Author Archives: BBRiley

If you’re old enough, you remember when your parents, who grew up without television, told you that television will rot your brain. Imagine what they would think today with all the streaming choices available. They were right, television is rotting young peoples’ brains, and doing a lot of damage to some of us old folks.Continue reading “Streaming”

They say that getting old ain’t for wimps. I should know because I’m old and a wimp. That’s not saying that I am not fighting aging every step of the way. I am working hard to stay active. I work out at least five days a week, I’m still playing softball, golf, swimming and walking.Continue reading “The Aging of America”

I had quite the adventure this weekend. I was able to accomplish something very rare, get all my surviving brothers together in one place. For my next trick, I will turn lead into gold. My wife just informed me that I’m getting a little too big for my britches so just enjoy the fact thatContinue reading “Family”

As a proud, hard working American, I’m concerned about jobs in America and trying to prevent the shipping of these jobs overseas. Today, I announce my commitment to try to stem the flow of high paying, high profile jobs to non-Americans in one specific industry. While we all know that much of our clothing, appliances,Continue reading “Americans First”

As I drive around my neighborhood, I notice more and more electric cars. The one I see the most is Tesla. An electric car named after a visionary scientist who lost his mind and fell in love with a pigeon before his death. The car is made by a company owned by a guy whoContinue reading “Gas Bag”

I fancy myself as a bit of a handyman. If something goes wrong around the house, I’m pretty sure I can fix it, even though I may not know anything about it. The one chore I avoid is playing around with electricity. Electricity and I don’t get along. It started when I purchased my firstContinue reading “Waterworks”

Summer break is over. Just got back from Walmart for the big “going back to writing” sales. Got myself some new pencils, erasers (vital in my work), a new bottle of white-out (and if anyone can give me some tips on how to get white-out off my computer screen, that would be helpful), a newContinue reading “What I Did On My Summer Vacation, 2022”

Ya know what I really don’t care for? I can’t stand being in line at the mini-mart or a gas station to purchase my big gulp Diet Coke, only to have it lose all its carbonation while some yahoo is dominating the checkout for the purpose of practicing their gambling addiction of buying lottery tickets.Continue reading “My Big Lottery Win”