Tag: people’s stories

• 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

• Judging A.I. Books by Their Covers – Thoughts from December 10 and 16, 2023

  

  December 10, 2023 I was talking with a coworker about artificial intelligence and other technologies. He was mentioning things most people don’t know or care about. It’s the kind of thought experiment conversation I like. I’m usually the one who brings up real-world issues with the technology. Eventually, I will get business cards with “Reality…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 29, 2024

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  2023, animal behavior, Animal-like, animals, artificial intelligence, autobiagraphy, banishing the weak, Barbra Streisand, being famous, civilized society, controlled life, economic status, facts, fame, fashion, happiness and health, hate, human behavior, Judging a book by its cover, judging others by their appearance, money and fame, murder, natural balance of nature, natural behavior, people’s stories, positive or negative statements, reality expert, reality is my career, rich people, ruining lives, social status, staying alive, technology, theoretical technologies, thinking is my hobby, thought experiment, thoughts, unacceptable behavior, unnatural humans

• Experiencing Things not Made for Me, Including Silence – Thoughts from December 3 and 6, 2023

  

  December 3, 2023 English is my first language. I don’t really have a second language, unless you count Nerd as a language. Sometimes, I wish I spoke another language well enough to have conversations, but not enough to put in the time to actually do it. I have delved deeply into English enough to keep…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 22, 2024

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  2023, a good person, audio examples, audiobook, autobiography, Barbra Streisand, belief, bribing our kids, Christmas, Christmas myths, common ground, diverse people, English language, enjoy the fantasies, experiencing things not made for me, good at urination, good for goodness sake, history books, hypocrites, interesting conversations, interesting people, interests, kids watch what you do, libraries, lying to kids, movies, music, nerd language, people disturbed by silence, people’s stories, restroom, Santa, Santa Claus, second language, silence, silence is unnatural, silence makes me anxtious, silent library, silent restroom, silent room, songs, straight white man, telling kids about Santa, The Nightmare Before Christmas, thoughts, toilet, treating strangers badly, urinal

• Too Much Work and Mystical Beliefs – Thoughts from August 21 to 28, 2023

  

  August 21, 2023 Yesterday, I got a call from work, and they said I didn’t have to come in if I didn’t want to. You don’t have to beg me to take a day off, so I did. The reason they offered it was because of the hurricane warnings we had in the area. It…

  Brian Kirwan

  August 13, 2024

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  2023, autobiography, Bart Simpson, bathroom routine, Brian Creates, Brian Kirwan, BrianCreates.com, BrianKirwan.com, day off, doing voices, hurricane warnings, I don’t care about beliefs, I’m too old for this crap, losing interest, multi-site website, mystical beliefs about the world, Nancy Cartwright, offending me with religious talk, offending people, people’s stories, problem solving, reading, religion, religion has ruined people’s lives, religion is not entertaining, religion of the Hollywood rich, religious language, Scientology, talking about religious beliefs, thoughts, Twilight Zone movie, video tutorials, websites, working on my websites, writing

• Ignoring Other People and My Moth Friend – Thoughts from May 20 and 21, 2023

  

  May 20, 2023 I’m on day six of eight days of working the same earlier shift. It’s only two hours off the shift I enjoy better, but it’s an annoying two hours. The most annoying part about it is feeling tired every day. If I told you when I was coming to work, you would…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 23, 2024

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  2023, abnormal jobs, autism, being an atheist, bored or freaked out, boring people, carefull word choice, caring about other people, catering stories to the group, connecting to other people, conversations about religion, coworker, drumming in the air, exciting people, experiencing the world, ignoring other people, ignoring the world, incidence, interesting people, little creatures, looking strangers in the eye, loud clothes, moth, moth on my windshield, movements as communication, my Monday, my moth friend, no beliefs, observations, Other People Exist, people’s stories, shyness, snoozes, stimulus, storytelling, the early shift, thoughts, tired, unpleasantness of the world, videoing, weird stories, work