Author Archives: AdaptiveCurmudgeon

[Warning: I’m all over the place today. I’m cogitating while messing with power tools and it comes out odd. I promise this is the last time I’ll post about old crap from Sears or Montgomery Wards.] Change comes to us … Continue reading →

July 4th 2026 is coming. This is how it would be in a perfect universe. Trump and JD Vance perform the following rap duet. It’s a glorious thing. In the interest of bipartisanship, Trump hands Schumer a microphone mid rap. … Continue reading →

[I finally “fixed” some technical issues. In keeping with “pics or it didn’t happen” I’m adding photos. They should have been in the original post.] Behold the wheeled tower of milk crates. From chaos… order! This phot0 is annotated, how … Continue reading →

Yesterday I wrote this: [Note: I took a bunch of photos for this post, but they’re just not uploading. It is what it is.] Today I dealt with tech support. I know you’re expecting me to bitch about some call … Continue reading →

[Note: I took a bunch of photos for this post, but they’re just not uploading. It is what it is.] My workshop is too packed to be useful and most winters it’s froze so cold it wouldn’t be useable even … Continue reading →

I thought “bootstrapping” had three meanings. The first is a statistical method (which I’ve used and like). The second is a software approach (which I haven’t used because I haven’t needed it). The third was related to machines. I thought … Continue reading →

I’m Gen X. My youth was a more or less peaceful and sane time. At least it seemed like that. But I met plenty of what I called “Depression People”. I don’t mean that in a bad way or anything … Continue reading →

No shit, there I was… I was sleeping in a screen tent on a warm, still, moonless, September night; hooked up to my Darth Vader mask and snug as a bug in a rug. The forest decided to get cheeky. … Continue reading →

I did it! I did it twice in two consecutive Septembers! How awesome is that?!? Last year, I’d had a righteous adventure riding/camping the WYBDR. I was posting about it (many posts in series as I do). In the middle … Continue reading →

As I’ve said, my house is in a rather natural environment. It’s not even remotely urban. It’s not suburban. In fact, the whole area is nicely uncrowded. My county is not “unpopulated”, but I can drive to “no-shit, not overstating … Continue reading →