Question of the day: What are your New Year's Eve plans?

By dwray in The nature of things

We all have our ways of welcoming the new year. Some people go out with friends, some stay home and watch a whole bunch of Twilight Zone (It's a marathon! Eek!). Some people drink a lot. Some people drink a ...

Question of the day: What will you remember most about 2010?

By dwray in The nature of things

Christmas is done and gone, so now it's time to turn toward the next big holiday, New Year's Eve. As the 2011 approaches, fellow ranging reporter J.R. Ortega and I were thinking over the past year and wondering what things ...

Question of the day; Do you open presents on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day?

By dwray in The nature of things

With Christmas literally hours away, I'm already looking forward to my annual holiday drive. Most of my relatives have Christmas on Christmas Day so I spend most of Christmas in my car driving back and forth across Houston to open ...

Question of the day: Has the economy affected your Christmas shopping this year?

By dwray in The nature of things

Economists say holiday spending is back up to regular levels for the first time in three years. I'm still keeping things tight, personally, (my little sister is not getting designer shoes) but fellow Ranging Reporter J.R. Ortega and I decided ...

Question of the day: What is one of the kindest gestures you've witnessed during the holidays?

By dwray in The nature of things

Christmas is just around the corner, and while it's a time for getting stuff (I'm looking for the new Mark Twain autobiography) it's also a time when people try to give back. Even the Scrooge-iest old codger can be capable ...

Question of the day: What is your favorite holiday performance, story or movie?

By dwray in The nature of things

The Victoria Ballet Theatre's "The Nutcracker" premieres today so fellow Ranging Reporter J.R. Ortega and I went out to ask people what their favorite holiday performance is, be it a show, a play, a movie or that ballet everyone talks ...

Question of the day: Do you think people do enough to remember Pearl Harbor and why is it important to remember it?

By dwray in The nature of things

It's become a cliche, but FDR dubbed Dec. 7 "a date which will live in infamy." Next year will be the 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, which just made me wonder, do people still think it's a day worth remembering? ...

The Real World is still on-air, and now it's...green?

By dwray in The nature of things

Okay, so I remember way back when MTV's The Real World came on many eons ago - the show is in it's 20th season - but I kind of thought it ended when I stopped paying attention to it. Turns ...