Tag: cats

• Loud Laughter, Ugliness, and Cat Fur – Thoughts from July 23 to 27, 2024

  

  July 23, 2024 There was a group of people who were talking about 100 feet from me. One member of the group had a laugh he bellowed several times which I could hear from where I was. Eventually, the entire group erupted into laughter at an equal volume to the bellower. Some people enjoy being…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 1, 2025

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  2024, bad ear, being allergic to cats, bellowing, blocking fur, cat allergy, cat fur, cats, cool numbers, day matches the year, disgust, fictional beings, four cats, good ear, group discussions, group insults, group topics, groups of people, Halloween candy, Halloween decorations, Halloween season, hearing aids, hearing test, humidifier, I thank myself for being weird, loud laughter, loud leaders, loud noises hurt my ear, mono hearing, parties, Patti, proper descriptions, scientific chart of ugliness, summer season, take a mental picture, the cats, the end of summer, thoughts, ugliness, ugly, ugly has no scale, ugly things don’t exist, unattractive things, wearing masks at night, weird squirrels

• Being Tired, Poop Schedules, and Genuine Friendships – Thoughts from June 4 and 8, 2024

  

  June 4, 2024 This is one of those entries that most people wouldn’t start. If you have nothing to write about, why would you start writing? I’m at the point that many people would call writer’s block. That doesn’t stop me. It just means you have nothing structured to write about, but there’s always a…

  Brian Kirwan

  April 22, 2025

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  2024, being tired, best man, breathing cat hair, casual and informal friends, cats, close friends, deep discussions, earplugs, eye mask, Facebook, follow-up questions, friends, genuine friends, getting married, Good friends talk about poop, Nerd Mouse calendar, normal questions, Patti, poop questions, poop schedule, poop schedule discussion, profound thought, Sebastian Bach autobiography, sore throat, spouses, surface level descussions, thoughts, tired, typing, wearing two masks to bed, weird questions, writer’s block, writing

• Cinco de Mayo, Retirement, and Seeing Cubs – Thoughts from May 5 and 11, 2024

  

  May 5, 2024 As I mentioned yesterday, today is Cinco de Mayo. Someone joked that no one knows what it’s about. I could use my research I did yesterday to inform him that everyone knows it’s about the victory of Mexico over France in 1862. My heart would grow three times larger if he thought…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 4, 2025

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  1862, 2024, additional destinations, babies, baby boy, cats, Cinco de Mayo, clever, cold water, disgusted by fast food, enjoying vacuuming, extra errands, falling, freaking out the cats, humor, just watching me, knowing stuff, knowledge off the top of my head, nephew, non-refrigerated water, not eating, Patti, pizza eating, research, retirement, retiring, roasting people, sleeping baby, The Lion King, thoughts, Thoughts paper, tiger cubs, tiger documentary, tigers, tigers hunt kill and eat, trimming bushes, tv shows, vacuuming, Walmart, watch tv, workshopping ideas, writing, writing in retirement card

• Through the Door, Not Smoking, and Being a Research Robot – Thoughts from April 21 and 24, 2024

  

  April 21, 2024 Walking through a closed door is a nerve-racking experience. You can usually guess what’s on the other side of it, but all bets are off if there’s a person on the other side. If you’ve had bad experiences with unwanted happenings behind closed doors, you might be anticipating a repeat of that…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 11, 2025

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  2024, anxiety evoking, behind closed doors, being rude, call instead of research, calling with a question, cats, fashionable people, fashionable shirts, Google, listening to a book, looking stylish, minimal amount of effort, no cigarettes, not smoking, Patti, personal research robot, reading what you type, restroom doors, restroom sights sounds and smells, robot me, shirt without buttons, something they could have answered themselves, text puzzle, the unknown, thoughts, unnecessary fashion accessories, utilitarian clothes, walk around with computers on us, walking through a closed door, wedding ring

• Vegas from Fremont Street – Thoughts from April 14, 2024

  

  Patti and I went to Vegas for five days and I didn’t write one word while I was there. Many things happened, but I was too busy eating, drinking, and gambling. Now, I’ll try to think back on the days and write about them. The first thing was leaving the cats knowing we wouldn’t be…

  Brian Kirwan

  January 28, 2025

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  2024, buffet, carpool raffle, cats, comedians, daily routine with cats, demanding a wheelchair, drag show, driving to Vegas, eating drinking and gambling, falling asleep, forgetting drivers license, Fremont Street, going to puke, half-naked people, Handsome podcast, Las Vegas, lesbians, liberal views, licking my hair, Long Island iced teas, loudspeakers, older server, oldest hotel in Vegas, Patti, people screaming, players club card, pure alcohol, several drinks past the limit, slurring words, smell of marjuana, stretching, themed slot machine, thoughts, Tig Notaro, truly big money, vacations, Vegas, Vegas at night, winning big money, writing, young women dancing on the bar

• Preparing for Vegas – Thoughts from April 6, 2024

  

  Patti and I drive out tomorrow to Las Vegas. She wants to leave the house at 11:00 am. You may consider that barely in the morning, but it’s what time I woke up this morning. I set the clock for 9:00 am so I can do some of my morning stuff. Yes, two hours is…

  Brian Kirwan

  January 21, 2025

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  2024, avoiding sweets, buffet, cats, cigarettes a day, cleaning litter boxes, cutting down smoking, drowning in the chocolate river, encouragement, entertaining thoughts, feeding cats, gaining weight, give away our room, hiding cats, Las Vegas, lost part of her sight, Patti, petting the cats, quit smoking, regular morning stuff, smoking less, thoughts, Thoughts papers, too drunk, vegan diet, Vegas trip, watching the cats, Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, writing on vacation

• Going Home, Laundry Day, and Cat Scratches – Thoughts from March 1 and 9, 2024

  

  March 1, 2024 I woke up about 9:00 am and all four of the cats were in bed with me. This was as good a time to get up as any. I looked at my phone and hadn’t heard from Patti. I texted her and told her I was up and to call me when…

  Brian Kirwan

  December 31, 2024

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  2024, AJ and the Queen, Aldi, Audible, autobiography, Beatrix, bleeding profusely, cat scratch, cats, cats in bed, creature of habit, daylight savings day, distractions, Drage Race, games with medications, going home, good story, grocery list, grocery shopping, hospital, laundry day, listening to audiobooks, Luna, making five meals for my work week, morning routine, operation smoke no more, Patti, Patti’s friend, Patti’s Sunday rules, personal lives, picture of cat scratch, prescribed asprin, prescriptions, produce, quiting smoking, quitting day, quitting smoking, retirement, rountine, RuPaul, Sam's Club, Scout, smoke free, Sunday is laundry day, the great American smoke out, thoughts, time math, Vegas, waiting to hear from the doctor, Walmarket, Walmart Market, whatever Patti says day, Willow

• Emergency Rooms, CT Scans, and Old Habits – Thoughts from February 29, 2024

  

  It’s leap day or leap year or however you say it. I’m at the emergency room with Patti. She woke up and was blind in her right eye. Eventually, she could see out of the top of her eye, but the lower half was gray and blocking her sight. Because Patti is Patti, she drove…

  Brian Kirwan

  December 24, 2024

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  2024, admitted to the hospital, alarms, be honest or be silent, bean dip, blind in her right eye, cat scan, cats, CT scan, denial, doctor, emergency room, feelings, freezing room, Fritos, health, health problems, hospital gowned, ignoring health with humor, leap year, mixed emotions, mixed nuts, mom cat, nurse, ophthalmology, overnight in the hospital, Patti, person who gets sick, phone by the bed, physical tests, quiting smoking, raisins, Scout, silence, smoke related health problems, smoking, stroke, strokes, thoughts, TV as a nightlight, work

• My Toy Store, Meowing Cat, and Broken Mirrors – Thoughts from January 13, 2024

  

  January 13, 2024 My office is slowly but surely looking like a toy store. I bought cubes and shelves to help me display them instead of piling them up in corners. I was questioning why I would have these things if I couldn’t see them. These are probably the last toys I will collect until…

  Brian Kirwan

  November 12, 2024

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  2024, being a collector, breaking mirrors, cat, cat food, cats, Disney, displaying toys, figurines, full voice meow, giant mirrors, good credit score, healthy cat food, low interest loan, Luna, meowing, my office, my toy store, my toys, Nightmare Before Christmas, old superstitions, organizing my finances, organizing my life, Patti, pay off credit cards, purchased at a discount, random crap, squirty poops, Star Wars, superstitious neighbors, thoughts, Thoughts paper, too much stuff, trash bag full of stuffed animals

• Tofurkey, Cats, and a Kidney Stone – Thoughts from January 7, 2024

  

  January 7, 2024 We’re already seven days into 2024 and this is my first Thoughts paper of the year. I have many things to talk about, but I just haven’t done it. Christmas and New Year were interesting. Patti and I were going to have tofurkey on Christmas Day but we were too sick. We…

  Brian Kirwan

  November 5, 2024

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  2023, 2024, Amazon, Beatrix, blotches of crap, cats, Christmas, drink more water, expensive cat food, gift card, grammar checker, kidney stone, lion’s mane for cats, litter box, Luna, new cat food, New Year, New Year’s Day, organizing office, organizing toys, Patti, plastic shelves, Scout, squirty poops, stackable cubes, the love cat, thoughts, Thoughts paper, tofurkey, toilet, vegan, vegetables, Willow