Tag: Thoughts from Life

• My Fantastical Reality – Thoughts from August 12, 2024

  

  This Thursday, August 15, is my appointment to see a throat specialist. I mostly just want to find out what is wrong with my throat. After that, I want to find out what they can do to fix it. I’ve been experimenting with different toothpastes to see if they could be irritating my throat. My…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 15, 2025

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  2024, acting properly, acting rude, Alice in Wonderland, anti-hero, boring story, characters, contrariwise, Disney version, doctor appointment, fantastical things happen, fantasy stories, griffins, history teachers, how magic works, magic and magical creatures, magic is reality, magical creatures evolution, metaphors, new to this world, rules of your universe, science fiction, slapping together existing animals, stories, stuck-up English girl, the reality of the story, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, throat problem, throat specialist, whitening toothpaste, writing

• Writing Thoughts and Me – Thoughts from July 8 to 14, 2024

  

  July 8, 2024 There’s been a rumor that this is my last Thoughts paper. I just want to state for the record that I still have thoughts I write down and I don’t see an end to them anytime soon. Who started the rumor is not important. Why they started the rumor is more relevant…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 3, 2025

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  2024, autobiagraphy, average height, average looks, average white man, big nose, blind without glasses, camera down my throat, curious what authors look like, deaf dumb and blind kid, deaf in one ear, ears stick out, graying hair, inner thoughts, interesting paragraphs, laughing at my flesh, life experience, living in the past, meeting expectations, midlife, motives, my surface level self, near sighted, outer appearance, paragraphs, Patti, Pete Townsend, point of living, product of the times, questioning your purpose, reading, receding hair, Roger Daltrey, rumor free, rumors, sentences, shampoo with dye, sore throat, The Who, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, Thoughts paper, throat cancer, throat problems, throat specialist, unprecedented times, wearing glasses, weight, Wordscapes, writing, you can only live in the present

• Restrooms, Dirty Cars, and Lessons on Lying – Thoughts from August 30 and September 3, 2023

  

  August 30, 2023 And now for my favorite way to start a TfL paper. No, I didn’t have a stroke while typing. I’m trying out a shortened version of Thoughts from Life. Don’t worry. You probably won’t ever see it again. Oh yeah, I haven’t even told you what is my favorite way to start…

  Brian Kirwan

  August 20, 2024

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  100+ temperatures, 2023, ABDS (always be doing something, acting like a weirdo in the restroom, being a good person, bringing a magazine into the restroom, clearly stated sin, constant sore throat, dad was homosexual, dusty car interior, ethical lessons, favorite way to start, forgiving any sin, group discriminating against members, hard time peeing, Irish Catholic, just sitting on the toilet, making up sins, missing information, Molly Shannon, next paragraph, on the phone on the toilet, power cleaning on my car, religion as identity, religious thinking, restroom, restroom behavior, shy in the restroom, sitting on the toilet doing nothing, sniffing in a stall, stealing, sweating, teaching young people to lie, TfL, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, untouched grossness, urinal, weirdos

• Sweating Nerd Blog – Thoughts from August 14 and 16, 2023

  

  August 14, 2023 Sometimes I start my Thoughts paper with nothing to say. I put in the date and save it as a document, but I have no idea what I’m going to talk about. There are some things I could talk about, but I don’t want to talk about them. I had an idea…

  Brian Kirwan

  August 6, 2024

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  2023, An Atheist’s Day, atheist, blog, broken zipper on my pants, embarrassment, extreme heat, humorous story to tell, kidney stone, Laura Belgray book, loaner pants, my websites, nerdy, nerdy conversations, non-nerds, religious stuff, restroom break, sweating, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, Thoughts paper, website connections, what I’m going to talk about, wipe my sweat, WordPress, writing, you might be a nerd, zipper teeth

• Kidney Stones and Vehicle Emblems – Thoughts from August 7 and 13, 2023

  

  August 7, 2023 I started feeling a pain in my lower back. When I noticed it was only on one side, I worried. I had kidney stones once in my life and I vowed never to get them again. A pain in only one side of your lower back is how it begins. The pain…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 30, 2024

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  2022, 2023, back pain, being distracted by pain, blog, Buick, Cadillac, Chrysler, constant distractions, dash cam videos, dealing with incidents, dehydration, distractions, drinking water, expensive vehicles, idiots on the freeway, ignoring problems, irregular circumstances, kidney stones, looking for problems, out of the ordinary, pain in my lower back, pain scale, Patti, preparing extra water, random subjects, reading, rude drivers, showering at night, showering in the morning, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, Thoughts papers, valuing other people, vehicle emblems, water shut off, water to drink, white river rafting, writing

• 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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  2023, atheism, baseball fan, behind-the-scenes, being an atheist, blog, Brian Kirwan, difficult discussions, dislikes reveal insecurities, emotional distress, ethical problems, fake smiles, fears and emotional state, flaws are interesting, forwarding to Facebook, highly cultivated version of the world, interests, laundry night, lyrics, meet someone new, Patti, people hide interesting parts, perfect people are boring, perfection doesn’t exist, presenting your fake life, religion, religious discussions, religious phrases, religious symbols, songs are good despite their lyrics, sports, sports conversations, subjects of songs, texting, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, Thoughts paper, Thoughts papers, waiting on the towels, wife, WordPress postings

• Sitcom Decisions and Nostalgic Nerds – Thoughts from March 18 and 22, 2023

  

  March 18, 2023 I was thinking today about making sitcom decisions. Sitcom decisions mainly use lies to avoid making actual decisions. Lying to your spouse about doing something you forgot to do is a sitcom decision. Characters make decisions in sitcoms purely for comedic purposes. Sitcoms have taught us dangerous and absurd life lessons that…

  Brian Kirwan

  April 18, 2024

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  2023, accepting realities, adding tags to articles, anti-religious, avoid making decisions, behavior, books, calling out, characters, comedic purposes, comedy, Comp USA, covering something up, David Sedaris books, entertaining nerds, fellow nerds, funny, hilarious, humor, learning from failures, lies, life lessons, literary agents, lying to your spouse, making the same mistakes, nostalgia, nostalgic nerds, Patti, query letter, quirky personality, rain, raining heavily, Reality Acceptance, selling books, sitcom decisions, sitcoms, stupid decisions, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, unhappy marriage, weird observations, wet freeways, work, writing

• 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

• Beatniks – Thoughts from November 19 and 20, 2022

  

  November 19, 2022 I started publishing my Thoughts from Life papers on November 1st. Originally, I was going to publish them once a week, but decided to bump it up to two times on Tuesday and Thursday. I, of course, got the domain name for thoughtsfromlife.com first. It’s what I do. I scheduled them into…

  Brian Kirwan

  January 30, 2024

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• Cranky Old Men – Thoughts from October 25 and November 1, 2022

  

  October 25, 2022 I noticed coming into work today a cranky old man driving an old car who was mouthing angry words to an RV who was cutting him off. This was ironic when you consider most RVs are driven by cranky old men. I never saw the driver of the RV so I can’t…

  Brian Kirwan

  January 18, 2024

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  1997, 2022, a following, age 27, angry words, bitterness, cranky old man, cranky old man’s hair, cranky old women, Disney stuff, feminine traits, hating everything and everyone, hatred of change, lack of imagination, married, non-religious, not being able to be yourself, Patti, plaid shirt, religious not gay, RV, sign of being gay, thinks, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, Thoughts from Life blog, Thouts papers, tried being manly, wedding anniversary