This tweet has caused a stir among Scaiaholics:Undoctored map of the Midwest as found on google pic.twitter.com/kHdABWxM60— Anders Hagstrom (@Hagstrom_Anders) April 25, 2019I received a text from my first boss alerting me to this tweet. He declared that he laughed out loud when he saw this because Ohio is in the Northeast, not the Midwest…
The first class of graduates at one of Arlington’s STEM schools graduates this spring. A total of 110 kids are graduating from Martin High School, but two of those kids caused a bunch of reporters to show up to take pictures.They both got full scholarships to MIT. Naturally, I showed up to give them some advice.I didn…
Loyal Scaiaholics know how contemplative I get around anniversaries [We still don’t have those jetpacks]. The other day, some Facebook memories were presented to me of an affair some associates threw to celebrate my move from Houston to DFW.A move that took place way back in aught-nine. Ten years ago this week.Barack Obama was president. The…
I woke up Monday morning and discovered I couldn’t talk. While this was surely a great relief to my coworkers, I became concerned, given that talking to people on the radio is essentially my only skill.My voice started getting just a bit raspy on Sunday. Scaiaholics are often surprised to learn that I test introvert and find “talking…
An average day for a journalist involves a myriad of activities [or “myriad activities” is also acceptable. One of the activities is parsing language.].If there were a pie chart for how reporters spend their day, however, the biggest slice of pie would be for dealing with email.One of the things I enjoy doing is sitting at my desk…
I may never have mentioned this before, but I’m one of the smartest people on the planet. Having said that, a guy from H&R Block still had to come to one of our meetings recently to explain how to do our taxes.I’m struttin’ around wearin’ a Mensa lifetime pledge pin, and we still can’t…
This weekend, Gainesville is hosting two dozen Medal of Honor recipients. Gainesville hosts the ceremony every year. I hadn’t been up for a few years and always enjoy talking to guys who only found out they were heroes in a hail of gunfire.Each year, Gainesville flies Medal of Honor recipients from all over the country for a week…