I stopped by City Market yesterday to look at the Valentine’s Day goodies. They had an pretty impressive selection of mylar balloons, bouquets, flower arrangements, potted plants…
Category: Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: I Love My Job
We all need protection… and one way to get it involves the installation of McAfee Antivirus software. We also need someone to love, especially around February 14 each year…
READY, FIRE, AIM: President Biden’s Punch Lines
President Joe Biden stepped up to the microphone earlier this week, to try out his new 70-minute ‘State of the Union’ routine on a group of friends…
READY, FIRE, AIM: All Those High Tech Layoffs
Who knew there was a ‘layoff tracking’ website, totally dedicated to bad news? You would almost think they were a newspaper…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Where’s Joe McCarthy, When We Really Need Him?
Luckily, we have Senator Bennet, and Rep. Buck to keep us safe…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Groundhog Day
February 2 occurs all around the globe, but apparently Groundhog Day does not. It’s purely an American thing…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Lying and Laughing
But mostly, I’ve been writing lots of little white lies. Not the whoppers like we get from U.S. Presidents…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Silence of the Yams
I noticed a rack of informational brochures offering various kinds of advice and information aimed especially at senior citizens…
READY, FIRE, AIM: There is No Plan B
I hear that Ronzoni has stopped making one of my favorite enriched macaroni products… the little star-shaped pasta called ‘Pastina’…
READY, FIRE, AIM: An Analysis of the FAFO Effect
I imagine many readers — who, like me, are non-skiers — spent the snowy weekend in a state of relative idleness, wondering what the world is coming to…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Dangerous Jokes
I don’t think Politico writers would post pictures of cats. But they have often posted embarrassing pictures of politicians…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Carbon-Neutral Eggs, Scrambled
A commissioner with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission named Richard Trumka Jr. has called gas stoves a “hidden hazard”…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Me and My Government, Dealing with Our Debt Limits
“I am writing to inform you that beginning on Thursday, January 19, 2023, the outstanding debt of the United States is projected to reach the statutory limit…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: Laughing as I Pay My Taxes
What am I saying? I LOVE politics. There’s not much to laugh about these days, but politics is a never-ending source of amusement…
DEVIL MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES: Pray for Spring!
I, like most of the people of Pagosa Country, are transplants. But some plants don’t do too well in colder zones…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Working From Home, Like in the Good Old Days
“A recent analysis of Census Bureau data from the financial site Lending Tree found that 29 percent of Americans were working from home…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: China vs. Pagosa Springs
It’s all about the fertility rate. China is currently popping out babies at a rate of about 1.5 per 1,000 women in the population…
READY, FIRE, AIM: And Now for Some Good News
I’m not the kind of idiot who goes around looking for good news. But when I was at the library…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Looking Forward to a Permanent Global Recession
It’s a pretty cool word. “Permacrisis”. I don’t know who invented that word, but if I were publishing a dictionary, I would want that word in it…