Author Archives: AdaptiveCurmudgeon

About AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Adaptive Curmudgeon is handsome, brave, and wise.

When Block/Attack Becomes Natural

This post isn’t about me, but I’m going to use an analogy from my life. When I started martial arts I’d be paired up with more experienced students during training. I’d be told “punch like this…” and I would do … Continue reading

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You’re Seeing It: It’s True

After watching… well everything, but especially 2020, it’s easy to wonder what’s going on. Are you surrounded by morons? Is the world run by idiots? That can’t be true, there must be some more palatable explanation! Nope. They sound like … Continue reading

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Perhaps An End To Radio Silence

A newly installed software “helper” has been nuking comments for two weeks. Lacking the slightest idea what I’m doing I tried to fix it. I got under the hypothetical hood, grabbed a handful of virtual logic, and ripped the offending … Continue reading

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Seems Kinda’ Quiet

It’s been a bit quiet. I was thinking my motorcycle ruminations suck. An acquired taste perhaps? Or maybe, in general, the time is right to just shut up and call it a day. Was I just pissin’ in the wind? … Continue reading

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A Strange Game

Despite my best efforts, I’ve been exposed to the miasma of stupid. It’s everywhere and it has kept the witch burners and lemmings in a panic for years now. I don’t know why it’s happening now. Maybe the Baby Boomers … Continue reading

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Motorcycle Exploration 2021: Part 7: Epilogue

You want the truth?!? Of course you want the truth! You can handle the truth! You’re not whiny little bitches on Facebook, you’re actual goddamn adults! So was it true? Was my fuel situation as bad as I thought? In … Continue reading

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Motorcycle Exploration 2021: Part 6: Fuel Worries

I rolled out going forward; heading toward wherever Beer Faeries come from. The trail was pretty rough but nothing a proper UTV or my little dirtbike couldn’t handle. Where the heck had they come from? Anywhere I supposed. They’d come … Continue reading

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Motorcycle Exploration 2021: Part 5.1

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Motorcycle Exploration 2021: Part 5: The Beer Faeries Rescue Me

I was in an ugly chunk of terrain and mightily overheated. I was rolling down an endless trail, counting out my 10 minutes, planning to stop at the first good shade or when my time ran up… at which time … Continue reading

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Motorcycle Exploration 2021: Part 4: Too Damn Hot

Back on my motorcycle I quickly left the ATV area behind. I was now in a mix of swamp and working forest. Working forest is where tree harvest is a non-ironic genuine industrial activity. Most of the roads were in … Continue reading

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