Author Archives: BBRiley

Just before I left on my summer vacation, I received a notice that I had been called for jury duty. When I told my friends, they universally talked about how much they hate jury duty and the best ways of getting out of it. I take a different position on jury duty. Like voting, participatingContinue reading “Jury Duty”

It’s summer, and it’s time for vacation. I am trying to enjoy my favorite time of vacation—the anticipation of it, not necessarily the execution of it. I can see that many of you are shaking your heads and saying, “What the hell did he just say?” Who doesn’t get excited about going on vacation? WhenContinue reading “Anticipation”

I am now an author. I have compiled a selection of my regular blog posts into a book and self-published it on Amazon Books. It is called “Being Funny Is No Laughing Matter, A Humorous Look At Why Bob Dylan Won The Nobel Prize In Literature And I Didn’t…And Other Amusing Observations.” Before you start,Continue reading “Literary Giant”

I have a confession to make. I am addicted to playing golf. It’s not because I am good at it, but every time I finish a round, I truly believe that the next time, I will play better. Unfortunately, I have been playing golf since I was a teen, and I‘m not getting better, justContinue reading “With Friends Like This…”

As I said before, there will be some “Summer Reruns” of my columns. I’m sure none of you can remember back far enough to have read this selection because I know the age of most of my readers, and they can’t remember what they had for breakfast. I will take a guess at what youContinue reading “I’m Not Paranoid, They Are Watching Me”

A popular device in the world of writing, literary and screenwriting, is to kill off a beloved character regularly. Some of the great authors and screenwriters have done it. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle brutally eliminated his iconic detective Sherlock Holmes in “The Final Problem.” Apparently, Doyle felt his most famous creation distracted from other thingsContinue reading “Death Watch”

I’ve been busy here at the beginning of the summer and haven’t been able to get to writing this blog. So, like so many of your favorite television shows, I will be using “reruns” to fill this spot. Hopefully, I’m going back far enough so you won’t recognize the earlier work. Now off to theContinue reading “Redmodel Upheaval”

Hey, over here. I’m hiding in the closet. Why am I hiding in the closet? I’ll tell you why. My wife talked me into streaming the Harry Potter movie series based on the beloved children’s books written by J.K. Rowling. OMG, these are children’s stories? Just last year, I finally was able to sleep withoutContinue reading “Child’s Play”

When I grew up, that would be in the dark ages for you folks born after 1965, we would told drinking a big glass of milk would be good for us. Those might have been the same doctors that were pushing Camel cigarettes as good for your lungs. For me, a cold glass of milkContinue reading “Milking It For All Its Worth”

Sorry for not posting a blog last week. I couldn’t find the time to do it and spent hours looking everywhere for it. It seems that I’m obsessed with time. My father used to tell me that if I was five minutes early, I was 10 minutes late. I’m an Olympic-class clock watcher. While timeContinue reading “It’s About Time”