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Traveling With The Curmudgeon: Pumpblocked By A Manbun In a Minivan

[Note: I’m on an American walkabout. An American walkabout means I’m roaming around in a huge diesel truck. I’ll get by without the striving for spiritual enlightenment and sore feet otherwise associated with the term. I’ve been more or less off … Continue reading

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Word For The Day: Negative Knowledge

Negative Knowledge (Noun) – Information so trivial that it passes the event horizon of information and actually makes a person dumber for having learned it. Continue reading

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Word For The Day: Level Up

It’s basically a tautology; a person who gets off on controlling others is the exact opposite of one who wants only to improve himself. Continue reading

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Word For The Day: Setback Mowing

Well played oh verdant nemesis. Continue reading

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Corruption Niche II

First an editorial note from the Curmudgeon: Events have overtaken me.  Daily politics get overwrought so I try to let the fetid air disperse before commenting. I wrote about “Corruption Niches” well after the trifecta of suck which included “the … Continue reading

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Word For The Day: Corruption Niche

It’s self defeating to build the trap and add the cheese just so you can be shocked when a mouse gets snapped. I won’t play that game. None of us should! Continue reading

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Word For The Day: Undernews

Undernews – (Noun) News that is widely available on the Internet (particularly blogs) but doesn’t get much (or any) attention in the Mainstream Media. I didn’t coin the term.  It’s been kicking around for years.  What can I say; I … Continue reading

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Word For The Day: Ingalls

Ingalls – (Noun) A unit of measure by which all winter blizzards can be compared. Continue reading

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Word for the day: Covetous Assholism

Covetous Assholism – (noun) The mistaken belief that you can claim moral superiority over another person if they have more money than you do. Especially if they’re very rich and you wish to redistribute their money to someone who is poor. Continue reading

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Word For The Day: Hobby Protest / Serious Protest (Part I Of My OWS Analysis)

Hobby Protest – noun: A form of protest where participants engage in theatric activities for the joy of the experience itself and not necessarily for the advancement of their goals (if they have any). Continue reading

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