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…
This weekend, the Bell Fort Worth Alliance Air Show is taking place, giving us all a chance to stop posting diatribes about politics online for a few minutes and watch some airplanes.The Air Force Thunderbirds showed up last night. Two of the pilots and several of the crew are from Texas because only Texas rocks hard enough to put…
Loyal Scaiaholics will recall last week, when I explained how my pick-up truck, 15 years old and a stalwart representative of American know-how, logged its 200,000 mile.Rolls-Royce of North America found this unacceptable.Loyal Scaiaholics will also recall I’ve taken some $250,000 cars for a test drive.Rolls-Royce of North America also…
Earlier this year, I learned many of my Facebook associates are epidemiologists who specialize in the study of coronaviruses, posting articles and commenting on other people’s posts with strongly worded opinions about how viruses work.I had no idea many of those same Facebook associates are also experts in Constitutional law, who know exactly whether President Trump should or…