Tag: beliefs

• Autobiographies and Religion – Thoughts from February 15, 2026

  

  Before I begin this Thoughts from Life, let me tell you two things about myself. I have listened to many autobiographies because I enjoy hearing about someone’s life from their point of view. Biographies tell you about someone’s life from the outside. Autobiographies are like diary entrees and biographies are like book reports. Before I…

  Brian Kirwan

  August 18, 2026

  Uncategorized

  2026, atheism, atheist, audiobook, Augusten Burroughs, autobiographies, autobiography, beliefs, beliefs are irrelevant to your story, beliefs are temporary guesses about the world, biographies, Caitlin Moran, Carrie Fisher, comedy writers, David Sedaris, Dawn French, diary entrees, Ellen DeGeneres, getting religious at the end of your autobiography, humorous writers, Jennifer Saunders, Jenny Lawson, Kevin Hart, Kevin Smith, Mindy Kaling, Miranda Hart, people’s beliefs, predictions, religious language, religious practices, religious subjects, religious subjects in autobiography, Richard Ayoade, Sarah Silverman, spirituality, Steve Martin, supernatural happenings, talking about religion, talking about your beliefs, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, Tiffany Haddish, Tina Fey, Trevor Noah, waxing poetic

• 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

  Uncategorized

  2023, American society, audio instructions, autobiography, beliefs, death on display, disturbing open casket, disturbing religious traditions, disturbing ritual, extreme religions, false beliefs, following instructions, funerals, hate, ignoring reality, my conversational memory sucks, non-creative tasks, open casket, open casket for a child, quick instructions, racism, reality denial, religion, seeing a dead boby, sexism, things that disturb me, thoughts, unnatural, written instructions

• Mythical New Year and Crying Babies – Thoughts from January 2, 2023

  

  Here we are in 2023. This is my first entry of the new year so you know it’s going to be good. I can say that because you’ll probably forget I said it by the end of reading this paper. As always, I’m going to live in the past for the first part. I was…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 7, 2024

  Uncategorized

  2023, absurd circumstances, Amazon money, animated version, Beatrix, beliefs, birthday party for one year olds, Catholic school, cats, chips, dips, disappointing knowledge, entertainment, fireworks, Good Mythical Morning, guacamole, illogical, illogical rules, live in the past, love of money, Luna, marathon watching, memoirs, movies when I was seven, New Year’s Eve, no special features, normalizing religion and sports, Patti, pop culture references, Quest, raining, religious, religious experiences, scientific truths, Scout, sparkling wine, The Hobbit from 1977, thoughts, unnatural events, weirdness, Willow, wine, YouTube

• Grocery Scanner – Thoughts from December 3 and 4, 2022

  

  December 3, 2022 Patti came in with me to work today so she could go into the park. We stopped by a local Walmarket on the way in. As spell check reminds me, Walmarket is not its real name, but that’s what we call it. I needed blueberries and hair gel. The hair gel was…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 8, 2024

  Uncategorized

  2022, avoid buying organic, bad at suicide, beliefs, blueberries, commiting suicide, competition, depression, escalator, feeling alone, hair gel, hate, helping each other, ignoring mental health, loneliness, loud bang, low self-esteem, major problem in society, man jumped, mental health, mental state, organic, parking structure, Patti, scanning items, self-checkout, selfish act, suicidal thoughts, suicide, thoughts, tragedy, unacceptable item, Walmarket, Walmart Market, wasting time, work

• Spandex Underwear – Thoughts from November 6 and 14, 2022

  

  November 6, 2022 I feel like most of the world caters to people who are not like me. I’m not religious, don’t like restaurants or fast food, care about other people, don’t believe in anything, don’t like live events, and don’t think simply about anything. On the outside, I’m of average height, weight, and looks…

  Brian Kirwan

  January 23, 2024

  Uncategorized

  2022, 4% spandex, accepting reality, average white man, beautiful display, behind-the-scenes, beliefs, beliefs are information, Bruce Willis, centient computer, computer beliefs, cultures come with beliefs, data collected, don’t like fast food, don’t like live events, don’t like restaurants, don’t think simply, ethical issues, I don’t like surprises, I like spoilers, I’m not threatening, ignoring human rights, instant access, life is about the destination, life is about the journey not the destination, logic, logic based on reality, logic is objective, making decisions, making fun of myself, mesmerized, moving, non-believer, not religious, people believe I’m normal, politicians, programing beliefs of a computer, programmer, rain, rainbow in rearview mirror, religious beliefs, science fiction, spandex hater, spandex underwear, spoilers, supercomputers, surprises, The Sixth Sense, thoughts, Thoughts papers, unique weirdo, world without beliefs

• Cowboy Hats – Thoughts from September 10, 2022

  

  I saw someone working with a cowboy hat on today and I wanted to punch him in the face. While I would never actually punch someone in the face, it got me thinking about things people could wear that would let me know we could never be friends. I’m not talking about people who are…

  Brian Kirwan

  December 28, 2023

  Uncategorized

  15151, 2022, ad for religion, advertisements on their clothes, arguing, beliefs, boring conversation, characters, clothes, cowboy hat, don’t judge a book by its cover, fancy clothes, fictional information, food, food is plentiful, food texture, gross food, hats, illogical clothes, inappropriate clothes, inner thoughts, king of the universe, knowing, less picky with age, mileage number, nerdy conversation, no go, nutritional value, picky eaters, piercings, privileged life, reality, regular clothes, religious clothing, responsibilities, seafood, slimy food, sweeping declarations, tattoos, the author, thoughts, unnaturally colored hair, unnecessary information, vegetables, wearing costumes, wearing hats inside, wearing too little, wearing too much, working to be incharge

• 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

  Uncategorized

  2022, accept reality, actions, alternate timeline, animator, autobiographies, autobiography, bad storytelling, beliefs, believe, complex, data entry, dealing with life, denying reality, Disney, distracted, distractions, driving, experiences, explaining a joke, fictional, fictional autobiography, how to interpret your story, ignoring reality, inescapable realities, metaphors, nonstop, note, noticing everything, our stories, people hate me, perfected the art of living, reality, reality is not funny on its own, rock star, simple answers, stories ruined, telling your story, thought experiment, thoughts, understanding life, what if scenarios, what you believe happened, your story

• Fourth of July Fireworks – Thoughts from July 3 and 5, 2022

  

  July 3, 2022 Yesterday was my birthday, and I celebrated with sushi and gambling. It was the big five two. It was my last day of being off from work with COVID. I’m back to work today. I always worry that my ID won’t work when I’ve been off for a while, but it worked…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 26, 2023

  Uncategorized

  2022, America, arguing, Beatrix, behavior, beliefs, birthday, boring conversation, cats, celebrating, certain subjects, Christians, confused, conversation, COVID, dangerous, extroverts, extroverts annoy me, facts, fireworks, fireworks in the sky, first fireworks, Fourth of July, freaked out, gambling, good Christian, good person, illegal, interesting subjects, introduce myself, known facts, less shy, logical, Luna, mental note, modern America, my ID, neighborhoods, new employees, new people, Patti, people’s baggage, people’s beliefs, playing fair, pride, pride is not good, proud of America, Quest, Scout, Scout staring at Quest, seven deadly sins, shy, shy people, shyness, sushi, the littles, thoughts, topics of conversation, undeserved pride, uninteresting conversations, useless topics, white men, Willow, worst behaved Americans

• Wearing Masks – Thoughts from April 13 and 15, 2022

  

  April 13, 2022 I listened to this book that was a scientific look at sex. I told Patti some of the interesting and weird stuff from it, but I didn’t tell her about any of the female stuff. It seems to be a sensitive topic for her. It’s been growing in sensitivity for years. I…

  Brian Kirwan

  September 26, 2023

  Uncategorized

  “I believe …”, 2022, actors, American version, anti-competition, atheist, behind-the-scenes, beliefs, believe in Santa Claus, believing in yourself, caring about others, changing diet, diary, evidence, exercise, future note, grocery store, health, interesting, knowing yourself, knowledge, losing weight, masks, not guessing, not wearing masks, Patti, scientific, sensitivity, sex, should be, soda, solve issues, stuborn, stupid man talk, sugar, talking, The Office, thoughts, Thoughts paper, Trump, vaccinated, wearing masks, weird, weird thoughts, what is, writing

• Stressed Smile – Thoughts from March 28 and April 1, 2022

  

  March 28, 2022 I’ve been working on adding exercises and examples to my book. It has added about ten thousand words to it. I look forward to the day when I will have to explain what book I’m working on, but I only have the one right now. I would love to have time to…

  Brian Kirwan

  September 19, 2023

  Uncategorized

  2022, accepting reality, angry, April Fool’s Day, bad behavior, beliefs, confrontation, coworker, creative thoughts, defensive, disagreement, evidence, fake story, fear, fighting realities, fooling people, future note, general subjects, happier life, health, health problems, identities, ignorance, lack of enthusiasm, lying to others, male, my book, Nerd Mouse, not a programmer, other people, plugins, Reality Acceptance, reality denial statements, religious, rich, running from realities, specific knowledge, staff of people, stressed, thoughts, Thoughts papers, unhappy, website, white, words, writing