Author Archives: AdaptiveCurmudgeon

About AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Adaptive Curmudgeon is handsome, brave, and wise.

Musical Interlude

Posted on August 10, 2011 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Random Nuclear Strikes has found a superb acoustic solo rendition of AC/DCs Thunderstruck. Continue reading →

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Ouch!

Posted on August 7, 2011 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

For today I present a guilty pleasure I found over at View From The Porch. Continue reading →

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Sherlock Holmes And The Ailing Tractor: Part V

Posted on August 5, 2011 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Without a functioning tractor the lawn lost all respect for authority. In a rush I picked up some tools and set out to find what I’d screwed up. Man it sucks to undo “repairs” that you just finished. All those … Continue reading →

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Sherlock Holmes And The Ailing Tractor: Part IV

Posted on August 4, 2011 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Denial never solves anything. (A fact that also applies to the fiscal contortions emanating from DC.) So the tractor was stuck…after all that hard work I had to admit it. What to do? I’d screwed something up. What? How to … Continue reading →

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Sherlock Holmes And The Ailing Tractor: Part III

Posted on August 3, 2011 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

“Have you ever tried to do anything?” I ask hypothetically over a theoretical beer. Well I have. And I’m convinced that God, Fate, the Furies, and possibly Ralph Nader have secret meetings where they alter the cosmos just to keep … Continue reading →

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Sherlock Holmes And The Ailing Tractor: Part II

Posted on August 2, 2011 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

When my tractor died it expired with a desperate gasp and final shudder. It had been suffering and I had kept using it knowing that it’s mortality loomed.  It had committed the very last molecule of it’s aged being to … Continue reading →

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Sherlock Holmes And The Ailing Tractor: Part I

Posted on August 1, 2011 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Part of being Adaptive is learning new things. So when my 1944 Ford Tractor died I decided to call it an “opportunity”. (Which is no less obfuscatory than a politician calling a new tax “revenue enhancement” so just let it go eh?) Continue reading →

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When A Poser Meets The Real Deal

Posted on July 31, 2011 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Nothing smarts like a poser meeting the real thing. Walesa has earned respect facing off against the Soviets in a Cold War test of wills that could have gone very very badly. A coddled community organizing egghead doesn’t belong in the same league. Continue reading →

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My Theory Has A Hole In It?

Posted on July 27, 2011 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

A post in which uses Kirk to postulate the inevitability of digital fiction but failed in it’s attempt to use Jules Verne to demonstrate why DRM will endlessly hamper the kindle. Somehow it’s all related to 1970’s big hair. Continue reading →

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People Actually Read This: Part II

Posted on July 24, 2011 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

My blog hasn’t quite gone viral. Nor has it gone feral. But something happened! I decided to arbitrarily declare that it has gone trapezoidal. Continue reading →

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