The Life of Riley: Just Not Right!
August 10, 2011By Jerry Riley Saturday. August 13, is International Left Handed day! About 13% of the world’s population is left handed. You might wonder why we get a special day. Well, all…
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The Life of Riley: What Makes You Happy?
August 4, 2011By Jerry Riley I was watching a video tape of a repeat of a rerun of an old episode of Frasier. He had moved from Boston (and Cheers) to Seattle a year ago and Niles asked him if he…
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The Life of Riley: Impossible?
July 27, 2011By Jerry Riley There are many definitions of impossible, but all have to do with being unable to accomplish a task. OK, there are probably some tasks some people are unable to accomplish,…
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The Life of Riley: Prevarication
July 20, 2011By Jerry Riley This idea came to me late one night, as I watched a sitcom. The question was “is it always wrong to lie?” I fell asleep thinking about that question; woke…
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The Life of Riley: Facebook
July 15, 2011By Jerry Riley I’ve been fooling around with Facebook for several weeks now; changing and adjusting some of the security settings. Several people with whom I had worked in the…
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The Life of Riley: Flippin?'? Out
July 6, 2011By Jerry Riley This column came into being out of a strange series of events, unlike the well thought out columns I usually write. Several months ago, I offered to take some people…
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