Monthly Archives: February 2014

Death Wobble: Part I

Posted on February 18, 2014 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Captain’s Log, Monday: 10:00 am: I’m piloting my truck down an Interstate’s flawless pavement. My glorious steel steed of freedom is a marvel of precision and torque! It is humming smoothly, tracking like I’m on rails, and hauling a righteous … Continue reading →

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The Slow Halting Decline In Prohibition

Posted on February 17, 2014 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Today I’m in Denver (actually one of the half dozen interchangeable suburbs that surround Denver proper). I’ve been here before. On the scale of interesting, with one being Des Moines and ten being Shanghai, I rate Denver a solid -4. … Continue reading →

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Word For The Day: Negative Knowledge

Posted on February 12, 2014 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

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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Social Observation #2987 – (Or: America’s Hard Core)

Posted on February 10, 2014 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Getting along is the hard core way to live and we’re fearless about it! Continue reading →

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Ignoring The Superbowl

Posted on February 3, 2014 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Yesterday’s conversation at Curmudgeon Compound: Me: “I stopped to fuel up the truck and it was chaos. Cars, trucks, all sorts of people acting like nimrods in heat. It was like opening day of deer season but with fewer rifles. … Continue reading →

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