Driving down Highway 160, here in Pagosa Springs, I got a warm, fuzzy feeling seeing the marquee sign at the McDonald’s…
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.
READY, FIRE, AIM: Will There Be Naps in Heaven?
I learned about napping from hanging out with my cat, Roscoe. Roscoe takes a nap several times a day, at the drop of a hat…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Where’s the Beef?
Basically, this is a wheat sandwich, with chicken flavoring. Wheat “meat” in a wheat bun…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Where’s COVID, When We Really Need It?
He also said I should stop eating SPAM, if I wanted to live long enough to collect Social Security…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Some Friendly Advice for Our Local Governments, About Divorce
Reason Number One: Wait until the kids are out of the house…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Population Bomb
I had heard about Paul Ehrlich’s book — for some unknown reason, it was a best seller when it came out…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Power of Money
The Beatles tried to warn us. Were we listening?
READY, FIRE, AIM: Pleading the Fifth
We generally hear about criminals pleading the Fifth. What business did the aides of the U.S. Secretary of State have, refusing to answer questions…?
READY, FIRE, AIM: Money for Nothin’
Times change, but the you can always count on finding bad news, when you really need it…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Where are the Mushrooms, When We Need Them Most?
The latest thing in mushroom therapy, apparently, is ‘microdosing’: eating small amounts of normally-hallucinogenic fungi…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Sunset of Social Media?
I’m not a big fan of social media, as you can tell. I had barely heard of ‘TikTok’, but I was more familiar with Facebook…
READY, FIRE, AIM: If I Were King
I noticed that the price of gas had dropped by a few pennies, and I found myself wondering how that had happened…
READY, FIRE, AIM: A Better Way to Multiply
An assistant math professor in Sydney, Australia has developed a new method for multiplying giant numbers…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Climate Change Comes to Pagosa
If I wanted constant rain, I could live in Seattle. But then I would probably have to work for Microsoft, so forget it…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Pioneers of Colorado
The license plate shown does not belong to me. It was for sale on a website for $4.99. I seriously considered buying it, until I read the disclaimer…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Yes, We Have No Bananas
To paraphrase a famous book, “A man does not live by pizza and beer alone, but also by overripe bananas…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: Telescopes in Outer Space
When I was a kid, growing up in the 1970s, I fully expected men to be visiting Mars by the time I graduated from college…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Shame is the Name of the Game
Shame has become big business, nowadays. Really big business…