Inspiration came to me, as it often does, on an airplane. I was recently at an associate's wedding in North Carolina.

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.

"So, you want to come to the airport and shove your microphone into face after face after face of my passengers, eh? Just face after face for a full week," the CEOs of airlines around the world muttered under their breath in unison before Christmas. "I guess the foot's on the other hand, now."

You'll never believe this, but I was a bit of a rabble-rouser in school. That issue came up several times this week.

Last year, air travel dropped 60%. Apparently, the International Civil Aviation Organization did not take into account the DFW to Dayton, Ohio route. I flew home for a bit last summer on a plane that was full enough to cause me to take a picture.

"What could go wrong?!" I think to myself every time I get in a car for work.

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.

I got my first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine today.

Loyal Scaiaholics recall that, unfailingly, each December, I post a "year in review" blog. And by "unfailingly," I mean, "twice in the past five years."

Back at Ball State, I had a professor who proudly declared he would fail anyone who used the term "tragic" in a news script. We called him Professor Carlin because he looked somewhat like George Carlin.

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 , have been cookin' up concoctions using Hormel Chili as their base. Milton Williams was cookin' up a batch of Texas Cyclone Chili for his firehouse along Loop 12 in West Dallas. As an Edward R. Murrow Award winning journalist, it was my responsibility to attend and try the chili. He says he wanted a c