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Category: Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: Why the Republicans Love Me

Posted on May 5, 2021May 6, 2021 by Louis Cannon

Has anyone ever heard Mitch McConnell, for example, tell a funny story? I don’t believe so…

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READY, FIRE, AIM: The Colors of My Emoji

READY, FIRE, AIM: The Colors of My Emoji

Posted on May 3, 2021May 3, 2021 by Louis Cannon

“iPadOS 14.5 adds support for AirTag and introduces separate skin tone variations for emoji…”

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READY, FIRE, AIM: The Last Screw Has Been Added

Posted on April 28, 2021April 28, 2021 by Louis Cannon

“Between me and the machine, there is no estrangement. I am the machine…”

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READY, FIRE, AIM: Sir Isaac Newton Ruined My Life

READY, FIRE, AIM: Sir Isaac Newton Ruined My Life

Posted on April 27, 2021April 27, 2021 by Louis Cannon

Here’s a oil portrait of my (distant) relative, posing in his bathrobe at age 46…

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READY, FIRE, AIM: Through a Glass, Darkly

Posted on April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 by Louis Cannon

Here is the “Global Trends” logo, that appears on page 2 of the report, and which I personally think would make a great logo for a video game…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Greenest State in the Known Universe

READY, FIRE, AIM: The Greenest State in the Known Universe

Posted on April 23, 2021April 23, 2021 by Louis Cannon

I’ve never been to Vermont, but I’ve been to a lot of other states, and I’ve always thought Colorado was the “Greenest State”. WalletHub, however, ranked Colorado as number 17…

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READY, FIRE, AIM: Am I Suffering From Cave Syndrome?

Posted on April 22, 2021April 22, 2021 by Louis Cannon

Yes, I will admit, I’m “attached to the anxiety of uncertainty.” That’s not an entirely new thing…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
DEVIL MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES: Denizens of a Third World Country

DEVIL MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES: Denizens of a Third World Country

Posted on April 21, 2021October 15, 2023 by DC Duncan

This is not Pagosa Lakes. If you want to turn your acre in paradise into a rat-infested junkyard, you may…

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READY, FIRE, AIM: How Many T. Rexes Were There?

Posted on April 20, 2021April 20, 2021 by Louis Cannon

Here’s an imaginative illustration of a Tyrannosaurs Rex, in a bad mood…

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READY, FIRE, AIM: My Fear of Extraterrestrials, Explained

Posted on April 19, 2021April 19, 2021 by Louis Cannon

For one thing, people generally have the mistaken notion that “aliens”will look like slightly deformed humans…

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READY, FIRE, AIM: The Variants… Infectious and Otherwise

Posted on April 15, 2021April 15, 2021 by Louis Cannon

We’ve been hearing, lately, about “variants” with names like B.1.1.7 (United Kingdom)… B.1.351 (South Africa)… P.1 (Brazil)… B.1.1.207 (Nigeria)… B.1.427 and B.1.429 (United States)…

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READY, FIRE, AIM: The Game is Rigged

READY, FIRE, AIM: The Game is Rigged

Posted on April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 by Louis Cannon

Mr. Mechanic didn’t use too many foreign words in his actual article, and all the words over two syllables were pretty familiar to me. Like, “entitlement”. Everybody is using that word, nowadays…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: The World Has Become Too Complicated

READY, FIRE, AIM: The World Has Become Too Complicated

Posted on April 12, 2021April 12, 2021 by Louis Cannon

When I was a kid, my mom handled the shopping duties for the family. All the bread was shaped the same. All the Crisco cans were the same size…

Posted in Humor/Fiction

READY, FIRE, AIM: Why Do We Procrastinate?

Posted on April 7, 2021April 7, 2021 by Louis Cannon

“Tomorrow” is way too soon. Certain things can wait almost forever. And deserve to…

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READY, FIRE, AIM: Interview with the Easter Bunny

Posted on April 5, 2021April 5, 2021 by Louis Cannon

“Yes, I know; that’s hard to believe. 50 billion colored eggs. And that doesn’t include the chocolate eggs or the marshmallow chicks and ducks…”

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: I Totally Missed April Fools Day

READY, FIRE, AIM: I Totally Missed April Fools Day

Posted on April 2, 2021April 2, 2021 by Louis Cannon

It got so bad that the First Day of Spring was being celebrated on April 1. That’s when Pope Gregory XIII decided he’d had quite enough of this nonsense…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Romance of All-Day Protection

READY, FIRE, AIM: The Romance of All-Day Protection

Posted on April 1, 2021April 1, 2021 by Louis Cannon

I’m thinking about protection this morning, because some forms of protection have a time limit…

Posted in Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Ultimate Goal of Human Existence

READY, FIRE, AIM: The Ultimate Goal of Human Existence

Posted on March 31, 2021March 31, 2021 by Louis Cannon

Those of us blessed with a healthy dose of skepticism will argue that just making it through the day, well-fed and alive, is not the primary goal of human existence…

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