Author Archives: AdaptiveCurmudgeon

The Forty-Five has an interesting observation: ”I have learned silence because I have come to accept the twin facts that I have no power to change a person’s mind and that events are much farther along the path than what … Continue reading →

Cliffs Notes Version: Hollywood Didn’t Fuck Up: The new Dune movie is good. I know! I’m as surprised at you! I didn’t expect anything good from the wretched hive of scum and villainy (or woke and stupid) that Hollywood has … Continue reading →

Filthie (who I read every day and you should too) recently mentioned his desire for a coffee percolator. This is one of my favorite topics! I’m sick of bullshit and pearl clutching Covid ninnies, so I decided to riff off … Continue reading →

I wander our beautiful world. I often go alone. I don’t always follow paths. When it suits me, I make my own. Thus, I get where I’m meant to go. When you’re alone, it’s easy to get lost. The naïve … Continue reading →

I never mention my work on my blog. They are different and separate parts of life. They should remain separate. Work should not interfere with the personal. The personal should not interfere with work. I did not break that rule. … Continue reading →

In my last post I wandered all over the place. Now I’m going further afield. Please enjoy a parable from my life: Once upon a time, through chance alone, I wound up in a big deal tournament. It wasn’t the … Continue reading →

“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” (Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, 1926) “Economies and societies fall apart slowly, then a bit more, then all at once. We seem to be … Continue reading →

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