Category Archives: Curmudgeonly Gems of Insight

Sometimes You Just Have To Ride It Out: Part 3

[Warning: My story went off the rails when CNN injected politics into my life. If you’re aiming for a political theory free life (which I wholly applaud), feel free to skip today’s post.] Terrifying memories of dental mistreatment from my … Continue reading

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It’s Not Paranoia If They Really Are Out To Get You: Part 1

Inexplicably, otherwise rational people seem surprised social media is not on their side. I don’t get it. It’s a willful inability to learn even the simplest of lesson. Here’s a Curmudgeonly Gem of Insight: No matter who owns the vice, … Continue reading

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Dulcimers And Drill Bits

[In today’s post I desperately avoid politics with some reminiscences. Boring? Perhaps. But it’s my blog and I’ll swim against the current if I want to. (I’ll also end sentences with prepositions. Who’s gonna’ stop me?) If you’re looking for … Continue reading

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The Constitution Of The United States Of America

[The Magna Carta was signed in 1215. It was a ballsy move to force a king to do anything. Would it be worth the paper it was written on? A king, even one in a temporarily weak condition, might rise … Continue reading

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The Timescale Of A Gnat

I’ve been on the road. Driving is a good time to think. Driving is also a golden opportunity to observe America. I’m not seeing the mess projected by the hysterical flapping fruit-loops in the media. Actual Americans in actual America … Continue reading

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Coffee Politics

Yesterday, Starbucks shut down many (8,000+) stores for an orgy of ritualistic self flagellation. Good luck with that! This is just the beginning. Couldn’t happen to nicer people. Their self reinforcing army of scolding nitpickers had it coming! As for … Continue reading

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The Finish Line Is A Dangerous Place: Part 3

If you stretch yourself… I mean really go for it… dispense with the excuses and the bullshit and timid resignation of society… and grit your teeth and push through… you’ll eventually cross a finish line. It’s awesome. And it’s dangerous. … Continue reading

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Zuckerberg: A View From A Distance: With Value Added Poem

Whenever someone in the media talks about Facebook like it’s important I laugh. I don’t know what’s funnier, that media drones say such things or that they actually believe it. There is nothing under heaven that’s “too big to fail” … Continue reading

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A Modest Proposal: Part 1

I was in my truck last week during a time when countless indoctrination centers (euphemistically but unconvincingly referred to as schools) used tax dollars to parade children about as if they were trained monkeys in a socialist circus. America’s Pravda … Continue reading

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Mad Max Is Real / We All Knew This Was Coming

Watch this: Motorcyclists attacking a sugar truck because they’re starving. That’s some Mad Max shit right there! (Hat tip to Moonbattery.) I remember when Hugo Chavez was elected. It was a train wreck in slow motion and I couldn’t look … Continue reading

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