Okie(s) in Florida

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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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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So this is the second installment of Okies with Hats. Today I give you Jerry Prather from Rogers Co.

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Since this knob resigned after accusations he ran a sex-slave operation in his Custer Co. jail, I’ve decided to launch a feature. If you click the link, you’ll see one of Oklahoma’s very own Andy Griffiths likes to wear a big ol’ hat.
Back in the day at The Oklahoman, I once did some checking into […]

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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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Blogging had always been a wonderful hobby of mine years ago at www.xanga.com/katybeth27. I even enjoyed writing a very successful anonymous dating blog prior to my relationship with Ryan.
So to say that I love blogging is an understatement.
Glad to be back, ya’ll.
And thank God for a job. I took a month-long hiatus from […]

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This past weekend, when a colleague asked how I liked Florida, it went something like, “I like it. I like a lot. However, there are some stupid people down there. And the stupid ones — they aren’t just stupid. They’re a special kind of stupid.”
A few years ago, on a spring break run from Stillwater, […]

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