Tag: vacations

• Vegas from Fremont Street – Thoughts from April 14, 2024

  

  Patti and I went to Vegas for five days and I didn’t write one word while I was there. Many things happened, but I was too busy eating, drinking, and gambling. Now, I’ll try to think back on the days and write about them. The first thing was leaving the cats knowing we wouldn’t be…

  Brian Kirwan

  January 28, 2025

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  2024, buffet, carpool raffle, cats, comedians, daily routine with cats, demanding a wheelchair, drag show, driving to Vegas, eating drinking and gambling, falling asleep, forgetting drivers license, Fremont Street, going to puke, half-naked people, Handsome podcast, Las Vegas, lesbians, liberal views, licking my hair, Long Island iced teas, loudspeakers, older server, oldest hotel in Vegas, Patti, people screaming, players club card, pure alcohol, several drinks past the limit, slurring words, smell of marjuana, stretching, themed slot machine, thoughts, Tig Notaro, truly big money, vacations, Vegas, Vegas at night, winning big money, writing, young women dancing on the bar

• 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

• Vegas Hotel – Thoughts from September 14 and 15, 2022

  

  September 14, 2022 Patti is in the middle of trying to watch TV with no power. It’s 10:40 pm, and the power has been out since about 9:00 pm. This is a planned outage, so it hopefully won’t be out until the estimated 5:00 AM time. I showed Patti how to tether her phone with…

  Brian Kirwan

  January 2, 2024

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  2022, bad texting, birthday, cat sitter, cats, cats freaking out, drinking buddies, genuine relationships, groups of friends, hot spot, hotel suite, just sitting on the toilet, lack of cats on vacation, lack of people at home, last cat meal, my pooping is quick, nerd, Patti, people in Vegas, phone flashlight, phone tethering, planned outage, poop, pooping, power outage, sexist, sups, tablet, text, thoughts, Thoughts papers, toilet seats are not for sitting, toxically male, vacations, vegan diet, Vegas, violent, watching TV, wiping my butt, worse behavior, writing, young men

• I’m a Bit Much – Thoughts from February 19 and 20, 2022

  

  February 19, 2022 I’m sitting in a van and the mileage on it is 77077. Excited doesn’t even state how much that delights me. Patti and I went to a casino yesterday, and I walked out $60 richer. This is about equal to that. I just began my workday about two hours ago and it’s…

  Brian Kirwan

  August 29, 2023

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  2020, 2022, a rest from me, accepting reality, avoidance, casino, categories, cats, conversations, cool numbers, food, freaking out, happier, health, healthier, I’m a bit much, litter boxes, mileage, my book, negativity, new ride, Patti, personal stories, Quest, Reality Acceptance, religion, richer, Scout, secrets, silent treatment, thoughts, vacations, website