Author Archives: AdaptiveCurmudgeon

About AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Adaptive Curmudgeon is handsome, brave, and wise.

All Hail The Legitimate King Who Just Killed His Way To Power: Part 3

Posted on February 18, 2022 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Pondering history has advantages but only if it’s distant. No politician in 2021 has a campaign speech with fake tales of swordsmanship during the Battle of Hastings (1066). Instead, every geezer in DC stood shoulder to shoulder with Martin Luther … Continue reading →

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All Hail The Legitimate King Who Just Killed His Way To Power: Part 2

Posted on February 17, 2022 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

I’ve had a fabulous time sailing and camping. Nature provides the sanity we monkeys so desperately need. After a few days of sailing (with no more gopher interactions) I was relaxed and ready to reflect on what is becoming the … Continue reading →

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A Private Message To A Specific Commenter

Posted on February 16, 2022 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

This post has nothing to do with anything publicly displayed on my blog: I recently got a comment from ATEMPORARYADDRESS@hotmail.com. I don’t want to respond to the actual address. God knows how much spam a response would generate. (In case … Continue reading →

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All Hail The Legitimate King Who Just Killed His Way To Power: Part 1

Posted on February 16, 2022 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

The next few posts are from the past. I wrote the rough draft in the spring of 2021. I jotted it in a notebook on a picnic table while camping. I never posted it; until now. It’s less than a … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 11, 2022 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

First of all, I hope y’all understand and have some sympathy for why I’ve left my blog on autopilot recently. It’s not just that I’m lazy. Winter is kicking my ass and I’ve got a million irons in the fire. … Continue reading →

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Spring Sailing 2021: Part 14: Rection!

Posted on January 31, 2022 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

[Today we come to the end of my little story about campsites and sailboats. The trip was peaceful but dragging the storyline over the threshold to live posts was chaos. What you’re reading was (mostly) typed last year, temporarily abandoned, … Continue reading →

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Spring Sailing 2021: Part 13: Bloggus Interruptus Continues

Posted on January 25, 2022 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

I’m almost done! The plumber is coming and I’ve got all the fittings. All I need to do is pull back this rug and… Bleeeaaauuughhhggg. Sigh, I had to buy an old farmhouse didn’t I? Think. Think. Think. Fuck it! … Continue reading →

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Spring Sailing 2021: Part 12: I Am The Beastmaster

Posted on January 24, 2022 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

The next day the sun rose too early for my tastes. On the other hand, I’d be controlling wildlife within the hour. Hunched over the fire, I felt surly. During the day’s unavoidable period of pre-coffee crabbiness, a yuppie shithead … Continue reading →

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Spring Sailing 2021: Part 11: The Trust Levels Of Society

Posted on January 23, 2022 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

As I sailed back to camp I had a discovery of the “Captain Obvious” sort. What had seemed, in the twilight of the day previous, to be a series of shoreline trails and fishing docks, was actually for boats. Duh! … Continue reading →

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Spring Sailing 2021: Part 10: Ticks And Treats

Posted on January 22, 2022 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

[Where was I before events in the winter of 2022 poleaxed the story arc of memories from the spring of 2021? Oh yeah, I was in heaven; snoozing in the sun on a distant shore to which I’d sailed in … Continue reading →

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