Tag: Patti

• Not Our Bunny or Our Holidays – Thoughts from October 21 and 22, 2023

  

  October 21, 2023 It’s time to talk about the bunny in our yard. I first saw him when I was mowing our lawn. I walked to our backyard, and I saw something hop away. Convinced that it was a hopping cat, I didn’t think too much of it. Patti asked me to look at something…

  Brian Kirwan

  September 17, 2024

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  1800s, 2023, bunny, bunny news, Christmas, Easter, editing, exaggerated humor, feeling old, garbage in the streets, Halloween, holiday months, honest as crap, hopping, horrible people, horse-drawn buggy, humorously exaggerated, illogical and rude, junk from holidays, median age, not our pet, Patti, pet rabbit, petting, psychics, psychics are liars, rabbit, sarcasm, stupid sandwich, Summer, thoughts, Thoughts papers, time fliest when you’re having fun, too honest, traveled back in time, typewriters, typewriting lessons, typing, ugly car with souped-up engine, white cars, white tail, white vehicles are work vehicles

• Misunderstanding Words and Loving Vacuuming – Thoughts from October 9 and 12, 2023

  

  October 9, 2023 For many years, I have misunderstood what “tenure” meant. Much of my life, I thought it meant when a teacher reached ten years of teaching. If they lasted that long, they couldn’t fire them. Recently, I heard some talk about getting tenure after two years. I told Patti about what I thought…

  Brian Kirwan

  September 10, 2024

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  2023, A-holes, better off not knowing, cats, Civil War, days off, days off in a row, different President, English degree, enjoying vacuuming, guilty vacuuming, hard time firing tenured teacher, history of horrible things, ignorance, ignoring people, lack of interest, learning from our past, Mason-Dixon line, my sci-fi world, not creating something, Patti, phone on speaker, seperating states, slavery, strange person, teacher reaching tenure, teaching, tenure, thoughts, using technology politely, vacuuming house, walking and talking on the phone, watching videos, weekends, what should be is not what is, working on my computer

• I’m a Cat Trapped in a Dog’s Body – Thoughts from September 24 and October 8, 2023

  

  September 24, 2023 Flourishing in my own filth is the first thing I typed for this Thoughts paper. Where do I go from there? There’s only one place to go. I’m going where I always go. Here we are in my usual talk of wondering when the world is going to stop being so predictable.…

  Brian Kirwan

  September 3, 2024

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  2023, autobiography, barrier to moving, book, bring up images, caring about other people, cat trapped in a dog’s body, comparing men to dogs, creativity, depressing thoughts, driving on the freeway, editing and scheduling, feminist author, hiatus from writing, I’m a Cat Trapped in a Dog’s Body, lack of time, men’s behavior, moving closer to my work, my own filth, not collecting new stuff, our stuff, Patti, plosives, problematic letters, retired, sibilance, suicide for horrible men, the word moist, the world is predictable, think like a cat, thinking, thoughts, Thoughts paper, Thoughts papers, tired of my stuff, wishing people dead, writing

• Ignoring Facts, Wearing Glasses, and Movie Cliches – Thoughts from September 9 to 16, 2023

  

  September 9, 2023 I figured out what my greatest skill is. I can listen to someone spewing facts at me and ignore them all. Facts don’t stay in my brain, so I ignore most of them. When I hear the other person express an opinion based on the facts, that’s when I listen. People who…

  Brian Kirwan

  August 27, 2024

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  2023, absurdly humorous cameos, acknowledging people, birthday, cliche villain, cliches in movies, Competition ruins everything, cotton candy, Disneyland, exaggerations, glasses, hard contacts, I wait for people, ignoring facts, kindness, Marie from The Aristocats, nerd, Nightmare Before Christmas, opinions based on facts, other possibilities, overeating, overly polite, Patti, pink eye, politeness, popcorn holder, questionable facts, questionable opinions, responsible kid, Roku, rude as a group, soft contacts, spewing facts, thoughts, understanding possibilities, unworthy of my niceness, Velma on Scooby-Doo, walking through crowds, wearing glasses, Weird Al Yankovic movie, where facts come from, You’re not my husband

• Kidney Stones and Vehicle Emblems – Thoughts from August 7 and 13, 2023

  

  August 7, 2023 I started feeling a pain in my lower back. When I noticed it was only on one side, I worried. I had kidney stones once in my life and I vowed never to get them again. A pain in only one side of your lower back is how it begins. The pain…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 30, 2024

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  2022, 2023, back pain, being distracted by pain, blog, Buick, Cadillac, Chrysler, constant distractions, dash cam videos, dealing with incidents, dehydration, distractions, drinking water, expensive vehicles, idiots on the freeway, ignoring problems, irregular circumstances, kidney stones, looking for problems, out of the ordinary, pain in my lower back, pain scale, Patti, preparing extra water, random subjects, reading, rude drivers, showering at night, showering in the morning, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, Thoughts papers, valuing other people, vehicle emblems, water shut off, water to drink, white river rafting, writing

• New People, Laundry, and Insecurities – Thoughts from August 5 and 6, 2023

  

  August 5, 2023 When I meet someone new at work, I try to find out work related things first and then move on to their interests. No one completely loses me with their interests, but I find myself less enthused about what some people find interesting. Sports is one of those things. Many people assume…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 25, 2024

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  2023, atheism, baseball fan, behind-the-scenes, being an atheist, blog, Brian Kirwan, difficult discussions, dislikes reveal insecurities, emotional distress, ethical problems, fake smiles, fears and emotional state, flaws are interesting, forwarding to Facebook, highly cultivated version of the world, interests, laundry night, lyrics, meet someone new, Patti, people hide interesting parts, perfect people are boring, perfection doesn’t exist, presenting your fake life, religion, religious discussions, religious phrases, religious symbols, songs are good despite their lyrics, sports, sports conversations, subjects of songs, texting, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, Thoughts paper, Thoughts papers, waiting on the towels, wife, WordPress postings

• Stressing Over Bills and Presidents – Thoughts from August 1 and 2, 2023

  

  August 1, 2023 I talked to my dash cam today for the first time in a while. I realized the last time I dash camed was before Quest started getting sick. My dash caming stopped when I was changing out my NAS (Network-Attached Storage) hard drives. I didn’t want to add any videos to it…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 23, 2024

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  $666, 2023, being a good person and not good at being religious, blind cat, by Christians for Christians, cat, cats, charges against Trump, checkbook, credit cards, dash-cam, defense mode, electric bill, Excel worksheet, freeway shenanigans, groceries, high electric bill, I don’t watch the news, leaving the door open, NAS (Network-Attached Storage), Obama, Patti, paying the bills, Payless Shoes, pure shock, Quest, seting the tmperature, stupidity on the freeway, technology, thoughts, Trump on the news, US presidents have been Christians, videos, working from home

• Ubernerds and Time Math – Thoughts from July 26 and 30, 2023

  

  July 26, 2023 I tried to type QWERTY on my swipe keyboard and it typed “Way”. I guess people don’t type QWERTY much. This Thoughts paper is being interrupted to bring you a special news bulletin. Patti just told me Sinead O’Connor just died. She was only 56. 53-year-old me thinks that’s way too young…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 18, 2024

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  2023, 401k, being a nerd, being a rock star, collecting facts, communicating, Competition ruins everything, confusion, considering feelings, died at 56, Disneyland, emotionless people, emotions, Excel worksheet, facts, facts are boring, focus, heed my own words, interpreting facts, learn from my failure, lifetime pass, my retirement, nerd-friendly, never became a rock star, never consider myself retired, new employee, Patti, QWERTY, retirement, screwed up youth, showing off nerdiness, Sinead O’Connor, social security, swipe keyboard, ten based, thoughts, Thoughts paper, time math, too young to die, ubernerd, vacation hours, virtual coins, wasting time, Wordscapes tournament, working for a living, writing

• Blaring phones and Two Year Old Cats – Thoughts from July 24 and 25, 2023

  

  July 24, 2023 I went into a break room to have my lunch and there was only one other person in there. The volume on her phone was blaring. I stood it as long as I could and asked her to turn it down. She was immediately rude and asked me why she should turn…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 16, 2024

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  2023, asked her to turn it down, back spasms, bad behavior, Beatrix, behavior, being rude, cat siblings, cat years, cat’s birthday, cats, choosing to be rude, conflict, didn’t want to get involved, how you treat strangers shows how good a person you are, human years, immediately rude, kittens, looking to have an attitude, loud phone, Luna, neighbor complaining, oldest cat, only control in life, Other People Exist, overbearing parents, Patti, people who don’t care about others, Quest, relating the story calms me, Scout, senior cat, shaky hand, short entry, super senior cat, the littles, thoughts, Thoughts papers, vet birthday card, Willow

• Never Seeing Quest Again – Thoughts from July 18, 2023

  

  I just got a call at work from Patti about Quest. Quest was in our bedroom on the floor, and she couldn’t lift her head. Patti’s sister came over and they are going to take Quest to the vet. Patti and I dealt with this situation before. Sister (the cat) had the same thing happen…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 9, 2024

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  2023, acting differently because of loss, bedroom, Blaze, blind cat, cat, cat dealing with loss, cats, couldn’t lift her head, death, end to suffering, fear, feeling her absence, four furry faces, getting used to the loss, growling cat, hostility, kittens, last time I saw her, losing a family member, meeting as kittens, missing Quest, mix of happiness and saddness, obsessive, one cat less, Patti, putting cat to sleep, Quest, reminders of her, Scout, Sister, Slash, slideshow, tearing up, teary-eyed, thoughts, tolerating her, too aggressive, typing, vet, Willow, work, writing