An "aside" from Damien: Sept. 11th I'm at the Grind. I haven't played there since May and I'm excited about my upcoming show September 11th. So far I have 4 guest musicians joining me in my 2 hour set: Charlie Ray, Linda, Joe, and Eric. They play everything from country harmonies to death metal and accordion. This is gonna be good ;) More details here: damienriley.com/grind-gig9-11-10 #
5 Tips for Being On Time Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 If you’ve ever been embarrassed by being late, this post is for you: Set your watch and clocks in your house to ten minutes ahead. Use an online task manager like Remember the Milk. Use an online Calendar like Google Calendar. Set email reminders. Get ready earlier (no brainer). I thought of this post while [...] Read full article
Jack Nicholson Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 Do you watch Jack much? He’s quite a figure. Women hate him but by the end of the movie they love him. He’s a similar figure to Woody Allen in that way. I think the message you get from his characters is that women like a strong will character. If Jack knows what he wants [...] Read full article
The Memory of Running Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 I saw a book at the drug store today "The Memory of Running." It got me thinking about how I have quite a memory of that myself. I wrote a few of mine fondly into an online diary post. Read full article
Any Ideas for Solving California’s Budget Crisis? Thursday, August 26th, 2010 California is in a serious budget mess and I've come up with two basic ideas we might look at to affect a solution. This is meant to start dialog on the California budget mess, not just propagate my ideas. Read full article
Oil Only Absorbent Pad Review – So Easy You Can Use it With a Flip-Flop Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 I was sent some oil only Sorbents and asked for a review here on this blog. I was very impressed with the way they absorbed oil off my kitchen floor. I took some video of me cleaning oil up with nothing more than a pad and my flip-flop. I didn’t even need to bend down. [...] Read full article
Add V.A.L.U.E. to Your Blog :: “E” Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 Here in this post you find series links to 5 aspects of a valuable blog. I gave the blogosphere this post because the others sites and books I ran across failed to define. I also give you examples to make the abstract aspects apply a little more. This short series I have published over a [...] Read full article
Universal Absorbent Pad Review – So Easy a 3 Year Old Can Use It Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 I was sent a few universal absorbents by a company and asked to review them here. I found them to be excellent products worthy of my endorsement. You can see the pricing at their website and I feel it is an excellent deal for what you get. More than price however, I was pleased with [...] Read full article
Dr. Seuss: Quirky is Good Monday, August 23rd, 2010 Theodor Geisel had a goal: he wanted to write books that were easy to read. As he worked for that goal he brought millions of people happiness and taught millions to read: including me as a young child! Read full article
Meet the Robinsons – Extending Walt’s Dream Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 Disney’s Meet the Robinsons doesn’t start out like a Disney wonder, but it ends that way. If you can make it through the first 3/4 of the movie, you’ll be greatly rewarded (incidentally, I found that “Bridge to Terabithia” was the same way . . . is Disney using a formula here?) The story is [...] Read full article
Thankfulness – Podcast Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 Here we are in times of recession, cuts are like a stab in the back. Sisters and brothers, lets try and be thankful for the good things we still have. I talk about this stuff in tonight's podcast. Read full article