Tag: thoughts
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Stressing Over Bills and Presidents – Thoughts from August 1 and 2, 2023

August 1, 2023 I talked to my dash cam today for the first time in a while. I realized the last time I dash camed was before Quest started getting sick. My dash caming stopped when I was changing out my NAS (Network-Attached Storage) hard drives. I didn’t want to add any videos to it…
Brian Kirwan
$666, 2023, being a good person and not good at being religious, blind cat, by Christians for Christians, cat, cats, charges against Trump, checkbook, credit cards, dash-cam, defense mode, electric bill, Excel worksheet, freeway shenanigans, groceries, high electric bill, I don’t watch the news, leaving the door open, NAS (Network-Attached Storage), Obama, Patti, paying the bills, Payless Shoes, pure shock, Quest, seting the tmperature, stupidity on the freeway, technology, thoughts, Trump on the news, US presidents have been Christians, videos, working from home -
Ubernerds and Time Math – Thoughts from July 26 and 30, 2023

July 26, 2023 I tried to type QWERTY on my swipe keyboard and it typed “Way”. I guess people don’t type QWERTY much. This Thoughts paper is being interrupted to bring you a special news bulletin. Patti just told me Sinead O’Connor just died. She was only 56. 53-year-old me thinks that’s way too young…
Brian Kirwan
2023, 401k, being a nerd, being a rock star, collecting facts, communicating, Competition ruins everything, confusion, considering feelings, died at 56, Disneyland, emotionless people, emotions, Excel worksheet, facts, facts are boring, focus, heed my own words, interpreting facts, learn from my failure, lifetime pass, my retirement, nerd-friendly, never became a rock star, never consider myself retired, new employee, Patti, QWERTY, retirement, screwed up youth, showing off nerdiness, Sinead O’Connor, social security, swipe keyboard, ten based, thoughts, Thoughts paper, time math, too young to die, ubernerd, vacation hours, virtual coins, wasting time, Wordscapes tournament, working for a living, writing -
Blaring phones and Two Year Old Cats – Thoughts from July 24 and 25, 2023

July 24, 2023 I went into a break room to have my lunch and there was only one other person in there. The volume on her phone was blaring. I stood it as long as I could and asked her to turn it down. She was immediately rude and asked me why she should turn…
Brian Kirwan
2023, asked her to turn it down, back spasms, bad behavior, Beatrix, behavior, being rude, cat siblings, cat years, cat’s birthday, cats, choosing to be rude, conflict, didn’t want to get involved, how you treat strangers shows how good a person you are, human years, immediately rude, kittens, looking to have an attitude, loud phone, Luna, neighbor complaining, oldest cat, only control in life, Other People Exist, overbearing parents, Patti, people who don’t care about others, Quest, relating the story calms me, Scout, senior cat, shaky hand, short entry, super senior cat, the littles, thoughts, Thoughts papers, vet birthday card, Willow -
My Abnormalities – Thoughts from July 22 and 23, 2023

July 22, 2023 I was talking to a new employee about several subjects. I have alternative points of view to almost everything he said. He was saying it’s not illegal to use a VPN (virtual private network). I agreed, but said he was lying when he did. We use free services in exchange for information…
Brian Kirwan
2023, abnormal sides, acting normal, alternative points of view, away from religion, bogged down in facts, care about others, caring about all of society, common thinking, companies, compromise, confession, conflict, considering other points of view, discussion, ethical issues, how you treat strangers, I’m normal, logical and ethical, lying, mental illnesses, my weirdness, new employee, normal people, normal-looking, not having prisons, not willing to lie, other points of view, our surfing history, prevention, prisons, problems of the world, rehavilitation, seeing ads, societal norms, strange brain spices, the contract of using free services, thoughts, Thoughts paper, using free services, virtual private network, VPN, wasting time, writing -
Never Seeing Quest Again – Thoughts from July 18, 2023

I just got a call at work from Patti about Quest. Quest was in our bedroom on the floor, and she couldn’t lift her head. Patti’s sister came over and they are going to take Quest to the vet. Patti and I dealt with this situation before. Sister (the cat) had the same thing happen…
Brian Kirwan
2023, acting differently because of loss, bedroom, Blaze, blind cat, cat, cat dealing with loss, cats, couldn’t lift her head, death, end to suffering, fear, feeling her absence, four furry faces, getting used to the loss, growling cat, hostility, kittens, last time I saw her, losing a family member, meeting as kittens, missing Quest, mix of happiness and saddness, obsessive, one cat less, Patti, putting cat to sleep, Quest, reminders of her, Scout, Sister, Slash, slideshow, tearing up, teary-eyed, thoughts, tolerating her, too aggressive, typing, vet, Willow, work, writing -
Celebrating in Annoyance – Thoughts from July 17, 2023

Today is a big day at my work. July 17, 1955, D-land opened. I can still recite the dedication from memory. I memorized it before I came to work here. Memorizing things was something I did back then. It has reached my permanent memory. After eighteen years of working here, I can say that. I…
Brian Kirwan
2023, burgers, celebration, craving unhealthy food, directions to food, finding a topic, getting free stuff, imagination, imaginative people, July 17 2955, memorizing dedication, memory, random access memory, readers read, talking about food, The Habit, thoughts, unhealthy people, unhealthy treats, vegan diet, what you eat matters, writers write, writing, writing topic -
Thinking About Quest – Thoughts from July 16, 2023

I’ve become the guy who brings down the room by talking about Quest going blind. I can’t really talk about anything else because it’s the only thing on my mind. She just turned thirteen years old and I don’t know if she’s going to make it to fourteen. I tell people her age and they…
Brian Kirwan
2023, backing up data, Blaze, blind cat, cat, cats, cloudiness in her eyes, dad, don’ want her to suffer, following the sound of my voice, hard drives, kittens, mom, NAS, nerdy, nerdy stories, Network Attached Storage, older cat, older pet, Quest, Quest is blind, sadness, Scout, thinking, thinking about Quest, thirteen year old cat, thoughts, writing -
Fantasy, Reality, and the Unreal – Thoughts from July 12 and 15, 2023

July 12, 2023 Listen up, people. I’ve got something to say. Just kidding. If I had something to say, I would just say it. I don’t like it when people introduce what they’re going to say. Patti does this quite often. She says, “I’m going to tell you something, but you have to promise not…
Brian Kirwan
2023, bankruptcy, being rich, blame, blind cat, California, cat, dragons, evil, evil doesn’t exist, Fablehaven, fairies, fantasy creatures, fantasy series, flea medication, I’m going to tell you something, impersonating men, impression of men, living in New York, making decisions, man voice, modern fantasy, my Friday, mythological stories, no heroes or villains, Nora Ephron books, parents, Patti, problems with pooing, Quest, research, rich people problems, snob hill, stress, tears, thoughts, Thoughts papers, tired of crying, trauma, unicorns, water heater leakage, weather, works of fiction, yelling -
Water Damage, Tree Removal, and Video Issues – Thoughts from July 8, 2023

The other day, Patti and I noticed wet spots on our carpet in the den. We had problems with water leaking before, so we knew something was leaking. It’s the only time in my life when I wished it was a cat urinating. I checked the water heater and, sure enough, it was leaking and…
Brian Kirwan
2023, blurring license plates, blurring video, caring about other people, cat, chopped Trees, dashcam, dropping leaves, DVD holder, DVDs, editing video, grounding a stump, I like trees, leaking water heater, mildew, modern encyclopedia, no more tree, no nostalgia for those days, not sleeping all night, Patti, reading user manuals, ruined plumbing, South Park, streaming, suffering for your art, syncing videos, thoughts, tree removal, Video Questions, water damage, working on a film set, YouTube -
Explosive Birthday Aftermath – Thoughts from July 2 and 4, 2023

July 2, 2023 As birthdays go, this is one of the most recent ones. That’s right, I’m the big five three today. Because I exhausted all my vacation time in Jamaica, I couldn’t take today off. I’m at work, but it’s not so bad. My place of work is where people come on their vacations.…
Brian Kirwan
2023, awkward place to sleep, battle cry of hate, battles, birthday, cat poo, Christian Americans, explosions, fighting foreigners, fireworks, fireworks around our house, God doesn’t exist, gross things, hading pets, hate, hateful American crowds, hating non-Americans, illegal fireworks, Jamaica, July 4th, learn their lesson, litter box, loud noises, miserable complainer, old cat, paws slipping, poo, poo in the crevices, pyro, pyrotechnic hate rallies, Quest, racist sexist homophobic and hateful people, scaring pets, scaring the cats, sleeping on the printer, social butterfly, the smell of poo, thoughts, Thoughts papers, towel on the printer, violence

