Tag: thoughts

• Christmas Games – Thoughts from December 20 and 21, 2022

  

  December 20, 2022 Patti came to work with me today. On the way, we talked the whole time. Sometimes we put on a podcast and listen to that, but we were both Chatty Cathies and never really listened to anything but each other. It’s good to know that after 25 years of marriage we can…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 22, 2024

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  2022, 25 years of marriage, accusing me of yelling, AI used in art, alliteration, artificial intelligence, banned, Charlie Manson, Christmas, Christmas Eave, Christmas games, competitive games, creativity, experimenting with swearing, family, five female felines, fuzzy pictures, games, get to know our neighbors, great listener, high school humor papers, hitting on girls, house boarded up, loud vehicles, memory for visual things, music band, my last day, Napster, new people, no memory, no recall, party, party games, Patti, pleasant trip, predictive messages, predictive text, presents, purse, sampling, sex in a bar, stories, stupid is the new normal, swearing, talking in the car, technology, The Papers, thoughts, weird wordplay, wife, yelling

• Wrist Rest Under the Keyboard – Thoughts from December 11 to 19, 2022

  

  December 11, 2022 I started writing a skit in my head as I was waking up the other day. The basic premise of it was a guy brought a kid to Bring Your Child to Work Day and his coworker questions whether it is his child. As the dialogue continued in my head, it got…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 20, 2024

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  1999, 2022, absurd, animate, animation, audio recording, Bring a child to work, Bring Your Child to Work Day, cassette tape, distraction, doing stupid things, Ears, Facebook, fun confusion, fun people, goofball, happy life, hello new person routine, keyboards, logic chip, lonely, miserable people, movies, multitasking, my songs, my stuff, new person at work, no time, office, on her mind, Patti, physical object, previously on, relationships, serious people, single people, skit, swipe keyboard, take me too seriously, the incident, thoughts, Thoughts papers, thoughts to schedule, too honest, touch typing, typing with thumbs, visuals, watching movies in sections, wrist rest, wrist rest under the keyboard, writing, wrote in high school, young people

• Bleeding Red – Thoughts from December 7, 2022

  

  On this day back in 1941, Pearl Harbor became a place of infamy. I know regular readers of these Thoughts papers thought they suddenly were reading a historical calendar, but it’s me, Brian. Patti and I have actually been to Pearl Harbor, so it is slightly relevant to me. I mainly mention it because I…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 15, 2024

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  1941, 2022, ashamed, Asian-American citizens, bleeding is a good thing, blood is natural, blue party, Brian, cat parents, cats scratch, color wheel, creating new words, Democrats, dislike color red, five cats, heart shapes, I’m a scratching post, loving your cats, make up words, misspelling, panicking, Patti, Pearl Harbor, positive current, proud of my scars, racism, racisming, racist attacks, red blood, red emergency lights, red party, red text in bible, red wire, remembering history, Republicans, scars, spell checker, stupid around sharp objects, thoughts, Thoughts papers, writing

• Five Cats – Thoughts from December 5 and 6, 2022

  

  December 5, 2022 I was telling a group made up of women and one man about our five cats we have right now. The man wasn’t really interested in hearing about cats, but the rest of the group overruled him. I’ve never been told by a female listener that they don’t want to hear about…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 13, 2024

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  2022, angry tirade, boring stories, box of rocks, cat stories, cats, caution tape, Charlie Manson, daughter, dog stories, dogs, dull stories, five cats, good person, Harley Davison, headache, I feel crappy, illogical behavior, local Charlie Manson, loud motorcycle, mobile home park, natural light, not my usual cheerful self, notice on window, outlet for frustration, Patti, police cars, power outage, religious person, thinking thoughts I never say, thoughts, Thoughts papers, tired, walking through the wrong door, waxing poetic, witty banter, writing

• Grocery Scanner – Thoughts from December 3 and 4, 2022

  

  December 3, 2022 Patti came in with me to work today so she could go into the park. We stopped by a local Walmarket on the way in. As spell check reminds me, Walmarket is not its real name, but that’s what we call it. I needed blueberries and hair gel. The hair gel was…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 8, 2024

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  2022, avoid buying organic, bad at suicide, beliefs, blueberries, commiting suicide, competition, depression, escalator, feeling alone, hair gel, hate, helping each other, ignoring mental health, loneliness, loud bang, low self-esteem, major problem in society, man jumped, mental health, mental state, organic, parking structure, Patti, scanning items, self-checkout, selfish act, suicidal thoughts, suicide, thoughts, tragedy, unacceptable item, Walmarket, Walmart Market, wasting time, work

• Behind the Scenes – Thoughts from November 28 and 30, 2022

  

  November 28, 2022 Everything about American football pisses me off. I’m definitely not a fan of any sport, but only football can send me into a rage whenever I hear about or see it. This time of year, there are commercials on the radio and TV. I have to switch away from them if I…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 6, 2024

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  2022, American football, basic routine, behind-the-scenes, commercials for football, creating new Thoughts papers, dreading meeting new people, enjoyable, exercise, football, football fills me with rage, football is racist, football is sexist, football is violent, football’s history of hate, forgot ID, high Triglycerides, housework, interrupted routine, meeting new people, moving around, new character in a book, new document, new people, new people have no baggage, one continuous thought, parking lot, point of interest, pretending, pyro debris, rage, something on my mind, sports are boring, stolen mements to write, stopping randomly, switch away, thought of the day, thoughts, Thoughts paper, thoughts to paper, treadmill, work, work ID, yard work

• Thanksgiving – Thoughts from November 21 and 27, 2022

  

  November 21, 2022 I’m listening to Jenny Lawson’s book Broken and have listened to others by her. Like me, she has anxiety issues and thinks weird thoughts. I’m enjoying it. It turns out I enjoy hearing other people’s weird thoughts as much as writing my own. I like people I can relate to. I can’t…

  Brian Kirwan

  February 1, 2024

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  2022, addicted, addictions, America, anxiety issues, arguments, arguments with relatives, author, being a sidekick, belief, book, Broken, celebrate my flaws, Competition ruins everything, debt, demeaning, disagreement, discriminatory practices, equal partner, flaws are relatable, forgiving student loan debt, future consequences, help young people, Jenny Lawson, literary works, non-smoking, normalized discrimination, older people, other points of view, Patti, pleasant conversations, political leanings, privilege, promise of money, removing personality, resources, smoking, Thanksgiving, the addict I love, thoughts, weird thoughts, word choice, writing, youngsters

• 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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  1996, 2022, 50s, audio recording, Beat My Necks sketch, beatnik, Beatrix, belief, beliefs are bad, beliefs are bad for your health, cat centipede, cats, cats in bed with me, comic genius, feedback, gain weight on days off, gaining weight, going to church tired, humor, illogical, interpretations of reality, knowledge is good, laughing, Lifetime Achievement Award for Denial of All Realities, line?, losing weight, Luna, not a group joiner, old documents, old hard drive, others interpreting reality, Patti, podcast, publishing, realities, scale makes fun of me, Scout, seperating myself from others, skipping church, sleepy, smelling buts, The Human Centipede, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, Thoughts papers, thoughtsfromlife.com, video recording, Willow, WordPress ad, writing, writing community, YouTube

• No Memory for Names – Thoughts from November 15 and 16, 2022

  

  November 15, 2022 I was listening to an episode of Sarah Silverman’s podcast with Patti and someone left a voicemail asking about a message she got from her child’s school nurse. The message informed her that her child’s weight was a health concern. The mom was super offended by the message and wanted to know…

  Brian Kirwan

  January 25, 2024

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  2022, America is overweigtht, atheist, bad parenting, believers, child’s weight, coaches, disagreements, fat virus, first generation atheist, fitness craze, forget I know something, forget the name, health concern, health expert, healthy weight, inappropriate, memory for names, non-believers, non-religious, offended, Patti, people not signaling, podcast, reality denial, religious reasons, reminded of my knowledge, Santa Claus, Sarah Silverman, school nurse, signaling the wrong way, sneak up on my memory, supernatural things, thoughts, trainers, weight problem

• Spandex Underwear – Thoughts from November 6 and 14, 2022

  

  November 6, 2022 I feel like most of the world caters to people who are not like me. I’m not religious, don’t like restaurants or fast food, care about other people, don’t believe in anything, don’t like live events, and don’t think simply about anything. On the outside, I’m of average height, weight, and looks…

  Brian Kirwan

  January 23, 2024

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  2022, 4% spandex, accepting reality, average white man, beautiful display, behind-the-scenes, beliefs, beliefs are information, Bruce Willis, centient computer, computer beliefs, cultures come with beliefs, data collected, don’t like fast food, don’t like live events, don’t like restaurants, don’t think simply, ethical issues, I don’t like surprises, I like spoilers, I’m not threatening, ignoring human rights, instant access, life is about the destination, life is about the journey not the destination, logic, logic based on reality, logic is objective, making decisions, making fun of myself, mesmerized, moving, non-believer, not religious, people believe I’m normal, politicians, programing beliefs of a computer, programmer, rain, rainbow in rearview mirror, religious beliefs, science fiction, spandex hater, spandex underwear, spoilers, supercomputers, surprises, The Sixth Sense, thoughts, Thoughts papers, unique weirdo, world without beliefs