I might be the only one around who is admitting that my columns are fake news, which in a sense makes me the only honest person in the room…
Category: Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: Bad News for the Highly Intelligent
This curve purportedly demonstrates the distribution of IQ Test scores in the general population. Most of us are somewhere in the middle, near the top of the curve…
READY, FIRE, AIM: My Imposter Syndrome
I would certainly prefer to have ‘imposter phenomenon’ but I realize I don’t deserve that particular label. So I’m stuck with a syndrome…
READY, FIRE, AIM: How About Fish for Dinner?
She was especially fond of sardines with soda crackers. The ones packed in olive oil…
Dear Editor… Let Us Entertain You
We are big entertainers and would love to “set up shop” preferably in a central location near all the action…
READY, FIRE, AIM: A Few Good Reasons Why I Love Donald Trump
And speaking of intelligence, another thing I love about President Trump is his generosity…
READY, FIRE, AIM: I Lost My Learning… Can Joe Biden Help?
Those are just a few of the vocabulary words that have been lost — forever? — as a result of the transition to “remote learning” during the COVID pandemic….
READY, FIRE, AIM: Am I Blue? … I Mean, Level Blue?
Billie Holiday may have said it best, in 1947…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Cupid and the Pandemic of Love
How could a cute little guy with white wings, a round, pink bum, and curly blond hair be even the slightest bit naughty?
READY, FIRE, AIM: Some Non-Medical Advice for Those of You Wearing ‘Double Masks’
A person could get dizzy, listening to and reading about all the controversies around mask-wearing these days…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Valentine’s Day, It Ain’t What It Used to Be
These are just some of the ways Valentine’s Day can be enjoyed safely while adhering to pandemic-related safety guidelines…
READY, AIM, FIRE: Less Than Zero
Try as we might, we cannot see ‘nothing’. Everything around us seems to be… ‘something’…
READY, AIM, FIRE: Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend
Like love, diamonds were once thought to be rare. Then a couple of Dutch farmers named De Beers found more diamonds than they knew what to do with…
READY, AIM, FIRE: Pessimists of the World, Unite!
But I have to agree with Ms. Gorvett’s perspective on one thing. Happiness is totally overrated. And totally useless…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Shame of Dirty Clothes
My clothes hamper is nearly full, suggesting a trip to the laundromat this week. Something I’m not looking forward to, on account of the snow and the state of my car’s tires…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Trump Made 30,573 False or Misleading Claims as President… or So They Tell Us
Legendary. That’s how I would classify the President. Not just world-class; more like “universe-class”…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Waking Up From The American Dream
Had a dream a couple of nights ago. I was sitting on a rock wall, at the edge of a large farm — maybe a plantation — next to a young man who was perhaps 14 years old…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Well-fed Mice of Melbourne
“It’s actually a lot of them!” she tweeted, sharing video proof of her tiny roommates…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral?
The Lion, wearing glasses and perhaps visually challenged, asks Alice wearily, “Are you animal — vegetable — or mineral?”…