Tag: Patti

• Birth, Falling, and Our Stories – Thoughts from April 27, 2024

  

  The biggest thing that happened today is the birth of our nephew and his wife’s baby boy. I’m really hoping I can reword that first sentence when I edit this Thoughts paper. Now that I’ve mentioned wanting to edit it, I’ll have to leave it as it is so you can see what I’m talking…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 18, 2025

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  2024, addiction, baby birth, baby boy, bad-ass look, behavior to avoid, being a good person, being clumsy, birthmark, black eye, brighter news, competition, cooperation, dad, developing my writing, diabetes, dreams, dying of alcoholism, dying of smoking, falling, falling on stairs, grandfather, group pride, labor, memoirs and autobiographies, mom, my story, nephew, no cigarettes, non-presence, not smoking, Patti, people’s stories, permanent markings, pride and shame, probing, publishing a blog, quiting smoking, quitting for good, religion, see a doctor, serious falls, seven deadly sins, the word pride, thoughts, Thoughts paper, trimming the bushes, writing

• Through the Door, Not Smoking, and Being a Research Robot – Thoughts from April 21 and 24, 2024

  

  April 21, 2024 Walking through a closed door is a nerve-racking experience. You can usually guess what’s on the other side of it, but all bets are off if there’s a person on the other side. If you’ve had bad experiences with unwanted happenings behind closed doors, you might be anticipating a repeat of that…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 11, 2025

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  2024, anxiety evoking, behind closed doors, being rude, call instead of research, calling with a question, cats, fashionable people, fashionable shirts, Google, listening to a book, looking stylish, minimal amount of effort, no cigarettes, not smoking, Patti, personal research robot, reading what you type, restroom doors, restroom sights sounds and smells, robot me, shirt without buttons, something they could have answered themselves, text puzzle, the unknown, thoughts, unnecessary fashion accessories, utilitarian clothes, walk around with computers on us, walking through a closed door, wedding ring

• Visiting LAs Art District and My Past – Thoughts from April 20, 2024

  

  Appropriately for today, I will point out the times recently when I have smelled marijuana around me. This, of course, is 420, man. I’ve never smoked … well, anything, but no one I know has ever even smoked marijuana around me. I only know what it smells like because it smells like skunk. This has…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 4, 2025

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  2024, 420, apartment, arcades in the 80s, art district, artsy furniture, classic arcade and pinball bar, decorating aesthetic, deli, expensive cars, fancy amenities, food experiences, freeway, Frogger, gourmet grocery store, hip clientele, humor, items that make a statement, Jesus Christ Superstar album, lack of a TV, local restaurant, Los Angeles, LP collection, macaroni salad, marijuana smell, Mexican food, minimalism, nephew, Patti, people who don’t have a TV, Philippe’s, pinball machines, purple egg, sawdust on the ground, smelling dead skunks on the freeway, smells like skunk, smoking marijuana, sweet potato tacos, Tapper, taxes, thoughts, Tron, unique Asian items, vegan status, Vegas, video games, well-paid creatives, western religions traveling east

• Vegas from Fremont Street – Thoughts from April 14, 2024

  

  Patti and I went to Vegas for five days and I didn’t write one word while I was there. Many things happened, but I was too busy eating, drinking, and gambling. Now, I’ll try to think back on the days and write about them. The first thing was leaving the cats knowing we wouldn’t be…

  Brian Kirwan

  January 28, 2025

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  2024, buffet, carpool raffle, cats, comedians, daily routine with cats, demanding a wheelchair, drag show, driving to Vegas, eating drinking and gambling, falling asleep, forgetting drivers license, Fremont Street, going to puke, half-naked people, Handsome podcast, Las Vegas, lesbians, liberal views, licking my hair, Long Island iced teas, loudspeakers, older server, oldest hotel in Vegas, Patti, people screaming, players club card, pure alcohol, several drinks past the limit, slurring words, smell of marjuana, stretching, themed slot machine, thoughts, Tig Notaro, truly big money, vacations, Vegas, Vegas at night, winning big money, writing, young women dancing on the bar

• Preparing for Vegas – Thoughts from April 6, 2024

  

  Patti and I drive out tomorrow to Las Vegas. She wants to leave the house at 11:00 am. You may consider that barely in the morning, but it’s what time I woke up this morning. I set the clock for 9:00 am so I can do some of my morning stuff. Yes, two hours is…

  Brian Kirwan

  January 21, 2025

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  2024, avoiding sweets, buffet, cats, cigarettes a day, cleaning litter boxes, cutting down smoking, drowning in the chocolate river, encouragement, entertaining thoughts, feeding cats, gaining weight, give away our room, hiding cats, Las Vegas, lost part of her sight, Patti, petting the cats, quit smoking, regular morning stuff, smoking less, thoughts, Thoughts papers, too drunk, vegan diet, Vegas trip, watching the cats, Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, writing on vacation

• Being Irish, Retiring, and Rocks in My Throat – Thoughts from March 17 to 23, 2024

  

  March 17, 2024 St Patrick’s Day means nothing to me. I used to care about wearing green on this day, but I’ve realized over the years that my last name is the only thing Irish about me. I’ve never been to Ireland, don’t drink beer, and am the opposite of a Catholic. Like every other…

  Brian Kirwan

  January 14, 2025

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  2024, a few cigarettes a day, allergy medication, back of my throat, being Irish, ChatGTP, choking, default formatting, don’t drink beer, entertaining coworkers, format a document, four-leaf clovers, Google searches, green underwear, hives on my hands, iPhone, Ireland, leprechauns, Microsoft Word, movie watcher, nasal ache, nasal spray, non-Catholic, Old Spaghetti Factory, pain in my throat, Patti, Patti’s retirement, pinching people, quitting smoking, religious holiday, retiree, retirement, retirement parties, St Patrick’s Day, television watcher, thoughts, throat doctor, throat specialist, tiredness, watching movies, watchlist, wearing green

• Going Home, Laundry Day, and Cat Scratches – Thoughts from March 1 and 9, 2024

  

  March 1, 2024 I woke up about 9:00 am and all four of the cats were in bed with me. This was as good a time to get up as any. I looked at my phone and hadn’t heard from Patti. I texted her and told her I was up and to call me when…

  Brian Kirwan

  December 31, 2024

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  2024, AJ and the Queen, Aldi, Audible, autobiography, Beatrix, bleeding profusely, cat scratch, cats, cats in bed, creature of habit, daylight savings day, distractions, Drage Race, games with medications, going home, good story, grocery list, grocery shopping, hospital, laundry day, listening to audiobooks, Luna, making five meals for my work week, morning routine, operation smoke no more, Patti, Patti’s friend, Patti’s Sunday rules, personal lives, picture of cat scratch, prescribed asprin, prescriptions, produce, quiting smoking, quitting day, quitting smoking, retirement, rountine, RuPaul, Sam's Club, Scout, smoke free, Sunday is laundry day, the great American smoke out, thoughts, time math, Vegas, waiting to hear from the doctor, Walmarket, Walmart Market, whatever Patti says day, Willow

• Emergency Rooms, CT Scans, and Old Habits – Thoughts from February 29, 2024

  

  It’s leap day or leap year or however you say it. I’m at the emergency room with Patti. She woke up and was blind in her right eye. Eventually, she could see out of the top of her eye, but the lower half was gray and blocking her sight. Because Patti is Patti, she drove…

  Brian Kirwan

  December 24, 2024

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  2024, admitted to the hospital, alarms, be honest or be silent, bean dip, blind in her right eye, cat scan, cats, CT scan, denial, doctor, emergency room, feelings, freezing room, Fritos, health, health problems, hospital gowned, ignoring health with humor, leap year, mixed emotions, mixed nuts, mom cat, nurse, ophthalmology, overnight in the hospital, Patti, person who gets sick, phone by the bed, physical tests, quiting smoking, raisins, Scout, silence, smoke related health problems, smoking, stroke, strokes, thoughts, TV as a nightlight, work

• Anger at Idiots and Fix-it Jobs – Thoughts from February 27, 2024

  

  I need cheering up. The past few days have been a series of events that have pushed me into angry guy territory. I have either yelled at people directly or secretly to myself. The world is pissing me off more than it has in years. It’s nothing new that’s getting me angry. The things that…

  Brian Kirwan

  December 17, 2024

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  2024, A-holes, aesthetically pleasant, angry guy, angst, annoying people, audiobooks, being a good person, caring about other people, creating things, dad, dad’s fix-it jobs, disturbing cough, feeling like a freak, fix-it jobs, getting older, having a clean house, idiots, illness, illogical and unethical behavior, mowing the lawn, not creating things at home, Other People Exist, Patti, people ignoring others, siding fix-it job, silence is my enemy, snot, sore throat, they annoy me, thoughts, vacuuming, wanting more, wasting time, working around the house, yelling at people

• Contact Sports, Lesbians, and Streaming Services – Thoughts from February 11 to 25, 2024

  

  February 11, 2024 This is a day when I wish I hadn’t decided not to swear in my Thoughts papers. Today is Super Bowl Sunday (insert puke noise here). As usual on this day each year, there were a huge amount of A-holes on the freeway. At work, they had nachos, donuts, and cookies. I…

  Brian Kirwan

  December 10, 2024

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  2024, adulting, American football, baseball, boxing, cards with cats, Conservatives have power, contact sports, coughing, creating media, CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy), Democrats and Republicans, discriminatory practices, Dr. Bennet Omalu, God she doesn’t believe in, inhumane sport, inventing religious beliefs, leaking water, lesbian, LGBTQ, Liberals have people, married adult, money hides reality, monthly subscriptions, my team, other people, our team, Patti, religious beliefs, replacing siding, sore throat, Streaming services, super bowl Sunday, thoughts, Thoughts papers, tonsil removal tools, Valentine's Day