I’ve spent the past several days in Indiana, where I went to college. I was looking to burn some “comp time” from work and Ball State associate Chris Ulm had declared a karaoke night.I decided to drive instead of fly.”I’m not shellin’ out 400 bucks for an airplane ticket!” I explained to my computer screen.Plus…
This week, Radio Shack is auctioning off hundreds of things that are important to people who shop at Radio Shack. Listen, there were plenty of Tandy computers, and I’m pretty sure they were selling the monitor we had in the house were I grew up.A lot of these were Radio Shack catalogs, and someone actually paid $60 for…
When I meet new people, which is not one of my favorite activities, I’m often asked what was the hardest story I’ve ever covered. I don’t have a good answer to that, but in order to silence the complete bore who cornered me at a party, I usually ramble through a long list items.For instance, I…
Today, I’m defending my championship in the broadcast division of the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest in Ft. Worth. Loyal Scaiaholics will recall that I’ve represented WBAP and KLIF in the celebrity heat each of the past two years.The public relations guy for Curly’s Frozen Custard started texting and emailing me a couple of weeks…
This week, I covered a groundbreaking for a new library in Far North Fort Worth. This may not seem like something titillating enough to blog about (I know how much loyal Scaiaholics enjoy being titillated), but listen to me: libraries and I go way back.My mom is a reference librarian back home in Ohio, and she got me a…
On Friday, I was covering a story at Dallas police headquarters, where the governor of Bangkok had come to drive around a SWAT tactical robot.He was also here to tour the dispatch and 911 centers and see equipment to take a look at how Thailand might improve security at embassies. The more photogenic situation, though, was him driving around…
The Texas legislature’s 140 day session came to an end Monday. The legislature is now in “sine die.” It’s been a few years since I took Latin in high school, so I may not have the declension right, but I believe “sine die” translates to “quit arguing for, like, a few minutes until the governor tells them to…