I mention marriage, because it plays into this curious, and perhaps timely, story…
Category: Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Event Appropriately Named ‘Black Friday’
On Black Saturday — my clever name for the day after Black Friday — the online search engines were ablaze with exciting news about the American economy…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Crucial Debates that Govern My Life
I naturally assumed that “humor columns” would get mentioned among the 10 Entertainment debates…
READY, FIRE AIM: Do We Really Need a Turkey?
As many American families sit down at the table tomorrow, faced with the prospect of eating too much food…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Try Not to Get Too Excited About Mushroom Therapy
The law isn’t clear about whether these state-appointed board members are required to have experience with mushrooms, but I would hope so…
READY, FIRE, AIM: What I Want from COP27
Even if I wanted COP27 to achieve something, who am I to tell them how to save the world? I don’t even know how to change the oil on my car…
READY, FIRE, AIM: My Love Affair with the Lesser Prairie-Chicken
I actually didn’t know much about her daily life. Not the intimate details, anyway…
READY, FIRE, AIM: My Chance to Run for President, Spoiled
“America’s golden age is just ahead, and together we will make America powerful again. We will make America wealthy again…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: A Big Fat Waste of Time
I don’t consider myself an ‘older’ person, but I can imagine myself as an older person…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Joys of Being Cranky
Being bad-tempered and pessimistic helps you to earn more, live longer and enjoy a healthier marriage. It’s almost enough to put a smile on your face…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Is There a Right Way to Sleep?
He sleeps whenever he wants, wherever he wants, for as long as he wants. I very much doubt Roscoe has ever wondered, “Is there a right way to sleep?”
READY, FIRE, AIM: Lake Mead’s Nasty Bathtub Ring
The article deals generally with the fact that, for decades now, California has been pulling the lion’s share of water out of the mighty Colorado River…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Windmills of My Mind
I was four years old when a song called ‘The Windmills of Your Mind’ won an Academy Award for Best Original Song, as the theme for the film, ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Do You Want Your Receipt?
The Walmart receipts are useful, because occasionally I have to return this or that product. It didn’t fit, or it didn’t actually match my sofa…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Handing Out Candy… and Fungi
Fireworks. Trick-or-treating. Live music. Beer garden. Food trucks. Kids carnival…
READY, FIRE, AIM: A Completely Amazing Humor Column
The situation got me thinking about how we use language in 2022, and especially, words like ‘Amazing’ and ‘Fantastic’ and ‘Absolutely’ and ‘Completely’…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Stop and Smell the Roses… or Whatever
While taking a walk through town last Friday, I came upon a dog leading its owner from one fragrant location to the next…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Think Everything is Awful? You Might Be Right
Turns out that, on October 3, the illustrious Nobel Foundation gave their $900,000 prize for ‘Medicine’ to Swedish scientist Svante Pääbo…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Taxing Our Way Into Paradise
100 years ago, taxes were rare in Pagosa Springs. As rare as automobiles, for instance, or tourists. Almost as rare as silk top hats…
