Tag: thoughts

• Money-Making Schemes and Metaphors – Thoughts from January 29 and 31, 2023

  

  January 29, 2023 I just want to start this Thoughts paper by telling you, the reader, how much I appreciate what you do. I don’t know what you do beyond reading these words, but I appreciate what you’re doing right now. There are many words you could be looking at and you chose mine. It…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 28, 2024

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  2023, 8 millimeter films, a quarter for grocery cart, Aldi, Animal Kingdom Lodge, Brian, Brian’s space movies, digitizing VHS home videos, Disney World, donuts, drinking in Vegas, exaggerating for comic effect, gas station, getting along with my sister, grocery shopping, I don’t lie, I don’t like poetry, I look like a Brian, metaphors, money-making scheme, my sister, my weirdness, news is useless, news on the screen at the pump, not a unique name, nothing is exactly like something else, one version of my name, parking lot, Patti, perfection doesn’t exist, reading, recent death on the news, Star Wars figures, stop motion films, the reader, thoughts, Thoughts paper, vacations, vacations are not good for my health, Vegas, video commentary, words, writing

• Failure is Always an Option – Thoughts from January 28, 2023

  

  I’m starting this Thoughts paper to get it out of the way. I don’t really have anything to talk about yet, but starting is always the first step to any endeavor. Your journey begins with a single step. That’s what they used to say back in the ableist past. If you don’t have feet or…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 26, 2024

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  2023, ableism, ableist, ancestors, appreciate other weirdos, conversations in my dreams, conversations with myself, discrimination, discriminatory language, discriminatory practices, ethics, failure is how you learn, Failure is not an option, feeling like a weirdo, Frank Zappa, good answer, horrible person, horrible things, I relate to other weird people, I should be saying something, illogical rules, isolated communities, language, logical and ethical, making my thoughts understandable to others, ready to go statements, religions, shallow goals, starting is the first step, That’s a good question, thinking in feelings, thinking in images, thinking in sounds, thinking in words, thoughts, Thoughts paper, update your vocabulary, words created by isolated communities

• Yelling Instructions and Open Caskets – Thoughts from January 27, 2023

  

  I’m terrible at non-creative tasks. If you tell me to create something or help figure something out, I can start thinking of possibilities right away. If you give me orders to follow, my brain panics and shuts down. I can memorize things on my own, but my conversational memory sucks. When I have written instructions,…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 21, 2024

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  2023, American society, audio instructions, autobiography, beliefs, death on display, disturbing open casket, disturbing religious traditions, disturbing ritual, extreme religions, false beliefs, following instructions, funerals, hate, ignoring reality, my conversational memory sucks, non-creative tasks, open casket, open casket for a child, quick instructions, racism, reality denial, religion, seeing a dead boby, sexism, things that disturb me, thoughts, unnatural, written instructions

• My Weird Memory and VHS Tapes – Thoughts from January 15 and 21, 2023

  

  January 15, 2023 I have a weird memory. When I hear the name Neil, I can think of Neil Patrick Harris, Neil Armstrong, Vince Neil, Neil Peart, and Neil from the Young Ones. My middle name is Patrick like Neil Patrick Harris, but I don’t use mine much. I have friends, relatives, and a wife…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 19, 2024

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  2023, edit videos, eight-track ADAT recorder, four-track cassette player, Living in the past is my future, Neil, Neil Armstrong, Neil from the Young Ones, Neil Patrick Harris, Neil Peart, no new creations, past creations, Pat, Pat from Saturday Night Live, Pat McCormick, Pat Sajak, Patricia Heaton, Patrick, Patrick Dempsey, Patrick Star, Patrick Stuart, Patti, Patti LaBelle, refurbished VCR, remix tracks, spelling, Sponge Bob Square Pants, thoughts, transfer analog to digital, VCR, VHS videos, video tapes, Vince Neil, weird memory

• 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

• Raining on Santa – Thoughts from January 3 and 4, 2023

  

  January 3, 2023 It’s raining and I’m doing a job today that involves picking things up from one location and taking them to another location in an adorably compact truck. I’m pushing things to and from my truck so I can’t use an umbrella to protect myself. The other option is to use the hood…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 12, 2024

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  2023, adorably compact truck, black Santa, curly-haired dog, don’t watch the news, drenched in sweat, drowned rat, excessive sweating, heavy jacket, history of sweating, hood on my jacket, horrible Republicans, justifying horrible behavior, non-verbal Santa in a wheelchair, non-white Santa Claus, Patti, podcast, raining, Santa Camp, Santa Claus, Santa with a sty on his eye, self-deprecating humor, sprinkling, sweating is my hobby, the news, thoughts, transgender Santa, umbrella, well hydrated

• Mythical New Year and Crying Babies – Thoughts from January 2, 2023

  

  Here we are in 2023. This is my first entry of the new year so you know it’s going to be good. I can say that because you’ll probably forget I said it by the end of reading this paper. As always, I’m going to live in the past for the first part. I was…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 7, 2024

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  2023, absurd circumstances, Amazon money, animated version, Beatrix, beliefs, birthday party for one year olds, Catholic school, cats, chips, dips, disappointing knowledge, entertainment, fireworks, Good Mythical Morning, guacamole, illogical, illogical rules, live in the past, love of money, Luna, marathon watching, memoirs, movies when I was seven, New Year’s Eve, no special features, normalizing religion and sports, Patti, pop culture references, Quest, raining, religious, religious experiences, scientific truths, Scout, sparkling wine, The Hobbit from 1977, thoughts, unnatural events, weirdness, Willow, wine, YouTube

• Christmas Weight and Other Random Subjects – Thoughts from December 29, 2022

  

  December 29, 2022 During all the Christmas eating, I gained six pounds. I do it every year during Christmas. My regular eating habits are such that I can lose it relatively easily. We still have New Years Eve coming up so it will probably go back up again. I feel crappy when my weight goes…

  Brian Kirwan

  March 5, 2024

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  2022, addiction, boring conversations, Christmas eating, Christmas weight, cigarettes, conversations with strangers, COVID, eating habits, filling the holes of my life, genuine happiness, health problems, my dad, New Years Eve, Patti, pleasure, politics, random subject generator, religion and sex, restroom, sedentary lives, smoking, start conversations, stress, thoughts, touchy subjects, undiscussed problems, unhealthy foods, unhealthy people

• Rum Coffee for Breakfast – Thoughts from December 28, 2022

  

  Continuing my last Thoughts paper, I will talk about the joy that was Christmas Day. I got up about 11:30 am and Patti got up just before me. The coffee machine was still making coffee. I wanted to mention one of Patti’s presents at that point (a new coffee machine), but I’m glad I didn’t…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 29, 2024

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  2022, 52-year-old child, Amazon, Beatrix, breakfast, building Lego, cat tongue, cats, cats instead of kids, Christmas Day, coffee filders, coffee machine, fancy pillow, gift card, gifts, hash browns, It tasted really good, Jamaican rum cream, Lego, Lego penguin, lick my hair, love fest, Luna, mimosa, my inner child, nephew, normal breakfast, opinion about food, Patti, pink hamster, Scout, sliced tomatoes, stretching, therapy light, thoughts, Thoughts paper, vegan eggs and sausage, Willow, wonder product

• Writing My Thoughts Down – Thoughts from December 27, 2022

  

  I’m back at work today and as promised in the brochure at the beginning of this seminar, I’m back to writing my thoughts on my phone. I’m always tempted to say, “write my thoughts down”, but my fancy grammar checker discourages it. We rarely write things on paper anymore so maybe that’s why it’s discouraged…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 27, 2024

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  2022, amplifying moments in life, background of my mind, bad decisions, bitter old person, boredom, brownies, Charlie Manson, Christmas Eve, Christmas party, conversation, cookies, criticizing kids, cynical, do the right thing, families, fun, fun conversation, fun in life, gift exchange game, goofball, grammar checker, habit, ignoring bitter old people, learning, mobile home, nephews, nieces, old people, Patti, persuing interests, raffle, sarcasm, seeking only success, Sister, thoughts, vocabulary, write my thoughts down, writing, young people