Author Archives: AdaptiveCurmudgeon

I had a great opportunity to get satirical:  the Trumpster is scheduled to make an 8 minute announcement tonight. I wanted to write a funny post. I couldn’t. I tried but nitwits have worn my heart thin. After 8 minutes … Continue reading →

So, you’re curling and you’ve just thrown a stone. What do you do now? You’re probably already face down on the ice so, if you’ve got a modicum of dignity, you scramble into a couching position. Then watch your newly … Continue reading →

The thing about curling is that it was invented by archaic drunk Scotsmen. There is no other explanation. Go back in time and imagine the kind of man who spent all summer whacking a testicle sized rock around a sheep … Continue reading →

It turns out there was a single building with two sides. Like America, the Canadian rink was evenly divided between disparate social populations; in this case, hockey and curling. Two sides of the same icy coin, they should get along … Continue reading →

I wound up at a steel industrial building squeezed between the ass end of what looked like a Perkins and a snowmobile repair shop. Inexplicably, I’d arrived earlier than the rendezvous time. The front of the lot was full so … Continue reading →

[Note: I missed the period of time when everyone blogs about Christmas (or New Year’s Day) so I decided to tell a story that’s totally unrelated. Details have been omitted for OPSEC.] I was in Canucistan hanging out with America’s … Continue reading →

I haven’t been literally off grid but I’ve been pretty unconnected. This leads to strange moments of re-calibration as I reintegrate into the steaming heap of bullshit that’s modern “news”. So much has happened and so little has mattered: First … Continue reading →

Here’s a hint. If you’re a company and are about to introduce a “feature” that will make people burn you in effigy… don’t. Don’t. Be. That. Guy. Don’t tell your customers New Coke tastes better. Don’t advertise the shit out … Continue reading →

What a glorious week! I celebrated Jesus’s birthday by doing nothing, absolutely nothing. At the tail end of a challenging year, several days of being a lard ass has been exactly what the doctor ordered. I earned it. 2018 was … Continue reading →

I’ve been offline most of the week. (Someday I may have to buy a “traveling tablet”?) Initial reports hint that some of you deposited Christmas presents in my PalPal account? I’m not where I can check for sure but that’s … Continue reading →