Tag: outside cat

• Fugitives, Relocating, and a Possum Named Steve – Thoughts from January 10, 2026

  

  Patti and I are fugitives. If that doesn’t make you interested, I don’t know what will. In case this is the first Thoughts from Life you’ve ever read; I’ll briefly explain the situation. Patti (my wife) and I (me/Brian) have adopted an outside cat (Archie). We would let him come into the house, but we…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 30, 2026

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  2026, an opossum is in the trap, animal trap, apple pieces, Archie, Brian, bushes to hide, California, cats, Competition ruins everything, cut up apple, fugitives, giant rat tail, illegal activities, illegal to relocate a possum, illegal to relocate a raccoon, meowing endlessly, opossum, outside cat, Patti, Patti’s truck, porch, possum, possum’s open mouth, proper punctuation and grammar, Scout, slim chance of survival, Steve, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, trapdoor closed, undisclosed location, wire cutters, zip-tied door

• Triggered Traps and Monster Wreaths – Thoughts from December 13 and 17, 2025

  

  December 13, 2025 For those of you who were waiting on an update to the trap in our yard, I have the first happening since we put it out and filled it with apple cores. To catch up, our outside cat, Archie, was having his food eaten by one of the animals in our backyard.…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 9, 2026

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  2025, animal trap, apple cores, Archie, atheism, backyard animals, bow on the door, cat in a stocking, cats, Christmas, Christmas decorations, Christmas town, Easter bunny, favorite movies, giant Hello Kitty, Jack Skellington, learning from your mistakes, monster wreath, neighborhood cat, opossum, outdoor decorations, outside cat, Patti, plastic coat hanger, raccoon, religious decorations, relocating a raccoon, Santa, smart animals, squeezed out like a hamster, Stitch in a Santa hat, taking religion out of American holidays, The Nightmare Before Christmas, thoughts, trapdoor closed, triggered the trap, zip ties

• Archie, Other Animals, and Building Skills – Thoughts from November 18, 2025

  

  Along with Archie chewing on a mouse that I mentioned in my last Thoughts from Life, there is a new story involving Archie and a cast of other animals. Because I work at night, I come home at about 1:00 in the morning. When driving into my spot beside Patti’s truck, I saw Archie on…

  Brian Kirwan

  April 28, 2026

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  2025, adding to the chaos, anchor point, animals eating cat food, Archie, attaching cabinet to the wall, backyard animals, barking aggressively, Beatrix, building skills, cabinet between two vents, cast of animals, cut off connection points, drawings, food and water, fout indoor cats, hiding under a chair, inside cats, kitchen remodel, large dogs, large headed raccoon, Luna, measurements, meowing, new tools, outside cat, Patti, planning, planning for future cabinets, porch, raccoon, Scout, small notepad, splotchy black cat, stray male cat, sups, thoughts, wet cat food, Willow

• Playing with Mice, the Mean Streets, and Infections – Thought from November 11, 2025

  

  Full disclosure, I wrote this on a different day, but 11/11 is such a cool day. It was at least around this day when these things happened. I could have just said nothing about my rearranging of time, but I like to keep these Thoughts from Life interactive. If I’m fully disclosing everything, I should…

  Brian Kirwan

  April 21, 2026

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  11/11, 2025, 2026, Archie, Archie’s game, being cruel to the mouse, cat acting like a cat, cat bite, cats, cats from the mean streets, chasing a mouse, chewing on the mouse, distracted by us watching, doing what cats do, drawing blood, four cats, healing slowly, holding a mouse in his mouth, infection from cat bite, infection from the mouse, keeping physically active, large red mark on her arm, losing the mouse, mouse catch, mouser, mousing capabilities, outside cat, Patti, Patti’s health, physical activity, playing with a mouse, playing with a real mouse, retirement, scars for weeks, Scout, staying healthy, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, written by artificial intelligence

• Continued Remodeling, No Kings, and Outside Cats – Thoughts from October 19, 2025 – Part 2

  

  This is part two of my article from October 19, but you know that from reading the title. When I was last blathering on about Patti’s kitchen remodel, I talked about nature’s body glue. Actually, it was about a cracked cabinet that we had to return. Because we had to return it, I couldn’t build…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 17, 2026

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  2025, 34 felony counts, Archie, avoid watching or listening to the news, being impeached, better than doing nothing, birthday, bringing outside cat into the house, cat collar, corner cabinet, cracked cabinet, defending his territory, difficulty factor, four female cats, hateful asshat, horrible President, kitchen remodel, nature’s body glue, No Kings, orange male cat, outside cat, Patti, protests, retirement, sink cabinet, thoughts, up to eleven, upper cabinet converted to a lower cabinet, using a litter box, vocal cat, what is happening to America