He also said I should stop eating SPAM, if I wanted to live long enough to collect Social Security…
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 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…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Things Aren’t As Bad As You Think
On the Gapminder’s website, you can pick any year you want, and see how the “Life Expectancy” changes with improvements in family income…
READY, FIRE, AIM: To Burn-out, or Not to Burn-out; That is the Question
According to WHO, ‘burn-out’ is an ‘occupational phenomenon’. A ‘factor influencing health status or contact with health services’…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Birds and the Bees
Birds do it, bees do it Even educated fleas do it Let’s do it, let’s fall in love… — Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love), by Cole Porter, 1928 There’s actually no scientific evidence that ‘educated fleas’ do it, so we should probably view Cole Porter’s claim with a healthy dose of skepticism. But READ MORE
READY, FIRE, AIM: When Soup Goes to War
I hear things are not going so well for the Ukrainian army…