The exterior is for the girls to admire, but when you are the guy driving a Dodge RAM, the truck’s interior is where the rubber really meets the road…
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: Sharing in the Governor’s Pride
And let me say, I am especially proud of Archuleta County. I don’t know what we did to deserve such a low incidence rate…
READY, FIRE, AIM: My Fear of an Electric Overload
I did an online search to find this picture of Amazon founder, billionaire Jeff Bezos. The vehicle shown behind him is not one of the new all-electric delivery vans…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Millions of Good-paying Jobs, Please, If You Don’t Mind
“There is no better place for the President to outline a clear vision for how his administration plans to build back better…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: It is Forbidden To Use After Expiration
The masks were made in China. In Guangzhou, to be exact. By a company called ‘Sunrise Nursing’…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Don’t Tell Me What To Do, Joe
“Tonight, I’m announcing that the Department of Labor is developing an emergency rule to require all employers with 100 or more employees…”
READY, AIM, FIRE: Feeling Positive About Being Negative
“So, what flavor ice cream are you thinking of buying?” I asked. Just being friendly…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Boredom is Your Friend
When the American painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler was bored one day, back in 1871, he complained to his mother…
READY, FIRE, AIM: When a Virus Turns Angry
Apparently, the Delta variant is not only more contagious than all the other variants; it also has anger management issues…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Social Media, the Pathway to Hell
The Ten Arguments discussed things like addiction, free will, the undermining of ‘truth’, destruction of empathy, and generally, all the ways social media has been making me unhappy…
READY, FIRE, AIM: My Personal Struggle with Artificial Intelligence
In a sense, those of us interested in AI are rubbing shoulders with the computer nerds at Facebook and Google, who are also interested…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Big Bang… and Then, Pagosa Springs
This image, above, might illustrate the first moments of the Big Bang, when the ‘singularity’ woke up and decided to blossom into a full-blown universe…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Electric Everything
It all started back in the 1950s, I guess, with electric guitars…
READY, FIRE, AIM: I Will Fall Asleep Faster, and Stay Asleep Longer
That is an honest transcript of Mr. Hannity’s comments on Fox News. Do we find it darkly amusing?
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Inflation Mind Game
I’ve never been good at mind games. Or at games in general. But especially mind games…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Ebenezer Howard Ruined Your Life
Mr. Howard provided some of the things everyone wanted, like an inter-municipal railway, straight (yellow brick) roads connecting the various suburban centers, an insane asylum…
READY, FIRE, AIM: All Men are Created Equal, But Some are More Equal Than Others
The pigs, who were generally more clever than the other animals, developed a set of commandments expressing the farm’s guiding political philosophy…
READY, FIRE, AIM: When a Virus Won’t Play by the Rules
I mean, people — humans — usually play by the rules. Not always, of course. Especially, politicians and pharmaceutical companies might fudge the rules now and then…