Tag: Patti

• Writing My Thoughts Down – Thoughts from December 27, 2022

  

  I’m back at work today and as promised in the brochure at the beginning of this seminar, I’m back to writing my thoughts on my phone. I’m always tempted to say, “write my thoughts down”, but my fancy grammar checker discourages it. We rarely write things on paper anymore so maybe that’s why it’s discouraged…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 27, 2024

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• Christmas Games – Thoughts from December 20 and 21, 2022

  

  December 20, 2022 Patti came to work with me today. On the way, we talked the whole time. Sometimes we put on a podcast and listen to that, but we were both Chatty Cathies and never really listened to anything but each other. It’s good to know that after 25 years of marriage we can…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 22, 2024

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• Wrist Rest Under the Keyboard – Thoughts from December 11 to 19, 2022

  

  December 11, 2022 I started writing a skit in my head as I was waking up the other day. The basic premise of it was a guy brought a kid to Bring Your Child to Work Day and his coworker questions whether it is his child. As the dialogue continued in my head, it got…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 20, 2024

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• Bleeding Red – Thoughts from December 7, 2022

  

  On this day back in 1941, Pearl Harbor became a place of infamy. I know regular readers of these Thoughts papers thought they suddenly were reading a historical calendar, but it’s me, Brian. Patti and I have actually been to Pearl Harbor, so it is slightly relevant to me. I mainly mention it because I…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 15, 2024

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• Five Cats – Thoughts from December 5 and 6, 2022

  

  December 5, 2022 I was telling a group made up of women and one man about our five cats we have right now. The man wasn’t really interested in hearing about cats, but the rest of the group overruled him. I’ve never been told by a female listener that they don’t want to hear about…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 13, 2024

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• Grocery Scanner – Thoughts from December 3 and 4, 2022

  

  December 3, 2022 Patti came in with me to work today so she could go into the park. We stopped by a local Walmarket on the way in. As spell check reminds me, Walmarket is not its real name, but that’s what we call it. I needed blueberries and hair gel. The hair gel was…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 8, 2024

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• Thanksgiving – Thoughts from November 21 and 27, 2022

  

  November 21, 2022 I’m listening to Jenny Lawson’s book Broken and have listened to others by her. Like me, she has anxiety issues and thinks weird thoughts. I’m enjoying it. It turns out I enjoy hearing other people’s weird thoughts as much as writing my own. I like people I can relate to. I can’t…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 1, 2024

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• Beatniks – Thoughts from November 19 and 20, 2022

  

  November 19, 2022 I started publishing my Thoughts from Life papers on November 1st. Originally, I was going to publish them once a week, but decided to bump it up to two times on Tuesday and Thursday. I, of course, got the domain name for thoughtsfromlife.com first. It’s what I do. I scheduled them into…

  Brian Kirwan

  January 30, 2024

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• 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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• 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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