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…
A Dallas firefighter is a finalist for Hormel Chili’s “America’s Best Firehouse Chili” contest.Firefighters from across the country, who apparently have nothing better to do [true story: while he was serving chili, the bell started going off and a bunch of firefighters who were on shift had to leave], have been cookin’ up concoctions using Hormel Chili…
The State Fair of Texas has announced semi-finalists for this year’s Big Tex Choice Awards. Naturally, I picked up the phone immediately and called the fair with some questions [a reporter asks].But this phone call turned into a learning experience for Scaia.I had a very specific question, and I notified the spokeswoman for the fair ahead…
This summer, a man from Alabama is travelling across the country, mowing people’s lawns for some reason.Rodney Smith Jr pulled into the Metroplex from Oklahoma the other night. He stayed at a hotel, then went out and started mowing lawns. I interviewed Smith while outside a Wal-Mart while he was getting ready to start a-mowin’.Never…
This morning, my boss was wandering through the newsroom, asking if anyone wanted to cover the hard-hitting story about IHOP changing its name.I have no idea how he made it all the way to my row [I sit in the back, with all the other ruffians] without anyone claiming it. At the time, I wasn’t even sure…
Richard Branson’s Virgin Group is laying out plans for Hyperloop One, a series of vacuum-sealed tubes that would launch people on-demand… to the future. Or another city.Hyperloop One would use Texas as one of its test markets. Virgin says it may try to build a test system linking Dallas and Fort Worth as its first leg…
This morning, in the interest of journalism, I was called to Far North Fort Worth to cover the opening of the Metroplex’ first Buc-ee’s.You might think that it was unnecessary to report on the opening of a convenience store, but someone had to investigate the difficult issue of how many Beaver Nuggets is enough Beaver Nuggets.Sure…