Annual changing of calendars brings lots of questions Thu, Jan 1, 2009 | Add a comment Today is a new beginning, a time to look back at the past year, forward to opportunities and left and right before entering intersections. Today is the first day to mistakenly write 2008 on...

Yes, Virginia, Christmas memories are on DVDs Wed, Dec 24, 2008 | Add a comment As sleigh bells ring-ting-tingle and chestnuts roast, the noisy glow of burning organic material brings back many warm childhood memories of the season. How I cherished those snowy nights, jogging...

Neanderthals, trillions and the fruited plains Thu, Dec 18, 2008 | Add a comment At this very moment, government contractors at secret locations on the fruited plain are producing more of what keeps America’s government running: zeroes. To the untrained eye, all these...

Take a queue, improve your standing (in line) Thu, Dec 11, 2008 | Add a comment The line begins here. Please stand in it and, you know, wait. Eventually, something will happen. We are sorry about the delay. Not really, but we know that if we say that, we can get people to wait...

Google, and be stupid Thu, Dec 4, 2008 | Comments 2 Lately, I feel as if I lack "ordinary quickness and keenness of mind.” Could it be a head cold? Lead paint? "Deal or No Deal”? I know. I’ll Google it. OK, there it is....

Nicotine goes high-tech Wed, Nov 26, 2008 | Comments 1 It’s deadlier than strychnine; it’s used as a pesticide; and 60 milligrams of it, about three drops, can kill you. And thanks to technology, you can huff some of it with battery-powered...

Thanks to the tree, you can’t beat it with stick Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Add a comment Thank you so much. I never thought I’d see this day. I must say after so many years of beating around the bush, it’s rewarding to be recognized for all the hard work, you know, hitting...

Motion made to free us from physical exertion Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | Add a comment There’s all that effort and breathing and annoying stuff. And if you do too much of it, eww, perspiration. Moving around is so last millennium. Fortunately, technology has provided...

So, you're no daredevil? Heck, try this at home Wed, Nov 5, 2008 | Add a comment Weekend’s coming. Hmm ... what to do for fun. I know, I’ll drive a pickup into the path of two enormous swinging steel pendulums and see whether I can avoid being crushed. Or maybe...

Oklahoma Halloween Events: Here's the trick to costumes Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Add a comment Cut holes in your pockets, stuff them with concrete chips and gravel, hang pigeons under your arms and go as the Crosstown Expressway. Or make dinging noises, collect money from people around you,...

You're what you wear Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Add a comment With all the distractions Americans face these days, such as avoiding bankruptcy, affording food and registering parakeets to vote, it’s easy to lose focus of our many responsibilities. So,...

Who ya gonna call? Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | Comments 2 "Mother, bright, blessed, bond, fear, December, smell,” the Ovilus told me in its scratchy electronic voice. That’s a direct quote. At first, Anita Tallbull thought the Ovilus...

Life, liberty and right to be litter-ate person Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | Add a comment Gravity is handy. Invented by Isaac Newton, discoverer of the apple and the fig-based cookie, gravity is what keeps all of us from flying out into space and ruining Russia’s space tourism...

Lawton cast brings radio to the stage Tue, Oct 21, 2008 | Add a comment LAWTON — Sally Simpson plans to buy some coconuts. Old-time radio shows didn’t have electronic, digitized sound effects, so when Blue Moon Productions puts on a live performance this...

Voila! Award isn’t illusion for magician Sun, Oct 19, 2008 | Comments 1 Things are never quite what they seem around Rob Lake. That’s just the way he likes it. Lake’s life of illusion began years ago when a 10-year-old Norman boy, Robert William Calonkey,...

It's not just Dow falling Thu, Oct 16, 2008 | Add a comment By now, we’re all pretty stressed out from worrying about the ongoing collapse of the giant Jenga tower/house of cards/teetering domino collection of glass figurines that is our banking...