Last year, I wrote a blog about how Santa Claus’ job would be easier if the German government operated a consular office at the North Pole. Loyal Scaiaholics will recall that the post also included an idea [or “spec,” in Hollywood muckity-muck parlance] for a sequel to It’s a Wonderful Life.You might have heard more recently that…
Yesterday, my colleagues and I spent most of the afternoon telling you what a horrible idea it would be to leave the house this morning. Around the same time, my boss let me know that, because one of our hosts was having trouble getting a flight back into town, I’d need to leave the house this morning and drive…
Traditions are important, especially around the holidays.For instance, every year on Christmas Eve, and this is completely true, my family goes to Mass and then comes home to gather ’round the television and watch the Christmas episode of The Hogan Family.I also have a Thanksgiving tradition, but that’s based on pointing out how everyone else’s Thanksgiving…
A few weeks ago, the communications director at the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce sent me an email. Clint Hill, the last surviving Secret Service agent who was part of John F. Kennedy’s motorcade, would deliver remarks at the chamber’s breakfast on the 50th anniversary of the assassination and would be available for an interview.”Of course we…
In many ways, it was an ordinary Wednesday night. I came home from work and flipped on the television, expecting Game 6 of the World Series to run harmlessly in the background as I cooked dinner.It was chicken, as I recall.I was completely unprepared for what I’d see next:”Thirty percent less calories!?” I called out to…
I hate it when The Man moves holidays around just to make a three day weekend, but at the station today, we observed Texas Chicken Fried Steak Day, a day before the official holiday designated by the state legislature two years ago.Keep in mind: Texas Chicken Fried Steak Day is separate from National Chicken Fried Steak…
You may have recently seen a poll or two that suggests the average American isn’t particularly thrilled with the government shutdown. The average American thinks every member of Congress is doing a terrible job. So terrible, in fact, that many of them may only get reelected with, say, 75 percent of the…