This weekend, I took in a screening of Independence Day: Resurgence. Going in, I was a little concerned. The reviews were harsh and sequels don’t always work out. Consider Listen to Me: I’m Very Much Aware of What You Did Last Summer. They made so many of those money-making ventures that you may have just said, “That…
This week, I’ve been filling in for our morning anchor. This has forced me to go into the newsroom and talk to people.While I’m not a fan of talking to people, I did get a chance to play with some doggies.Apparently, the SPCA comes by the stations every Friday to show off the dogs they have…
I’m back in Texas from Orlando, and as part of the Lord’s ongoing plan to inconvenience me, my flight out of Orlando before dawn Saturday morning was delayed.It was clear in Orlando; it was clear in North Texas, so I can understand why American was having problems.Once we boarded, the pilot would get on the intercom…
I’m sorry to have fallen short of my goal to blog more frequently. That was a wild two weeks, wasn’t it?!I’ve been in Orlando for the past week, and that’s kept me borderline busy. Busy and sweaty. But thanks to gridlock and roads that look like they’ll lead somewhere but then end suddenly at…
This week, Texas is running an elaborate evacuation drill that aims to see how we’ve improved from the way we scattered during Hurricane Rita and Ike.The state worked with the Salvation Army and local agencies, flying mock evacuees from a disaster in El Paso to DFW.The disaster was, I swear, the disaster was called Hurricane…
I’ve spent most of the past few days in Granbury to cover the flooding along the Brazos River.It’s been heartening in a puzzling way. I went to the Red Cross shelter and started talking to a woman who had come to ask some questions about how to deal with insurance and whom she could hire to clean…
The PGA tour just wrapped up a two week stop in the Metroplex, first at the AT&T Byron Nelson in Irving and then the Dean and Deluca Invitational at Colonial in Ft. Worth.This was the first year Dean and Deluca had the naming rights to the Colonial, so when I interviewed the tournament director, I had…