As far as I can tell, intelligence is nothing new, and neither is ignorance. Clearly, they both existed in measurable quantities in September 1843…
Category: Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: Cockroaches & Fruit Flies
According to what Mr. Ball reveals about cockroaches, it seems that they run away when they detect air movements…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Toxic People
I sometimes imagine myself as the head of a large corporation, pulling down a multi-million-dollar annual salary and making hefty donations to my favorite politicians…
READY, FIRE, AIM: I Will Not Concede
I could have refused to concede to the divorce that Darlene wanted, and that would’ve certainly made someone uncomfortable. But I didn’t, and now that’s all water under the bridge…
HMPRESENTLY: Cussing, in Foreign Languages
With no pun intended, as they say, I’m getting a kick out of lipreading what athletes yell at each other, and at referees, during games…
READY, FIRE, AIM: What the Cat Dragged In
But Roscoe wasn’t the type of cat to sit around on the couch licking his fur and gloating over past accomplishments…
READY, FIRE, AIM: It’s Not the End of the World, Folks
The scary part about the end of the world… I mean, there are quite a few scary parts, but the scariest part is the thought of being the last person, left behind…
READY, FIRE, AIM: My High-Fat Future
Okay, so this might not seem like much of a humor article, so far. Oil companies going bankrupt; that’s not really funny. But I’m sorry, it is funny. As in ‘ironic’…
HMPRESENTLY: PR Crisis in Heaven
Oh Lord, we’re closely monitoring a situation involving a rather fiendish individual in the American government…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Love Affairs, Such as They Are
Senior editor Alan Ehrenhalt takes a bird’s-eye view — not unlike the one shown in the photo — of ‘single-family homes’, understood as a somewhat abstract concept…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Ant and the Grasshopper, Revisited
A couple of interesting, if contrasting, morals. But what has me concerned is the obvious failure of our modern American system of education…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Icy Mountains of Pluto
The 12-year-long New Horizons mission wasn’t cheap — about $780 million. But it got some great photos of a place none of us are likely to visit…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Adam Smith Ruined My Life
The problem all started with one of his then-famous books, ‘An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations’, more often referred to as simply ‘The Wealth of Nations’…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The President and Me, Avoiding Taxes
I guess The New York Times is not a big fan of our President, because they recently published some alleged news about his tax returns. People don’t rat on their friends. Especially right before an election…
READY, FIRE, AIM: My ‘Net-Zero’ Pledge
Yes, I know. The “Net-Zero” Pledge could very well be simply a passing fashion — the latest craze, the current sensation — and you might be laughing at my naiveté…
READY, FIRE, AIM: My Trip to Nowhere
On its flight to nowhere, which the airline calls the “dine and fly” program, Royal Brunei serves local cuisine to passengers while flying over the country…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Take Another Little Piece of My Heart, Facebook
It took only a minute or two to find the section of my account where I could delete “Friends.” I had never visited that section before…
READY, FIRE, AIM: When Hell Freezes Over
When I looked out the window Monday morning, and found the blood-red sun shining through a thick haze of smoke… and my cherished San Juan Mountains also hidden from view…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Which Came First?
But scientists and philosophers, being who they are, were not content to leave well enough alone. They began to realize that the thousands of existent animal species could not possibly have fit into Noah’s Ark…