Author Archives: BBRiley

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”

You’re probably wondering why it has been so long since my last column. The last one I posted was on December 29th. I have heard a lot of speculation on why I haven’t been posting, so I am going to address a few of these conspiracy theories. The first one I heard is that IContinue reading “Excuses, Excuses”

Hello, can you hear me? Yes? Thank goodness. I’ve been trapped in the dark ages for the past few weeks. You ask, “How can that be, the dark ages were centuries ago.” Au contraire my friends. I have been stuck in the ancient past…since the Internet at my house went down a few weeks ago.Continue reading “The Dark Ages”

From my count, I have about 18 faithful followers so I think it’s time that I get a big buck endorsement deal. I’m sure my followers will buy whatever I pitch. How can any big company pass that up? Nike, Coca Cola, Gucci, Channel or McDonald’s, I’m waiting. It won’t take much to land meContinue reading “Celebrity Endorsements”

You are probably wondering why it has been so quiet at this blog the last few weeks. Anybody? Just in case, I will spill the beans. The last two weeks my wife and I took a dream vacation to Italy. I’m a bit of a history buff and as one taxi driver told me, “AmericaContinue reading “Regulating Regulations”

I know I said in the past that I will avoid talking about politics in this column but I can no longer keep that promise. Everyday I am bombarded with political messages and there seems to be no way to avoid it. No, I am not talking about those who are running for office and theirContinue reading “Political Forest”