Tag: cats

• Knowing, Accepting, and Pointing Out My Thoughts – Thoughts from October 28 and 30, 2023

  

  October 28, 2023 “I don’t know why I did that.” I have never said this phrase unless I don’t want to admit why I’m doing something. The statement may come out of my mouth, but I always know why I do things. If I trip over something, I know why I tripped. Usually, the answer…

  Brian Kirwan

  September 24, 2024

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  2023, accepting all realities, admitting why, aware of what I’m doing, bad behavior, being appreciated, being distraced, believing the lies, cats, completely accepting, crap I accept, explaining my actions, hyper aware, I don’t know why I did that, I’m full of crap, ignorance, incorporating lies into personality, lying to yourself, not based on my opinion, Patti, people don’t want to accept reality, pointing out lies, professionals, proven realities, quantum physics reasoning, Reality Acceptance, RealityAcceptance.com, silly reasons, theoretical realities, thoughts, Thoughts papers, words being ignored

• Misunderstanding Words and Loving Vacuuming – Thoughts from October 9 and 12, 2023

  

  October 9, 2023 For many years, I have misunderstood what “tenure” meant. Much of my life, I thought it meant when a teacher reached ten years of teaching. If they lasted that long, they couldn’t fire them. Recently, I heard some talk about getting tenure after two years. I told Patti about what I thought…

  Brian Kirwan

  September 10, 2024

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  2023, A-holes, better off not knowing, cats, Civil War, days off, days off in a row, different President, English degree, enjoying vacuuming, guilty vacuuming, hard time firing tenured teacher, history of horrible things, ignorance, ignoring people, lack of interest, learning from our past, Mason-Dixon line, my sci-fi world, not creating something, Patti, phone on speaker, seperating states, slavery, strange person, teacher reaching tenure, teaching, tenure, thoughts, using technology politely, vacuuming house, walking and talking on the phone, watching videos, weekends, what should be is not what is, working on my computer

• Stressing Over Bills and Presidents – Thoughts from August 1 and 2, 2023

  

  August 1, 2023 I talked to my dash cam today for the first time in a while. I realized the last time I dash camed was before Quest started getting sick. My dash caming stopped when I was changing out my NAS (Network-Attached Storage) hard drives. I didn’t want to add any videos to it…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 23, 2024

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  $666, 2023, being a good person and not good at being religious, blind cat, by Christians for Christians, cat, cats, charges against Trump, checkbook, credit cards, dash-cam, defense mode, electric bill, Excel worksheet, freeway shenanigans, groceries, high electric bill, I don’t watch the news, leaving the door open, NAS (Network-Attached Storage), Obama, Patti, paying the bills, Payless Shoes, pure shock, Quest, seting the tmperature, stupidity on the freeway, technology, thoughts, Trump on the news, US presidents have been Christians, videos, working from home

• Blaring phones and Two Year Old Cats – Thoughts from July 24 and 25, 2023

  

  July 24, 2023 I went into a break room to have my lunch and there was only one other person in there. The volume on her phone was blaring. I stood it as long as I could and asked her to turn it down. She was immediately rude and asked me why she should turn…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 16, 2024

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  2023, asked her to turn it down, back spasms, bad behavior, Beatrix, behavior, being rude, cat siblings, cat years, cat’s birthday, cats, choosing to be rude, conflict, didn’t want to get involved, how you treat strangers shows how good a person you are, human years, immediately rude, kittens, looking to have an attitude, loud phone, Luna, neighbor complaining, oldest cat, only control in life, Other People Exist, overbearing parents, Patti, people who don’t care about others, Quest, relating the story calms me, Scout, senior cat, shaky hand, short entry, super senior cat, the littles, thoughts, Thoughts papers, vet birthday card, Willow

• Never Seeing Quest Again – Thoughts from July 18, 2023

  

  I just got a call at work from Patti about Quest. Quest was in our bedroom on the floor, and she couldn’t lift her head. Patti’s sister came over and they are going to take Quest to the vet. Patti and I dealt with this situation before. Sister (the cat) had the same thing happen…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 9, 2024

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  2023, acting differently because of loss, bedroom, Blaze, blind cat, cat, cat dealing with loss, cats, couldn’t lift her head, death, end to suffering, fear, feeling her absence, four furry faces, getting used to the loss, growling cat, hostility, kittens, last time I saw her, losing a family member, meeting as kittens, missing Quest, mix of happiness and saddness, obsessive, one cat less, Patti, putting cat to sleep, Quest, reminders of her, Scout, Sister, Slash, slideshow, tearing up, teary-eyed, thoughts, tolerating her, too aggressive, typing, vet, Willow, work, writing

• Thinking About Quest – Thoughts from July 16, 2023

  

  I’ve become the guy who brings down the room by talking about Quest going blind. I can’t really talk about anything else because it’s the only thing on my mind. She just turned thirteen years old and I don’t know if she’s going to make it to fourteen. I tell people her age and they…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 2, 2024

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  2023, backing up data, Blaze, blind cat, cat, cats, cloudiness in her eyes, dad, don’ want her to suffer, following the sound of my voice, hard drives, kittens, mom, NAS, nerdy, nerdy stories, Network Attached Storage, older cat, older pet, Quest, Quest is blind, sadness, Scout, thinking, thinking about Quest, thirteen year old cat, thoughts, writing

• American Disfunctional Family – Thoughts from June 25 and 30, 2023

  

  June 25, 2023 I’ve been back to work for two days now. I’m still feeling tired, itchy, puffy, and not quite back to normal. The one thing I didn’t miss while on vacation was my difficulty breathing at home. In bed, my office, and while watching TV, I’m surrounded by fur in the form of…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 18, 2024

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  2023, American, black clothes and hair, buck teeth, calling myself fat, cats, difficulty breathing, family, fur, headache, house hunting show, in-ear headphones, itchy, mom, mother, nasty old woman, not typical American, older woman, over-the-ear headphones, overweight and obese people, Patti, permanent scowl, proof, puffy, religion, sit and be quiet, smart phone, spanking, thoughts, throat sinuses and breathing, tired, TV, unhappy family, vacation, wi-fi, young girl, young man, young woman

• Our Hermit Crab, Peacock, and Rooster Friends – Thoughts from June 16 to 18, 2023

  

  June 16, 2023 It’s Friday and I think we all know what that means. Usually, it means grocery shopping at home, but today it’s vacation shopping. Patti is looking for a bag for the cat sitter and guardian of our girls while we’re here in paradise. We lost water this morning before we could shower.…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 6, 2024

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  2023, Asian cuisine, birds, black rooster, cat sitter, cats, cats fighting, cock-a-doodle-doo, Competition ruins everything, drinking at the pool bar, earplugs, eye mask, fruit sticks, grocery shopping, hermit crab, last smoking vacation, normal diet, noticing animals, numb butt, paperback book, Patti, peacock, pool, pool lounger, pool volleyball, reading, red feathers, rooster friend, shopping, showering at night, showering in the morning, sleeping, smoking, swimming, thoughts, Thoughts paper, vacation, Vacation Land, vacation problems, vacation shopping, white Kindle, writing

• 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

• Sexist Old Men and Unpleasant Pets – Thoughts from April 30 and May 06, 2023

  

  April 30, 2023 Last day of the month, here we are. I want to start this Thoughts paper with a thought from yesterday. I was in a van of older gentlemen and they started talking about comedians. One of them said he doesn’t like female comedians that speak vulgarly. As part of that, he mentioned…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 16, 2024

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  1970s, 2022, 2023, Amy Schumer, animals, attitudes about women, Bill Cosby, blogging, cats, childhood, comedians, diary entry dribble, Disneyland, dogs, educate yourself, farms, female comedians, female lead, female led comedies, fish, Fritz, fury raging inside me, good behavior, growing up on a farm, hamsters, humor, listening to women, male comedians, male executives, male-centric forms of entertainment, memoirs, minds in the past, old man lead, older gentlemen, period humor, periods, pets, pure breed, questioning things, roosters, sexist men, sports, stored-up thoughts, thoughts, Thoughts paper, ugly, unwritten, vulgar comedians, vulgarity, women are better than men, writing