From the top: What a short, strange trip it's been

About a year ago, I was asked to take over as editor of this magazine, adding it to my responsibilities as Food Editor for The Oklahoman. I accepted, bidding farewell to most of my spare time to make sure Oklahoma had the best food coverage I could muster while seeing to the needs of club-hoppers, college students and up-and-coming ne’er-do-wells from Norman to Stillwater.

What a year it’s been. We brought you Look’s first-ever swimsuit issue, guides to the Norman Music Festival and Paseo Arts Festival, welcomed the Thunder, survived a summer with virtually no music as the Ford Center hibernated only to rebound with a fall that included Kings of Leon, AC/DC and U2.

Now we complete that year with The Men of OKC.

They aren’t necessarily role models, but depict today’s young man: well-appointed, ambitious and loved by women.

As a former young man, I understand there is no shame in wanting to stand out. It’s a competitive world and a short life. Windows of opportunity unexpectedly open and shut just as quick. Just as MySpace is as distant as parachute pants,

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