Tag: action figures

• Kitchen Remodel, New Tools, and Outside Cats – Thoughts from August 23, 2025

  

  I had my appointment to check on my throat after my surgery to remove the polyp on my vocal cord. I knew it didn’t feel like it used to years ago. Seeing the image the doctor took with the camera down my throat was disappointing. The polyp was smaller than the last image before the…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 24, 2026

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  2021, 2025, action figures, adjustable poles, Archie, being efficient, big vacation, birthday, camera down my throat, cat pictures and videos, cats, checkup after surgery, creative tools, damaging my throat, discontinued cabinet set, drill bits, Funko collection, giant boxes, goodbye to Rally, having the right tool, installing new cabinets and drawers, kitchen remodel, kittens, male orange cats are vocal, measuring tools, new tools, outside cats, Patti, polyp on my vocal cord, Rally, remembering Rally, scary stuff happening, screwdrivers, staycation, stud finder, thoughts, Toyota Tundra, wood-working tools

• Not Talking, Testing Beds, and Collecting Figures – Thoughts from June 3, 2025

  

  The day after my surgery, I thought it would be a good idea to look at beds. I did some research on beds online, but I wanted to feel them in person. Our old mattress was getting painful to sleep on. It was only slightly better than sleeping on the floor. All the mattresses I…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 3, 2026

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  2012, 2025, action figures, anime, anime series, back to work, bed shopping, California King mattress, collecting, early shy years, fellow shy people, firm beds, firm mattress, Funko, lifting a piano, mattress delivery, mattress manufacturers, mattress store, mattresses, Memorial Day, Memorial Day sale, My Hero Academia, not talking, Patti, piano in the house, plush beds, plush mattress, salesperson, sleeping on my side, Southern California, stopping myself from talking, surgery, testing mattresses, thoughts, throat surgery, using my phone to talk, wanting to say more

• Toys and Charlie Manson – Thoughts from August 7 to 9, 2022

  

  August 7, 2022 Today’s Thoughts paper is brought to you by sleep. I’m looking forward to getting some tonight. I’ve dropped a lot of things today. Being tired will do that to you. I’m too tired to have many thoughts. I promise to have more tomorrow. August 8, 2022 I was going to work today…

  Brian Kirwan

  December 5, 2023

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  2022, action figures, anxiety, anxiety provoking, as a kid, Charles Manson, Charlie, Charlie Manson, daughter, driving down the street and back, dropping things, faded words, freeway, granddaughter, Harley Davison motorcycle, hateful words, living with mom, local Charlie, Manson died, middle-aged man, mobile home, multiple toys, no job, no one would employ him, one toy, open the box, out-of-control hair, parents took me to Toys R Us, regret, research, riding a bike, sad future, screaming obscenities, selling drugs, short motorcycle rides, sleep, stuffed animals, thoughts, Thoughts paper, tired, too tired, tough decisions, toys, Toys R Us, Toys R Us truck, urging his suicide, video games, wrong decision

• Brian Explains Toys – Thoughts from December 25, 2010

  

  Brian Explains: Toys This Christmas time, I thought I would talk about an important issue we must examine this time of year. It is an issue affecting us all when we reach a certain age. Are we children, teenagers, young adults, or the dreaded adult? We are walking around thinking fun-filled, happy toy thoughts and…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 25, 2023

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  action figures, adulting, Barbie, Barbie car, Barbie house, bills, birthday, boring toys, boys, build furniture, changing, child, childhood, children, Christmas, computer, crabby, crabby teenagers, cranky adults, create badly, create fashions, creative, creative adult, creative child, creativity, dollhouses, Ewok vehicle, Ewok village, forgotten memory, games, girls, grow up, junior high, Ken, kids, last toys birthday, Lego, parents, soap opera, Star Wars, teenagers, thoughts, toy, toy boxes, toy store, toyless, toys, Toys-R-Us, wife