Author Archives: AdaptiveCurmudgeon

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Adaptive Curmudgeon is handsome, brave, and wise.

It Really Happened: Guitar Attack II

“…guitars like this didn’t enforce the law, they were the law. I didn’t write that, it was on some asshole’s website. I wish I’d written it. It’s a good line.” Continue reading

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It Really Happened: Guitar Attack

I’m starting a list of seemingly unbelievable things that have actually happened…just so I can clear the air. Let’s start with something recent. On August 25th 2011, the Federal Government executed an armed raid on a guitar factory in Tennessee…over wood. Continue reading

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Firewood Therapy

Here’s to the noble, dangerous, handy thing we call chainsaws… Huzzah! Continue reading

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No Animals Were Harmed in The Making Of This Post…

Random Acts Of Patriotism has an amusing post that fits in nicely with my subconsciously declared “chainsaw week”. Go there and enjoy. Continue reading

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Free Wood!

I just came home with a load of free wood! It’s a win of the redneck lottery! Continue reading

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Clipboards And Chainsaws

A man with a chainsaw is worth 10 with a clipboard… Continue reading

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One Year Of Interesting Times: Part IV: Citizen, Heal Thyself

Do not despair. America has an ace in the hole called “gumption”. We do the impossible with impressive regularity! Continue reading

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One Year Of Interesting Times: Part III: The Delightful Simplicity of Burned Bridges

Have I made my point? Have I successfully argued that the shit has hit the fan, that Elvis has left the building, that denial is obsolete? I hope so because denial was unbecoming of our great nation. I’m glad it’s over. Continue reading

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One Year Of Interesting Times: Part II: Pondering The Nature Of A Bomb’s Fuse

From that moment until now, America (and indeed the world) has lurched from one economic crisis to the next. I no longer ask when everyone will simultaneously realize that bullshit is not truth. I no longer ponder “when will the shit hit the fan”. Shockingly, the answer is…now! Continue reading

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One Year Of Interesting Times: Part I: Unreality Should Be Challenged

About a year ago I started blogging. It was a post titled “When something can’t go on forever… it won’t”. It wasn’t Shakespeare but it it was something I wanted to say. Continue reading

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