This week, the li’l munchkins of TCU are moving into their dorms. TCU has taken steps to try to slow the spread of COVID-19. They’ll isolate students who test positive and set them up with care coordinators to set up virtual classwork. And students are not moving in like they would in a normal year. To prevent…
Loyal Scaiaholics will recall I spent much of last week in Dayton, Ohio, where television’s Bronson Pinchot starred in my birthday celebration.Little did I know this trip to my beloved hometown would turn into a learning experience for how most of the major events surrounding the development of the atomic bomb were centered on the street next to…
Loyal Scaiaholics know two things about me:1.) I am a celebrity goat milking champion.2.) I am a connoisseur of sitcoms of the 1980s.These two items came together in remarkable fashion this week.I recently celebrated a birthday. And by “celebrated,” I mean, “flipped out just a li’l bit because I’ll be 40 soon.” But just…
This weekend, the 2020 MLB season is getting underway.To honor the Montreal Expos’ title last year on the 25th anniversary of the World Series being canceled, Major League Baseball nearly canceled this season as well. Instead of canceling the season entirely, though, they decided to hold a shortened season with about as many fans as would attend Expos’ games…
Fellow reporters and academics and a bunch of people I didn’t verify have been complaining on Twitter that they had lost the ability to tweet.Loyal Scaiaholics will recall that I tweet for work, and I don’t especially care how many followers I have. Maybe I don’t have a check mark next to my name on Twitter…
My apologies, everyone. I’m pretty sure I’m responsible for this whole COVID-19 situation. I didn’t realize it until this week.At the company Christmas party, I won tickets to the Texas Rangers’ home opener at the new ballpark. My brothers and I were planning to take Mama Scaia to Italy this spring, which, obviously, would have…
Loyal Scaiaholics will recall I honor the birth of our great nation, much like John Hancock and George Washington, by eatin’ hot dogs.Up until the COVID19 outbreak, I had no idea so many of my Facebook friends were respected epidemiologists who had such a strong understanding of the most effective ways to combat infectious disease. Unfortunately, they fell just…