Tag: sports

• 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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• New People, Laundry, and Insecurities – Thoughts from August 5 and 6, 2023

  

  August 5, 2023 When I meet someone new at work, I try to find out work related things first and then move on to their interests. No one completely loses me with their interests, but I find myself less enthused about what some people find interesting. Sports is one of those things. Many people assume…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 25, 2024

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• Sexist Old Men and Unpleasant Pets – Thoughts from April 30 and May 06, 2023

  

  April 30, 2023 Last day of the month, here we are. I want to start this Thoughts paper with a thought from yesterday. I was in a van of older gentlemen and they started talking about comedians. One of them said he doesn’t like female comedians that speak vulgarly. As part of that, he mentioned…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 16, 2024

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• Fighting Brothers – Thoughts from August 15 and 16, 2022

  

  August 15, 2022 Yesterday, I kept getting interrupted by work. I only had one thought. Actually, I had many thoughts, but I only had time to write one of them. Today is a whole new story. I should be able to think my brains out and write most of them. I have plenty of sit…

  Brian Kirwan

  December 12, 2023

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• Writer Dude Stories – Thoughts from July 24, 2022

  

  We have a new person who works in our department who I hardly ever see because she works mornings and I work at night. I told her, “I hardly ever see you. Tell me something interesting about yourself.” She told me about her past jobs and that one of her sons has autism. She talked…

  Brian Kirwan

  November 16, 2023

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• Pooping on the Super Bowl – Thoughts from February 12 and 13, 2022

  

  February 12, 2022 Well, it’s been a while since I wrote about my thoughts from life. I have been listening to my old Thoughts papers starting as early as 1991. What the hell! To say it’s weird does not encompass how weird I’ve been throughout my life. So many ups and sooooooooo many downs. It’s…

  Brian Kirwan

  August 22, 2023

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• Brian Explains Television – Thoughts from January 7, 2011

  

  Brian Explains: Television The subject of my article this week is something near and dear to my heart. To this day, it is the friend who helps me wake me up in the morning and the companion that puts me to bed at night. It comforts me when I am sick and even helps me…

  Brian Kirwan

  August 1, 2023

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• Brian Explains Men and Women – Thoughts from December 17, 2010

  

  Brian Explains: Men and Women Men and women are the similar in more ways than they are different. We are both humans, have feet and hands in the same general area, and have heads that are tied to our bodies with skin string. We are so similar that you cannot tell which category some people…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 20, 2023

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