Tag: retirement

• New Years, Old Jobs, and The Wedding Song – Thoughts from December 29, 2024 to January 26, 2025

  

  December 29, 2024 The year is ending in two days. There are several things I’m looking forward to in 2025. My last loan payment will be at the end of February. In March, I’ll have been at Disney for 20 years. That will mean my vacation and sick time earned will go up. When I…

  Brian Kirwan

  December 9, 2025

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  2024, 2025, all we need is time, allergies, allergy to wheat, artificial intelligence, artificial singers, backup singers, being busy, building the shed, cats, consequences, creating a harmony, Disney for 20 years, disposing old shed, electric guitar, extended deadline, fixing the house, food allergies, four cats, future note, general scratchy feeling in my throat, giant chocolate chip cookie, June 14 1997, lifetime pass to Disneyland, looking forward, lyrics, married, meatball sandwiches, mobile home, my AI voice could sing, no downtime, no more wheat, Patti, reality, recorded main voice, retirement, retiring, singing, strangers around the house, The Wedding Song, thoughts, Thoughts paper, throat problems, tired, wedding march, working on song

• Hot Toilets, Disturbing Noises, and Boring Conversations – Thoughts from June 11 and 12, 2024

  

  June 11, 2024 Let’s begin this thing you’re reading with a fascinating story involving a hot restroom toilet bowl. I was in a restroom at work and sitting down. My pants were not down around my ankles because that’s not where I keep my pants when I’m on the toilet. The top of my pants…

  Brian Kirwan

  April 29, 2025

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  2024, all or nothing, boring stories, cellophane noise, changing my mind, chill pill, courtesy flush, crappy stories, expressing the thoughts of others, flushing, Google, humor, inherently negative attitude, Leaf sculpture!, nails on a chalkboard, no middle ground, Patti, political conversations, regular courteous self, restroom toilet, retirement, set in your thinking, sitting on the toilet, Southern California, sports talk, staying overnight, steaming coming out of the toilet, surrounded by people talking, taking note, talking about death, talking about food and drinks, thinking for yourself, thoughts, toilet bowl, video on the toilet, water heating my butt, wedding anniversary, weirdly impressive, work stories, wrapping something in cellophane

• Cinco de Mayo, Retirement, and Seeing Cubs – Thoughts from May 5 and 11, 2024

  

  May 5, 2024 As I mentioned yesterday, today is Cinco de Mayo. Someone joked that no one knows what it’s about. I could use my research I did yesterday to inform him that everyone knows it’s about the victory of Mexico over France in 1862. My heart would grow three times larger if he thought…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 4, 2025

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  1862, 2024, additional destinations, babies, baby boy, cats, Cinco de Mayo, clever, cold water, disgusted by fast food, enjoying vacuuming, extra errands, falling, freaking out the cats, humor, just watching me, knowing stuff, knowledge off the top of my head, nephew, non-refrigerated water, not eating, Patti, pizza eating, research, retirement, retiring, roasting people, sleeping baby, The Lion King, thoughts, Thoughts paper, tiger cubs, tiger documentary, tigers, tigers hunt kill and eat, trimming bushes, tv shows, vacuuming, Walmart, watch tv, workshopping ideas, writing, writing in retirement card

• 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

• Me, Casual Conversations, and My Birth Certificate – Thoughts from January 21 and 27, 2024

  

  January 21, 2024 As someone was talking about watching a football game and getting riled up, I had an existential crisis as I listened. I felt an urge to point out how I could never have a conversation about such a reprehensible sport. I held my tongue, but it made me wonder if I’m ever…

  Brian Kirwan

  November 26, 2024

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  2024, average people, birth certificate, caring about others, casual conversations, everyday conversations, exaggerating who we are, football, grades from school, honor role, how others view you, interesting conversations, interests, junior high, knowing yourself, miserable, no friends, not a rebel, Patti, perfect attendance, places we don’t go, quitting smoking, reprehensible sport, retirement, routines, sports, stressful job, talking about personal things, thoughts, too honest to lie, understanding, what should be is not what is, who you actually are

• 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