This morning, I spent time at an IHOP in Mansfield where a gentleman wandered in, waving a gun around.And lo, as the sun began rising over the flapjacks, reporters were working industriously to provide people with information about why a popular business in a busy neighborhood was surrounded by police cars and crime scene tape. As time went on…
Continuing an occasional series of blogs in which I declare that I’m not an old man just before I write a blog where I sound like an old man, I was at Globe Life Park today to talk to Paul McCartney fans about tonight’s show.I’d like to preface this by welcoming a brand new class of…
This week, hundreds of people lost their home and a woman was killed when the storms blew through and knocked a crane into an apartment building. Naturally, a bunch of reporters showed up to shove microphones into people’s faces and ask them how this made them feel.Loyal Scaiaholics will recall this ranks near the bottom of my favorite…
Continuing an occasional series of people in their 90s who I’d want on my side in a fight, I talked to a pilot who was flying over the English Channel on D-Day.To mark the 75th anniversary, a non-profit was working with American Airlines and flew seven veterans from DFW and Miami to France. One of those…
Continuing a series of blog posts involving Dayton, Ohio [and the latest in an ongoing series about pumping gas in the Pacific Northwest. Why doesn’t The Mainstream Media cover these hot-button issues?!]:I’m [Hashtag: Not an Old Man], but one of my hobbies is bragging about cheap gas. I posted this picture on Facebook [Hashtag: It Might…
I woke up this morning to a notification on Facebook about all my associates who marked themselves safe from the “Western Ohio Tornadoes.” I had gone to bed early and didn’t know what had happened.”Where am I, 1974 Xenia?!” I asked myself. People who grew up in Western Ohio totally get that.Loyal Scaiaholics know I grew up…
As my transition into becoming an old man continues, I was disappointed to learn Helio Castroneves says he’s a celebrity because of his appearance on Dancing with the Stars and not because of his Indy 500 titles. The Indy 500 is running right now, so excuse me if I seem distrac–come on, Castroneves, how do you clip…