This weekend, the Ball State Fighting Football Fighting Cardinals faced Notre Dame. Several associates were excited to make the trip to South Bend from various parts of the country.I, meanwhile, was excited to make the trip to a bar in Fort Worth to watch with fellow Ball State alumni.That clip from Letterman was during my freshman year at…
Several members of my newsroom are on the low-carb diets, discussing ketones and what-not. One of the traffic anchors will occasionally come back to the coffee machine [my desk is near the coffee machine because I’m nothing if not a social butterfly] and talk about things she can and cannot eat with another reporter.But a recent…
A Dallas firefighter is a finalist for Hormel Chili’s “America’s Best Firehouse Chili” contest.Firefighters from across the country, who apparently have nothing better to do [true story: while he was serving chili, the bell started going off and a bunch of firefighters who were on shift had to leave], have been cookin’ up concoctions using Hormel Chili…
I’ve long been willing to share my wisdom with those who seek it. Having said that, you can imagine my surprise when a local chamber of commerce emailed me and said one of their interns was looking to pursue a career in media and was looking for a mentor.Loyal Scaiaholics know I’ve offered my services as a…
Loyal Scaiaholics know I enjoy a trip to the casinos in Oklahoma each year around my birthday.This year, Oklahoma joined the celebration by allowing craps. Oklahoma had only allowed card games, saying games like craps and roulette were games of luck, not skill.Frankly, roulette sounds like a racket, but loyal Scaiaholics also know it ain’t luck when…
My hometown is causing the National Park Service to shake its head and wring its hands with angst over a plan to knock down the world’s first airplane factory.Dayton has a complicated history with aviation. The Wright Brothers built their plane in Dayton, but then they trucked it to North Carolina to fly it. As a rebuttal, Dayton…
The State Fair of Texas has announced semi-finalists for this year’s Big Tex Choice Awards. Naturally, I picked up the phone immediately and called the fair with some questions [a reporter asks].But this phone call turned into a learning experience for Scaia.I had a very specific question, and I notified the spokeswoman for the fair ahead…