Category Archives: Curmudgeonly Gems of Insight

The 30 Truest Words Ever Written About Sports

It is not now, nor has it ever been, the legitimate business of the United States Government to build sports arenas for the benefit of private owners. Continue reading

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Sherlock Holmes And The Ailing Tractor: Part II

When my tractor died it expired with a desperate gasp and final shudder. It had been suffering and I had kept using it knowing that it’s mortality loomed.  It had committed the very last molecule of it’s aged being to … Continue reading

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Sherlock Holmes And The Ailing Tractor: Part I

Part of being Adaptive is learning new things. So when my 1944 Ford Tractor died I decided to call it an “opportunity”. (Which is no less obfuscatory than a politician calling a new tax “revenue enhancement” so just let it go eh?) Continue reading

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A Post In Which I Give The Other Side A Free Swing

Weer’d World linked to an amusing video at Straw Man, Counter Point. Its a satiric jab at limited government types (myself included!) implying that if you loathe the heavy hand of government you should vacation in Somalia.  Somalia, lacking a … Continue reading

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The Spending Cut Tautology

The Gormogons has a fun response to an NYT article. NYT (a.k.a. the New York Times) was foolish enough to float the following opinion: “It has been obvious all along that cutting government services alone is not a solution to … Continue reading

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Failure Of The ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Concept: Part II

When lighting hosed my phone I discovered that in just six months Sonofabitches engineered two models to be mutually compatible.  They cleverly made it so a dead base “kills” two fully functional handsets. Two questions: why and what to do … Continue reading

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Failure Of The ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Concept: Part I

Lightning struck very close to Castle Curmudgeon.  We didn’t take a direct hit but it rated a Sphincter Level Seven on my patented scale of terror.  Nothing was damaged but the cordless phone base was dead.  Both the DSL filter … Continue reading

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Engine Porn: Part II

Dr. Mingo’s delightful photos bring to mind a Curmudgeonly Gem Of Insight: If you are a man you should rebuild an engine at least once before you die. There are two exceptions to this rule: Men are exempted to the … Continue reading

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The Furnace Chronicles Part VII: Eating Your Vegetables Is Good For You

My time for amassing firewood ran out long before my enthusiasm for cutting it. Autumn became a flurry of activities and cutting firewood gave way to more urgent winterization tasks. Then it snowed. Summer was over. The first snowfall is … Continue reading

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The Furnace Chronicles Part VI: Ant Kicks Grasshopper’s Ass

In the summer you don’t need a furnace. So you’ve got time. What do you do with that time? First you fish, then you mow the lawn, then you prepare for winter. It is as it has been since the … Continue reading

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