Author Archives: AdaptiveCurmudgeon

“That which does not kill us makes us stronger” Friedrich Nietzsche … “Some stuff beats your ass pointlessly.” Adaptive Curmudgeon Nietzsche had some good thoughts, but still I think he’d have benefitted if he’d been stuffed in a locker a … Continue reading →

Forgive me. I’m about to roll in politics. I post less about politics every year. Whatever the media / internet once was, it’s now a manipulation factory; designed to push us into emotional excess. I don’t want negativity to infect … Continue reading →

A while ago I had a side gig. It was/is legal and moral to have a side gig (or three). A lot of people freak out about that shit so I kept it on the downlow. I even had a … Continue reading →

A couple days ago I wrote: …it seems wasteful to toss a whole can over a 3 ounce cap… Then it dawned on me I’m a big bad 3d printing homesteader nerd! Did it work out? Hell yes it did! … Continue reading →

String trimmer (weed whacker) “line” is nearly the same thing as 3d printing “filament” (with some caveats). I’ve seen videos of people running weed whacker line through their 3d printer. It’s not particularly high quality material but it does indeed … Continue reading →

“Landscaping” at Curmudgeon Compound isn’t really landscaping. Nothing was ever graded, or seeded, or really anything. (Putting down sod would be hilarious out here!) My “lawn” is basically cow pasture that was mowed on and off for several decades after … Continue reading →

Normally, I’d whoop it up on July 4th. I often made annual “patriotic posts”; sometimes I posted the full text of the Declaration of Independence. This year is different. It’s so much bigger and so much happier. The enemies of … Continue reading →

I’d gone camping and (despite several minor mistakes) didn’t feel like coming home yet. How to handle it? The online reservation thing won’t go on my old cell phone. My iPad makes their web site break out in hives. Back … Continue reading →

After delaying as long as possible I faced the night of camping with a CPAP. Since I had a big ass battery I might as well use all the CPAP’s features. (I did run the CPAP off a 12v plug … Continue reading →

This is the part of the story where I consider doing something incredibly stupid but, through some miracle of self control and/or divine intervention, refrain. I was sitting in the dark by a campfire when a raccoon appeared. The little … Continue reading →