Author Archives: AdaptiveCurmudgeon

About AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Adaptive Curmudgeon is handsome, brave, and wise.

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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The Finish Line Is A Dangerous Place: Part 1

It may not be apparent from this blog but I have an insatiable drive to learn new skills and improve; do this thing well, that thing better, etc… I periodically turn the dial to eleven by striving for excellence at … Continue reading

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Technology And Good News

Count on Israel to continue being awesome: “an Israeli firm has designed a device that produces clean drinking water from ambient air” Water from ambient air? I call that a win! Obviously this is something we can all understand. We … Continue reading

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Fake News

The technology in our daily lives changes with time. Mostly it gets better (i.e. better cancer treatments, micro-brewed beer, and all sorts of awesome shit on the internet). Sometimes it gets worse (nearly mandatory automatic transmissions in American cars, those … Continue reading

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Gorillas, Ben Gunn, And Nancy Pelosi

I can’t say Mingo’s description in the earlier post is incorrect. First of all I’m a menace to all around me when I haven’t had my morning coffee and second it happened before I’d had my coffee (thus I have … Continue reading

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Hunting with the Curmudgeon: A Prequel. Or, Strange Days, Here We Come

[Note: This is Dr. Mingo talking. This post was written entirely by myself and not A.C. Since I forgot the password to post it myself, I had A.C.’s editor (his dog) copy and paste word for word. If the WordPress … Continue reading

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Monster Hunter Fisking Alert

Whenever Larry Correia (Monster Hunter Nation) does a fisking you should drop everything and read it. He’s a master of the art. It’s ballet, a tank driving over an inflated ego, a rainbow, and Christmas… all in one. Some background: … Continue reading

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