I moved to Texas when I was in junior high. Even before I moved to this state I knew the love that Texas had for the Dallas Cowboys. They are America's team. So what happened when we went to watch a game at a restaurant in Dallas didn't really surprise me. It did surprise others.
A 30-year-old guy from suburban Chicago, Randy Schmitz, was on vacation in Myrtle Beach, S.C., last summer.
He went to the Pepper Palace, which sells crazy hot sauces. The hottest sauce it sells is Flashbang, a combination of four peppers -- Carolina Reaper, scorpion, ghost pepper and habanero.
Schmitz had to sign a waiver just to try a tiny bit of the sauce on a toothpick as part of a challenge.
Being president means countless photo opportunities and public appearances, most of them probably ones that one doesn't want to do.
When President Barack Obama was at a polling location in Chicago promoting the midterm general elections and casting his ballot, he probably didn't plan on being threatened by someone about their girlfriend.
Last Friday morning, there was some pretty extensive flooding in south suburban Chicago.
The morning news show on WGN was discussing the flooding, while checking out some footage from its news helicopter which was flying around surveying the extent of the water and damage.
There's not a whole lot to do during a rain delay at a baseball game, or any sporting event for that matter.
You can walk around the concourse, trying to resist the urge to spend $48 on a hot dog and a beer. Perhaps buy a souvenir or two.
Or, you could do what this guy did at Wrigley Field during a rain delay last weekend at a Chicago Cubs game. He went for a swim!