Tag: non-religious

• 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

• Things Not Said, No Shoes, and Happy Holidays – Thoughts from December 24, 2024

  

  For Christmas Eve, Patti and I went to our niece and nephew’s house. Patti’s sister, three of her sister’s sons, and an assortment of other people like me were there. Patti’s grandniece (a term I had to look up) was there, which I only mention because she was the adoptive parent of one of Scout’s…

  Brian Kirwan

  November 18, 2025

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  2024, age ranges, caring about each other, Christianity, Christmas Eve, Christmas time, conservative, Conservatives, fectional story, generations, getting together with family and friends, grandniece, Happy Holidays, issues, Judaism, liberal, liberals, Merry Christmas, modern world, nativity scenes, new baby, no drama, no shoes, no shoes inside, non-believers, non-religious, old nerd, other ways of thinking, out of touch with reality, Patti, political subjects, politics, provoke believers, religion, religious decorations, religious traditions, Santa Claus, Scout, shoes or slippers, six kittens, socks only, socks with no holes, technology, things not said, thoughts, uncomfortable silences

• Politics and Route 66 Trips – Thoughts from August 4, 2024

  

  August 4, 2024 This is going to be a different kind of Thoughts paper. These might look like the regular words I use, but don’t be fooled. I’m writing them under a change tree. What’s a change tree? It’s the tree of change, of course. I’ve never been a fan of change. It always comes…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 8, 2025

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  2020 election, 2024, anxiety, being liberal, birthday, caring about others, change, complaining, conservative, conversation, enough old white men in politics, interrupted routines, it is not perfect but nothing is, itinerary of the trip, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, liberal, looking conservative, non-religious, Patti, prepared for change, Reality Acceptance party, religious beliefs, respresent all Americans, Route 66, routines, running for President, sad and miserable people, scientific facts, talking points, thoughts, Thoughts paper, under a change tree, vacation, vice president, winging things

• No Memory for Names – Thoughts from November 15 and 16, 2022

  

  November 15, 2022 I was listening to an episode of Sarah Silverman’s podcast with Patti and someone left a voicemail asking about a message she got from her child’s school nurse. The message informed her that her child’s weight was a health concern. The mom was super offended by the message and wanted to know…

  Brian Kirwan

  January 25, 2024

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  2022, America is overweigtht, atheist, bad parenting, believers, child’s weight, coaches, disagreements, fat virus, first generation atheist, fitness craze, forget I know something, forget the name, health concern, health expert, healthy weight, inappropriate, memory for names, non-believers, non-religious, offended, Patti, people not signaling, podcast, reality denial, religious reasons, reminded of my knowledge, Santa Claus, Sarah Silverman, school nurse, signaling the wrong way, sneak up on my memory, supernatural things, thoughts, trainers, weight problem

• Cranky Old Men – Thoughts from October 25 and November 1, 2022

  

  October 25, 2022 I noticed coming into work today a cranky old man driving an old car who was mouthing angry words to an RV who was cutting him off. This was ironic when you consider most RVs are driven by cranky old men. I never saw the driver of the RV so I can’t…

  Brian Kirwan

  January 18, 2024

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  1997, 2022, a following, age 27, angry words, bitterness, cranky old man, cranky old man’s hair, cranky old women, Disney stuff, feminine traits, hating everything and everyone, hatred of change, lack of imagination, married, non-religious, not being able to be yourself, Patti, plaid shirt, religious not gay, RV, sign of being gay, thinks, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, Thoughts from Life blog, Thouts papers, tried being manly, wedding anniversary

• Did You Do Anything Fun Today? – Thoughts from April 23 and 24, 2022

  

  April 23, 2022 I asked Patti in a text if she did anything fun today and she said, “Like what?” That’s not exactly what she typed, but I wouldn’t be able to capitalize anything or use punctuation correctly to truly represent it. I would probably get a similar response from other people if I asked…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 3, 2023

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  2022, apathy, boring people, brain is rebelling, cold, conversations, cranky Brian, days off, do not like metaphors, emotionally, emotions, facinated, feeling, fun, fun people, fun things, getting through the day, God, happiness, have fun, headache, health, ignore life, Jesus, joke around, lack of dreams, lack of sleep, metaphorical crap, missing sleep, non-relatable, non-religious, Patti, religious, short rewards, sinus headaches, sleep, soul music, soulmate, souls, spirit, staring at their phones, text, the body is complex, thoughts, weather

• August 22, 1997 – Thoughts from Life 2

  

  First, let me make something perfectly clear (to steal a phrase from a man who stole the innocence out from under America). This is not a sequel to Thoughts from Life. It is merely a continuance of my thoughts as the title suggests (Okay, the title out-and-out states it). I’m not saying that all sequels…

  Brian Kirwan

  November 8, 2022

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  1976, 1997, 4th grade, 6th grade, adulthood, atheist, behind-the-scenes, cat, cats, devil, dogs, embarassment, eyelash, fantasy, friend, Garfield, humor, Jean-Michel Jarre, Jim Davis, Junior High School, Jurassic Park, kids, Kimberly, little sleep, making of, Mickey Mouse, Nixon, non-religious, not having to sleep, offend, personal brain scheduler, religion, self-centered, stories, Thoughts from Life, tired