Author Archives: AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Part 1: Just Saying Hi: I’ve been light posting lately. This isn’t an accident. There are two main reasons. The first is that winter is kicking my ass. The fact that the calendar says March while I’m still plowing February … Continue reading →

Whenever everyone seems to be in the thrall of serial panic attacks I check out. I invite you to do the same. Nothing good comes from following the herd. Allowing oneself to be manipulated or stampeded is a self-fulfilling prophesy. … Continue reading →

I got an interesting comment: “Goodness Dude when you say you’re OUT you almost mean it.” I haven’t posted for a couple of weeks. I inadvertently checked out longer than planned. Was that unwise? Has the preceding demoralizing  progression of … Continue reading →

Lets state for the record that I’m often fearlessly stupid. I heartily recommend it. Man was not put on this planet to meekly watch TV until the clock runs out. An interesting life of physical and mental exuberance is the … Continue reading →

I recently mentioned the First Rule of Clown World (coined at Founding Questions): “No matter how fake and gay you think it’s going to be (for any value of “it”), it will always somehow end up being so much faker … Continue reading →

Last week a slow, crude, dumb Chinese balloon flew over a huge portion of the continental United States. The Government and its air force had the capacity to shoot it down. It lacked the decision making capacity to do so. … Continue reading →

I present to you; Rover:

Founding Questions is a much appreciated fount of rationality and humor in this, the third year of the Bidenverse (and the seventh or ninth or thirtieth year of the long drawn out swirling of the drain). Among other wise thoughts … Continue reading →

My last post came about because I’ve been thinking about the “spectrum” of self reliance. It amused me to post the video of the girl who thought Obama would fill her car with gas. Then I realized she lives in … Continue reading →