Okie(s) in Florida

Well, Florida, you weren’t my mistress for long. It’s back to the southwest.
Yes, it’s true. I’ve taken a job at the Dallas Morning News and that means in about a week I’ll no longer be an Okie in Florida. I’ve had a great time here, but the situation was right to head on back to […]

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Only in Florida…..

FORT LAUDERDALE - The wife of Police Chief Frank Adderley roused him from bed with a gunshot and then chased him from their Plantation house to a neighbor’s, squeezing off more rounds as he ran away, authorities said.

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But I found it riot funny that this drunk lost his arm to a gator while swimming near NUBBIN Slough.
And while you’re at it, check out this database of alligator attacks we built.

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I know it’s been a while since I last posted. Things have been a little, shall we say, stressful at work.
You see, layoffs are coming at the Sun-Sentinel. And it’s not just a problem at our newspaper. The whole Tribune Co., which owns the LA Times, Chicago Tribune, our sister paper up in Orlando, Allentown […]

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Or that’s what Allison said.
And she’s right. I’ve fallen down on the job.
We’ve been pretty busy lately, both at work and at home. We spent most of yesterday writing the much-belated thank you notes for the wedding gifts. That took several hours. But I think it will be obvious to most of you whether the […]

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Preaching for Profit

“Preaching mostly to a low-income following, the Hallandale Beach-based evangelist has raised millions of dollars through services and crusades in South Florida and across the country.
Former followers say the only one who seemed to attain wealth was the preacher.”

Mike Koehler and John Helsley discuss OU & OSU baseball.

Yes, OU still sucks.

Squirrel love

“Since the […]

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After a very rough week, I’m so glad it’s Friday!
And we just might go snorkeling this weekend to boot. Doesn’t get any better than that, eh?
—kathryn

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My good friend Steve Lackmeyer brings up an interesting topic on his blog over at the NewsOK, the Web site of my former employer, The Oklahoman. The Lackman covers downtown Oklahoma City there, and I can’t think of another person who knows that town better than him.
Don’t believe me? Check out a book he co-wrote […]

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One thing I never thought about when I moved to Florida was the amount of time it seems to take to get anything delivered.
When I was in Oklahoma, we were basically in the middle part of the country for any company shipping anything. No matter which coast it was shipped from, east or west, goods […]

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