Tag: Quest

• Christmas, Cats, and a New Cat Tree – Thoughts from December 25, 2024

  

  Just as Christmas Eve was mainly about our niece and nephew’s new baby, Christmas Day was about Scout and her three kittens. Actually, it’s about Scout and her only slightly younger than her adult cats. Until next July, Scout is four and Beatrix, Luna, and Willow are three. Beatrix is about the same size as…

  Brian Kirwan

  November 25, 2025

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  2024, Beatrix, big cats, Blaze, boxes, building cat tree, can’t handle their own weight, cat dad, cats, cats had destroyed it, Christmas Day, covered in sweat, custom Funko Pop!, disassembly, followed instructions step by step, four cats in one house, Funko, Funko characters, House of Cat, Luna, new cat tree, old cat tree, other pets, Patti, piles of stuff, pink cat tree, pink house, presents, Quest, regulate cats food, Scout, Scout’s boys, season for cat trees, Slash, sturdiness, supervising cats, thoughts, time to get used to, toys, Willow, wish list, wrapping paper

• 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

• 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

• Thinking About Quest – Thoughts from July 16, 2023

  

  I’ve become the guy who brings down the room by talking about Quest going blind. I can’t really talk about anything else because it’s the only thing on my mind. She just turned thirteen years old and I don’t know if she’s going to make it to fourteen. I tell people her age and they…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 2, 2024

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  2023, backing up data, Blaze, blind cat, cat, cats, cloudiness in her eyes, dad, don’ want her to suffer, following the sound of my voice, hard drives, kittens, mom, NAS, nerdy, nerdy stories, Network Attached Storage, older cat, older pet, Quest, Quest is blind, sadness, Scout, thinking, thinking about Quest, thirteen year old cat, thoughts, writing

• Fantasy, Reality, and the Unreal – Thoughts from July 12 and 15, 2023

  

  July 12, 2023 Listen up, people. I’ve got something to say. Just kidding. If I had something to say, I would just say it. I don’t like it when people introduce what they’re going to say. Patti does this quite often. She says, “I’m going to tell you something, but you have to promise not…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 27, 2024

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  2023, bankruptcy, being rich, blame, blind cat, California, cat, dragons, evil, evil doesn’t exist, Fablehaven, fairies, fantasy creatures, fantasy series, flea medication, I’m going to tell you something, impersonating men, impression of men, living in New York, making decisions, man voice, modern fantasy, my Friday, mythological stories, no heroes or villains, Nora Ephron books, parents, Patti, problems with pooing, Quest, research, rich people problems, snob hill, stress, tears, thoughts, Thoughts papers, tired of crying, trauma, unicorns, water heater leakage, weather, works of fiction, yelling

• Explosive Birthday Aftermath – Thoughts from July 2 and 4, 2023

  

  July 2, 2023 As birthdays go, this is one of the most recent ones. That’s right, I’m the big five three today. Because I exhausted all my vacation time in Jamaica, I couldn’t take today off. I’m at work, but it’s not so bad. My place of work is where people come on their vacations.…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 20, 2024

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  2023, awkward place to sleep, battle cry of hate, battles, birthday, cat poo, Christian Americans, explosions, fighting foreigners, fireworks, fireworks around our house, God doesn’t exist, gross things, hading pets, hate, hateful American crowds, hating non-Americans, illegal fireworks, Jamaica, July 4th, learn their lesson, litter box, loud noises, miserable complainer, old cat, paws slipping, poo, poo in the crevices, pyro, pyrotechnic hate rallies, Quest, racist sexist homophobic and hateful people, scaring pets, scaring the cats, sleeping on the printer, social butterfly, the smell of poo, thoughts, Thoughts papers, towel on the printer, violence

• Jamaica, Here We Come – Thoughts from June 11 and 12, 2023

  

  June 11, 2023 Here we sit in the LAX airport. It’s about 9:30 pm and our flight is at about 11:30 pm. Who is this “we” you speak of? This might be your question if this is your first ever Thoughts paper you’ve read from this Brian guy. Brian is one of the we and…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 30, 2024

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  2023, airport, away from our bags, Beatrix, being tired, boarding groups, boarding the plane, Brian, carry-on, cats, cats are part of my routine, choking on salt, Couples Resorts, Facebook, flight, French fries, fur on our stuff, gaining vacation weight, getting nervous, Italian hot sauce, Jamaica, laptops, LAX airport, Luna, Miami airport, missing my bed, missing the cats, my weight, packing, Patti, Quest, racism sexism and religious fundamentalism, resort restaurants, resorts, routine, Scout, sleeping on planes, Starbucks, suitcases, talking cat, the American South, thoughts, Thoughts paper, too much salt, vacation, vacation meal, vegan and vegerarian options, Willow

• Followed by Cats – Thoughts from January 8 to 14, 2023

  

  January 8, 2023 Most things are ending at my work today. There are parades, shows, and events that are having their last performances for the season. Tomorrow will differ from today. We’re back to mainly having only the cranky old timers here. I got to know many new people and they will only rarely be…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 14, 2024

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  2023, accidentally posting, audio, book, breaking the rules, Brian Creates, cats, cats follow me, cats ignoring people, cats on my lap, cats on top of me in bed, cats see me as a big furless cat, clumsy, cranky old timers, didn’t break anything, end of holiday season, Facebook, fake enthusiastic hellos, fellow atheist, ignoring other people, Julie Sweeney, justifying their job, lift on the deck, managers, more money but a joy free life, My Ears, new people, outstanding balance, Patti, Patti fell, personal work on work computers, posting on Facebook, problem people at work, Quest, rain sucks, raining, rules for everyone, SoundCloud, special connection with cats, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, tiny feet, upload songs, work, writing

• Mythical New Year and Crying Babies – Thoughts from January 2, 2023

  

  Here we are in 2023. This is my first entry of the new year so you know it’s going to be good. I can say that because you’ll probably forget I said it by the end of reading this paper. As always, I’m going to live in the past for the first part. I was…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 7, 2024

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  2023, absurd circumstances, Amazon money, animated version, Beatrix, beliefs, birthday party for one year olds, Catholic school, cats, chips, dips, disappointing knowledge, entertainment, fireworks, Good Mythical Morning, guacamole, illogical, illogical rules, live in the past, love of money, Luna, marathon watching, memoirs, movies when I was seven, New Year’s Eve, no special features, normalizing religion and sports, Patti, pop culture references, Quest, raining, religious, religious experiences, scientific truths, Scout, sparkling wine, The Hobbit from 1977, thoughts, unnatural events, weirdness, Willow, wine, YouTube