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Adaptive Curmudgeon is handsome, brave, and wise.

Bear Encounter: Part 2

While Bart the bear merely complained about the cruelty of the universe, Sammy the skunk ranted. “Dogs are pussies! You just stink them and then they run away. If you’re lucky you get the human too. Teach ‘em a lesson!” … Continue reading

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Bear Encounter: Part 1

Bart the bear was pissed off. It had started out as a fabulous day but in midmorning the shit hit the fan. Now he was digging through a stump eating grubs instead of the delicious apples a bear like him … Continue reading

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Bear Encounter: Part 0

“It was a bear!” Mrs. Curmudgeon was telling me the story of a bear that appeared in our backyard. The Cliffs Notes version is that the dog needed to go out to pee and when Mrs. Curmudgeon took the dog … Continue reading

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Bug Wars: DEET

I’ve been dreading this post. I’m going to get comments that include terrible and or funny stories about DEET. But I’m trying to help here and we are all adults. Life is hard and anyone who ventures into the forest without … Continue reading

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Bug Wars: Permethrin

Bugs suck, I think we can all agree on that. Lucky for us we’ve got great big over evolved monkey brains and technology (notably chemistry), if we are smart and plan ahead we can move through the forest and keep … Continue reading

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Bug Wars: Thermacell

Years ago I received a Christmas present which I thought of as junk. It looked like one of those useless gadgets people who never go outdoors buy for those of us who do; like a novelty compass or something. It was … Continue reading

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Delete It

Hat tip: Lawrence Person’s BattleSwarm Blog.

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Holy Stockholm Syndrome Batman!

Ace of Spades points out this quote (via Twitter) from Neil deGrasse Tyson: “My sense is that we don’t think enough about how much we collectively, yet unwittingly, force politicians to lie to us.” Wow… If Stockholm Syndrome showed up at a … Continue reading

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I’m Already Paranoid But “Cashless Society” Pushes Me Off The Cliff

I could go on a rant about “cashless society” and how those damn kids should stay off my lawn. Instead I’ll let Joe Bob Briggs from Taki’s Magazine handle it for me. You should read it all but here are … Continue reading

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Lawns Are Soul Crushing – A Fisking

The Washington Post (which apparently is written by people who’ve never been beyond the suburbs) wrote “Lawns are a soul-crushing timesuck and most of us would be better off without them“. I hate lawns but they serve a purpose and are … Continue reading

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