Tag: discriminatory practices

• Contact Sports, Lesbians, and Streaming Services – Thoughts from February 11 to 25, 2024

  

  February 11, 2024 This is a day when I wish I hadn’t decided not to swear in my Thoughts papers. Today is Super Bowl Sunday (insert puke noise here). As usual on this day each year, there were a huge amount of A-holes on the freeway. At work, they had nachos, donuts, and cookies. I…

  Brian Kirwan

  December 10, 2024

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  2024, adulting, American football, baseball, boxing, cards with cats, Conservatives have power, contact sports, coughing, creating media, CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy), Democrats and Republicans, discriminatory practices, Dr. Bennet Omalu, God she doesn’t believe in, inhumane sport, inventing religious beliefs, leaking water, lesbian, LGBTQ, Liberals have people, married adult, money hides reality, monthly subscriptions, my team, other people, our team, Patti, religious beliefs, replacing siding, sore throat, Streaming services, super bowl Sunday, thoughts, Thoughts papers, tonsil removal tools, Valentine's Day

• Failure is Always an Option – Thoughts from January 28, 2023

  

  I’m starting this Thoughts paper to get it out of the way. I don’t really have anything to talk about yet, but starting is always the first step to any endeavor. Your journey begins with a single step. That’s what they used to say back in the ableist past. If you don’t have feet or…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 26, 2024

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  2023, ableism, ableist, ancestors, appreciate other weirdos, conversations in my dreams, conversations with myself, discrimination, discriminatory language, discriminatory practices, ethics, failure is how you learn, Failure is not an option, feeling like a weirdo, Frank Zappa, good answer, horrible person, horrible things, I relate to other weird people, I should be saying something, illogical rules, isolated communities, language, logical and ethical, making my thoughts understandable to others, ready to go statements, religions, shallow goals, starting is the first step, That’s a good question, thinking in feelings, thinking in images, thinking in sounds, thinking in words, thoughts, Thoughts paper, update your vocabulary, words created by isolated communities

• Thanksgiving – Thoughts from November 21 and 27, 2022

  

  November 21, 2022 I’m listening to Jenny Lawson’s book Broken and have listened to others by her. Like me, she has anxiety issues and thinks weird thoughts. I’m enjoying it. It turns out I enjoy hearing other people’s weird thoughts as much as writing my own. I like people I can relate to. I can’t…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 1, 2024

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  2022, addicted, addictions, America, anxiety issues, arguments, arguments with relatives, author, being a sidekick, belief, book, Broken, celebrate my flaws, Competition ruins everything, debt, demeaning, disagreement, discriminatory practices, equal partner, flaws are relatable, forgiving student loan debt, future consequences, help young people, Jenny Lawson, literary works, non-smoking, normalized discrimination, older people, other points of view, Patti, pleasant conversations, political leanings, privilege, promise of money, removing personality, resources, smoking, Thanksgiving, the addict I love, thoughts, weird thoughts, word choice, writing, youngsters