Author Archives: BBRiley

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”

I was just on Facebook this morning, the purveyor of all things true and accurate (I’ll wait until you stop choking) and I saw a video of a young Michael Keaton doing stand-up comedy. Yes kids, Batman was a comedian before he became a dark, brooding superhero and Academy Award nominee. His bit was aboutContinue reading “Big Family”

Our three week mission has concluded and we are safe at our home base. All of you who have traveled along with us are welcome to head home. Just clean up all those crumbs from those Oreo cookies you bought at that gas station in Baker, California. Baker is the first town, sort of, inContinue reading “Captain’s Log, Mission Completed 080921”

Today’s trip started in Colorado and has ended in Las Vegas. I’m taking a break from the casino to write today’s blog. So here goes. Beautiful scenery, hot temps, crazy drivers, blah, blah, blah. You know the routine. Got to get back to the tables. Hoping to get a hot streak going.  Hey, does anyoneContinue reading “Captain’s Log 080521”

The lesson from today’s journey is about GPS (Global Position System). It is the clever invention that is in our cars and on our phones that help us find our way in the world without maps. You remember maps? Those are those large sheets of papers that look like your grandmother’s varicose veins and areContinue reading “Captain‘s Log 080421”

Today’s journey was pretty much Nebraska. 468 miles through the Corn Husker state. One mile in Iowa and 40 miles in Wyoming and the rest in the corn covered state of Nebraska. It is an easy place to get hypnotized. We were on Interstate 80 the whole drive and the direction of the highway variesContinue reading “Captain’s Log 080321”