Tag: Santa

• Triggered Traps and Monster Wreaths – Thoughts from December 13 and 17, 2025

  

  December 13, 2025 For those of you who were waiting on an update to the trap in our yard, I have the first happening since we put it out and filled it with apple cores. To catch up, our outside cat, Archie, was having his food eaten by one of the animals in our backyard.…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 9, 2026

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• Mormons, Caffeine, and BFFs – Thoughts from May 22 and 25, 2024

  

  May 22, 2024 Yesterday, a fellow employee retired. He retired from his primary job a while ago and this was his retirement job. Now he’s fully retired from all jobs. Patti is still retired and still not smoking. I never really had a plan for retirement. I will never see myself as a retired person…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 18, 2025

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• 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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