Author Archives: AdaptiveCurmudgeon

When you’re sick it’s hard to concentrate. I’ve got a nice stock of books on my kindle but no brain cells to process them. Also, being sick means I’m exhausted like I ran a marathon so I sleep all day … Continue reading →

As surely as night follows day and disgust follows an election, the flu follows January. Not the actual flu this year, just one of the many mundane illnesses that shows up and fucks everything. It showed up like rust on … Continue reading →

Turn the wayback machine to about 1992. During an unreasonably short period of time, just a few months really, the internet exploded. It went from the swamps of dial up bulletin boards and Oak e-mail systems, a steamy jungle of … Continue reading →

Last week I recommended Amazon’s Pilot Episode for The Man In The High Castle. I stand by that. It was awesome. I hope everyone watches it and the show garners a zillion positive reviews. I’d like to crowbar Amazon’s ass … Continue reading →

There’s apparently some sort of sporting event going on; possibly involving advertisements. It occurs to me that not only do I not know who won, but I don’t know who was playing. However, I did wrap up some maintenance on … Continue reading →

Philip K. Dick is one of the world’s weirder authors. He’s waaaaayyyyy out there; pretty much a world apart from everyone else. Here’s how I describe his writing: Remember that one night you drank too much tequila and were absolutely … Continue reading →

A reader, who is obviously the coolest guy on planet earth, just sent me a box of heaven.

I was inspired by the following cartoon (click image or this link). I hated student loans. I have slain them. In a flurry of tapping keys I wrote long and bitterly. Find a teenager and make them read my post. … Continue reading →

The weather has been (relatively) warm. The snow has been excellent for snowball fights and snowman making, and more importantly ignoring homestead chores. As for the snowman, the poor fella wasn’t made out of magic Christmas snow and eventually wound … Continue reading →

Homesteading is dangerous and addictive. If you overthink it you’ll set the bar too high. One of my New Year’s Resolutions was to roll with the punches a bit more. Recently I had to several chores to do. No biggie, … Continue reading →