Author Archives: AdaptiveCurmudgeon

The people have begun to hold up their end of the bargain.

I’m staying away from the news. This is what I imagine is going on today:  

What we hope for: What I have come to expect:

I’m trying to not even look at media. Whatever happens will happen. It’ll happen far far far above my pay grade. If anyone had a damn lick of common sense it wouldn’t have gone this far anyway. I voted and … Continue reading →

Today’s the day. I don’t know what will happen. You don’t either. We shall find out together. What a glorious and awful time to be alive.

We face unavoidable conflict when society chooses to handle COVID en masse. But there are a few things I suspect we can agree upon. Points of commonality. Stuff we perhaps don’t know and would like to know. Is that not … Continue reading →

I said I was going to talk about COVID and then I emote about my workshop? Am I mental? No, I’m a man. I work and recreate with all sorts of dangerous, loud, sharp, pointy things. I’m happy doing so. … Continue reading →

It is 298 days since I first “took action” about COVID. We’ve each walked our own path (or been dragged down it) in 2020. I can’t lie, it’s wearing me down. It’s been a long two weeks to flatten the … Continue reading →

Christmas has been magic; as it always was and always will be. I hope you had a good holiday as well. Now it’s time for a long winter’s nap.

The following is one of the dumbest phrases ever uttered in the English language: “Failure is not an option.” Strike that infantilizing slogan from your mind right now! Quoth the Curmudgeon: Failure is always an option. Failure is a necessary … Continue reading →