Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado explained that “little Twitter trolls” have been challenging her pro-gun-rights stance…
Category: Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: Chief Heat Officers, to the Rescue?
Another GAF employee, Elliot Wall, drives around in a specially equipped golf cart, measuring how hot the pavement is…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The End of the World is Just a Destination
The film — which I watched on the small screen, many years later — features a lot of sweaty people with British accents, worried about the fate of the world…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Under Penalty of Law, This Tag Not to Be Removed
I finally got around to replacing my pillow…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Milk Wars
Selections ranging from regular dairy, to oat, almond, and soy, creamer options abound these days, which is good news for vegans everywhere. But not everyone is pleased…
DEVIL MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES: My Recent Hip Replacement, and Other Frightful Tales
The X-rays didn’t look good. In fact they made me cringe…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Save the Colorado River?
I used to have a couple of “Save the Whales” t-shirts, back when I was in college. I don’t know what happened to them…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Hotter Than July
The National Weather Service office in Phoenix says it will “rival some of the worst heat waves this area has ever seen…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: The World’s Deadliest Animal
90% of the people suffering from malaria live in Africa. But last month, five cases of locally transmitted malaria were discovered in Texas and Florida…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Big July 4th Mistake
I’m sure people could see where this all was headed. For one thing, to the Declaration of Independence, and a nasty eight-year-long war…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase, Part Two
Tony Martens Fekini and the employees of Plantible Foods have been working on ways to use the rubisco protein found in duck weed…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase, Part One
I’ve always had a soft place in my heart for frogs, ever since taking biology in high school…
READY, FIRE, AIM: I Might Have to Move to Dallas
A 12-3 vote sounds pretty impressive to me. Here in Archuleta County, we’re lucky to get a 2-1 vote from the County Commissioners…
READY, FIRE, AIM: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Inflation
If you noticed the photo at the top of the page, it appears that our national debt is about $21 trillion dollars…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Freedom, and the Great Wall
The Town of Pagosa Springs – in its wisdom — picked a theme for the 2023 Parade that might cause us to wonder about our way of life…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Lauren Boebert Meets the Burning Bush
She instantly perceived that the bush was not being consumed by the fire…
READY, FIRE, AIM: My Fashionable Relationship with Plastic
I know. Most of us probably don’t think of our clothing as plastic. Here’s a quote from a documentary produced by Patagonia…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Problem with Hydrogen
Of course, most of us are already pumping a highly explosive liquid into our automobile tanks, called “gasoline”…