The miracle to which I am referring is the miracle of an export economy, something that Pagosa Springs had in spades, many years ago…
Category: Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: Things You Might See, While Driving a Dodge RAM
The exterior is for the girls to admire, but when you are the guy driving a Dodge RAM, the truck’s interior is where the rubber really meets the road…
HMPRESENTLY: If I Ruffle His Feathers Again, Will Donald Trump, At Last, Insult Me?
Didn’t he mock Pete Buttigieg, who’s now the nation’s Secretary of Transportation, by nicknaming him ‘Alfred E. Neuman’…?
READY, FIRE, AIM: Sharing in the Governor’s Pride
And let me say, I am especially proud of Archuleta County. I don’t know what we did to deserve such a low incidence rate…
HMPRESENTLY: Just Be Cool and Quit Messing Around, Says God
“You shall have no other gods before Me.” Maybe you’ve let that one, in the Ten Commandments, slide?…
READY, FIRE, AIM: My Fear of an Electric Overload
I did an online search to find this picture of Amazon founder, billionaire Jeff Bezos. The vehicle shown behind him is not one of the new all-electric delivery vans…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Millions of Good-paying Jobs, Please, If You Don’t Mind
“There is no better place for the President to outline a clear vision for how his administration plans to build back better…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: It is Forbidden To Use After Expiration
The masks were made in China. In Guangzhou, to be exact. By a company called ‘Sunrise Nursing’…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Don’t Tell Me What To Do, Joe
“Tonight, I’m announcing that the Department of Labor is developing an emergency rule to require all employers with 100 or more employees…”
READY, AIM, FIRE: Feeling Positive About Being Negative
“So, what flavor ice cream are you thinking of buying?” I asked. Just being friendly…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Chinese Virus vs the Chinese Vaccine
Wu Yifang, chairman and CEO of Shanghai-based Fosun Pharma, said he’s happy to see the mRNA vaccine developed by Fosun and BioNTech reach the island nation of Taiwan…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Boredom is Your Friend
When the American painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler was bored one day, back in 1871, he complained to his mother…
READY, FIRE, AIM: When a Virus Turns Angry
Apparently, the Delta variant is not only more contagious than all the other variants; it also has anger management issues…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Social Media, the Pathway to Hell
The Ten Arguments discussed things like addiction, free will, the undermining of ‘truth’, destruction of empathy, and generally, all the ways social media has been making me unhappy…
READY, FIRE, AIM: My Personal Struggle with Artificial Intelligence
In a sense, those of us interested in AI are rubbing shoulders with the computer nerds at Facebook and Google, who are also interested…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Big Bang… and Then, Pagosa Springs
This image, above, might illustrate the first moments of the Big Bang, when the ‘singularity’ woke up and decided to blossom into a full-blown universe…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Electric Everything
It all started back in the 1950s, I guess, with electric guitars…
READY, FIRE, AIM: I Will Fall Asleep Faster, and Stay Asleep Longer
That is an honest transcript of Mr. Hannity’s comments on Fox News. Do we find it darkly amusing?
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Inflation Mind Game
I’ve never been good at mind games. Or at games in general. But especially mind games…