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.

Loyal Scaiaholics will recall I'm not an old man. In fact, I am a millennial. But, in a sequence of events many of us experience, I have been getting older. This week, I turn 40.

Rolling blackouts have come to an end, giving us the opportunity to argue about face masks again. North Texas has climbed above freezing for the first time since last Saturday.

Movies about dinosaurs have long been an aid to the development of our society, despite the extinction of dinosaurs allowing humans to evolve. For instance, Jurassic Park taught us if Wayne Knight shows up with shaving cream, be wary: the dinosaurs will be fixin' to take back what's theirs.