“What purchases, decisions or milestones are you delaying because of higher costs, if anything?…”
Category: Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: Socialism is Dead — Long Live Socialism!
Does my friend mean the same thing, when he uses the word “Socialism”, as I mean when I use the word “Socialism”?…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Still Dreaming of Fusion
The first successful test of a thermonuclear bomb was conducted by the United States on November 1, 1952…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Shut Up and Talk!
I honestly haven’t noticed the absence of chatter in subway cars….
READY, FIRE, AIM: Pretty Damn Funny
I see in the news that the Republican Party held a two-day convention recently in Dallas, Texas — one of my all-time favorite cities…
READY, FIRE, AIM: A Never-Ending Story, If You Don’t Mind
So many things I don’t understand about this crazy world. Probably because I’m stuck here, in the middle, with you…
READY, FIRE, AIM: I, Consumer
This is probably a good time to review the “Three Laws of Robotics” that science fiction writer Issac Asimov developed back in the 1940s…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Politics is Serious Business, So Keep on Smiling
Victor Marx might be smiling because his campaign had raised almost $3 million by the end of June…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony Moves to Switzerland
The ‘Biomechanics Prize’ went to Matilda Brindle, Catherine Talbot, and Stuart West for devising a more precise definition of kissing in ants, birds, polar bears, and humans…
READY, FIRE, AIM: War? What War?
I thought… for a minute there… that the U.S. was at war with Iran…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Meta Makes Its Escape from the Oakland Courtroom
Seems to me Meta got off easy when they settled the Oakland case…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Live Free or… You Know… Like, Die
Like I said, freedom comes in various shades. I suspect Major General John Stark would agree…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Cold, Hard Truth About the Colorado River
The photo shared at the top of this column shows Nevada, but it could easily be Arizona….
READY, FIRE, AIM: Faster than the Speed of Hydrogen
“It’s magic to be able to showcase this technology, and to showcase how good the engineering is…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: Laughing Along with Republicans
How can we keep from laughing? There’s probably nothing as funny as a transfer of wealth…
READY, FIRE, AIM: How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Climate Change
But every cloud has a silver lining. There’s always a balance…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Silence is Golden… Duct Tape is Silver…
How much is silence worth now… in the 21st century?
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Turing Test, and the Cyanide Apple
“However, the apple was so artfully made that only the red cheek was poisoned…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: Middle-Aged Americans, Falling Behind
Earlier this year, journalist Joe Rojas-Burke wrote about this “falling behind” problem…
