A (Much-Needed) Curmudgeon Rerun: Uncommon Decency
I know what you're all thinking: that your Curmudgeon has gotten lazy, evidenced by my occasional reruns of previously published...
Salads are Liars
In an attempt to feel healthier and lose weight, the Curmudgeon has been eating mostly salad for months. And I’ve barely seen any...
Our Declining Language (part 14 in an endless series) - Back-to-School edition
Well, curmudgeons, another school year is upon us, and you know what that means: more public displays of shamefully poor English from our...
Marked for Life
Tattoos are for pirates, bikers, sailors, and tramps. If you are a member of one of these groups, by all means, mark your skin with a...
TV Dinners
I appreciate television just as much as the next person, and I spend a fair amount of time happily viewing the stuff. (I’m somewhat...
Reporting Crime
These days, for better or worse, many of us are watching more news than usual. If you’re anything like me (and I’d certainly like to...
A Curmudgeon Rerun: They Started It
Greetings, fellow curmudgeons. This week, I felt the world could use a reminder about the basics of interacting with those with whom we...
Our Declining Language (part 13 in an endless series)
As those of you who are regular readers of The Weekly Curmudgeon know, every few weeks I find it necessary to present further evidence of...
The Emperor's New Art
A prestigious New York museum (its name rhymes with “shmuggenheim”) recently exhibited the work of a so-called artist whose pieces...
Light Torture
Every once in a while, you'll hear a joke about dinosaurs. It's usually about their failure to elude extinction, and suggests that they...
Getting Carded
Cutesy greeting cards are nothing new. Indeed, it would be unusual to find a shelf of the pre-fab missives anywhere that didn't include...
Tomatoes are Blue
Hello, fellow Curmudgeons. Well, it's come to this. For decades, I've been saying that accuracy in language is worthy of our attention. I...
Rage Against the Machine
I don’t like robots. That’s all there is to it. I don’t trust them and frankly, I find them a little smug. Reluctantly, I’ve come to...
A Curmudgeon Rerun: Cave Paintings
This week, I've decided to bring back a golden oldie for the reading enjoyment of those who missed it the first time around. I'll be back...
Our Declining Language (part 12 in an endless series)
Here we go again . . . Here, I offer still more photographic evidence that the English language is eroding right before our eyes: "Let's...
Literally Literally
The English language is a marvelous construct. We have at our disposal a virtually endless menu of words with which to communicate just...
