tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73367431335398506522011-11-27T19:30:03.336-06:00This is truly the last thing the internet needs now -- another damned blog to join the millions of others out there. It's an outlet for my takes on sports (especially basketball), politics, pop culture, crap, and stuff. It isn't designed to be a world beater, it's designed to be my outlet to keep me from going nuts (although most will argue I'm already there). You'll figure it out as you go along.sterrapinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734937871236163876noreply@blogger.comBlogger251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7336743133539850652.post-51882675428484815792009-04-20T02:44:00.005-05:002009-04-20T03:38:34.813-05:00

[NOTE: Life, real and otherwise, has kept me away from this thing for a while. Hopefully there won't be any more two-plus-months breaks between posts.]I am not sure I can remember when I've seen as big a clusterfuck of clueless sheeple as there were on Wednesday, April 15 -- the so-called Anti-Tax Tea Parties that took place in several locales around the country, including Oklahoma City and

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No, really. WTF?The article is a little tongue in cheek but the fact remains: Mars, Inc. is bringing out all the female stereotypes to net-market a high-end confection called Fling -- sort of like an anti-Twix (called a "finger" on Fling's marketing site) without the caramel and cookie goodness but with (squeeeee!) sparkles*. Oh yeah, and each finger is a scant 85 calories (wonder if that was of

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SI: A-Rod Tested Positive in 2003. Wow, and pitchers and catchers haven't even reported to camp yet!I lost a lot of interest in Major League Baseball largely because of the steroid thing and most major offensive records from 1998 on that should probably be considered tainted. I had to know this day was coming when a really important offensive player would reportedly test positive. I never

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Good grief, where to begin ... Sally Kern's at it again. This time, speaking to a group of John Birch Society members -- oh, sorry, now they're just JBS -- the meddlesome, poofy haired preacher's wife claims she has found the (totally imaginary) homosexual agenda ... in Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen's After the Ball. Kern claims the book lays out "step-by-step" a "secret public relations

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The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation MarksIf I still had a camera (thus explaining the lack of pictures on this blog), I could find a few examples of that right around Norman, a community that's sometimes a little smarter than its neighbors.Years and years ago I used to work at a trade journal, and one of my duties was to pour over press releases from assorted groups of whatever from around the

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"I Love You, Rachel Maddow"Not really a hell of a lot else I can say here, other than this is great and I'm not gifted or gutsy enough to put similar sentiments in song.The lady knows her stuff, what's more in interviewing guests she doesn't try to be combative or belligerent. It's a good hour of television (and thank goodness for me there's a video podcast available, seeing as how I no longer

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OMG! Did an editorial writer at The Oklahoman write something that sort of makes sense (and still manages to illustrate the absurdity of ideologically-motivated state legislators)Put monument on back burnerIt's good to see freshman state Rep. Mike Ritze come to Oklahoma City intent on crafting policy that helps the state weather this recession and move it forward in the future.Ritze, R-Broken

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Thanks a lot for trying to exploit people in a deep, deep recession. I discovered the below-linked scam on my Twitter feed -- so far, one disadvantage to that service as I've blocked a lot of this crap since I joined (something I orignally wasn't going to do, but it has its advantages).Gotta hand it to them, its a nice, well-executed presentation, complete with the perfectly obtuse language

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I Think Obama Wants Me to Fail: LimbaughI really should stop writing about this bloated sack of protoplasm (TM: Ren 'n Stimpy) because it earns him more attention on top of that which he gets already and doesn't deserve.Sure I hope Limbaugh fails ... at continuing to drive a wedge in this country because his (mostly) troglodyte listeners can't tell the difference between intelligent political

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For one, the world of women's college basketball lost a great one.The most appropriate way to remember Kay Yow is to donate to the following:Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer FundThe V Foundation for Cancer Research106 Towerview CourtCary, NC 27513BTW, OU mentor Sherri Coale is the current president of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association, which has a tribute up as well.

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(corrections made 06:56 a.m. 24 January)To the surprise of no one, the right-wing blogosphere is in a lather over President Barack Obama's comments yesterday to wit:"You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done," he told top GOP leaders, whom he had invited to the White House to discuss his nearly $1 trillion stimulus package.One White House official confirmed the comment but said

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Even though I am not a religious person, V. Gene Robinson is a hell of a lot more of a true Christian than the bleating, screeching fundie theocrats who are the real dividers and the real scourge of America. Robinson's invocation ought to be posted, shared and digested by all the world over. Bold emphasis is my own.Episcopal Bishop V. Gene Robinson's invocation for the "We Are One" concert on

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... or you MAY lose the best thing that's ever happened to it since Billy Tubbs roamed the sidelines:John Helsley, The OklahomanIt's worth asking about.Yeah, yeah Oklahoma's a football school -- its athletic reputation is FIRMLY grounded in the historical success of its football program.But come on, it's been pretty good at basketball over the years too ... four Final Four appearances (even

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I hope so.I don't need to rehash the retrospectives that have taken up airtime on the news networks or any other media outlet over the last week or so, you've likely already digested them.Hell, who needs a retrospective -- you're probably living the legacy like the rest of us, and unfortunately the legacy will be around for a good long time. Actually there isn't nearly enough of that magic

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For what its worth, this is not really a new blog. I have been on a different platform for a while and have decided to move to this one for reasons I will not explain right now. I am getting used to this platform so it might look screwed up for a while. That's to say nothing about what some have called "cranial feces" that passes for content.I'm the same cranky old bat from the old site. It's

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Oklahoma Lefty's The Essential '80s AlternativeTremendous work and pretty comprehensive, an awesomazing primer on virtually all the stuff that today's kids should be considering roots music. Although I chided (hopefully gently, I tried not to be mean, but that doesn't always work) the author about one of my very favorite old bands not making the cut since their debut album was a relic from the

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(Original posting on old site 9 January 2009)Oh, great (you've seen some of the video on Olbermann, you've read about it at about probably half a dozen other places too, but I'll only link 2 and the first link, which is from feministing.com, is way way more interesting).Now that Election '08 (and '08 itself) are history I was really hoping that Que Sarah Sarah would go back to Alaska and, I dunno

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(Originally posted at old site as "Crappy New Year, Everyone" on 31 December 2008)I'm sorry, I feel like being a bitch and saying I TOLD YOU SO. The post is called "Are Six On the Way Out?" Scroll past the trade stuff and read the bullet points ... although the trade stuff isn't really surprising either, except for Desmond Mason's name being kicked about in trade speculation. But ... but ... he's

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(Originally posted as "Sunday Evening Random Missed Information" on old site 30 November 2008)Good read here (WaPo) and here (The Disenchanted Forest) on Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-Louisiana), the dreamy dream boy of Republicans looking for the anti-Obama for 2012. Hmmmm ... I can't help but think of "New Coke" for some reason here.------------------------Guess the Thunder have to start a new streak

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(Originally published on old site 29 November 2008)Maybe I'll still be awake when Chris, Kirk and Coach hit the teevee box at 9 a.m. Central if I keep writing, even if it's a bunch of crap.• Orange Things That Are Teh Suck: Highway barrier cones, pylons, any kind of safety/construction area stuff, convict jumpsuits, part of the Thunder's color scheme.• Orange Things That Are Teh Smoove: Oranges (

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(Originally posted 28 November 2008, and yes I am preserving the team's statistics as they were at the time of original publication)They're 1-15 (as of this writing, November 28), with a 13-game losing streak. Their new fans have actually booed them. At this moment they appear to be the laughingstock of the association that brings us Not Basketball Anymore. How do you like them apples, Oklahoma

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(Originally posted on old site 28 November 2008)GREAT piece in the Oklahoma Daily (OU paper, duh). It starts with the columnist telling us about her high school teacher and goes from there.The school board tried to get her fired. As did local churches, including mine.And as did the principal.In 2005, he asked her to sign the memo. It listed several points she must agree to, including:“Understand

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(Posted to old site 16 November 2008)(Uptighty ones: If you're bothered by curse words, this contains some. You were warned in advance so don't get all up in my face about it. Kthxbai).Much has been written about Oklahoma's sharp right turn in Election '08, including by me, that the number-crunching and the whys and hows don't really need to be reexamined. Yes, I live in a state that is out of

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(Originally posted at old site 16 November 2008)When I was in junior high school (which would have been roughly between 1979 and 1981, but I don't actually remember which year it was within those), some of my classmates got religion all at the same time and affirmed their new faith by burning all their Led Zeppelin, Queen and Styx albums because if you played them backwards, they were telling you

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(Originally posted 09 November 2008 at old blog)First of all, congratulations to President-Elect Barack Obama, who stayed on the high road in his campaign and, to his credit, kept cool and engaged with Americans in discourse about real and pressing issues facing this nation while his opponents (and even more so, some of their fans, despite John McCain's best efforts to abate the hate) were

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