Author Archives: AdaptiveCurmudgeon

I wrote posts (here and here) about how strange our world has become. I’d observed and described real events. They were weird because I still remember “normal”. I assumed I was alone in my observations until I stumbled across this … Continue reading →

[Between well appreciated blog donations, selling a kidney on e-bay, and other financing activities which definitely don’t involve work as a contract killer or a Tupperware Ponzi scheme, the Curmudgeon managed to fix his truck’s transmission! In celebration, he ventured … Continue reading →

I was reunited with my truck. Checkbook bleeding but new transmission installed, I happily set out to do errands. Where to go? In our new world, decisions involve different variables than “before times”. I needed stuff best found in the … Continue reading →

I’ve been without my truck for three weeks. Three. Weeks. They’ve been long weeks. Some folks might take this in stride. It’s an inconvenience and an expense (a huge one) but nothing more. Not me! Vast swaths of the population … Continue reading →

phe·nol·o·gy noun /fiˈnäləjē/ 1.The study of cyclic and seasonal natural phenomena, esp. in relation to climate and plant and animal life In the modern era everything is political. It shouldn’t be. Some things simply are. Thus, I assert that spring is … Continue reading →

As long as I’m pondering genre crossing performances I might as well include Bluegrass (Hat Tip: Loan Star Parson): I’m shocked how cheerful bluegrass sounds even when the lyrics are pure darkness. They were jamming with banjos and sweet harmonies … Continue reading →

As a a genuine knuckle dragging deplorable fly-over county citizen it’s politically popular to assume I listen to nothing but Lynyrd Skynyrd; probably while doing meth and setting my house trailer on fire. (Don’t blame me, I’m only reporting the … Continue reading →

Tomorrow will be the final installment in Attack of the Lesbian Activist Squirrels; Chapter 7: Thunderdome. I’ve spent a full month examining politically correct nonsense so I can take the best possible figurative dump on it. Have I succeeded? Are you … Continue reading →