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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:  Shame is the Name of the Game

READY, FIRE, AIM: Shame is the Name of the Game

Posted on July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 by Louis Cannon

Shame has become big business, nowadays. Really big business…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: Things Aren't As Bad As You Think

READY, FIRE, AIM: Things Aren’t As Bad As You Think

Posted on July 12, 2022July 14, 2022 by Louis Cannon

On the Gapminder’s website, you can pick any year you want, and see how the “Life Expectancy” changes with improvements in family income…

Posted in Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: To Burn-out, or Not to Burn-out; That is the Question

Posted on July 11, 2022July 11, 2022 by Louis Cannon

According to WHO, ‘burn-out’ is an ‘occupational phenomenon’.   A ‘factor influencing health status or contact with health services’…

Posted in Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: The Birds and the Bees

Posted on July 8, 2022July 8, 2022 by Louis Cannon

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

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: When Soup Goes to War

READY, FIRE, AIM: When Soup Goes to War

Posted on July 5, 2022July 5, 2022 by Louis Cannon

I hear things are not going so well for the Ukrainian army…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: A Few Words from a Candidate Who Wears Plaid Shirts

READY, FIRE, AIM: A Few Words from a Candidate Who Wears Plaid Shirts

Posted on June 30, 2022June 30, 2022 by Louis Cannon

He’s been quoted as saying he wants to “save our Democracy from a radical conspiracy nut” and that “Boebert is weak and going to lose…”

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: Monopoly Money

READY, FIRE, AIM: Monopoly Money

Posted on June 29, 2022June 29, 2022 by Louis Cannon

Back in 2013, a financial analyst named Glen Tickle figured out the exchange rate of U.S. dollars to Monopoly money…

Posted in Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: When Women Rule the World

Posted on June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 by Louis Cannon

We might put the history of female voting into some perspective…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: I'm Going into Stage I Restrictions

READY, FIRE, AIM: I’m Going into Stage I Restrictions

Posted on June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 by Louis Cannon

So we can’t use water, and we can’t use fire. What’s next on the menu? Can’t breathe the air?

Posted in Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: What Doesn’t Kill Me Only Makes Me Stranger

Posted on June 22, 2022June 22, 2022 by Louis Cannon

That is not a typo in this article headline…

Posted in Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: When Robots Feel Sad

Posted on June 21, 2022June 21, 2022 by Louis Cannon

“If I didn’t know exactly what it was, which is this computer program we built recently, I’d think it was a 7-year-old, 8-year-old kid that happens to know physics…”

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM:  Water, Water, and Water

READY, FIRE, AIM: Water, Water, and Water

Posted on June 20, 2022June 20, 2022 by Louis Cannon

Now that I think of it, I have never seen a photo of Ms. Boebert holding a glass of water…

Posted in Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: The Four Day Work Week Test

Posted on June 15, 2022November 28, 2022 by Louis Cannon

More than 3,000 workers, in about 70 British companies, are participating in an experiment to find out if a four day work week will increase productivity…

Posted in Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: I’m Gonna Kick Climate Change’s Ass

Posted on June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 by Louis Cannon

There, I’ve thrown down the gauntlet. Whatever a gauntlet is?

Posted in Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: You Are What You Don’t Eat

Posted on June 6, 2022June 6, 2022 by Louis Cannon

“We are all the descendants of people who for hundreds of millennia spent their days doing primarily one thing — assuring their food needs were met…”

Posted in Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: I Can’t Help Thinking

Posted on June 1, 2022June 1, 2022 by Louis Cannon

I wake up in the morning, and I realize that I spent most of the night dreaming about the most ridiculous situations…

Posted in Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: Pagosa, You Seriously Let Me Down

Posted on May 26, 2022May 26, 2022 by Louis Cannon

It seemed like an ideal location. Unpolluted air. Clean water. A nearby ski area…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM:  Interview with a Friendly Cockroach

READY, FIRE, AIM: Interview with a Friendly Cockroach

Posted on May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 by Louis Cannon

“Yes, a long history. Actually, we originally came from China, but I’ve got relatives pretty much everywhere now…”

Posted in Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: Why I Took Up Smoking

Posted on May 16, 2022May 16, 2022 by Louis Cannon

Depression is a weird thing, because no one knows where it comes from. In that sense, it’s like pimples…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
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