Tag: thoughts

• Problems with the Left Side of My Face – Thoughts from March 19, 2026

  

  The following happened over several weeks. It started with weird pains on my face. Eventually, my face developed bumps that followed my jaw line on the left side. I’m used to problems on the left side of my face. I was unsure if my hearing, throat, or allergy problems caused it. It got so bad…

  Brian Kirwan

  November 3, 2026

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  2026, 600 mg of ibuprofen, allergy problems, block the virus, contagious, dentist appointment, face pains, finish the kitchen cabinets, hearing problems, herpes, increased sensitivity, inner ear, kitchen remodel, left side of my face, off work order, Patti, reactivation of chickenpox, Ross, senior discount shopping, shingles, shingles vaccine shot, thoughts, throat problems, toothache pain, whole head X-ray, X-rays

• Archie’s Tail, Secure Spices, and LitRPG – Thoughts from March 13, 2026

  

  Yesterday, Patti and I were celebrating my 20 years of working at Disneyland. Today is my 21st anniversary from my hire date. Yesterday, Patti was hanging out with her favorite cat characters. Today, I am hanging out with one of my favorite actual cats, Archie. He was hanging out on our porch, and I was…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 27, 2026

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  2026, Archie, audiobooks, books, cats, character statistics, clamps, comforting self with a stuffed animal, Disneyland, Dungeons and Dragons, fantasy story, humorous stories, Lamb Chop, lazy Susan, like it was made to be there, LitRPG, LitRPG books, logic my way through problems, long audiobooks, memoirs, outside cat, Patti, playing RPG game on a computer, role-playing game, screwing at an angle, skinnier than we would like, spice rack, stepping on cat’s tail, stuffed cat toy, there’s enough drama in the world, thoughts

• Joy Explosions and My Unreal Job – March 12, 2026 – Part 2

  

  As promised in Part 1 of this article, I left out the most important part of my 20-year celebration at Disney. As always, Patti is the most important part of any story. We were enjoying our time at California Adventure with all my 10+ year celebrators. One of Patti’s favorite rides was the Tower of…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 20, 2026

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• 20 Years of Happiness – Thoughts from March 12, 2026 – Part 1

  

  My start date at Disneyland was March 13, 2005, even though I started working on November 13, 2004. It took me six months to get full time. I was 34 years old when I started working at Disney. Today is one day before my 21-year celebration, but I’m celebrating my 20-year anniversary with Disney. The…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 13, 2026

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• The Wi-Fi Sprinkler System and the Happy Nerd – Thoughts from March 11, 2026

  

  Patti and I went to Lowes a while back to get wood for the kitchen remodel and looked for a new timer for our sprinklers. I accidentally left the door on the old one open and would no longer power up. We only noticed it when the grass and plants were dying. Getting a new…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 6, 2026

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  2026, air conditioner, amount of shade, Bluetooth, cobwebs and dead bugs, compound eyes, connecting a new unit, connecting devices, downloading an app, expecting problems, extension cord, hope and trepidation, Jiminy Cricket, kitchen remodel, lawn in the backyard, Lowes, mobile home, money well spent, Patti, reading instructions, rewiring, singular pronoun one, sizable grasshopper, smart watering, sprinkler system, sprinkler timer, sprinkler zones, thoughts, type of grass, type of soil, wi-fi, wires

• New Vacuums, Brushing Archie, and Not Puking – Thoughts from March 10, 2026

  

  The most exciting thing to happen in my life recently was getting a new vacuum. My old vacuum had fallen apart the last time I used it. The hoses had holes in them, the roller had stopped moving, the handle had come apart, and the suction was extremely minimal. Throwing it away was a simple…

  Brian Kirwan

  September 29, 2026

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  2026, add salt to my diet, Archie, being sick, biting cat, body ache, brushing cat’s undercarriage, cabinet, cat brush, cat fur, cat’s belly, cats with exposed belly, cordlass vacuum, diry cat belly, dizziness, get a bucket, hurting stomach, inconvenient for most things, kitchen remodel, less sleep, long and fluffy tail, new squishy toilet, new vacuum, no salt in my diet, old vacuum, outside cat, Patti, picking a new vacuum, playing with cat, problem in my diet, puking was possible, securing wood, shaking eyes, slide out spice rack, spick rack, step back to advance forward, sticky burrs, thoughts, unable to focus, walking shakily

• Patti’s 2025-26 Kitchen Remodel – Spice Rack Edition – Thoughts from February 27, 2026

  

  Welcome back to the ongoing saga known as Patti’s 2025-26 kitchen remodel. I built a base for the spice rack pull-out cabinet a while back. Now it was time I fully installed it. I’ve had to plan for installing cabinets in the past, but this was a new level of planning. This was something I…

  Brian Kirwan

  September 22, 2026

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• Breaking Down and Starting Over – Thoughts from February 23, 2026

  

  Let’s go back in time and relive a horrible time in my life. If that makes you want to read on, you are a sick person. For all you sick people who are still here, I need to set the scene. The following happened in about November to December 2009. When you read what happened,…

  Brian Kirwan

  September 15, 2026

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• Mileage Milestones and the Weight of the World on Your Shoulders – Thoughts from February 21, 2026

  

  I wish the following happened on 2/23, but it didn’t. This is another entry into Brian’s mileage milestones. As usual, I saw the number coming before it arrived. Sometimes I get distracted by driving. This is not a bad thing. Paying attention to my driving is job number one, but a close second is seeing…

  Brian Kirwan

  September 8, 2026

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• Cloudy Skies – Thoughts from February 18, 2026

  

  Yesterday, I talked about colors, but I didn’t mention the color white. A study of white reveals that it comprises all the colors. If you don’t know about light, this may not make sense. Before I get too deep into white being made of a rainbow of light, I’ll move on to a specific discussion…

  Brian Kirwan

  September 1, 2026

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