“In all directions, at great distances, the universe looks younger, more uniform, and less evolved…”
Category: Humor/Fiction
READY, FIRE, AIM: God, Himself
What little we know about God has been handed down to us through a series of languages and translations…
READY, FIRE, AIM: How to Appear Emotionally Intelligent
“People with average IQs outperform those with the highest IQs 70 percent of the time…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: News, Possibly Fake
For whatever reason, Parliament allowed the Licensing Act to lapse in 1695, which allowed newspaper to make up their own fake news…
READY, FIRE, AIM: A Visit to My Robot Dentist
There was no one in the operating room when I walked in. Just a big video screen, and a large, gray robotic device mounted next to the chair….
READY, FIRE, AIM: I’m Not Asleep; I’m Just Resting My Eyes
The chinstrap penguin has developed a rather unique relationship with sleep…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Dinosaurs in Utah
I found myself wondering, why did dinosaurs want to live in Utah?
READY, FIRE, AIM: Who Can Stop the Bleeding?
Trump could have beat Biden, blindfolded and with one hand tied behind his back…
READY, FIRE, AIM: A Few Idle Thoughts About Three Mile Island
This was a memorable nuclear accident…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Looking Forward to Being a Burden on My Children
According to a 2023 survey by the U.S. Census Bureau, about 28% of people 65 and older live by themselves…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Eating Pets in Springfield
“A lot of towns don’t want to talk about it because they’re so embarrassed by it…”
READY, FIRE, AIM: Killing Us Softly with Obnoxious Vehicles
If you drive in America, the chances are that 1-in-75 of all the people in the cars around you on the road will be killed by a car — probably, by someone else’s car…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Money Can’t Buy Me Love
Ms. McArdle did some research into the attempts by various government and non-profit entities to solve the poverty problem…
READY, FIRE, AIM: Marriage is Dead, Long Live Marriage
In preparation of today’s column, I spent much of the weekend reading ‘Getting Married’ by the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Plastic We Release into the World
I’ve been keeping track, and I can state with considerable confidence that I don’t generate more than half a pound of plastic waste per day…
READY, FIRE, AIM: The Presidential Debate, as Standup Comedy
“World leaders are laughing at Donald Trump,” said Vice President Harris, during a skit about foreign policy…
READY, FIRE, AIM: How to Price Your Vote Correctly
If someone steals 11,000 votes (which might have happened in Georgia in 2020, for example) what is the monetary value of those votes?
READY, FIRE, AIM: Texting With My Therapist
Mental Health is big business lately, what with so many borderline insane people running around…