Once you start successfully pairing your favorite wines with your favorite foods, you will never go back to guzzling beer…
Category: Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: Inappropriate Information from the Bard
The man whose face appears on the query page (once you get your turn to test Bard’s intelligence) is probably Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Eric Adams Hates Chocolate Milk, and Maybe You Should Too
“Over two-thirds of milk served in school is flavored, which represents an essential way that kids get the nutrients they need for healthy growth and development….”
READY, FIRE, AIM: Pie Eating Contests, and Such
I guess I just have a sick imagination…
READY, FIRE, AIM: To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
Apparently, spiders are also prone to REM sleep. Jumping spiders, in particular…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
Which I guess brings up the whole question of ‘decisions’. When you think about it, most decisions are a huge waste of time…
READY, FIRE, AIM: My Quest for Guilt-Free Fried Food
Of course, I immediately went home to check and see if this same Ninja Air Fryer was available online, for a lower price…
READY, FIRE, AIM: No One Knows Where the Time Goes
When I woke up on Sunday morning at 7:30, my alarm clock confirmed the time. “7:30″…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Celebrating Profits on International Women’s Day
Barefoot German women had to wave red flags for another four years before they finally won the right to vote…
READY, FIRE, AIM: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Recession
Scientists didn’t fully understand that mushrooms can communicate with one another, through their complex underground mycelium network…
READY, FIRE, AIM: When I Woke
I awake and find myself in my same old bedroom, here in Pagosa Springs, and the alarm is going off…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Department of Debt
Dark blue means “most people have terrible credit scores”. Dark gold means “pretty darn good credit scores, folks! Good work!”…
READY, AIM, FIRE: Love Thy Brother, Depending on the Situation
“Louis, I need to remind you that we always raise our hand when we want to say something in class….”
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Milk of Human Kindness
The Coca-Cola company announced last year that its “better-for-you” milk product division, fairlife LLC, had surpassed $1 billion in annual retail sales…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Exceptional Snow Likely
But they didn’t say what they meant, exactly, by the word “exceptional”…
READY, FIRE, AIM: A Curmudgeonly View of Presidents Day
“The world will be puzzled to decide whether … you have abandoned good principles, or whether you ever had any…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: Buddy Carter’s Sales Tax
Last month, Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) introduced the FairTax Act in the House of Representatives, proposing to repeal all federal taxes…
READY, FIRE, AIM: President Xi, Smiling
I’ve occasionally run across photos of Chinese President Xi Jinping, smiling…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Black History Lessons Aren’t Usually Red; They’re Mostly Blue
The US Census, however, has taken a different approach to colorizing the 50 states, in terms of racial diversity…