Tag: autobiography

• Yelling Instructions and Open Caskets – Thoughts from January 27, 2023

  

  I’m terrible at non-creative tasks. If you tell me to create something or help figure something out, I can start thinking of possibilities right away. If you give me orders to follow, my brain panics and shuts down. I can memorize things on my own, but my conversational memory sucks. When I have written instructions,…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 21, 2024

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• Restroom Man – Thoughts from October 2 and 15, 2022

  

  October 2, 2022 I’m done stressing about my life. I’m going to be making fun of other people now. Who I’m going to be making fun of, I don’t know yet. It will be people who deserve it. I could make fun of the rich for being so focused on money they neglect everything else…

  Brian Kirwan

  January 9, 2024

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• Fictional Stories of Belief – Thoughts from July 25, 2022

  

  I had a thought as I was driving to work, and I sent myself a note about it. I will now expound upon it in the storage locker of my thoughts. It continues my previous musing about telling your story. Your beliefs are not part of your story so you should not include them when…

  Brian Kirwan

  November 21, 2023

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• Singing My Songs – Thoughts from April 3 and 10, 2022

  

  April 3, 2022 I’m listening to an autobiography by Phil Collins read by him. He has had a life in entertainment since he was a young boy. His transition from a drummer and backup singer to the main singer in Genesis made me want to listen to my songs. Sometimes I listen to myself and…

  Brian Kirwan

  September 21, 2023

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• Restroom Stall Weirdness – Thoughts from February 23 and 27, 2022

  

  February 23, 2022 Before I left the house today, I looked up a sad song playlist. I found one and was listening to it on my way to work. Why did I want a sad song playlist? It started when something I was listening to put me in mind of the song “Don’t Cry Out…

  Brian Kirwan

  August 31, 2023

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• Anxious Cat and Cat Dad – Thoughts from February 15 and 16, 2022

  

  February 15, 2022 I didn’t write yesterday because I was spending time with Patti on Valentine’s Day. We went out to breakfast even though it was after 2:00 in the afternoon. Patti and I are not early risers unless we have to be. I cheated on the vegan thing with butter and eggs, but not…

  Brian Kirwan

  August 24, 2023

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