Tag: Patti

• Jamaica, Here We Come – Thoughts from June 11 and 12, 2023

  

  June 11, 2023 Here we sit in the LAX airport. It’s about 9:30 pm and our flight is at about 11:30 pm. Who is this “we” you speak of? This might be your question if this is your first ever Thoughts paper you’ve read from this Brian guy. Brian is one of the we and…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 30, 2024

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  2023, airport, away from our bags, Beatrix, being tired, boarding groups, boarding the plane, Brian, carry-on, cats, cats are part of my routine, choking on salt, Couples Resorts, Facebook, flight, French fries, fur on our stuff, gaining vacation weight, getting nervous, Italian hot sauce, Jamaica, laptops, LAX airport, Luna, Miami airport, missing my bed, missing the cats, my weight, packing, Patti, Quest, racism sexism and religious fundamentalism, resort restaurants, resorts, routine, Scout, sleeping on planes, Starbucks, suitcases, talking cat, the American South, thoughts, Thoughts paper, too much salt, vacation, vacation meal, vegan and vegerarian options, Willow

• Vacation PTSD and Loud Nerds – Thoughts from May 14 and 15, 2023

  

  May 14, 2023 I’m tired and cranky. It’s Mother’s Day, but that’s not why I’m cranky. Patti’s mom and my mom are no longer alive. It’s my life that’s feeling more and more out of control. Patti makes decisions for me, my work makes decisions, and time doesn’t allow me to make more than a…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 21, 2024

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  2023, acknowledge another human being, anniversary, cayenne pepper, dripping sweat, eating lunch, I told you that, ignoring other people, Jamaica, knocking my chair over, lack of decision making, life out of control, living without a say in our lives, loud conversation on phone, loud noise, lunch, lunch at night, making decisions, Mother's Day, my part in the plan, mysterious plans, Patti, plans, podcast, spicy meal, staring at their phones, steamed vegetables, sweating, talking on speaker phone, thoughts, tired and cranky, vacation, vacation PTSD, vacation time, vegetable lunch, visioning a plan is easy, young and nerdy

• Easter and My Weird Resting Face – Thoughts from April 9, 2023

  

  Easter is rearing its ugly head today. I keep meaning to look up what it means to Christians so I can make fun of it. Right now is as good a time as any, so I’ll do that right now and get back to you. I’m back. Did you miss me? It is when they…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 2, 2024

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  2023, aging, audio recordings, baby and zombie Jesus, candy, candy and gifts, catering to the live audience, concerts, conversational pauses, dash-cam, distractions, Easter, Easter meaning, electronic music, fictional characters, Germany, getting older, grocery shopping, horrible stories, I don’t like live recordings, I’m a work in progress, ignorance, Jesus story is not kid friendly, kids, kids are pretty stupid, live recordings, lying to kids, my weird resting face, origins of the Easter Bunny, Patti, positive side of a deteriorating body, rabbits delivering eggs, ranting, reality, resurrection version of Easter, Santa Claus, slow song introduction, thoughts, thoughts are inaudible, worse eyesight, YouTube Music

• Falling for April Fools and Multitasking – Thoughts from April 1 and 3, 2023

  

  April 1, 2023 It’s April Fools’ Day! Believe nothing I say today unless it sounds too boring to be a joke. I hooked up my dash-cam to look out at the traffic and inside my car. I like everything about it except how fat it makes me look. It’s capturing the video of me accurately…

  Brian Kirwan

  April 30, 2024

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  2021, 2023, accurate video is a problem, April Fool’s Day, April Fools!, audio book, autobiagraphy, bad fall, bad pasture, based on a true story biography, being clumsy, being in a hurry, believe nothing, birthday, book, dash-cam, distractions, dying, eating lunch, extended stays in the hospital, falling, fatness, fool you later, inside my car, lack of a chin, multitasking, Norm Macdonald, Patti, phone call, quick thoughts, real lives need exaggeration, receding hairline, repeating words, small feet, texting, The Simpsons, thoughts, Thoughts paper, traffic, transitions, visual jokes, watching TV

• Sitcom Decisions and Nostalgic Nerds – Thoughts from March 18 and 22, 2023

  

  March 18, 2023 I was thinking today about making sitcom decisions. Sitcom decisions mainly use lies to avoid making actual decisions. Lying to your spouse about doing something you forgot to do is a sitcom decision. Characters make decisions in sitcoms purely for comedic purposes. Sitcoms have taught us dangerous and absurd life lessons that…

  Brian Kirwan

  April 18, 2024

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  2023, accepting realities, adding tags to articles, anti-religious, avoid making decisions, behavior, books, calling out, characters, comedic purposes, comedy, Comp USA, covering something up, David Sedaris books, entertaining nerds, fellow nerds, funny, hilarious, humor, learning from failures, lies, life lessons, literary agents, lying to your spouse, making the same mistakes, nostalgia, nostalgic nerds, Patti, query letter, quirky personality, rain, raining heavily, Reality Acceptance, selling books, sitcom decisions, sitcoms, stupid decisions, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, unhappy marriage, weird observations, wet freeways, work, writing

• Automatic Paper Towel Dispensers and Speaking Cat – Thoughts from March 5 and 8, 2023

  

  March 5, 2023 I’ve been listening to a book called Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin. She is autistic and has a similar connection to animals that I have. I speak fluent cat and could learn to speak other animal languages. The languages of other animals are mostly non-verbal. Many people have a problem with…

  Brian Kirwan

  April 16, 2024

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  2023, abnormal behavior, animal languages, animal senses, animals, Animals in Translation, autism, automatic paper towel dispenser, communicating, connection to animals, fast medium and slow, human behavior, I speak cat, interests, jobs, judge a restroom, looking to money to make us happy, money, money can’t buy love or happiness, nicer restrooms, non-verbal languages, obsessing over money, Patti, physical language, restroom, sights sounds or smells, slow dispensers, speaking cat, speaking English to cats, super poor, super rich, Temple Grandin, thoughts, tiny switches, tone, unnatural lives, written language

• Marching Forth with Thoughts – Thoughts from March 4, 2023

  

  As I’m reminded every year on this day, march forth is the only day that is a phrase. Beyond that, it’s just another day that will live in obscurity. I’m going to treat this day like I treat every day – like the first day of the rest of my life. Speaking of days (they…

  Brian Kirwan

  April 11, 2024

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  2023, 52-year-old, a thoughtful life, acting happy, anti-religious, brain is a powerful tool, divine gold, Facebook, gobs of money, gold car, gold crayon, gold-colored car, grandma’s car, interesting people, jealous of the wrong things, jealousy, jealousy is stupid, living someone else’s life, march forth, money is not happiness, Patti, people just walking alone, poem, pure gold, staring at our phones, stuffed animals and toys, thoughts, Thoughts papers, Trump ruins gold, Valentine's Day, VHS tape, walking with distractions, weird things about me, what it takes to be happy

• 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