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Category: Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: Something Entirely New

READY, FIRE, AIM: Something Entirely New

Posted on November 13, 2026November 13, 2026 by Louis Cannon

Well, that was then. Fifth century BCE. Back in those days, nothing much changed…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: Will 100-Year Floods be Our 'New Normal'?

READY, FIRE, AIM: Will 100-Year Floods be Our ‘New Normal’?

Posted on November 12, 2026November 12, 2026 by Louis Cannon

There aren’t many good things to say about a 100-year flood event in a small rural town in southern Colorado…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: Snail Mail from a Distant Universe

READY, FIRE, AIM: Snail Mail from a Distant Universe

Posted on November 11, 2026November 11, 2026 by Louis Cannon

In this case, a second envelope had arrived on the same day as my sister’s Halloween card…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: I Been Working on the Railroad... All the Live-Long Day...

READY, FIRE, AIM: I Been Working on the Railroad… All the Live-Long Day…

Posted on November 10, 2026November 10, 2026 by Louis Cannon

The song is about the men who rose up so early in the morn to build the railroads.  And about Dinah…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Woman with a Cigarette

READY, FIRE, AIM: The Woman with a Cigarette

Posted on November 9, 2026November 9, 2026 by Louis Cannon

It’s funny how you can look at a photo on the cover of a book, over the period of several days, and then suddenly notice the cigarette in the woman’s hand…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Chinese Garden of Eden

READY, FIRE, AIM: The Chinese Garden of Eden

Posted on November 6, 2026November 6, 2026 by Louis Cannon

It’s obvious that people in China are doing everything they can to be like us…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Incidental Drawbacks to Acute Loneliness

READY, FIRE, AIM: The Incidental Drawbacks to Acute Loneliness

Posted on November 5, 2026November 5, 2026 by Louis Cannon

“It is my fixed opinion that those who have undergone this punishment, MUST pass into society again morally unhealthy and diseased…”

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: Beef... It's the New Oil

READY, FIRE, AIM: Beef… It’s the New Oil

Posted on November 4, 2026November 4, 2026 by Louis Cannon

“But high beef prices didn’t just happen overnight. They’re not going away anytime soon, either…”

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: Fool Me Twice

READY, FIRE, AIM: Fool Me Twice

Posted on November 3, 2026November 3, 2026 by Louis Cannon

Today is election day across the U.S. and a lot of voters are going to get fooled…

Posted in Humor/Fiction, Video
READY, FIRE, AIM: Another Halloween, Ruined

READY, FIRE, AIM: Another Halloween, Ruined

Posted on October 30, 2026October 30, 2026 by Louis Cannon

When Darlene and I moved to Pagosa Springs, we thought at first that we might escape the madness that Halloween has become…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: Freedom, By the Numbers

READY, FIRE, AIM: Freedom, By the Numbers

Posted on October 29, 2026October 29, 2026 by Louis Cannon

The report scored each state on 97 “policy variables” across 10 categories of economic and personal freedom…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: Jon Stewart, for Two More Years

READY, FIRE, AIM: Jon Stewart, for Two More Years

Posted on October 27, 2026October 27, 2026 by Louis Cannon

The world of political comedy has been a roller coaster ride lately…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Flood

READY, FIRE, AIM: The Flood

Posted on October 26, 2026October 27, 2026 by Louis Cannon

“The LORD saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time…”

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: John Lennon and the Peasants

READY, FIRE, AIM: John Lennon and the Peasants

Posted on October 23, 2026October 23, 2026 by Louis Cannon

My parents didn’t approve of me listening to that album, partly because of the ‘adult language’…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Outlaws of Alberta, Canada

READY, FIRE, AIM: The Outlaws of Alberta, Canada

Posted on October 21, 2026October 21, 2026 by Louis Cannon

Here in Colorado during the late 1800s, we had Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch, the Telluride Trio, the Ham Math Gang, the Reed Brothers…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: 'I Did That!'

READY, FIRE, AIM: ‘I Did That!’

Posted on October 20, 2026October 20, 2026 by Louis Cannon

Historically, when the price of gas goes above $4 a gallon, two things happen…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Big Crazy International Backyard Ultra Foot Race

READY, FIRE, AIM: The Big Crazy International Backyard Ultra Foot Race

Posted on October 19, 2026October 19, 2026 by Louis Cannon

There’s no finish line. Only crazy runners who are ultimately “finished….”

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: Beer is Now Cheaper Than Gas

READY, FIRE, AIM: Beer is Now Cheaper Than Gas

Posted on October 16, 2026October 16, 2026 by Louis Cannon

It’s hard to find anything, in 2026, that’s priced in a way that actually feels good…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: Are We Getting Dumber Every Day?

READY, FIRE, AIM: Are We Getting Dumber Every Day?

Posted on October 14, 2026October 14, 2026 by Louis Cannon

“Once upon a time, the idea that the world was growing stupider was mostly confined to the realm of dyspeptic reactionary polemic…”

Posted in Humor/Fiction
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