We’re having a big problem, here in America, with people refusing to say ‘Merry Christmas’ because they’re afraid they might offend someone…
Category: Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: Big Spenders at Christmas
Chuck Schumer is happy…
READY, FIRE, AIM: How to Be Happy During the Holidays
As we see, the United States was ranked 16 out of 146 surveyed countries. So, not too terrible…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Our Friend, the Virus
This particular drawing supposedly represents a ‘bacteriophage’. A virus that infects bacteria…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Four Types of Loneliness
Psychologists make a lot of money writing about loneliness, and providing therapy to people who claim to be lonely…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Lauren Boebert Really Represents Me
Congresswoman Boebert — or as I like to call her, ‘Lauren’ — ended up with 163,839 votes, to Mr. Frisch’s 163,293 votes…
READY, FIRE, AIM: With Whom Will I Fall in Love?
Can scientists successfully solve the puzzle of human attractions… when it’s all merely chemical processes and electrical circuits in the brain?
READY, FIRE, AIM: Charles Darwin and the Origin of Christmas
Darwin’s basic idea was that slight biological variations sometimes occur, and the variations can result in a better (or worse) chance of survival…
READY, FIRE, AIM: I Don’t Want to Be Famous
I’m thinking this morning about Britney Spears, the “Princess of Pop”… and a much-sought-after source of celebrity endorsements…
DEVIL MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES: Expiration Dates
Recently I pulled a package of cream cheese out of the inner recesses of the refrigerator…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Christmas Cookie Inflation Index
The battle over Christmas cookies is not primarily between the political left and the political right, although divergence can easily be pointed out…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Everything You Wanted to Know About Consumer Confidence, But Were Afraid to Ask
There are actually several groups of people who get paid to spend their lives measuring, and offering opinions about, consumer confidence…
READY, FIRE, AIM: In Defense of Intelligent Design
The painting rendered on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, by Italian artist Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, reportedly portrays the creation of the Sun and Moon…
READY, FIRE, AIM: What a Wonderful World, Part Two
How do we prepare kids for the future, when their parents totally freak out every time there’s a little global pandemic?
HMPRESENTLY: Boosting Shareholder Value
“What have you been doing, since 80 AD?” they’d be wondering, before demanding management changes… maybe a new CEO…
READY, FIRE, AIM: What a Wonderful World, Part One
Okay, some of you are laughing at that statement. Go ahead and laugh. But I have proof…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Clownfish Mystique
I mention marriage, because it plays into this curious, and perhaps timely, story…
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…