Author Archives: AdaptiveCurmudgeon

An update to The Stories Write Themselves: First there’s this: Powerline posted a video of folks denouncing Trump’s Supreme Court nominee as racist, hateful, and all around evil. The fun part is this video was made before the nominee was … Continue reading →

Tragedy comes from flawed character, not capricious fate. Not everyone has flawed character. Example #1 is George Washington. George Washington was known as President George Washington and not King Washington. Why? Because he retired. He quit! He had people begging … Continue reading →

Those who lust for power become its casualties. I have mixed feelings about this. It’s anywhere from painful to cathartic to schadenfreud-tastic to see it in real life. The Greeks had it all figured out. Roughly, a tragic flaw (called hamaratia and … Continue reading →

Last week, I found out (from Knuckledraggin’) that my favorite bourbon distillery (1792!) had a tragedy. Things just went from bad to worse: It’s a nightmare.

Satire (and humor) works best when exaggeration is allowed to grow from a seed of truth. Enjoy. From Don Surber comes The generic editorial against Trump’s next pick: “This is not who we are. We are better than this. These … Continue reading →

I’ve been off-grid a couple weeks, during which time I’ve successfully avoided most news. Ignorance is bliss. However, a huge tragic event happened while I was unaware. Yesterday, I logged onto wifi, idly clicked to Knuckledraggin My Life Away, and … Continue reading →

Like anyone, I’m pleased when my blog gets many hits and mildly disappointed when I get few. I recognize the emotion for what it is; pride… or perhaps narcissism… not necessarily a good thing. Knowing I shouldn’t care doesn’t mean … Continue reading →