Tag: what should be is not what is

• Me, Casual Conversations, and My Birth Certificate – Thoughts from January 21 and 27, 2024

  

  January 21, 2024 As someone was talking about watching a football game and getting riled up, I had an existential crisis as I listened. I felt an urge to point out how I could never have a conversation about such a reprehensible sport. I held my tongue, but it made me wonder if I’m ever…

  Brian Kirwan

  November 26, 2024

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  2024, average people, birth certificate, caring about others, casual conversations, everyday conversations, exaggerating who we are, football, grades from school, honor role, how others view you, interesting conversations, interests, junior high, knowing yourself, miserable, no friends, not a rebel, Patti, perfect attendance, places we don’t go, quitting smoking, reprehensible sport, retirement, routines, sports, stressful job, talking about personal things, thoughts, too honest to lie, understanding, what should be is not what is, who you actually are

• Misunderstanding Words and Loving Vacuuming – Thoughts from October 9 and 12, 2023

  

  October 9, 2023 For many years, I have misunderstood what “tenure” meant. Much of my life, I thought it meant when a teacher reached ten years of teaching. If they lasted that long, they couldn’t fire them. Recently, I heard some talk about getting tenure after two years. I told Patti about what I thought…

  Brian Kirwan

  September 10, 2024

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  2023, A-holes, better off not knowing, cats, Civil War, days off, days off in a row, different President, English degree, enjoying vacuuming, guilty vacuuming, hard time firing tenured teacher, history of horrible things, ignorance, ignoring people, lack of interest, learning from our past, Mason-Dixon line, my sci-fi world, not creating something, Patti, phone on speaker, seperating states, slavery, strange person, teacher reaching tenure, teaching, tenure, thoughts, using technology politely, vacuuming house, walking and talking on the phone, watching videos, weekends, what should be is not what is, working on my computer