Author Archives: BBRiley

Making dinner is a challenge for many people in this world. Some folks, like my wife, are gifted cooks who can scrounge through the refrigerator and cupboards and make a feast. Then there are people like me who depend on finding the phone number for the local Domino’s pizza so the family doesn’t starve. IContinue reading “Cooking Calamity”

Before we start, yes…all you wanna be grammar teachers…I know that the headline for this article is far from grammatically correct, but I like it. Since I am the author of this affront to proper English, put your red pens away, it’s staying. Recently, I was on the very popular web site YouTube. The reasonContinue reading “You Too YouTube”

To say my eyesight is questionable is a bit of an understatement; like saying Tom Brady is so old, some of his teammates are his grandchildren. And they are a pesky bunch. I heard they like to deflate his balls but I digress. I have worn glasses most of my life but did not getContinue reading “Blinded By The Light”

If you haven’t figured it out, I was in the Army at one time. I may have mentioned it 30 or 40 times. Also, if you know, the Army has a sense of humor. For example, they decided that after I completed Basic Training, I should be sent to the Army’s big medical facility inContinue reading “Preserving the Biting Strength”

I consider myself a bit of a car guy. My interest in cars goes all the way back to my days in high school. Many of my friends owned their own cars and worked on them. I used to hang out with them and even help with some of the work. This was the timeContinue reading “Car Guy”

Recently I had someone suggest to me that I should write a book. How sweet of them, then I asked if they have ever read anything I have written. To my shock, they had. I stepped back for a minute and tried to understand why they would be suggesting I become a real “author.” ItContinue reading “Author”