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Breaking Down and Starting Over – Thoughts from February 23, 2026

Let’s go back in time and relive a horrible time in my life. If that makes you want to read on, you are a sick person. For all you sick people who are still here, I need to set the scene. The following happened in about November to December 2009. When you read what happened,…

Brian Kirwan

September 15, 2026

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Mileage Milestones and the Weight of the World on Your Shoulders – Thoughts from February 21, 2026

I wish the following happened on 2/23, but it didn’t. This is another entry into Brian’s mileage milestones. As usual, I saw the number coming before it arrived. Sometimes I get distracted by driving. This is not a bad thing. Paying attention to my driving is job number one, but a close second is seeing…

Brian Kirwan

September 8, 2026

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2026, 232323, anorexia, anorexic, autobiographies, autobiography, avoiding eating, binging and purging, Brian, bulimia, change our habits, controlling your body, cool numbers, crazed weirdo, dangerous eating habits, defenses and denial, denial, emotional eating, emotional problems, gaining weight, health at risk, healthier eating habits, hiding actions, Jane Fonda, keeping busy to deal with emotions, lack of support system, mileage milestone, My Life So Far, nutrition in your diet, only eating certain foods, Patti, problems with eating and weight, secrets, self-conscious, societal pressures, thoughts, vegan diet, wanting control, weight issues
Cloudy Skies – Thoughts from February 18, 2026

Yesterday, I talked about colors, but I didn’t mention the color white. A study of white reveals that it comprises all the colors. If you don’t know about light, this may not make sense. Before I get too deep into white being made of a rainbow of light, I’ll move on to a specific discussion…

Brian Kirwan

September 1, 2026

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2026, 3-D painting with precipitation, aggressively honest, cats, Cloud City, cloud shapes, clouds, clouds are always changing, clouds bring rain, clouds in the sky, clouds of heaven, clouds shield us from the sun, collecting rain, colors, creatures appearing in clouds, cumulonimbus clouds, depression, feeling sad, flying saucer, gray clouds, images in clouds, imagination, inspired creation, inspiring clreativity, lenticular clouds, light through the clouds, negative feelings, only seeing clouds, perfectly saucer shaped, phenomenon, rain clouds following sad people, random patterns, Roswell New Mexico, seeing different things in clouds, seemingly random, Star Wars, thoughts, UFO cloud, viewing angle, weather, weather in action, white
Good Colors, Bad Colors, and Brown – Thoughts from February 17, 2026

One day, I was listening to something that sparked many thoughts about many different subjects. As I was driving, I dictated these thoughts as email messages to myself. I automatically put any email I send to myself in a folder of notes. I try to take pictures of things that happen in my life so…

Brian Kirwan

August 25, 2026

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2026, art classes, blood, brown, changing my favorite color, collections, colors, danger, dark green, discussion of colors, Dodger blue, Dodgers, email messages, emergencies, favorite animal, folder of notes, Garfield, Garfield phone, globe being covered in red paint, green, horror movies, liking red is creepy, love of tigers, loving cat, mallard ducks, mixing paints, mom’s favorite color, my favorite color is tan, my mind works faster than my mouth, notes, orange, orange fur, Patti, Patti likes pink, pink, pink cat dressed in Dodger blue, primary colors, purple, red, red cars, secondary colors, sparking thought, stripes like a tiger, taking pictures, thoughts, tigers, weird, what different colors mean to me, wood is brown, yellow, you want to feel wood
Autobiographies and Religion – Thoughts from February 15, 2026

Before I begin this Thoughts from Life, let me tell you two things about myself. I have listened to many autobiographies because I enjoy hearing about someone’s life from their point of view. Biographies tell you about someone’s life from the outside. Autobiographies are like diary entrees and biographies are like book reports. Before I…

Brian Kirwan

August 18, 2026

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2026, atheism, atheist, audiobook, Augusten Burroughs, autobiographies, autobiography, beliefs, beliefs are irrelevant to your story, beliefs are temporary guesses about the world, biographies, Caitlin Moran, Carrie Fisher, comedy writers, David Sedaris, Dawn French, diary entrees, Ellen DeGeneres, getting religious at the end of your autobiography, humorous writers, Jennifer Saunders, Jenny Lawson, Kevin Hart, Kevin Smith, Mindy Kaling, Miranda Hart, people’s beliefs, predictions, religious language, religious practices, religious subjects, religious subjects in autobiography, Richard Ayoade, Sarah Silverman, spirituality, Steve Martin, supernatural happenings, talking about religion, talking about your beliefs, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, Tiffany Haddish, Tina Fey, Trevor Noah, waxing poetic

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