I may never have mentioned this before, and certainly not as recently as last week, but I was in a minor car crash five years ago. The Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation called a few months back asking if I’d be in a study about recovery from traumatic brain injury.”Sure, my recovery was epic,” I explained. “But I didn…
Headed into Holy Week, the pope is urging us to look to the real heroes.He presents a strong point: In Fort Worth, the ambulance provider, MedStar [which has declared me a media hero on two separate occasions. But this isn’t about me.] is responding to dozens of potential COVID-19 calls every day.Loyal Scaiaholics will recall I…
This weekend, Gainesville is hosting two dozen Medal of Honor recipients. Gainesville hosts the ceremony every year. I hadn’t been up for a few years and always enjoy talking to guys who only found out they were heroes in a hail of gunfire.Each year, Gainesville flies Medal of Honor recipients from all over the country for a week…
An associate in public relations recently sent me a note, asking if I’d like to test drive a McLaren. The Scaia family has a rich history with racing, by which I mean we’d buy tickets to the Indianapolis 500 every year, attend approximately one year out of three and then scalp the tickets the other years.My mom…
This week, I covered a story at MedStar, the ambulance provider in Fort Worth. A woman who had been in a car crash wanted to celebrate her birthday with the first responders who saved her.I always volunteer to cover a story at MedStar. Their headquarters is near my house. But MedStar also usually sends you home with a gift…
I got a distressing message the other day about an associate from my days in Houston. He’s now working in Tyler and was in the hospital.He’ll be okay and is already back to work, but his illness led to lengthy string of emails among his former co-workers. A string of emails he did not care for…
Earlier this week, I pledged to stop blogging incessantly about my car crash. But that blog did include the rider that I would only abide by that if you people [really hit “you people” as you read this] stopped demanding $21,000.The most recent demand was for $36,000, so I probably should have been more clear.Yesterday, I…