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• Breaking Down and Starting Over – Thoughts from February 23, 2026

  

  Let’s go back in time and relive a horrible time in my life. If that makes you want to read on, you are a sick person. For all you sick people who are still here, I need to set the scene. The following happened in about November to December 2009. When you read what happened,…

  Brian Kirwan

  September 15, 2026

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  2009, 2010, 2026, anger, anxiety, anxiety and depression, anxiety medication, before Thanksgiving, being happy, dealing with my anxiety, depression, despair, dredging up old feelings, drooling, fears, financial downfall, frustration, future world of joy, giving up on everything, happier future life, homeopathic medicine and chiropractors, horrible time in my life, I needed help, I was fired, looking for work, mental health, mental health appointment, mental health issues, miserable jobs, my breakdown, nephew, not knowing what to do, Patti, psychiatrist, relive difficult emotions, reliving the worst time in my life, seeing a therapist, spiral of depression, starting over, temporary job, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, three cats, trauatic time in my life, uncontrolled frustration, unemployment, why I left my previous position, yelling and slobbering

• Cinco de Mayo, Retirement, and Seeing Cubs – Thoughts from May 5 and 11, 2024

  

  May 5, 2024 As I mentioned yesterday, today is Cinco de Mayo. Someone joked that no one knows what it’s about. I could use my research I did yesterday to inform him that everyone knows it’s about the victory of Mexico over France in 1862. My heart would grow three times larger if he thought…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 4, 2025

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  1862, 2024, additional destinations, babies, baby boy, cats, Cinco de Mayo, clever, cold water, disgusted by fast food, enjoying vacuuming, extra errands, falling, freaking out the cats, humor, just watching me, knowing stuff, knowledge off the top of my head, nephew, non-refrigerated water, not eating, Patti, pizza eating, research, retirement, retiring, roasting people, sleeping baby, The Lion King, thoughts, Thoughts paper, tiger cubs, tiger documentary, tigers, tigers hunt kill and eat, trimming bushes, tv shows, vacuuming, Walmart, watch tv, workshopping ideas, writing, writing in retirement card

• Birth, Falling, and Our Stories – Thoughts from April 27, 2024

  

  The biggest thing that happened today is the birth of our nephew and his wife’s baby boy. I’m really hoping I can reword that first sentence when I edit this Thoughts paper. Now that I’ve mentioned wanting to edit it, I’ll have to leave it as it is so you can see what I’m talking…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 18, 2025

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  2024, addiction, baby birth, baby boy, bad-ass look, behavior to avoid, being a good person, being clumsy, birthmark, black eye, brighter news, competition, cooperation, dad, developing my writing, diabetes, dreams, dying of alcoholism, dying of smoking, falling, falling on stairs, grandfather, group pride, labor, memoirs and autobiographies, mom, my story, nephew, no cigarettes, non-presence, not smoking, Patti, people’s stories, permanent markings, pride and shame, probing, publishing a blog, quiting smoking, quitting for good, religion, see a doctor, serious falls, seven deadly sins, the word pride, thoughts, Thoughts paper, trimming the bushes, writing

• Visiting LAs Art District and My Past – Thoughts from April 20, 2024

  

  Appropriately for today, I will point out the times recently when I have smelled marijuana around me. This, of course, is 420, man. I’ve never smoked … well, anything, but no one I know has ever even smoked marijuana around me. I only know what it smells like because it smells like skunk. This has…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 4, 2025

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  2024, 420, apartment, arcades in the 80s, art district, artsy furniture, classic arcade and pinball bar, decorating aesthetic, deli, expensive cars, fancy amenities, food experiences, freeway, Frogger, gourmet grocery store, hip clientele, humor, items that make a statement, Jesus Christ Superstar album, lack of a TV, local restaurant, Los Angeles, LP collection, macaroni salad, marijuana smell, Mexican food, minimalism, nephew, Patti, people who don’t have a TV, Philippe’s, pinball machines, purple egg, sawdust on the ground, smelling dead skunks on the freeway, smells like skunk, smoking marijuana, sweet potato tacos, Tapper, taxes, thoughts, Tron, unique Asian items, vegan status, Vegas, video games, well-paid creatives, western religions traveling east

• Rum Coffee for Breakfast – Thoughts from December 28, 2022

  

  Continuing my last Thoughts paper, I will talk about the joy that was Christmas Day. I got up about 11:30 am and Patti got up just before me. The coffee machine was still making coffee. I wanted to mention one of Patti’s presents at that point (a new coffee machine), but I’m glad I didn’t…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 29, 2024

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  2022, 52-year-old child, Amazon, Beatrix, breakfast, building Lego, cat tongue, cats, cats instead of kids, Christmas Day, coffee filders, coffee machine, fancy pillow, gift card, gifts, hash browns, It tasted really good, Jamaican rum cream, Lego, Lego penguin, lick my hair, love fest, Luna, mimosa, my inner child, nephew, normal breakfast, opinion about food, Patti, pink hamster, Scout, sliced tomatoes, stretching, therapy light, thoughts, Thoughts paper, vegan eggs and sausage, Willow, wonder product

• Headed to Disneyland – Thoughts from November 10, 2004

  

  All the songs on my MP3 player are sad songs. I need to change that. I need high-energy songs now. This whole “new chapter in my life” thing is happening, and I need to get excited and energized about it. I’m starting my training at Disneyland at 10:00 AM this Saturday. Brad, who I talked…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 6, 2023

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  2004, animation, apart inside, bills, birthday, Brian's Brain, Cameron, computer, creative endeavors, depressed, Disney look, Disneyland, drama, drawing, drunk, Flash animation, hidden drama, job, job fair, jobless, laptop, MP3 player, nephew, new chapter in my life, part-time, Patti, sad songs, selfish, soundtrack, spontaneous decision, storyboards, television, thoughts, Thoughts paper, To Do List, tragedy, training, unhappy, vague, writing