Author Archives: AdaptiveCurmudgeon

About AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Adaptive Curmudgeon is handsome, brave, and wise.

Others Have Blazed A Trail While I Still Ponder

Usually, I have a plan. My plans don’t always work out, but I endeavor to think things through in advance. I make plans for my blog. Why wouldn’t I? It’s my blog. I made it myself. I wrote every fucking … Continue reading

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Western Rifle Shooters Is Back (I’m Late To The Party)

Western Rifle Shooters came back a couple weeks ago. They’re at https://westernrifleshooters.us/. It’s probably a permanent move. Knuckledraggin My Life Away came back quite a while ago. They’re at https://ogdaa.blogspot.com/. I’d guessed it was a temporary move but it’s been … Continue reading

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Homestead Update

One of my turkeys looks sick. I think he’s going to die. There’s nothing I can do. I’ll just have to wait and see, but I think he’s toast. I’m a bit more upset than I’d expect. I guess I … Continue reading

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Lao Tzu Had A Point

I’ve been writing a lot about motorcycles lately. Because motorcycles actually exist. I’ve backed off popular topics. Last week, I discussed a collision with a tree. Trees are real. I shy away from society in periods of madness. I saunter … Continue reading

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Frasier Crane

I’ve never linked to Twitter… because it’s fucking Twitter. However there’s a video there that’s comedy gold. You can find it at PJ Media. Go check out Frasier’s response to a CHAZ resident. Update: someone put it on YouTube. (I’m … Continue reading

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Workout Program

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Pee Wee Herman

The events of my last ride were caught on video:

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Sand Is Trying To Kill Me: Part 3

False fear jacks people up! Look around. It’s the sixth month of 2020 and there hasn’t been a single week in which fear wasn’t driving events. Most of the populace has become ridiculously risk averse; the rest throw tantrums. The … Continue reading

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Sand Is Trying To Kill Me: Part 2

Honey Badger (my Yamaha) and I were out on a trail ride. I got lost, took a few weird turns and the staid trail I’d been on turned into something um… interesting. It wasn’t “expert level” but it was definitely … Continue reading

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Sand Is Trying To Kill Me: Part 1.5

My new motorcycle (Honey Badger) is more skittish than an alley cat on meth whenever the sand is deep. I turned to the internet to suss out this mystery. It went like this. “My TW doesn’t do sand well. What’s … Continue reading

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