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Category: Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: In Faint Praise of the Yucca Moth

READY, FIRE, AIM: In Faint Praise of the Yucca Moth

Posted on October 31, 2025November 1, 2025 by Louis Cannon

The moth is completely loyal to the yucca plant, and its reproductive needs. It pollinates only yucca plants, and no other plants…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Experts Say, 'It's Not IQ'

READY, FIRE, AIM: The Experts Say, ‘It’s Not IQ’

Posted on October 30, 2025October 30, 2025 by Louis Cannon

I’m not an expert about most things, although I do a pretty amazing job, cleaning windows. When the mood strikes…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Necessary War Against the Nonprofits

READY, FIRE, AIM: The Necessary War Against the Nonprofits

Posted on October 29, 2025October 29, 2025 by Louis Cannon

The question is, can we subdue them without fighting?  Without the need for guns, and bombs?  I believe we can…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: Another Hard Look at the Dunning-Kruger Effect

READY, FIRE, AIM: Another Hard Look at the Dunning-Kruger Effect

Posted on October 28, 2025October 28, 2025 by Louis Cannon

Curiously, the undergrads who scored “average” on the tests, had the most accurate assessments of their intelligence.

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: Fly Me to the Moon

READY, FIRE, AIM: Fly Me to the Moon

Posted on October 27, 2025October 27, 2025 by Louis Cannon

SpaceX currently has a generous $2.9 billion contract to build a rocket and landing system for the next moon visit by U.S. astronauts…

Posted in Humor/Fiction

BOOKISH: The Writer Who’s Never Completely Happy

Posted on October 27, 2025October 27, 2025 by Richard Donnelly

If I am ever completely happy, I’ll know something’s wrong…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: Looking Forward to the General Strike

READY, FIRE, AIM: Looking Forward to the General Strike

Posted on October 24, 2025October 24, 2025 by Louis Cannon

A lot of us are excited that a general strike is a real possibility… millions of patriotic Americans failing to show up for work…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: Travel, Leisure, and Just Plain Hard Work

READY, FIRE, AIM: Travel, Leisure, and Just Plain Hard Work

Posted on October 23, 2025October 23, 2025 by Louis Cannon

Speaking for myself, I haven’t had a passport for quite a few years. More than 30 years, in fact…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: Halloween Forever

READY, FIRE, AIM: Halloween Forever

Posted on October 22, 2025October 22, 2025 by Louis Cannon

There are, indeed, two ways to feel about any particular holiday.  You can love it, and you can hate it.  Sometimes, both at the same time…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: Living in an Well-Run Universe

READY, FIRE, AIM: Living in an Well-Run Universe

Posted on October 21, 2025October 21, 2025 by Louis Cannon

“Sounds like you’re advocating the adoption of the ancient Greek religion…”

Posted in Humor/Fiction

BOOKISH: A Big Writer Coming to Town

Posted on October 21, 2025October 21, 2025 by Richard Donnelly

This week’s visiting author, an aging man rumored to have a nose for sweet young things…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: What Chickens Can Teach Us About the Too-Much-Talent Problem

READY, FIRE, AIM: What Chickens Can Teach Us About the Too-Much-Talent Problem

Posted on October 20, 2025October 20, 2025 by Louis Cannon

Turns out, that chickens also have goals — goals which might seem eerily similar to human goals…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: What's My Personality Type?

READY, FIRE, AIM: What’s My Personality Type?

Posted on October 17, 2025October 17, 2025 by Louis Cannon

The test accurately identified the fact that I’m often correct, or possibly even “always” correct…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Paul Bunyan Problem

READY, FIRE, AIM: The Paul Bunyan Problem

Posted on October 16, 2025October 16, 2025 by Louis Cannon

“In spite of a great deal of talk about the decline of the great American Lumberjack, he remains much the same jolly picturesque individual that he was in days gone by…”

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: Where's Bob Ross... Now That We Really Need Him?

READY, FIRE, AIM: Where’s Bob Ross… Now That We Really Need Him?

Posted on October 15, 2025October 15, 2025 by Louis Cannon

We learned that trees are happier, when they have a friend nearby. Even clouds and mountains need friends, to be fully happy.,,

Posted in Humor/Fiction, Video
READY, FIRE, AIM: Making Heaven Great Again

READY, FIRE, AIM: Making Heaven Great Again

Posted on October 14, 2025October 14, 2025 by Louis Cannon

“I don’t think there’s anything going to get me in heaven, okay? I really don’t. I think I’m not maybe heaven-bound…”

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: Sea Animals as Parents

READY, FIRE, AIM: Sea Animals as Parents

Posted on October 13, 2025October 13, 2025 by Louis Cannon

“Dolphin parenting — firm, flexible, affectionate, and consistent — gives them the best chance to grow into healthy, independent people in a high-tech world…”

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: Eating Pudding with a Fork

READY, FIRE, AIM: Eating Pudding with a Fork

Posted on October 10, 2025October 10, 2025 by Louis Cannon

Now the trend has spread internationally via TikTok, with some videos from U.S. users getting millions of views…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
BOOKISH: Writer Guilt

BOOKISH: Writer Guilt

Posted on October 9, 2025October 9, 2025 by Richard Donnelly

“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy…”

Posted in Humor/Fiction
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