Author Archives: AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Driving to a grouse hunting area, the radio reported Trump had been exposed to COVID. I had no idea. I shrugged my shoulders. It doesn’t worry me. In the long term, we’re all going to be exposed to COVID. It … Continue reading →

Nobody in the chattering classes, nor bloggers, nor rantings on social media discussed what I saw in the debates. I saw the juxtaposition between two mutually exclusive ways of being. One player presented accomplishments and challenges as an adult, inherently … Continue reading →

The Trump / Biden debates hit me with a sledgehammer. One side talked about all the things he’d done in reality and the other talked about all the things that he’d do better in pure imagination. The COVID discussion had … Continue reading →

[Note: Some of my posts go live on autopilot and I’m not right there to manage things. I may not approve your comments within the first few hours. Don’t sweat it. The computer never forgets and I’ll approve as soon … Continue reading →

The debate last week bummed me out. I gave it time to simmer and let other commenters have at it. However, it seems like nobody saw what I saw or reacted as I have. Trump and Biden weren’t talking about … Continue reading →

Sometimes I have the right idea but don’t follow through. Back in 2016, I blogged my opinion on presidential election debates: “You might be thinking about watching tonight’s debates. I’d like to offer this helpful suggestion: Don’t!” I explained my … Continue reading →

This song is more about the lyrics than the sweet melody. They crammed a hell of a lot of poetry in there. Slipping metaphor in between simple hand claps like a knife in the dark. One of my all time … Continue reading →

RGB’s death played a role in my next PredictIt Market. I had a few shares in “Will Trump’s next Supreme Court nominee be a woman?” I bet YES. I made that bet about a year and a half ago. The … Continue reading →

Well, here we are. The year 2020 never fails to deliver drama. A couple weeks ago I mentioned a few of my positions on PredictIt: “I’m holding 20 shares of RUTH BADER GINSBERG as the next one to leave the … Continue reading →