As a journalist, it’s my responsibility to investigate important news stories.I’ve covered elections, hurricanes, tornadoes and, this is important, the return of Twinkies to store shelves after Hostess declared bankruptcy.So it’s also my responsibility to cover National Pancake Day. You see, today, IHOP is giving away a free short stack. This is the tenth anniversary…
I’ve spent much of the past week in Houston. This was not by choice. I was there to cover the Texas primary.In fact, my instinct is to say that when Texas joined the union in 1846, James Polk said, “All right. We’ll let them in.” Then he leaned in to Vice President George Dallas and said, “Except…
Over the weekend, I was seeing a lot of references to “Winter Storm Jonas.” I grew up in Ohio, so facebook associates who had moved from Ohio to the mid-Atlantic were posting about how Washington TOTALLY can’t handle winter weather. Transplanted Texas facebook associates, meanwhile, were saying Washington was handling the snow just about as poorly as the…
This weekend, my colleague, Matt Stoker, and I defended our titles as celebrity goat milking champions at the Ft. Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. Two years ago, we burst on to the scene, dominating the competition and taking home the blue ribbon, which still hangs in my house.Matt and I did some preparation for this year’s contest. We…
I was filled with a lot of emotions after the Bengals’ playoff game this weekend.I can’t claim to be a die-hard fan, even though I grew up in Ohio. My dad was a Giants fan, and that rubbed off on me. Once I moved out of Ohio, though, the Bengals became a source of civic pride. As…
The doctors at Presbyterian sent me home yesterday after my de-limping surgery, which, apparently, has a more scientific name that includes the term, “ossification.”Ironically, I actually have a more substantial limp right now, but they said that’ll just last a few days. They had to, again, sorry for the medical mumbo jumbo, go fishing around my hip…
This weekend marks the anniversary of my car crash.At least, that’s what I’m told. I still have no recollection of the crash or the following three months. A lot of people have been willing to fill me in. They’ve also helped remind me what I was doing right before the crash. For instance, I had a…