Tag: dietary restrictions

• 20 Years of Happiness – Thoughts from March 12, 2026 – Part 1

  

  My start date at Disneyland was March 13, 2005, even though I started working on November 13, 2004. It took me six months to get full time. I was 34 years old when I started working at Disney. Today is one day before my 21-year celebration, but I’m celebrating my 20-year anniversary with Disney. The…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 13, 2026

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  20-year anniversary, 2004, 2005, 2026, anniversary celebration, anticipation, avoiding menthol cough drops, basket full of kittens, beer, beer drinkers are weird, best drinks and food, dietary restrictions, Disney, Disneyland, Disneyland Park, favorite fur person, I feel old, introducing Patti, light up ice cubes, magical night, Mickey Mouse, musicians, pandemic, Patti, Radiator Springs Racers, riding alone was over, self-control, singer, thoughts, unlimited drinks, unlimited food, Walt Disney

• Hosting Christmas Eve and Remote Controlled Gift Frenzies – Thoughts from December 30, 2025

  

  Patti and I hosted Christmas Eve, but we couldn’t do it at our house because our kitchen and the rest of the house are not usable. I planned to work on the kitchen on my four days off from work, but rain prevented it. We had our hosting night at Patti’s sister’s house. It’s much…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 16, 2026

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  2025, Archie, asleep on the floor, battery powered tools, blindfold with eyelashes, blindfolded, cats, cats freaking out, Christmas Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas games, cotton balls as snowballs, dietary restrictions, enourmous kitchen, exchanged gifts, gift exchange frenzy, gifts for a child, growling bear, hosting Christmas Eve, kitchen island, kitchen remodel, leftovers, meowing, new carpet, no shoes rule, our cluttered house, outside noises, overflowing cotton balls, packing the car in the rain, Patti, Patti’s nephew, presents, rain, remote controlled Disney characters, Scout, Scout’s kids, shoes off, snoring, stuffed mushrooms, thoughts, younger relatives

• Horrible People, Gravelly Throats, and Autobiographies – Thoughts from November 9 to 23, 2024

  

  November 9, 2024 I need to write now more than ever, but I’m afraid of what I’m going to say. When Patti and I took our trip along Route 66, there were Trump signs almost every mile as we drove. We knew there was a huge section of America that ignored every horrible thing Trump…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 28, 2025

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  2024, acid reducer, addictions, avoiding family members, being abused, Brian Wilson autobiography, comedy autobiographies, conceptual and performance artist, dietary restrictions, documentary, get it lasered off, gravelly voice, hateful renaissance, HBO, Laughlin, Marina Abramović, medication, medication helping?, mental health issues, misinformation and hate, miss singing in the car, music-making, musical process, negative influence, Patti, people rewarded for horrible behavior, prescription, prescription strength, progress, Republicans, Route 66, stomach pain, Thanksgiving, The Artist is Present, The Beach Boys, thoughts, throat doctor, torture herself for art, Trump signs, vocal cord polyp, worst of the worst people, worst President in history