Definitions

The dictionary defines curmudgeon as "a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man"; however this excerpt from a quote by Jon Winokur is how I think of the term:

A curmudgeon's reputation for malevolence is undeserved. They're neither warped nor evil at heart. They don't hate mankind, just mankind's absurdities. They're just as sensitive and soft-hearted as the next guy, but they hide their vulnerability beneath a crust of misanthropy. They ease the pain by turning hurt into humor. . . . . . They attack maudlinism because it devalues genuine sentiment. . . . . . Nature, having failed to equip them with a servicable denial mechanism, has endowed them with astute perception and sly wit.

Cudgel is defined as 'a short heavy club' - as a verb it is used in the phrase 'to cudgel one's brains' with the definition of "to think hard (as for a solution to a problem)".

If you run a Google search of "Cudgels of the Curmudgeon" the top entries are words containing "dg", "ud" or "dge".

Thus a post in this blog is something an old, crusty guy hurls at the world with a short heavy club that may or may not make you think hard and may or may not have some alliteration or other play on the sounds of words.

I've created this blog to discuss mostly non-music items that don't fit in my main blog: Geezer Guitar Blog.

Time will tell how often I actually do a posting here.