Tag: Brian

• 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

• Mono Hearing – Thoughts from June 2, 2024

  

  I’m going to start today’s Thoughts paper with a thought about what it’s like to only hear in one ear. I noted about twenty years ago in a Thoughts paper how my hearing was declining in one ear. Over the years, I have gone from only hearing certain tones to hearing almost nothing. I was…

  Brian Kirwan

  April 8, 2025

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  2024, anxiety, attractive people, autobiography, bad ear, Beatles songs, Brian, creating music, deaf in one ear, declining hearing, Halle Berry, headphones, hearing loss, hearing only in one ear, humor, ignoring my name, Is this the correct side?, knowing left from right, knowing where sounds are coming from, live events, live events are a nightmare, loud noises, mono hearing, mono hearing sucks crap through a straw, overloaded ear and brain, Patti, Paul Stanley, physically hurts me, pity attractive people, Rob Lowe, speaking quietly, Stephen Colbert, stereo music, stereo was my jam, the name Brian, the price of beauty, thoughts, Thoughts paper, walking on the left of people, you’re on my bad side

• Celebrating Too Much, Censors, and Living Out of Your Car – Thoughts from June 1, 2024

  

  June 1, 2024 Well, June is finally here. It’s not only the time of gloomy weather, but it’s also the time of Patti and Brian’s anniversary. June 14 is less than two weeks away. We didn’t have a vacation set for this time of year, so I decided to take an extra day off work.…

  Brian Kirwan

  April 1, 2025

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  2024, Aldi, autobiography, before VCRs, boycotting shows, Brian, censors, chocolate lasagna, Christian fundamentalists, commercials, dessert, gaining weight, going out, June gloom, living out of the car, mini vacation, network executives, Norman Lear, Olive Garden, Patti, Patti and Brian’s Anniversary, racism, real people, religion ruins everything, retired, retirement payment, sexism, shrimp scampi, Streaming services, SUV full of stuff, thoughts, tiramisu, tuning in to watch TV, TV, VCR

• Jamaica, Here We Come – Thoughts from June 11 and 12, 2023

  

  June 11, 2023 Here we sit in the LAX airport. It’s about 9:30 pm and our flight is at about 11:30 pm. Who is this “we” you speak of? This might be your question if this is your first ever Thoughts paper you’ve read from this Brian guy. Brian is one of the we and…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 30, 2024

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  2023, airport, away from our bags, Beatrix, being tired, boarding groups, boarding the plane, Brian, carry-on, cats, cats are part of my routine, choking on salt, Couples Resorts, Facebook, flight, French fries, fur on our stuff, gaining vacation weight, getting nervous, Italian hot sauce, Jamaica, laptops, LAX airport, Luna, Miami airport, missing my bed, missing the cats, my weight, packing, Patti, Quest, racism sexism and religious fundamentalism, resort restaurants, resorts, routine, Scout, sleeping on planes, Starbucks, suitcases, talking cat, the American South, thoughts, Thoughts paper, too much salt, vacation, vacation meal, vegan and vegerarian options, Willow

• Money-Making Schemes and Metaphors – Thoughts from January 29 and 31, 2023

  

  January 29, 2023 I just want to start this Thoughts paper by telling you, the reader, how much I appreciate what you do. I don’t know what you do beyond reading these words, but I appreciate what you’re doing right now. There are many words you could be looking at and you chose mine. It…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 28, 2024

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  2023, 8 millimeter films, a quarter for grocery cart, Aldi, Animal Kingdom Lodge, Brian, Brian’s space movies, digitizing VHS home videos, Disney World, donuts, drinking in Vegas, exaggerating for comic effect, gas station, getting along with my sister, grocery shopping, I don’t lie, I don’t like poetry, I look like a Brian, metaphors, money-making scheme, my sister, my weirdness, news is useless, news on the screen at the pump, not a unique name, nothing is exactly like something else, one version of my name, parking lot, Patti, perfection doesn’t exist, reading, recent death on the news, Star Wars figures, stop motion films, the reader, thoughts, Thoughts paper, vacations, vacations are not good for my health, Vegas, video commentary, words, writing

• Bleeding Red – Thoughts from December 7, 2022

  

  On this day back in 1941, Pearl Harbor became a place of infamy. I know regular readers of these Thoughts papers thought they suddenly were reading a historical calendar, but it’s me, Brian. Patti and I have actually been to Pearl Harbor, so it is slightly relevant to me. I mainly mention it because I…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 15, 2024

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  1941, 2022, ashamed, Asian-American citizens, bleeding is a good thing, blood is natural, blue party, Brian, cat parents, cats scratch, color wheel, creating new words, Democrats, dislike color red, five cats, heart shapes, I’m a scratching post, loving your cats, make up words, misspelling, panicking, Patti, Pearl Harbor, positive current, proud of my scars, racism, racisming, racist attacks, red blood, red emergency lights, red party, red text in bible, red wire, remembering history, Republicans, scars, spell checker, stupid around sharp objects, thoughts, Thoughts papers, writing