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Video Sunday: Thabo speakin’ French May 01, 2011 | Leave a comment Read More

Overheard: Edmond Fire Department April 29, 2011 Prevent harm, survive, be nice. - the motto of the Edmond Fire Department, according to the agency’s annual report. Read More

The Great Cloth Diaper Change April 27, 2011 I took my daughter to the Great Cloth Diaper Change on Saturday. Here are some of my photos. My daughter, Mia, and I spent some time hanging out before the activities started. Read More

The Isa Bunny April 27, 2011 I love that he says someone needs to rescue this rescue. Read More

Video Sunday: ticklish penguin April 24, 2011 Read More

The Great Cloth Diaper Change April 22, 2011 Here’s what I’m doing tomorrow with my kid: We’re setting a world record. Oh yeah. Read More

Eat out to help Officer Chad Peery April 21, 2011 Here’s some info from Zio’s Italian Kitchen about a fundraiser Monday night to help Officer Chad Peery, who was injured while breaking up a fight while he was off duty. (Click here to read stories about Officer Peery.) PLEASE SUPPORT Officer Chad Peery and his family Zio’s will donate 20% of food sales to... Read More

Happy Easter, MC Hammer! April 20, 2011 Today my column is about buying animals as Easter gifts, and it got me thinking about what I got one Easter. I was 8. I tried to be as quiet as possible as I sneaked into the bathroom.I knew it was somewhere in the house, but where? I’d searched my bedroom, and the closests. There was no way I’d be able to... Read More

A day to remember April 19, 2011 Click here to read about the memorial today, or click here to read our past coverage of the bombing. Read More

@KDthunderup’s mom talks about raising her superstar April 18, 2011 Read More

Driving #fail April 18, 2011 So apparently these people did not read my blog Friday. (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) April 16, 2011 the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office conducted a sobriety checkpoint at the intersection of S.E. 44th Street & Bryant Avenue in Oklahoma City. The checkpoint started on April 16th at 10:30pm and ended at 3:00am... Read More

Sobriety checkpoint to weed out dangerous/dumb drivers April 13, 2011 Sobriety checkpoints are fantastic. A lot of times, law enforcement will even let the public know ahead of time that they’re going to be on the lookout for intoxicated drivers. They don’t say the exact spot, but they say something like this release that just came out: The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office... Read More

Montmartre Sidewalk Chalk Festival 2011 April 12, 2011 That slideshow was put together by photographer Chris Landsberger, who is pretty awesome. Here are some photos of mine. I am not as awesome, but you get the idea. Click on the photos to see a bigger version. So, so awesome! #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px;... Read More

On the hunt for Easter events April 11, 2011 Get it? On the hunt? Egg hunts? Ha. Hilarious. Seriously, though. I’m looking for any kind of Easter events that are coming up for upcoming event listings. Email me at ccoppernoll@opubco.com. Then I’ll show up with my daughter, who is an egg-hunting maniac. We took her to the first Easter egg hunt of her... Read More

Three little pigs born at OKC Zoo, no houses blown down April 08, 2011 Adorable, right? My story will be in The Oklahoman tomorrow, but here’s the press release from the Oklahoma City Zoo in the mean time. The Oklahoma City Zoo is “squee”-fully announcing the births of three red river hog piglets, born Saturday, April 2, 2011! The piglets were born to mom Divit, who came... Read More