Tag: writing

• Booster Shot – Thoughts from April 30 and May 1, 2022

  

  April 30, 2022 This past Wednesday, Patti and I got our second booster shots. On Thursday, I did yard work and was going to go out grocery shopping, but found my whole body was in pain and I just wanted to sit down. Admittedly, I sat down on the squishy couch so I got more…

  Brian Kirwan

  October 5, 2023

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• Wearing Masks – Thoughts from April 13 and 15, 2022

  

  April 13, 2022 I listened to this book that was a scientific look at sex. I told Patti some of the interesting and weird stuff from it, but I didn’t tell her about any of the female stuff. It seems to be a sensitive topic for her. It’s been growing in sensitivity for years. I…

  Brian Kirwan

  September 26, 2023

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• Stressed Smile – Thoughts from March 28 and April 1, 2022

  

  March 28, 2022 I’ve been working on adding exercises and examples to my book. It has added about ten thousand words to it. I look forward to the day when I will have to explain what book I’m working on, but I only have the one right now. I would love to have time to…

  Brian Kirwan

  September 19, 2023

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• Pooping on the Super Bowl – Thoughts from February 12 and 13, 2022

  

  February 12, 2022 Well, it’s been a while since I wrote about my thoughts from life. I have been listening to my old Thoughts papers starting as early as 1991. What the hell! To say it’s weird does not encompass how weird I’ve been throughout my life. So many ups and sooooooooo many downs. It’s…

  Brian Kirwan

  August 22, 2023

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• Brian Explains Men and Women – Thoughts from December 17, 2010

  

  Brian Explains: Men and Women Men and women are the similar in more ways than they are different. We are both humans, have feet and hands in the same general area, and have heads that are tied to our bodies with skin string. We are so similar that you cannot tell which category some people…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 20, 2023

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• Brian Explains Planned Procrastination – Thoughts from November 26, 2010

  

  Brian Explains: Planned Procrastination The main philosophy of planned procrastination is why do today what you can plan to do tomorrow? I believe I started the beginnings of this philosophy in high school, but it truly blossomed in College. I have a degree in English Composition that I am putting to great use by writing…

  Brian Kirwan

  July 11, 2023

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• Brian Explains Boredom and Change – Thoughts from October 15 and 22

  

  October 15, 2010 Brian Explains: Boredom Some people have a hard time being alone. I am not one of those people. I can be alone for hours and I always find something to do. The hardest part for me is deciding what to do. I guess this makes this an anti-explanation of boredom, but I…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 29, 2023

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• Brian Explains Screwing Up and Food – Thoughts from October 1, 2010

  

  Future note: This is the third Brian Explains Life blog article I am including as part of the Thoughts from Life blog, but it should have been the first. I thought it was strange that the introduction to the blog was from 2010, but the articles were from 2011. To make up for this screw…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 27, 2023

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• Headed to Disneyland – Thoughts from November 10, 2004

  

  All the songs on my MP3 player are sad songs. I need to change that. I need high-energy songs now. This whole “new chapter in my life” thing is happening, and I need to get excited and energized about it. I’m starting my training at Disneyland at 10:00 AM this Saturday. Brad, who I talked…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 6, 2023

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• I’m Working on It – Thoughts from May 11 and 19, 2004

  

  May 11, 2004 We had my mom over for Mother’s Day on, strangely enough, Mother’s Day this weekend. Our newly finished kitchen can be used to make shrimp, etc. We also had a Mother’s Day celebration at Patti’s mom’s house. I nerded it up with “the boys” most of the time. We were looking at…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 30, 2023

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