I’m writing on a plane back to Texas, having spent the weekend at the Pendleton Round-Up. Loyal Scaiaholics recall my origin story includes Oregon, and each September, I look forward to returning for the rodeo.I had never been to a rodeo until I moved to Oregon, which may not sound like the place you’d expect one…
Several members of my newsroom are on the low-carb diets, discussing ketones and what-not. One of the traffic anchors will occasionally come back to the coffee machine [my desk is near the coffee machine because I’m nothing if not a social butterfly] and talk about things she can and cannot eat with another reporter.But a recent…
My first boss from my days back in Oregon texted me the other day. He was asking, quite understandably, if I was eating at a Rocco’s Pizza location in Pasco, Washington.He explained they couldn’t take a picture without causing a scene, but he said he found my doppelganger. I replied if this was my doppelganger in both…
This week, the good people of Oregon can start pumping their own gas. This has caused the Internet to explode with commentsabout Oregon.When I moved to Oregon for my first job after college, the first thing I noticed was all speed limit signs just say, “Speed.” I feel like I noticed that because the “speed” was only 65. For…
As part of my series on million dollar business ideas, let me introduce you to Big Scai’s Beer Frontier [patent pending].Back when I lived in Oregon, I once mentioned beer and liquor drive-thrus back home in Ohio. An associate, I explained, had worked at the iconic Fat Daddy’s drive-thru in Moraine.No one in Oregon…
Eastern Oregon was the spot where my career started back in 1932. It’s been a while, now, but I still enjoy going back occasionally to see old friends and, obviously, attend a rodeo.Each year, the population of Pendleton swells from about 15,000 to more than 75,000 as cow gentlemen from across the country rope various animals…