For nearly all of human history, the Earth has been flat, and everyone knew it was flat…
Author: Louis Cannon
Underrated writer Louis Cannon grew up in the vast American West, although his ex-wife, given the slightest opportunity, will deny that he ever grew up at all. You can read more stories on his Substack account.
READY, FIRE, AIM: Some Like It Hot, Some Like It Cold…
A friend told me the other day that she had never felt it so hot here in Pagosa Springs, in the 30 years since she first started visiting…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Taking on the Annoyance Economy
I didn’t know we even had an Annoyance Economy until I read this PDF…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Not a Money Machine… But Still, a Published Novel of Some Kind
I have no idea if ‘Jordan Reyes’ exists in reality. I do know, however, that my novel does not yet exist in reality. Not yet…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Whose Election Is It, Anyway?
I vote every chance I get. My motto: “Vote early, and vote often.”…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Buy Local, Buy Often… and Read the Newspaper…
So anyway, I’m grateful that my little backwater town still has a weekly print newspaper, and another local news outlet available online…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Fat Banking
“ASPS: What can a patient expect from upfront costs or storage fees associated with fat banking?”
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Colorado Candidate Who Can Exorcise Demons
Just what Colorado really needs…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Luddites Among Us
One of my friends showed me her dumbphone the other day…
READY, FIRE, AIM: I Wish God Was My CEO
Hobby Lobby got itself mired in controversy after a blogger reported that the chain neglected to stock Hanukkah items…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Windmills of My Mind
“Whenever it starts blowing like this, there’s a rainstorm coming,” Becky claimed. I had never noticed that fact…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Not the Greatest Sentence Ever Written?
The timing was important, because Mr. Isaacson’s subject matter was the following sentence…
READY, FIRE, AIM: A Pagosa Springs Riddle?
The message was strange because a readerboard is usually tasked with announcing useful information, which this was not…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Bird’s Eye View of J.J. Audubon
“Hey, did you know that Audubon was Black?” she said…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The World’s Oldest Man, Reconsidered
I’m fairly sure that I’m 62 years old, because I have a birth certificate that states I was born in 1964…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Who is the Guru?
And speaking of trade-offs, there have been some big changes in America’s popcorn environment…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
As we all remember, one of the pigs built his house out of straw, and the second, out of sticks. The third pig built a sturdy house out of bricks…
READY, FIRE, AIM: A Fourth of July Story
At least 51 people were treated for heat-related illnesses, according to federal officials…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Please, No Politics on the Fourth of July
Maybe I’m not the only person confused by this approach to the July Fourth celebration?