Loyal Scaiaholics will recall how my associates and I had plotted out an epic road trip to take in this year’s Pendleton Round-Up in SuperOregon.My first boss and I have made a tradition of attending the Round-Up with a round robin of folks, once with a classmate from high school (who once recorded a promo for…
Loyal Scaiaholics will recall my complicated history with Alex Trebek. All accounts are that Trebek [I’ll still really hit the “T,” but do so in a more somber fashion] was a wonderful man who established a genuine connection with fans and contestants.https://twitter.com/KenJennings/status/1325495244784168960https://twitter.com/BoyerMichel/status/1326003182271664129And he’s still helping…
This is a period of great political strife, and by “political strife,” I mean, “We were all looking forward to seeing fewer political posts on Facebook.”I understand why people are upset. All of our Facebook associates are posting about politics even more. And totally changing each other’s minds. And, to a lesser extent, we still don’t know…
The year was 2016. On election night, I was catching up with elected officials at local watch parties [Kids, “watch parties” were events where people would gather on election nights to watch returns before society was disbanded.].That year, reliable polls indicated Donald Trump would lose handily, so I elected [see what I did there, using the verb, “elected,” but…
Loyal Scaiaholics understand my controversial position that we’re all mammals. Perhaps this idea is more important than ever as we approach the 2020 election.”Nothing could be more schismatic than this election,” we all said to each other in 2016. Then the other person would nod thoughtfully and quickly google “schismatic” to confirm its meeting.But our elected officials…
This morning, the ambulance provider, MedStar, reported they had a spike in calls about crashes in the rain Monday and cold weather.In addition to a reporter asking, reporters can also look things up. Last Tuesday, the high temperature at DFW Airport was 88 degrees. When I called MedStar, the temperature was 39.Because Texas is a land of contrast…
The phrase, “In these uncertain times,” is thrown around all too often right now, mainly by corporations who want to assure you that spending money with them can return you to a sense of normalcy. But in these uncertain times, we could stand to see something positive.Loyal Scaiaholics will recall how busy food banks have been during the pandemic…