Pretty much anyone with a smart phone has a collection of pictures, available at a moment’s notice, with entirely too many photos of entirely too many unimportant events….
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: Lost in Translation
The Inuit people of northern Canada have a word, iktsuarpok, which can be only poorly translated into English, meaning roughly, a sense of intense anticipation while waiting for someone…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Minority Report
I’ve always thought the term ‘minority’ meant something like ‘members of a small segment of the population’…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Joyful
Ms. Fetell Lee researches, writes about, and talks about the human experience known as ‘joy’. In fact, she refers to herself, in one online lecture, as ‘The Nancy Drew of Joy’…
READY, FIRE, AIM: 22 Ways to Think You’re Actually Helping
Colorado Governor Jared Polis has joined forces with a government-funded organization called ‘Water Education Colorado’ to encourage all of us to use 22 water-saving ideas…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Rsdkin
We all understand that a small-town newspaper sometimes needs to find some type of ‘filler’ content to fit a blank space on a certain page…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Democrat? Republican? Non-Binary?
Fortunately, these two disassociated universes are not the actual universe, as I have been explaining to my cat, Roscoe…
READY, FIRE, AIM: ‘Sasquatch’ Sighting Raised Potent Questions About Village at Wolf Creek
This resort development controversy has been keeping lawyers and judges, environmentalists and federal bureaucrats, busy since 1987…
READY, FIRE, AIM: We Could Blame It on the Cows
One dark night, when we were all in bed, Old Mother Leary left a lantern in the shed…
READY, FIRE, AIM: When Geeks Ruled the World
I was listening to NPR last week, and I heard a commentator say something like, “Geeks used to be unpopular. Now, they are running the show…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Mystery of Korean Burritos
The LULAC president wrapped up his stern warning to North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un with this terse comment… No seas burro…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Future-Proof Worker, Illustrated
The caption for this photo, by photographer Avel Chuklanov, reads: “Citizens will need new skills in order to become ‘future-proof’ in the workplace…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: You Can’t Lose a Nuclear War
Russia and the U.S. have actually been doing a pretty good job of acting like they don’t want a nuclear war…
READY, FIRE, AIM: My Hamster Drank Me Under the Table
The contest was unfair from the beginning, and I knew it. But after a couple of drinks, you sometimes start doing stupid things…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Ten Things I Didn’t Get for Christmas
The following year, I didn’t get a G.I. Joe Spaceman with various essential space exploration accessories. Probably a good thing, even though I was disappointed for a while…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Another Great Reason to Buy a Tesla, Spoiled
Vince Patton, who lives near Portland, Oregon, filed a complaint with NHTSA last month, after coming across a YouTube video posted by a fellow Tesla owner…
READY, FIRE, AIM: No More Silver Bullets?
Metaphors can help us wrap our heads around complex and sometimes disturbing issues…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Biggest Numbers of 2021
Imports to the US filled about 26 million TEUs (Twenty-foot-container Equivalent Units) in 2021, which was an 18% increase from 2020, and the National Retail Federation expects retail holiday sales to grow by about 12%…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Time to Tackle the Climate
I ran across a front page headline in the Los Angeles Times yesterday…