Author Archives: AdaptiveCurmudgeon

The evening snow drifted, ever so gently; less a flurry than a component of the air itself. It neither fell, no rose, but swirled about. Snowflakes in the air as there is blue in the sky. In the distance, a … Continue reading →

[Note: I usually spend a few days or weeks(!) ruminating on a topic. Only then do I hammer out a post. Today I’m shooting from the hip. If it has a jumpy outline, so be it. I want this to … Continue reading →

I went to bed on a world that looked very solidly like Trump had won the election. It was pretty undeniable around 2:00 EST. My last thoughts we’re “various assholes have tortured me all year, can I hope for a … Continue reading →

I don’t watch live TV or assorted live media. This is for the same reason I step around dogshit rather than smear it on my face. However, there times when I want information right away. It’s an election and curiosity … Continue reading →

It can be done. Watch the video. It’s good stuff. It’s a sketch from 6 years ago… you know, as we were winding up for that year’s “most important election ever”. I included the first sketch because it’s related to … Continue reading →

It’s almost over. The year dawned with a roaring economy, cheap fuel, the lowest unemployment in a lifetime, and relative peace abroad. So, of course, we fucked that into the ground and created hell from thin air. The relentless slog … Continue reading →

Ya’ ready for a story with absolutely no specific details? Has the political season inured you to that yet? Great, here goes: Consider society as a whole. We live in a sophisticated interlocking network of skills and technologies the likes … Continue reading →

There comes a time in every man’s life when they realize everyone they ever counted on was probably just winging it. One personal memory of that idea is when my toddler child wanted to do something. I can’t recall the … Continue reading →

I’ve been reluctant to post lately; resorting to eight part grouse hunting stories and analysis of the “beats” in today’s ubiquitous propaganda. Why tap dance around the obvious? Because y’all already know. You don’t need me beating the bloody spot … Continue reading →

Y’all know Attack of the Lesbian Activist Squirrels has a theory that ABBA was among the first (or best) to master the use of music to imbed pre-planted bullshit in the population. How else to explain how Swedish Disco, which … Continue reading →