Tag: politics

• Things Not Said, No Shoes, and Happy Holidays – Thoughts from December 24, 2024

  

  For Christmas Eve, Patti and I went to our niece and nephew’s house. Patti’s sister, three of her sister’s sons, and an assortment of other people like me were there. Patti’s grandniece (a term I had to look up) was there, which I only mention because she was the adoptive parent of one of Scout’s…

  Brian Kirwan

  November 18, 2025

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  2024, age ranges, caring about each other, Christianity, Christmas Eve, Christmas time, conservative, Conservatives, fectional story, generations, getting together with family and friends, grandniece, Happy Holidays, issues, Judaism, liberal, liberals, Merry Christmas, modern world, nativity scenes, new baby, no drama, no shoes, no shoes inside, non-believers, non-religious, old nerd, other ways of thinking, out of touch with reality, Patti, political subjects, politics, provoke believers, religion, religious decorations, religious traditions, Santa Claus, Scout, shoes or slippers, six kittens, socks only, socks with no holes, technology, things not said, thoughts, uncomfortable silences

• Christmas Weight and Other Random Subjects – Thoughts from December 29, 2022

  

  December 29, 2022 During all the Christmas eating, I gained six pounds. I do it every year during Christmas. My regular eating habits are such that I can lose it relatively easily. We still have New Years Eve coming up so it will probably go back up again. I feel crappy when my weight goes…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 5, 2024

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  2022, addiction, boring conversations, Christmas eating, Christmas weight, cigarettes, conversations with strangers, COVID, eating habits, filling the holes of my life, genuine happiness, health problems, my dad, New Years Eve, Patti, pleasure, politics, random subject generator, religion and sex, restroom, sedentary lives, smoking, start conversations, stress, thoughts, touchy subjects, undiscussed problems, unhealthy foods, unhealthy people

• Competition Man – Thoughts from March 5, 2022

  

  There’s something I’ve noticed recently. I’ve noticed it before, but I’ve seen several great examples of this recently. People of color, on the whole, are nicer and more pleasant than white people. Women and gay men are more pleasant than straight men, but I’ve noticed that for years. Why is it the most privileged among…

  Brian Kirwan

  September 5, 2023

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  2022, amusing story, barely tolerable, baseball, care about each other, cat dad, cats, competition, creative outlet, Dodgers, fun, fun conversation, hissing, more pleasant, most priveleged, most unpleasant, nothing in common, Patti, people of color, playing, playing games, politics, Quest, realities, Reality Acceptance, reality denying quotes, religion, Scout, staring creepily, straight men, though-provoking discussion, thoughts, white men, women