Now that the Olympics are over, the nation can turn its sports focus back to the sport of cornhole, which is actual thing that aired on ESPN this weekend.This year’s Olympics had several takeaways:1.) Tonya Harding is apparently still a thing.2.) When you look up Pyeongchang on Google maps, it’s fun to see places…
Richard Branson’s Virgin Group is laying out plans for Hyperloop One, a series of vacuum-sealed tubes that would launch people on-demand… to the future. Or another city.Hyperloop One would use Texas as one of its test markets. Virgin says it may try to build a test system linking Dallas and Fort Worth as its first leg…
I got a distressing message the other day about an associate from my days in Houston. He’s now working in Tyler and was in the hospital.He’ll be okay and is already back to work, but his illness led to lengthy string of emails among his former co-workers. A string of emails he did not care for…
Today, Catholics are marking a noble occasion while the heart-shaped box of chocolates industry slogs through its busiest time of year. For the first time since 1945, Ash Wednesday falls on Valentine’s Day, which explains why I walked into church this morning to find the floor covered with palm ashes and candy hearts reading, “Luv U.”It’s…
This weekend, the Omni Hotel in Dallas drew attention after the Super Bowl.I understand Dallas Cowboys fans don’t much care for the Philadelphia Eagles. Lights in Dallas have taken controversial positions before, though.A few years ago, Reunion Tower offered congratulations to TCU after the Horned Frogs beat SMU. Seeing “TCU” plastered in bright lights in Downtown Dallas…
This week, United Airlines had the unmitigated gall to reject a therapy peacock from one of its planes. Loyal Scaiaholics know I’ve weighed in several times on how far we’ve come as a society.But the concept of a therapy peacock is a new one. Luckily, a website had the sense to post pictures online.United has since…
Loyal Scaiaholics will recall that I launched a campaign to feel ways about things. This week, I learned I’m not the only crusader trying to mix feelings into the rotation.Turns out, your body runs on feelings, too.I’ve had some free time this week. My doctor retired at the end of the year, and he…