Another abnormal thing, is protesters standing around outside the stadium, with banners written in English and Japanese…
Author: Louis Cannon
READY, FIRE, AIM: In the Oval Office
Marty waved a hand in my direction. “Are we okay, talking with this guy in the room?” he queried…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Space, the Final Tourism Frontier
Space is now the final tourism frontier. And tourists — especially, very wealthy tourists — don’t want to be crammed into a space capsule…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Non-Binary Sexuality, a 4,000-Year-Old Tradition
I have found the current discussions about non-binary gender to be wonderfully confounding…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Lobsters Loom Large in British Parliament Debates
What is sentience? As suggested by Charles Darwin 150 years ago, it’s the ability to feel “pleasure and pain, happiness and misery…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: Those Beloved Airplanes
But… now that I’ve wondered about how much the Blue Angels would cost… I can’t stop thinking about it….
READY, FIRE, AIM: Six Styles of Love… Pick Your Favorite
“You might say that you love your partner, or your family, or your best friend, your job or even your car. Clearly, you’re using the term in different ways…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: Give Me Liberty… and Give Me Death
Allegedly, a member of the Second Virginia Convention in 1775 — Patrick Henry — made an inflammatory speech at St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Get a College Degree; Live a Long, Boring Life
What the researchers also failed to mention is that too much of a good thing is not a good thing. And that includes too much education…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Pizzas Ate My Freezer
While this ideological revolution was taking place, however, the industrial food conspiracy was working behind the scenes to make me more unhealthy than ever…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Hard Times in the Neighborhood
Over 1,000 catalytic converters have been stolen from the undersides of automobiles in Denver, and so far — reportedly — law enforcement has not made a single arrest…
READY, FIRE, AIM: How To Make Kung Pao Chicken That Tastes Better than Takeout
Here, I happily share my simple approach to home-made Kung Pao, without making an unnecessary trip to City Market…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Virus Fails the ‘Fairness’ Test
Several things jumped out at me. For one thing, the virus evidently doesn’t much care whether I have a college degree, or not…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Eating Crackers in Church… or Maybe Not
We will mention that the Chinese News Service did not cover the Biden story… although they did publish a photo of a new ‘drone taxi’…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Herd Immunity
Now that summer is upon us, the herds have appeared, again…
READY, FIRE, AIM: My Dream Dating App
You want a date? You want romance? Time to pony up some private information….
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Hidden Cost of Happiness, Revisited
I also agree that most problems don’t go away. A six-pack of beer can make them appear distant, and indistinct, but they’re still there…
READY, FIRE, AIM: My Virtual Visit to Pagosa Springs in the Year 2031
The highlight of the virtual visit was most definitely the hot-air balloon ride…