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Category: Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Inflation

READY, FIRE, AIM: Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Inflation

Posted on September 9, 2022September 9, 2022 by Louis Cannon

Driving down Highway 160, here in Pagosa Springs, I got a warm, fuzzy feeling seeing the marquee sign at the McDonald’s…

Posted in Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: Will There Be Naps in Heaven?

Posted on September 6, 2022September 6, 2022 by Louis Cannon

I learned about napping from hanging out with my cat, Roscoe.  Roscoe takes a nap several times a day, at the drop of a hat…

Posted in Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: Where’s the Beef?

Posted on September 2, 2022September 2, 2022 by Louis Cannon

Basically, this is a wheat sandwich, with chicken flavoring. Wheat “meat” in a wheat bun…

Posted in Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: Where’s COVID, When We Really Need It?

Posted on August 31, 2022August 31, 2022 by Louis Cannon

He also said I should stop eating SPAM, if I wanted to live long enough to collect Social Security…

Posted in Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: Some Friendly Advice for Our Local Governments, About Divorce

Posted on August 29, 2022August 29, 2022 by Louis Cannon

Reason Number One: Wait until the kids are out of the house…

Posted in Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: The Population Bomb

Posted on August 26, 2022August 26, 2022 by Louis Cannon

I had heard about Paul Ehrlich’s book — for some unknown reason, it was a best seller when it came out…

Posted in Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: The Power of Money

Posted on August 24, 2022August 24, 2022 by Louis Cannon

The Beatles tried to warn us. Were we listening?

Posted in Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: Pleading the Fifth

Posted on August 16, 2022August 16, 2022 by Louis Cannon

We generally hear about criminals pleading the Fifth.  What business did the aides of the U.S. Secretary of State have, refusing to answer questions…?

Posted in Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: Money for Nothin’

Posted on August 15, 2022August 15, 2022 by Louis Cannon

Times change, but the you can always count on finding bad news, when you really need it…

Posted in Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: Where are the Mushrooms, When We Need Them Most?

Posted on August 11, 2022August 11, 2022 by Louis Cannon

The latest thing in mushroom therapy, apparently, is ‘microdosing’:  eating small amounts of normally-hallucinogenic fungi…

Posted in Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: The Sunset of Social Media?

Posted on August 8, 2022August 8, 2022 by Louis Cannon

I’m not a big fan of social media, as you can tell. I had barely heard of ‘TikTok’, but I was more familiar with Facebook…

Posted in Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: If I Were King

Posted on August 4, 2022August 4, 2022 by Louis Cannon

I noticed that the price of gas had dropped by a few pennies, and I found myself wondering how that had happened…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM:  A Better Way to Multiply

READY, FIRE, AIM:  A Better Way to Multiply

Posted on August 1, 2022August 1, 2022 by Louis Cannon

An assistant math professor in Sydney, Australia has developed a new method for multiplying giant numbers…

Posted in Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: Climate Change Comes to Pagosa

Posted on July 28, 2022May 15, 2023 by Louis Cannon

If I wanted constant rain, I could live in Seattle. But then I would probably have to work for Microsoft, so forget it…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: Pioneers of Colorado

READY, FIRE, AIM: Pioneers of Colorado

Posted on July 25, 2022July 25, 2022 by Louis Cannon

The license plate shown does not belong to me. It was for sale on a website for $4.99. I seriously considered buying it, until I read the disclaimer…

Posted in Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: Yes, We Have No Bananas

Posted on July 21, 2022July 21, 2022 by Louis Cannon

To paraphrase a famous book, “A man does not live by pizza and beer alone, but also by overripe bananas…”

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM:  Telescopes in Outer Space

READY, FIRE, AIM: Telescopes in Outer Space

Posted on July 19, 2022July 19, 2022 by Louis Cannon

When I was a kid, growing up in the 1970s, I fully expected men to be visiting Mars by the time I graduated from college…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM:  Shame is the Name of the Game

READY, FIRE, AIM: Shame is the Name of the Game

Posted on July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 by Louis Cannon

Shame has become big business, nowadays. Really big business…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
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