Author Archives: AdaptiveCurmudgeon

It’s Friday. Time to chill the fuck out. Pour a glass of whiskey neat, light a cigar, kick back… and just listen. You won’t do anything better with the next five minutes of your life.

I’d been ill all week. Bad air hammered me until I felt dazed. Restless, I inspected my “landscaping” from the day before. It could’ve been a notable accomplishment but I’d done it on autopilot. I’d been sloppy and haphazard. Not … Continue reading →

The best part of having kids is reading them stories. My favorite was Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. If your kids (or grand kids) are of the right age, read it to them. Like Alexander, … Continue reading →

[Note: This post was written a couple weeks ago. I didn’t post it at the time because I felt we’d all had too much politics. I’m posting it now because we’ve briefly trailed off a local peak in the endless … Continue reading →

So, society is still punching itself in the balls; and today’s a bigger disaster than yesterday? Ho hum. I tune out because nobody sane likes to roll about in mass tantrums. Rather than address the endless shitstorm of 2020, about … Continue reading →

[Editor’s note: There’s still something wrong with the comment software. I see ’em and approve them and they’re retained but not yet displayed. I’ll figure it out eventually but first I’ve got to go offline a few days while I … Continue reading →

When folks send a comment I see it. I approve them virtually every time; usually within a day but sometimes it takes a couple days. Presumably I see all comments (I sure hope that’s true because if I’m only seeing … Continue reading →

Lest we forget, the cycle of life continues unabated. Overly evolved monkeys that we are, we confuse our internal bullshit with literal reality. We’re prone to orbit the cult of politics. We roll like dogs in the serial panic it … Continue reading →

Two weeks ago I posted the last of chapter six of from Attack of the Lesbian Activist Squirrels. It’s a lot of work to write such a thing and I’m prone to delay. But I want people to laugh (and … Continue reading →