Tag: nerds

• Sleeping In, Addictions, and Being a Control Freak – Thoughts from February 24, 2025

  

  The best way to start this Thoughts paper is just to start it. I have many things I want to talk about, but don’t know where to begin. The ongoing saga of working on the house continues. I have a few pieces of trim to fix, but we’re down to just finishing the painting. The…

  Brian Kirwan

  December 23, 2025

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  2024, addiction, alcoholics, Alcoholics Anonymous, belief in a higher power, Christian based organization, cigarette pack, completist, craving sugar, dad smoked, denial, drinking too much, fixing the trim, flood of emotions, holding them to get through cravings, I’m an atheist, illicit drugs, meetings held in churches, mental health, mentionaing God, mini vacation, Narcotics Anonymous, nerds, non-religious, non-religious programs for addiction recovery, not in control, painting, Patti, proof of denial, pure sugar, sleeping late, smoking, social drinker, substance take control, sugar addiction, thinking clearly, thoughts, Thoughts paper, too much of a control freak, under the influence of a substance, weight goes up, working on the house

• The Force, IKEA, and Target – Thoughts from May 4, 2024

  

  The force isn’t a real thing, but May the Fourth is. Star Wars nerds unite on this day to celebrate what’s wrong with the movies and television shows they love. I collect Star Wars things, but I’m not obsessive about it. This is just a day that I point out on the Nerd Mouse calendar…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 25, 2025

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  1862, 2024, art aficionado, artwork, Cinco de Mayo, containers, corn cob holders, discontinued items, drinking alcohol, garlic press, grocery items, IKEA, inexpensive stuff, May the fourth be with you, Nerd Mouse calendar, NerdMouse.com, nerds, off the shelves, Patti, plant balls, saving lives, Star Wars, store map, swallowable swords, Swedish cookies, Swedish meatballs, Target, tequila, thoughts, vegetables, veggie balls, wall hanging animal butts

• Scratchy Throat, Star Wars, and Super 8 Movies – Thoughts from February 8 and 10, 2024

  

  February 8, 2024 I’m sitting in Kaiser waiting for Patti to come out of her appointment for a pain that sounded like a kidney stone pain. While I was here, I got my flu and Covid shots. February 10, 2024 I was about to talk about this on February 8, but Patti finished her appointment…

  Brian Kirwan

  December 3, 2024

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• Space Alien – Thoughts from May 3 and 4, 2033

  

  May 3, 2022 I’m listening to a book that is an oral history of The Next Generation and subsequent Star Trek shows. They talked about Deep Space 9 which I never watched. Hearing a description of the show, I don’t think I’ll ever watch it. They talked about spirituality being a part of it, which…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 10, 2023

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