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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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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Oklahoma City finally gets their chance to shine.
The NBA approved the relocation of the Seattle Supersonics to Oklahoma City this past week. It’s all over but the shoutin’ for Seattle. Or so it seems.
But I have a few questions:
1) How is Tulsa going to treat this team? I grew up in Tulsa, where people long […]

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I always love it when my home state ends up in the news. Question — why is it always for things getting destroyed, either man- or weather-caused, or stupid shit?
Like this.
When I saw the AP version on Drudge, I decided to make a pre-emptive strike with co-workers and e-mailed the story. Also pointed out the […]

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