Tag: Patti

• Laughing at Conservatives – Thoughts from February 26, 2023

  

  This happened at the beginning of February, but I thought I’d talk about it before February runs out. Patti and I were grocery shopping and an older gentleman was walking around with a blazer on making him look like a professor at a college. For all I know, he was. As he walked by us,…

  Brian Kirwan

  April 9, 2024

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  1989, 2004, American flag, American right, blazer, California, caring about other people, Catholic school, Catholicism not for them, challenging people, comedy, cults, drug culture, East coast thing, future note, grocery shopping, grocery store, Have a blessed day, horrible President, humorous realities, idiot or A-hole, Isis, KKK, laughter, mob influence on night clubs, Mormons, Nazis, not a good person, older gentleman, Patti, polygamy, President, private Catholic school, private East coast world, private school, professor at a college, public school, Reagan is dead, Religion and comedy do not mix, religious affiliation, religious lead censorship, religious origins, reusable bag, Robin Williams, Ronald Reagan, thoughts, Thoughts papers, Trump, vaudeville

• Waiting at the Airport – Thoughts from February 16 to 25, 2023

  

  February 16, 2023 Well, here we are at the airport. I intended to write during our vacation, but didn’t. We are currently waiting for a flight that got delayed twice and is still four and a half hours from now. At least this flight didn’t get degraded like our flight coming to Florida. The worse…

  Brian Kirwan

  April 4, 2024

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  2023, airport, almost naked, behaving badly, Californians in the rain, digital video files, first-class, flight delayed, Florida, flying, home in our bed, home with the cats, how you treat strangers, I’m a good person, insane in the rain, knowing I’m a good person, lack of sleep, logic, low quality, LP (long play), Patti, rain all night, raining, sleeping on the plane, SLP (super long play), snow, snow in the desert, snowing, SP (standard play), stuck in the airport, thoughts, treating other people well, vacation, VCR recordings, writing

• Dad’s Backyard Used Car Lot – Thoughts from February 1 and 3, 2023

  

  February 1, 2023 We’re already one month into 2023 and I haven’t mistakenly written 2022 once. I don’t know if that’s even a thing anymore. People used to write checks and other things that required writing out the date, but we hardly have to write anything down these days, let alone the date. I would…

  Brian Kirwan

  April 2, 2024

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  2022, 2023, action films, action films bore me, action movie actors, backyard car lot, car breaking down, car’s dealer, character interactions, chase scenes, cliche dialog, dad, drinking, lost art, multiple schedules, my dad’s used car lot, new cars, non-action films, Patti, people’s handwriting, problem drinking, thoughts, Thoughts papers, trapped by a vacation, violence, writing checks, writing out the date, writing wrong year

• Money-Making Schemes and Metaphors – Thoughts from January 29 and 31, 2023

  

  January 29, 2023 I just want to start this Thoughts paper by telling you, the reader, how much I appreciate what you do. I don’t know what you do beyond reading these words, but I appreciate what you’re doing right now. There are many words you could be looking at and you chose mine. It…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 28, 2024

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  2023, 8 millimeter films, a quarter for grocery cart, Aldi, Animal Kingdom Lodge, Brian, Brian’s space movies, digitizing VHS home videos, Disney World, donuts, drinking in Vegas, exaggerating for comic effect, gas station, getting along with my sister, grocery shopping, I don’t lie, I don’t like poetry, I look like a Brian, metaphors, money-making scheme, my sister, my weirdness, news is useless, news on the screen at the pump, not a unique name, nothing is exactly like something else, one version of my name, parking lot, Patti, perfection doesn’t exist, reading, recent death on the news, Star Wars figures, stop motion films, the reader, thoughts, Thoughts paper, vacations, vacations are not good for my health, Vegas, video commentary, words, writing

• My Weird Memory and VHS Tapes – Thoughts from January 15 and 21, 2023

  

  January 15, 2023 I have a weird memory. When I hear the name Neil, I can think of Neil Patrick Harris, Neil Armstrong, Vince Neil, Neil Peart, and Neil from the Young Ones. My middle name is Patrick like Neil Patrick Harris, but I don’t use mine much. I have friends, relatives, and a wife…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 19, 2024

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  2023, edit videos, eight-track ADAT recorder, four-track cassette player, Living in the past is my future, Neil, Neil Armstrong, Neil from the Young Ones, Neil Patrick Harris, Neil Peart, no new creations, past creations, Pat, Pat from Saturday Night Live, Pat McCormick, Pat Sajak, Patricia Heaton, Patrick, Patrick Dempsey, Patrick Star, Patrick Stuart, Patti, Patti LaBelle, refurbished VCR, remix tracks, spelling, Sponge Bob Square Pants, thoughts, transfer analog to digital, VCR, VHS videos, video tapes, Vince Neil, weird memory

• Followed by Cats – Thoughts from January 8 to 14, 2023

  

  January 8, 2023 Most things are ending at my work today. There are parades, shows, and events that are having their last performances for the season. Tomorrow will differ from today. We’re back to mainly having only the cranky old timers here. I got to know many new people and they will only rarely be…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 14, 2024

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  2023, accidentally posting, audio, book, breaking the rules, Brian Creates, cats, cats follow me, cats ignoring people, cats on my lap, cats on top of me in bed, cats see me as a big furless cat, clumsy, cranky old timers, didn’t break anything, end of holiday season, Facebook, fake enthusiastic hellos, fellow atheist, ignoring other people, Julie Sweeney, justifying their job, lift on the deck, managers, more money but a joy free life, My Ears, new people, outstanding balance, Patti, Patti fell, personal work on work computers, posting on Facebook, problem people at work, Quest, rain sucks, raining, rules for everyone, SoundCloud, special connection with cats, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, tiny feet, upload songs, work, writing

• Raining on Santa – Thoughts from January 3 and 4, 2023

  

  January 3, 2023 It’s raining and I’m doing a job today that involves picking things up from one location and taking them to another location in an adorably compact truck. I’m pushing things to and from my truck so I can’t use an umbrella to protect myself. The other option is to use the hood…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 12, 2024

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  2023, adorably compact truck, black Santa, curly-haired dog, don’t watch the news, drenched in sweat, drowned rat, excessive sweating, heavy jacket, history of sweating, hood on my jacket, horrible Republicans, justifying horrible behavior, non-verbal Santa in a wheelchair, non-white Santa Claus, Patti, podcast, raining, Santa Camp, Santa Claus, Santa with a sty on his eye, self-deprecating humor, sprinkling, sweating is my hobby, the news, thoughts, transgender Santa, umbrella, well hydrated

• Mythical New Year and Crying Babies – Thoughts from January 2, 2023

  

  Here we are in 2023. This is my first entry of the new year so you know it’s going to be good. I can say that because you’ll probably forget I said it by the end of reading this paper. As always, I’m going to live in the past for the first part. I was…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 7, 2024

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  2023, absurd circumstances, Amazon money, animated version, Beatrix, beliefs, birthday party for one year olds, Catholic school, cats, chips, dips, disappointing knowledge, entertainment, fireworks, Good Mythical Morning, guacamole, illogical, illogical rules, live in the past, love of money, Luna, marathon watching, memoirs, movies when I was seven, New Year’s Eve, no special features, normalizing religion and sports, Patti, pop culture references, Quest, raining, religious, religious experiences, scientific truths, Scout, sparkling wine, The Hobbit from 1977, thoughts, unnatural events, weirdness, Willow, wine, YouTube

• Christmas Weight and Other Random Subjects – Thoughts from December 29, 2022

  

  December 29, 2022 During all the Christmas eating, I gained six pounds. I do it every year during Christmas. My regular eating habits are such that I can lose it relatively easily. We still have New Years Eve coming up so it will probably go back up again. I feel crappy when my weight goes…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 5, 2024

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  2022, addiction, boring conversations, Christmas eating, Christmas weight, cigarettes, conversations with strangers, COVID, eating habits, filling the holes of my life, genuine happiness, health problems, my dad, New Years Eve, Patti, pleasure, politics, random subject generator, religion and sex, restroom, sedentary lives, smoking, start conversations, stress, thoughts, touchy subjects, undiscussed problems, unhealthy foods, unhealthy people

• 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