As many American families sit down at the table tomorrow, faced with the prospect of eating too much food…
Category: Humor/Fiction
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…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Feeling Apathetic? You Might Be A Languisher
The people who investigate the unfortunate condition of ‘languishing’ have had plenty to study over the past couple of years…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The One-Track Mind
When he was young, my dad used to ride a train to and from work, so he understood a bit about train tracks…
READY, FIRE, AIM: How to Talk About Conspiracy Theories (Without Getting Hurt)
Few conversations are more likely to get you punched in the face than a conversation about conspiracy theories…