Author Archives: BBRiley

Memorial Day weekend is coming up and I’m breaking out every piece of white clothing I own and going to start wearing it on the holiday Monday. Get those sunglasses ready. I’ll be blinding. Once I’m appropriately dressed for the official start of summer, it’s time to start making those summer travel plans. Admit it,Continue reading “Best Laid Plans…”

I’m not one to believe in mumbo, jumbo stuff like spells, visions or curses but I think I may be changing my tune. I may be cursed. As you gasp, head to your fainting couch and clutch your pearls in disbelief, I think it may be true. I know your first thought is that sinceContinue reading “Living With A Curse”

When I heard that someone had developed Artificial Intelligence (AI), I ran to my closet and hid. I feared that someone discovered that the intelligence I claim to have is fake. After a few hours, my wife finally retrieved me from the small, claustrophobic sanctuary I was hiding in, (she was really enjoying the quiet)Continue reading “Artificial Inteligence”

I’m a real fan of all the procedural shows on the networks. Shows like the three different NCIS franchises, CSI (you name the city), the Law and Orders and the FBI Trilogy. Even though I’m a fan, I’m also not an idiot. All these shows follow the same formula and just substitute the letters inContinue reading “CHD, County Health Department”

If you haven’t heard, we out here in California have had a bit of rain this winter. We have set records for cloudy days, snowy days in the mountains, rainy days, days with record low temperatures, number of days with frost and number of days of locals complaining that they can’t go sunbathing on theContinue reading “Wow Man…Pot Holes”

I think I need to take a break from the deeply serious subjects that I have been writing about, to concentrate on even more serious subjects, sports. I’m a sports guy. I’m one of those frustrated athletes who couldn’t perform at a high enough level at any sport to go pro, so I have spentContinue reading “Sporting the Sports”

I was in the middle of writing my latest article when I ran into a problem, spelling. I was never a very good speller. My brain was too full of baseball and football statistics, so it did not have enough room for simple things like the proper spelling of the word capital…or did I meanContinue reading “Spelling Bee, or B, or Bea”

Keeping busy and out of trouble can be a challenge for everybody. Since I’ve retired I’ve been able to keep myself occupied by joining a senior softball league, golfing with my old friends (and I mean old, I think they use their golf clubs more like canes than clubs) and sharing my wisdom through theseContinue reading “A Puzzling Dilemma”

There is a saying attributed to Mark Twain, “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” This saying is from the 19th century when weather forecasts were based on old wives tales like, the color a of  caterpillar, if the cow’s coat was thicker than usual or old sailor expressions such asContinue reading “Sunny California”