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…
Continuing an occasional series of blogs about SuperOregon, a blog last week that mentioned StandardOregon has resulted in a chain of texts with a group of associates.We started plotting a road trip to SuperOregon for the Pendleton Round-Up this fall. Planning road trips through the western United States is where I’m a viking!When Bob Barker announced…
Tonight, Fort Worth ISD will host a city-wide graduation celebration for the class of 2020. As a man who graduated in the elite top 75 percent of his high school class, I can understand the importance of a celebration like this.The Fort Worth superintendent explained that kids can benefit from a hootenanny [it’s possible he did not…
Back in aught-five, I had settled into Hermiston, SuperOregon. Recent College Graduate Scaia was longing for a new adventure. Growing up in the heart of the Cincinnati-Dayton corridor and visiting family in New York and New England as a young’n, I was ready to get away from it all.Ironically, I got restless being away from it…
These “safer at home” and “shelter in place” and “don’t leave the doggone house because the virus might not affect you, but it will affect the li’l ol’ lady down the street if you breathe on her” orders have been wearing on all of us.Apparently, so much so that we’ve arrived at the point where we…
My assignment at work today included all the excitement of people in Dallas arguing with each other about COVID-19 and a review of election law! You know it’s a productive day when you email the web guys a story that has a link to a PDF from the Texas attorney general’s office.Naturally, on my way home…
Sure, you might think I have too much free time. But you might also be a fool.An associate had the good sense to shift away from her job in media. She opened up an arts and crafts shop on Fort Worth’s burgeoning Near Southside. But she opened just before society was discontinued.She’s still working but now…