Okie(s) in Florida

Adventures of newly transplanted Okies

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Homo sapiens Floridianus

April 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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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Back from Tempe….

April 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Well, I made it back from Phoenix/Tempe in one piece. Learned a lot from Jen LaFleur of the Dallas Morning News and Steve Doig, formerly of the Miami Herald and now at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism.
I stayed at a little place called the Twin Palms. It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t good either. […]

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Tempe or bust….

April 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments

As I wrote on my journalism blog, I made it to Tempe in one piece. That’s apparently not a given, considering the recent relevations that the FAA had gotten so cozy with Southwest that bureaucrats even threatened a whistle-blower’s family.
Never thought I’d say, “Good thing I’m on Delta.”
So I made it to my hotel, the […]

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