Tag: interests

• Me, Casual Conversations, and My Birth Certificate – Thoughts from January 21 and 27, 2024

  

  January 21, 2024 As someone was talking about watching a football game and getting riled up, I had an existential crisis as I listened. I felt an urge to point out how I could never have a conversation about such a reprehensible sport. I held my tongue, but it made me wonder if I’m ever…

  Brian Kirwan

  November 26, 2024

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  2024, average people, birth certificate, caring about others, casual conversations, everyday conversations, exaggerating who we are, football, grades from school, honor role, how others view you, interesting conversations, interests, junior high, knowing yourself, miserable, no friends, not a rebel, Patti, perfect attendance, places we don’t go, quitting smoking, reprehensible sport, retirement, routines, sports, stressful job, talking about personal things, thoughts, too honest to lie, understanding, what should be is not what is, who you actually are

• Experiencing Things not Made for Me, Including Silence – Thoughts from December 3 and 6, 2023

  

  December 3, 2023 English is my first language. I don’t really have a second language, unless you count Nerd as a language. Sometimes, I wish I spoke another language well enough to have conversations, but not enough to put in the time to actually do it. I have delved deeply into English enough to keep…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 22, 2024

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  2023, a good person, audio examples, audiobook, autobiography, Barbra Streisand, belief, bribing our kids, Christmas, Christmas myths, common ground, diverse people, English language, enjoy the fantasies, experiencing things not made for me, good at urination, good for goodness sake, history books, hypocrites, interesting conversations, interesting people, interests, kids watch what you do, libraries, lying to kids, movies, music, nerd language, people disturbed by silence, people’s stories, restroom, Santa, Santa Claus, second language, silence, silence is unnatural, silence makes me anxtious, silent library, silent restroom, silent room, songs, straight white man, telling kids about Santa, The Nightmare Before Christmas, thoughts, toilet, treating strangers badly, urinal

• New People, Laundry, and Insecurities – Thoughts from August 5 and 6, 2023

  

  August 5, 2023 When I meet someone new at work, I try to find out work related things first and then move on to their interests. No one completely loses me with their interests, but I find myself less enthused about what some people find interesting. Sports is one of those things. Many people assume…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 25, 2024

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  2023, atheism, baseball fan, behind-the-scenes, being an atheist, blog, Brian Kirwan, difficult discussions, dislikes reveal insecurities, emotional distress, ethical problems, fake smiles, fears and emotional state, flaws are interesting, forwarding to Facebook, highly cultivated version of the world, interests, laundry night, lyrics, meet someone new, Patti, people hide interesting parts, perfect people are boring, perfection doesn’t exist, presenting your fake life, religion, religious discussions, religious phrases, religious symbols, songs are good despite their lyrics, sports, sports conversations, subjects of songs, texting, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, Thoughts paper, Thoughts papers, waiting on the towels, wife, WordPress postings

• Automatic Paper Towel Dispensers and Speaking Cat – Thoughts from March 5 and 8, 2023

  

  March 5, 2023 I’ve been listening to a book called Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin. She is autistic and has a similar connection to animals that I have. I speak fluent cat and could learn to speak other animal languages. The languages of other animals are mostly non-verbal. Many people have a problem with…

  Brian Kirwan

  April 16, 2024

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  2023, abnormal behavior, animal languages, animal senses, animals, Animals in Translation, autism, automatic paper towel dispenser, communicating, connection to animals, fast medium and slow, human behavior, I speak cat, interests, jobs, judge a restroom, looking to money to make us happy, money, money can’t buy love or happiness, nicer restrooms, non-verbal languages, obsessing over money, Patti, physical language, restroom, sights sounds or smells, slow dispensers, speaking cat, speaking English to cats, super poor, super rich, Temple Grandin, thoughts, tiny switches, tone, unnatural lives, written language

• Writing Ads – Thoughts from July 6 and 7, 2022

  

  July 6, 2022 I decided that my pseudonym for my fictional writing is B. P. Kirwan. Luckily, I can use my same Amazon account. (Future note: This was all I said on this day. I had apparently only started the thought because I didn’t have a period on the last sentence. My plan is still…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 31, 2023

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  2022, action movies, ads, affective ads, Amazon, B. P. Kirwan, being nasty, being nasty on the Internet, car commercials, category, cats, conservative ads, entertaining ads, Facebook ads, fantasy, female brain, female inside, female writer, fiction writing, fictional writing, future note, Google, hateful, hateful ads, hateful to me, Hulu, ignore ads, inevitable, interests, male writer, man on the outside, Netflix, no ads, no religion, nonfiction writing, offensive, pop-up blockers, pre-judged, pseudonym, Reality Acceptance, relevance, religious ads, religious and conservative, right audience, settings, simple minded, thou shalt not hate, thoughts, toilet paper doesn’t need ads, TV ads, typical man, websites, writing

• Conversations – Thoughts from May 10 to 21, 2022

  

  May 10, 2022 It seems like I am the only old person who is relatively happy with the way things are today. I heard several conversations today from older people who were complaining about what they could do or buy that they can’t anymore. When I’m waxing nostalgic, I’m usually talking about how much better…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 17, 2023

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