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• My Fantastical Reality – Thoughts from August 12, 2024

  

  This Thursday, August 15, is my appointment to see a throat specialist. I mostly just want to find out what is wrong with my throat. After that, I want to find out what they can do to fix it. I’ve been experimenting with different toothpastes to see if they could be irritating my throat. My…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 15, 2025

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• Sitcom Decisions and Nostalgic Nerds – Thoughts from March 18 and 22, 2023

  

  March 18, 2023 I was thinking today about making sitcom decisions. Sitcom decisions mainly use lies to avoid making actual decisions. Lying to your spouse about doing something you forgot to do is a sitcom decision. Characters make decisions in sitcoms purely for comedic purposes. Sitcoms have taught us dangerous and absurd life lessons that…

  Brian Kirwan

  April 18, 2024

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• 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

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• Writer Dude Stories – Thoughts from July 24, 2022

  

  We have a new person who works in our department who I hardly ever see because she works mornings and I work at night. I told her, “I hardly ever see you. Tell me something interesting about yourself.” She told me about her past jobs and that one of her sons has autism. She talked…

  Brian Kirwan

  November 16, 2023

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