THE PERFECT DRIVER'S LICENSE PHOTO

Riley says: "Humor is mankind's greatest blessing."

EASILY AMUSED? WHO? ME?

As mid-day draws near and appetites surge,
Lunch hour commences as foods do emerge.
To sway from the trend you’ve fallen into,
Please join me and my aluminum canoe.

Riley says: “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”

TIS... ALMOST THE SEASON

Riley says: "Remember, this December... That love weighs more than gold."

FINALLY, A "BLANKET" WORTH BLOGGING

Ahhh... The things I do for my own personal amusement.

Riley says: “All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning.”

ST. LOUIS, I BID YOU... ADIEU

Highly harmonic heroism hovers...



An alternative angle appears...

Riley says: “I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”

PERSEVERANCE PREVAILS

Aerial roots must battle it out,
Whether in flood or whether in drought.
Defying the odds they overcome,
What few think could ever be done.

Riley says: “Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.”

RILEY MEET RILEY

At 11:30 p.m. on a deserted highway, my vehicle’s gas tank beyond empty and yet, incredibly still running, I found myself in Riley County, Kansas. With over 30 miles to my final destination of Manhattan, I feared I would have to Fred Flinstone the last leg.

However, an inexplainable force brought the universe together in the Life O'Riley and I arrived snug as a bug in a rug riding a pug named Doug.



Riley says: "If you don't get lost, there's a chance you may never be found."

REFLECTION... GET IT?

In "The Natural State," more commonly known as Arkansas, it is only "natural" to take in some form of reflection...

Riley says: "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."

TRENDSETTER?

Charlotte-Douglas International boasts something few other airports can shake a stick at... Rocking chairs...



In a society overrun with tanning beds, K-Feds and prescription meds, I rocked... And I rocked hard!

Riley says: "I think Bigfoot is blurry, that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault Bigfoot is blurry. And that's extra scary to me, because there's a large, out-of-focus monster roaming the countryside."