Author Archives: BBRiley

A disclaimer before I begin. Baseball is my favorite sport. I have favorite teams in other sports but baseball is my first and only true love of a sport. I root for my favorite American League team and my favorite National League team and I just love the game. So much so, I have playedContinue reading “Take Me Out To The Ballgame”

Recently news broke that the reality show, “Keeping Up With The Kardashians,” was coming to an end. For me, that was the second best news report I’ve seen this year, only second to the Covid-19 Pandemic coming to an end. As far as I’m concerned, both were abject disasters, documented everyday on television and socialContinue reading “Reality Sucks”

Nowadays when someone finds out that I served in the Army so many years ago, I will get a “Thank you for your service,” in response. It stirs up a lot of memories. Wow, what a difference from when I actually served. There was this little conflict called the VietNam war going on when IContinue reading “Thank You For Your Service”

As the two of you who follow this blog know, I love golf. Not long ago I wrote about the new golf clubs I was given by my sons for a landmark birthday. Translation: I’m getting really old and need as much help as possible. Another thing I love is watching golf on TV. Yes,Continue reading “Old Guy Golf”

A Short Story by Scott Robertson I bounded up the stairs, two at a time, and burst into the apartment. “I found her!” My roommate, Rich Anderson, in his usual studying position—reclining on the couch, looked up from his textbook. “I didn’t know you were looking for anyone. Found whom?” “The one! My soulmate! TheContinue reading “The Poem”

I’m taking a little break from standing at the end of a freeway offramp with my little cardboard sign to talk to you about taxes. Yes, I have been forced to come up with a snappy little slogan on an old piece of corrugated cardboard in hopes you’ll throw spare change at me before thatContinue reading “Taxes, Smaxes”