, contradicting rules, courtesy flush, crowded restroom, double doors, fix the situation, germaphobe, half of lights off, I’m glad you asked, illogical behavior, illogical flushing, keep to the right, kind of right either way, lining up doors, living in caves, lockers, logical questions, logical reason, logical side of my brain, mentally ill rantings, obsessive-logical disorder, OLD, paper towels on the ground by the door, Part 2, restroom, rude behavior, stalls, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, two-part article, urinals

• Continuing Throat Problems, Odd Cabinet Connections, and OLD – Thoughts from February 1, 2026 – Part 1

  

  On January 22, I had my checkup appointment for my throat. I changed the cough drops I used, but I could still feel something on my vocal cord. The polyp had grown back. I saw that on my last appointment. When the doctor came into the exam room, he asked how my throat was doing.…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 7, 2026

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  2026, acronym, cabinet between two floor vents, checkup appointment, common behaviors, connecting solidly, cough drops, doctor, double doors, drinking water on my way to work, healing my throat, humongously entertaining explanation, keep to the right rule of walking, kitch remodel, logical way of doing things, long commute, lower cabinets, mental illness, not perfect, obsess over illogical things, obsessive-compulsive disorder, obsessive-logical disorder, OCD, odd connection points, OLD, Part 1, people behaving illogically, polyp on my vocal cord, scowl on my face, thoughts, throat doctor, throat problems, vent cover, wood grained panels

• Fugitives, Relocating, and a Possum Named Steve – Thoughts from January 10, 2026

  

  Patti and I are fugitives. If that doesn’t make you interested, I don’t know what will. In case this is the first Thoughts from Life you’ve ever read; I’ll briefly explain the situation. Patti (my wife) and I (me/Brian) have adopted an outside cat (Archie). We would let him come into the house, but we…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 30, 2026

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  2026, an opossum is in the trap, animal trap, apple pieces, Archie, Brian, bushes to hide, California, cats, Competition ruins everything, cut up apple, fugitives, giant rat tail, illegal activities, illegal to relocate a possum, illegal to relocate a raccoon, meowing endlessly, opossum, outside cat, Patti, Patti’s truck, porch, possum, possum’s open mouth, proper punctuation and grammar, Scout, slim chance of survival, Steve, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, trapdoor closed, undisclosed location, wire cutters, zip-tied door

• New Year, Cassette Repairs, and Cats Living Together – Thoughts from January 5, 2026

  

  This is my first entry for 2026. After screwing up and writing 2025, I wrote 2026 for the first time this year. I thought about it the other day and figured out I don’t have many opportunities to write the year anywhere. These entries are one of the last places I write out the whole…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 23, 2026

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  2025, 2026, 8-track ADAT audio tracks, ADAT cassette, Anderson Cooper, Andy Cohen, Archie, cassette tape, cats were freaking out, champagne, CNN, commercials, countdown started, digital tape, done working in my office, drinking throughout the night, fit of laughter, Hulu, illegal fireworks, karma, lip sinking to songs, live TV, living in the same house together, meow-screams, mid-90s, nerd talk, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Eve with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen, Patti, putting it back together, regular TV, signing something, taking apart a cassette, thoughts, tiny parts, toast the New Year, too much noise, VHS tapes, writing the year, YouTube

• 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