George HW Bush was the first president I met. We’ve discussed this before, when Barbara Bush passed away earlier this year.I met him and Bill Clinton in Galveston after Hurricane Ike back in aught-eight, when they would do fundraisers. An associate sent me a picture of myself kneeling in front of Bill Clinton on the beach in…
I’ve built a career that has spanned across the United States. I grew up in Ohio, went to college in Indiana, made a run at professional umpiring in Florida and then made stops as a journalist in Oregon and Texas.I’ve won the Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in journalism multiple times. I’ve met every living…
Hundreds of Punk Kids will fill the Arlington Convention Center this center for the first event since the city redeveloped the building into North America’s largest esports arena.Arlington’s Entertainment District continues to grow [Are Irish Nachos not bringing in enough revenue?!], and the esports arena can hold 2,000 people.I’ve never been a fan of…
The Dallas Cowboys will host the Washington Redskins in their annual Thanksgiving game tomorrow at AT&T Stadium. Because a reporter asks, I was called upon to sample Thanksgiving dinner.The Cowboys, you see, will serve 90,000 Thanksgiving dinners at the stadium. They have to bring in extra staff because, ever since John Madden retired, they’ve needed…
Every analyst is now telling you they knew all along that Amazon was gonna pick a place on the East Coast for its HQ2. And they knew Amazon was going to split it up into two separate HQ’s2.Tuesday, the mayor of Dallas broke the news, saying Amazon had a “fascination” with the East Coast because the East Coast…
Edited to add: Allan Saxe has now passed away. When he retired in 2019, I talked to him about his career.He taught for 55 years, and when I talked to him about his retirement, he said in his day, college was for misfits, but now everybody has to look professional and fit in.”I found out college professors have…
A coworker is celebrating his induction into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. To celebrate, I showed up at work this morning with some frozen custard. Loyal Scaiaholics know I have an in with the Metroplex’ leading frozen custard guy.My newsroom enjoyed my performance in this year’s hot dog eating contest, especially the part where I stumbled back…