Tag: Thoughts from Life

• Autobiographies and Religion – Thoughts from February 15, 2026

  

  Before I begin this Thoughts from Life, let me tell you two things about myself. I have listened to many autobiographies because I enjoy hearing about someone’s life from their point of view. Biographies tell you about someone’s life from the outside. Autobiographies are like diary entrees and biographies are like book reports. Before I…

  Brian Kirwan

  August 18, 2026

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• John Waters, Greasy Strangers, and Weirdos – Thoughts from February 12, 2026

  

  I’ve listened to three audiobooks by John Waters. He’s fascinating as an author, a director, and as a person. The more I learned about him, the more I wanted to see his early films. Over the years, I’ve seen more of his recent films, but I wanted to see the films that started his career…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 28, 2026

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• Double Doors, Automatic Toilets, and Germaphobes – Thoughts from February 1, 2026 – Part 2

  

  When last we left the mentally ill rantings of the author of this two-part article, he was explaining OLD (obsessive-logical disorder). I was describing the double doors at the top of the stairs at work. If none of this sounds familiar, go back and read Part 1 of this two-part article. I established in it…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 14, 2026

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• Fugitives, Relocating, and a Possum Named Steve – Thoughts from January 10, 2026

  

  Patti and I are fugitives. If that doesn’t make you interested, I don’t know what will. In case this is the first Thoughts from Life you’ve ever read; I’ll briefly explain the situation. Patti (my wife) and I (me/Brian) have adopted an outside cat (Archie). We would let him come into the house, but we…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 30, 2026

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• Restrooms, Doing Nothing, and Annoying Habits – Thoughts from December 10, 2025

  

  It’s been a while since I wrote about just my thoughts. This thought takes us back to the restroom. It’s based on a little bit of actual events, but it’s more of a general thinking around the restroom. Humans have been using restrooms for a relatively brief time in human history. I guess it shouldn’t…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 2, 2026

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  2025, acting weird in restrooms, annoyance factor, backside burps, bodily noises, cleanup, courtesy flush, creepy, drinking plenty of water, Elvis, fiber in your diet, food with no nutritional value, hearing only breathing, heart attack on the toilet, heavy breathing, human history, judgemental blowhard, just my thoughts, on phone at the urinal, phones in the restroom, playing video games on the toilet, regulate, restroom, restroom silence, restroom stall, restrooms amplify sound, silence is my enemy, sit on the toilet and not do anything, something medically wrong, straining hard, talking through speakerphone, texting clicks, thinking about the restroom, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, toilet-related activities, urinal

• Stealing Archie’s Food, Relocating Animals, and Happy Endings – Thoughts from December 9, 2025

  

  This Thoughts from Life is going to take us into the lives of five cats. Four of the cats are indoor cats and one is an outdoor cat. The inside cats are Scout, Willow, Luna, and Beatrix. Scout is the mom of the other three. They are all female cats. The outside cat is Archie.…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 26, 2026

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• Avoiding Wheat, Error Code 9, and Nerdy Audio Discussions – Thoughts from December 3, 2025

  

  Patti and I went to Thanksgiving at her nephew’s house. None of her older sisters were there, so the day was incident free. The only thing I avoided eating was the stuffing because of the wheat. Patti made it from a mix and said I wasn’t missing much. The new baby is walking around now…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 5, 2026

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• Playing with Mice, the Mean Streets, and Infections – Thought from November 11, 2025

  

  Full disclosure, I wrote this on a different day, but 11/11 is such a cool day. It was at least around this day when these things happened. I could have just said nothing about my rearranging of time, but I like to keep these Thoughts from Life interactive. If I’m fully disclosing everything, I should…

  Brian Kirwan

  April 21, 2026

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• Time Changes and World Champions – Thoughts from November 2, 2025

  

  We just had the time change where we gain an hour, but my body is still acting like I got less sleep. Patti said it’s seasonal affective disorder. I think my body is rebelling against the stupid time change that needs to go away. Hopefully, future readers of Thoughts from Life will look back on…

  Brian Kirwan

  April 7, 2026

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• 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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