Author Archives: AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Taki’s Magazine has the following fourteen words that sum up everything I’ve tried to say with thousands: “The cause of civilizational decline is dirt-simple: lack of contact with objective reality.” The text is spot on; if  bit too “fight club” … Continue reading →

Some folks seem to think 55 degrees is a bit low. Harrumph! Continue reading →

A Federation of 50 states has an inherent range of options. It allows people to move from places they hate (see: gun buffs in California) to places they favor (see: gun buffs in Texas). It allows each individual to seek their own habitat (see: hippies in California) and leave places where they’re unhappy (see: hippies in Texas). It’s bad to lock people in a place from which there is no escape (see: most nations in most of history). Continue reading →

Suppose you must have a high mileage vehicle. Maybe you’re cheap (efficiency is a virtue) or maybe you’re dedicated to reducing your carbon footprint or some other green kool-aid. I don’t care. All I want to do is save you from the hollow death of a boring vehicle. Continue reading →

“Will my tax dollars subsidize another stupendously expensive Chevy Volt ad? And if so…what. the. hell?!?!” Continue reading →

We are Americans. We should love driving. Slinking around in gutless jellybeans is not in our DNA. Expensive gas should not turn us into dour losers in boring wheeled appliances. Leave that for the French. Continue reading →

This post will list movies which should have been on the list of 100 cult movies had the list been written exactly I’d have written it. Which is to say, perfectly.

Note that “cult” means something transcending the ordinary and also not wildly popular in an of itself. That doesn’t mean that the movie must be great, important, relevant, life altering, or get you laid when you watch it with your girl. It’s not a cut and dried definition.

In no particular order I present my abridged list of movies which you must see before you’re allowed to die: Continue reading →

It’s a list of 100 cult films. I bolded the ones I’ve seen and added comments which are worth precisely what you paid to read this blog. Continue reading →

The problem with prognostication is not the risk of being wrong, it’s the frustration if you’re right but still have to sit through the train wreck. Unfortunately, you must put your words on the record before you’re allowed to perch on a bar stool watching the Republic burn while saying “I told you so”. In no particular order I make the following predictions: Continue reading →