The New York Post was recently agog by this “Special One Time Assistance” situation for the homeless there. New York City is dealing with record homelessness, so the city introduced a program where they’d bus homeless people to other areas.Naturally, some of these homeless people have been sent to Texas because we’re doing such a great job…
Continuing an occasional series of blogs involving Rocky quotes, North Texas is abuzz [abuzz!] with the excitement of the first freeze of the year:Tonight: blustery and COLD! There will be a strong northwest wind at 20-25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. You’ll want to bundle up before you leave the house in the morning… wind…
The National Weather Service has now confirmed ten tornadoes hit the area last Sunday night.This has led to reporters from across the country showing up in the Preston Hollow neighborhood to shove a microphone into the face of people whose homes were damaged. In fact, that’s become a standard line to introduce myself.”Hi, I’m Alan with…
Loyal Scaiaholics will recall my complicated history with the Washington Nationals.In that blog from way back in 2016, I explained how I became a fan of the Montreal Expos: at the All-Star game workout in Cincinnati, li’l Scaia was permitted to get a hat. Li’l Scaia was enamored of the colors on the Expos’ hat.And…
This morning, the Nobel committee announced a professor at the University of Texas at Austin was one of three professors to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.The 2019 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino “for the development of lithium-ion batteries.” pic.twitter.com/LUKTeFhUbg— The Nobel Prize…
Marty Brennaman has been the radio play-by-play voice of the Cincinnati Reds since before I existed. He retired after Thursday’s game against the Brewers.How can you not be romantic about baseball? ❤️ (Sound 🆙)#ThanksMarty 🎙️ pic.twitter.com/wW2Xpdb1Pg— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) September 26, 2019Everyone loves the radio play-by-play guy in their town. That’s…
Loyal Scaiaholics know I don’t like to fly.Having said that, I’ve spent quite a bit of time on airplanes the past couple weeks. An associate was having his bachelor party in Nashville over Labor Day a few weeks ago.We attended, naturally, a fiddlin’ contest and also saw Webb Pierce’s cadillac. When I moved to Texas…