Author Archives: AdaptiveCurmudgeon

No story about WalMart would be complete without an unusual event. As I was leaving there was a flash of motion… Continue reading →

A few months ago I happened to be working in a small city in the middle of nowhere.  Work (for me) means you go places and do stuff where situations arise beyond your control.  If you roll with the punches … Continue reading →

Because I am an American and because we all should have the Constitution, word for word, at our fingertips, I have copied the raw text and have pasted it here. Continue reading →

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” Animal Farm, George Orwell Recently I was pondering the U.S. Constitution.  This is nothing unusual.  In our politicized modern world it seems I can’t get to my morning … Continue reading →

Every time I start my tractor a microscopic wave of common sense reverberates through the cosmos. OSHA hyperventilates. Ralph Nader weeps. Al Gore shudders. Obama’s teleprompter falls over. Nancy Pelosi drops kicks her armed bodyguard in the shin. Michael Bloomberg spills his big gulp. Domestic aerial drones lose their beaings. Twitter is delayed a half second. The NSA accidentally deletes someones’ Facebook profile. I smile! Continue reading →

It’s unmanly and a pox upon our society that a device costing a two grand and sporting twenty horsepower can get stuck on a ridge the size of a banana! Continue reading →

Earlier I mentioned my theory that when a situation is ripe for corruption, someone will step into that role. Today I though I’d list a few random corruption niches. They’re just part of a game I play called “how long before someone does predictable evil and everyone acts shocked”. Continue reading →