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• Sweating Nerd Blog – Thoughts from August 14 and 16, 2023

  

  August 14, 2023 Sometimes I start my Thoughts paper with nothing to say. I put in the date and save it as a document, but I have no idea what I’m going to talk about. There are some things I could talk about, but I don’t want to talk about them. I had an idea…

  Brian Kirwan

  August 6, 2024

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  2023, An Atheist’s Day, atheist, blog, broken zipper on my pants, embarrassment, extreme heat, humorous story to tell, kidney stone, Laura Belgray book, loaner pants, my websites, nerdy, nerdy conversations, non-nerds, religious stuff, restroom break, sweating, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, Thoughts paper, website connections, what I’m going to talk about, wipe my sweat, WordPress, writing, you might be a nerd, zipper teeth

• Kidney Stones and Vehicle Emblems – Thoughts from August 7 and 13, 2023

  

  August 7, 2023 I started feeling a pain in my lower back. When I noticed it was only on one side, I worried. I had kidney stones once in my life and I vowed never to get them again. A pain in only one side of your lower back is how it begins. The pain…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 30, 2024

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  2022, 2023, back pain, being distracted by pain, blog, Buick, Cadillac, Chrysler, constant distractions, dash cam videos, dealing with incidents, dehydration, distractions, drinking water, expensive vehicles, idiots on the freeway, ignoring problems, irregular circumstances, kidney stones, looking for problems, out of the ordinary, pain in my lower back, pain scale, Patti, preparing extra water, random subjects, reading, rude drivers, showering at night, showering in the morning, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, Thoughts papers, valuing other people, vehicle emblems, water shut off, water to drink, white river rafting, writing

• New People, Laundry, and Insecurities – Thoughts from August 5 and 6, 2023

  

  August 5, 2023 When I meet someone new at work, I try to find out work related things first and then move on to their interests. No one completely loses me with their interests, but I find myself less enthused about what some people find interesting. Sports is one of those things. Many people assume…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 25, 2024

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  2023, atheism, baseball fan, behind-the-scenes, being an atheist, blog, Brian Kirwan, difficult discussions, dislikes reveal insecurities, emotional distress, ethical problems, fake smiles, fears and emotional state, flaws are interesting, forwarding to Facebook, highly cultivated version of the world, interests, laundry night, lyrics, meet someone new, Patti, people hide interesting parts, perfect people are boring, perfection doesn’t exist, presenting your fake life, religion, religious discussions, religious phrases, religious symbols, songs are good despite their lyrics, sports, sports conversations, subjects of songs, texting, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, Thoughts paper, Thoughts papers, waiting on the towels, wife, WordPress postings

• X Chromosome – Thoughts from July 30 and August 1, 2022

  

  July 30, 2022 The past few days have been weird, but not in a good way. I had to sit still on a freeway for hours and eventually get off the freeway by driving the wrong way. I gained 3.7 pounds in one day (not my personal record, but close). The day before, I got…

  Brian Kirwan

  November 28, 2023

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  1991, 2022, advantages and disadvantages, airport run, autism, autistic, blog, book, by subject, capable, caring about other people, chromosomes, chronilogical order, context, crying, entertaining, female, feminine qualities, freeway, future note, gay relationships, glasses, hang ups, having kids, I’m a different person, intimate relationships, kids, male, monogamy, mutated, mutated X chromosome, not wired for monogamy, podcast, polygamy, reading, reality is my friend, relationships, scientist, sex, shut down, still on the freeway for hours, stories, superpower, theoretical gold star, theoretical internet money, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, Thoughts papers, we are not wired at all, weight, weird days, writing, wrong way, XX, XY

• Booster Shot – Thoughts from April 30 and May 1, 2022

  

  April 30, 2022 This past Wednesday, Patti and I got our second booster shots. On Thursday, I did yard work and was going to go out grocery shopping, but found my whole body was in pain and I just wanted to sit down. Admittedly, I sat down on the squishy couch so I got more…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 5, 2023

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  2022, blog, booster shot, call in sick, cartoon version, cats, clear my mind, Covid-19, dark time, darkest before the dawn, darkness, dawn of new things, dragons, feeling sick, freeway, ghost, Hotel Transylvania, keyboard, Labor Day, laboring, May Day, May First, melodramatic, misery, misery infects others, misery loves company, no time, pain, Patti, Patti logic, piss me off, podcast, realistic, rearrange my office, record audio, record video, Saturdays, spread their misery, teleprompter, thoughts, typing, vaccine, vampires, werewolves, writing

• Missing a Cat Named Slash – Thoughts from November 16, 2011

  

  (Future note: The following are the words I wrote for the Three Girl Cats blog I started for Slash, Blaze, and Quest. They were born on June 3rd, 2009, and she died November 15, 2011. It was the final entry for the blog and my final words about Slash.) Unfortunately, this is the last posting…

  Brian Kirwan

  August 3, 2023

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  “mauling time”, 2011, big eater, Blaze, blog, boxes, cardboard box, cat, cat food, cats, favorite, happy, human mom, killed, missed, Patti, petting, putting clothes on cat, Quest, scratching, Slash, technically allergic, thoughts, Three Girl Cats

• Brian Explains Screwing Up and Food – Thoughts from October 1, 2010

  

  Future note: This is the third Brian Explains Life blog article I am including as part of the Thoughts from Life blog, but it should have been the first. I thought it was strange that the introduction to the blog was from 2010, but the articles were from 2011. To make up for this screw…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 27, 2023

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• Brian Explains Life and Time – Thoughts from September 14, 2010 and January 14, 2011

  

  September 14, 2010 (Future note: The following Thoughts papers are not actually Thoughts papers. They are articles I included in my blog Brian Explains Life. I explain many things in these articles, but this Blog Intro describes them best.) Brian Explains Life: Blog Intro All right, you are here. I don’t know where you came…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 20, 2023

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• Three Girl Cats Named Slash, Blaze, and Quest – Thoughts about June 3, 2009

  

  (Future note: The following was written around May 2010, but June 3, 2009, is more relevant to what I’m talking about. This is the day Slash, Blaze, and Quest were born. As I mentioned in another Thoughts paper, Quest is still with us, along with four newcomers. Who are these people that came to live…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 13, 2023

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  2009, 2010, adorable waving, all-black face, bad cat, Blaze, blog, cat pirates, cats, covering poo, daily mauling, destructive behaviors, humor, kittens, leader, leg hugging, litter box, mustache, never purrs, Patti, photogenic, piano, purr, Quest, Slash, sleeping under covers, sociable, squirting, strange names, stripper names, thoughts, Three Girl Cats, tinfoil, tuxedo cats, white tip tail