Author Archives: AdaptiveCurmudgeon

About AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Adaptive Curmudgeon is handsome, brave, and wise.

Right Place Wrong Time

When 357 Magnum linked to one of my posts I checked out the place. What luck! I stumbled across one of my favorite songs. It’s a perfect segue into some future posts. Enjoy:

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Coffee Politics: Part 2

On the road I subsist on purchased coffee. Sometimes it’s good and sometimes it’s bad but it’s always accompanied by condescension. Why? Because otherwise unemployable and utterly uninformed nitwits have an ego problem. They instinctively flock to the only unskilled labor … 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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Things I Don’t Care About

[I have “thoughts” assembled for a future series of posts but on a topic of depth. Today I’ll wisely stay in the shallow end of the pool. Enjoy.] Everyone seems to care deeply about everything. How exhausting! Folks are willing … Continue reading

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Dead Air (Updated)

[Forgive the overwrought title, I was once a DJ and “dead air” was a “very bad thing”.] All hell has broken loose on the homefront and predictably my server chose this moment to have hiccups. If you commented and it … Continue reading

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The Boxes Don’t Touch!

Hat tip to The Feral Irishman.

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Ryostman? Craftoby?

Recently I tried to slink away from the pressures of the world. A moment “off” to retire to my shop and get my grove back. I chose a simple task. When you’ve got a shitstorm in your wake, a thousand … Continue reading

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The Entire Godfather Series Explained

Hat tip to IMAO.

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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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The Finish Line Is A Dangerous Place: Part 2

I made the last post so I can tell you this. I just crossed a finish line. Forgive the mystery but I’m a fan of privacy. You’ll have to make do without specifics. Actually, it was less a finish line … Continue reading

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