Bats Left/Throws Right

Peter Bergman 1939-2012

T.S. Eliot never had to rake leaves. -Jimbo Riley

F RED Shuttlesworth was The Man. The Man of Men. Fred Shuttlesworth stood up when there wasn't even the marginal protection of not-exact...

S PEEDING geriatric bicyclist Riley while racing past two teams of Seventh Day Adventist doorknockers on his block this AM: "You guys s...

I N honor of the frenzied, desperate, and doomed attempts to cap that thing in the Gulf (oh, we don't mean the massive oil spill ; we me...

Or, the reply I shoulda made to this and didn't: "Gee, I've wanted to do this ever since I first heard Negro music!" ____...

Erik Nelson, "The Perfect Double Bill: Zombieland and Road to Utopia ". February 2 I THINK I've lived a little too long/ ...

• Kee-rist, why do I know there is something out there called (something like) The Co-Co Army, and how is it anyone could possibly care what...

S O the Poor Wife and I were watching the idiot box, and one of those Deeply Caring Pharmaceutical Giant commercials comes on, this one for ...

"Dunno, but last I checked, no one's announced that the White House is booked and won't be ready for occupancy on Monday."...

Feds Raid Culver City Medical Marihuana Dispensary Like I always say, never sell to a man with a soul patch and an Uzi belted to his leg.  U...

W E are, you may know already, regular viewers of Jeopardy!  chez Riley, which out of convenience has evolved frequently to include the end ...

T HIS morning just after seven there's a pounding on the back door which can mean only one thing:  I've forgotten to latch the gate ...

NBC News teaser: "Plus, John McCain makes an unscheduled visit to Baghdad..." Me: Unscheduled? Th' fuck? Just last year h...