Category Archives: For Your Education

A Christmas Movie Recommendation You’re Invited To Ignore

Posted on December 26, 2013 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

I refrain from recommending movies. Partly because most movies are shit. Partly because my taste in cinema, so I’ve been told, is… appalling. That said I’d like to recommend a “Christmas Horror” movie. It’s a Finnish “independent” movie called Rare Exports. Continue reading →

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Word For The Day: Level Up

Posted on October 9, 2013 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

It’s basically a tautology; a person who gets off on controlling others is the exact opposite of one who wants only to improve himself. Continue reading →

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Word For The Day: Setback Mowing

Posted on June 25, 2013 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Well played oh verdant nemesis. Continue reading →

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Corruption Niche II

Posted on June 12, 2013 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

First an editorial note from the Curmudgeon: Events have overtaken me.  Daily politics get overwrought so I try to let the fetid air disperse before commenting. I wrote about “Corruption Niches” well after the trifecta of suck which included “the … Continue reading →

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Word For The Day: Corruption Niche

Posted on June 11, 2013 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

It’s self defeating to build the trap and add the cheese just so you can be shocked when a mouse gets snapped. I won’t play that game. None of us should! Continue reading →

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The Possibility Of Ridiculous Outcomes: Part III

Posted on June 10, 2013 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

There are people on this earth who are willing to (and have) disrupted the lives of everyone in a large city. They have done this to free, adult, American, citizens. They did this despite the fact that they weren’t personally tough enough to endure a donut shortage. These people have badges. Continue reading →

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Word For The Day: Undernews

Posted on June 5, 2013 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Undernews – (Noun) News that is widely available on the Internet (particularly blogs) but doesn’t get much (or any) attention in the Mainstream Media. I didn’t coin the term.  It’s been kicking around for years.  What can I say; I … Continue reading →

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The Possibility Of Ridiculous Outcomes

Posted on May 8, 2013 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Thirteen years, eleven months, and twenty-six days. That’s how long it took. “Lockdown” had drifted from “prisoners“, to “minors“, to “everyone in Boston“. Comparing Columbine to Boston shows it expanded from “a school building” to “a metropolitan area” and from “a few hours” to “a full day“. Continue reading →

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There Is No Monopoly On Stupid; Part I

Posted on April 19, 2013 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

In about a thousand words I’m going to explain how I, the Curmudgeon, failed to be Adaptive and had a stupid thought.  Really.  I mean it! It all starts in 1958. In 1958 Ford Motor Company put all its weight … Continue reading →

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Word For The Day: Ingalls

Posted on April 18, 2013 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Ingalls – (Noun) A unit of measure by which all winter blizzards can be compared. Continue reading →

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