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"I'll just go ahead and make this heat wave about myself," I said this week as I hit the streets to shove my microphone in people's faces to ask how they feel. In my defense, when you meet someone from Ohio, I feel like it's natural to want to talk about Ohio.

Several college radio stations in Indiana are doing a simulcast this weekend and invited alumni to come do shows.

The editorial board here at 1 Scaianalysis Esplanade has been feeling more contemplative lately, and that's why we have decided to weigh in on Voodoo Doughnuts opening a shop in Dallas.

Loyal Scaiaholics will recall how much I enjoy wandering into Heritage Auctions in Dallas and poking my nose around artifacts like the Holy Grail and a letter written by John Wilkes Booth where he laments the death of his whiskey flask.

I take my role as hashtag: influencer very seriously. Anyone can tell based on the comprehensive page where I occasionally review TV shows I may or may not have seen at least one episode of.

I've always been a trendsetter. For instance, I started telling people about how I'm getting old before it was cool to start telling people about getting old.

A group of students at Covenant Classical School in Fort Worth have advanced to the national finals of a mock trial competition. I dropped in on one of their practice rounds before they left because you can never be too prepared for the day you wind up defending yourself in court.

Once again, Major League is playing out before our eyes.

I wonder if the shooting in Allen might lead to people arguing about politics on Facebook. That never happens, but this one stands out.

I've been covering Greg Abbott since he first took Chuck Norris on the campaign trail more than eight years ago.

Some day, I'll meet a World War II veterans who's boring. Today was not that day.

Ford has joined the growing list of automakers who plan to phase out AM radio in their cars.

Normally, Loyal Scaiaholics would turn to me in search of a review of the newest food available at professional sporting events. This year, I stopped at Globe Life Field just before Opening Day but then had to make an unexpected trip to Ohio, then I nearly made an even more unexpected trip to Oklahoma City.

The people of Nashville must have overlooked my missive expressing displeasure with my role as a strange man wandering up to families outside schools. You're right to think the world is just awful, but #ScaiaBlog is about hope.

Loyal Scaiaholics will recall I long for a simpler time when kids could stumble into school a minute before 1st period started and still get to class on time. An era when we snuck out to pick up party subs during school.

I have a brother who lives in California for some reason. He doesn't seem any happier about it than the rest of us, so he recently spent some time visiting Texas.

Every time a sports team has me show up to test their new menu, I think, "They'll never find another place to hide cheese!" And every time, I'm wrong.

Preply reports Americans like seven accents better than Texas. Seven! I question these results.

Hot take: Martin Luther King Jr was an inspirational figure. He was an activist who used nonviolent action to advance civil rights for people who'd been discriminated against for generations.

Damar Hamlin's story has become a rallying point for a world that's been borderline stressed out the past few years. He's recovering and has been transferred to a hospital in Buffalo.