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Shaping The Minds Of America’s Youth: Rebecca Morsman

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

A couple months ago, Clark Matthews decided to start featuring people who were doing cool things in Oklahoma City. Being the entrepreneurial guy I am, I decided to steal his idea. “Shaping The Minds Of America’s Youth” is a bi-weekly series profiling Oklahomans who are doing creative/unique/fun things that make this a better place to live.

Rebecca Morsman is an Edmond woman who has written a book — the first in a series — about the very scary topic of zombies, but she’s using her powers for good, giving the fine people of Oklahoma a chance to design the cover. Are you an artist interested in doing this? Do you like zombies? Or books in general? Just bored at work? Join me after the jump for a brief interview.

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Who Are The “Mystery Anchors” On KWTV at 4 PM?

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Last week, News 9 at 4 host Melissa Maynarich had a baby, and in a nice piece of marketing, KWTV has decided to bring in “Mystery Anchors” to host one week of the program each week of February during her maternity leave. It kicked off with the great Jenifer Reynolds, who left her dogfighting ring for the week to do what so far has been an admirable job.

Who might be the “Mystery Anchors” we see the next few weeks? A few predictions/suggestion after the jump:

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Bob Mills Goes Where Even The Mathis Brothers Haven’t

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

I was flipping through the premium channels on Cox digital cable the other day totally not looking for porn when I stumbled on the above, which is a photo of the fact that there are two (two!) different channels dedicated to nothing but Bob Mills Furniture (Bob Mills Furniture!). I find this to be, well, pretty strange (exclamation in parentheses!). Also, anyone notice that he’s gone back to wearing the sweaters?

Anyway, this got me wondering which other local celebrities deserve their own channels or, at least, their own television shows. After the jump, some ideas:

(Editor’s Note: Yep, this is a Tony (Tony!) post.  I think he used to write for this site…a lot.)

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RIP Bicycle Bob, 1955-2009

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Edmond residents will note the story on NewsOK.com that probably has little meaning to others. “Bicycle Bob,” a homeless man well-known to Edmondites, was killed sometime Sunday, for reasons unexplained and passing understanding.

He was a ubiquitous figure in the city, a tall, thin man sporting an OU cap and often seen biking down the road or ambling up and down the streets of downtown Edmond. As the Oklahoman story says, it’s doubtful many people knew his real name — Dwight Morgan — he was simply known to everyone as Bicycle Bob. I never knew a lot about him, and probably never said more than hello to him, but he was a beloved part of the city, and his death is a loss that makes the day grayer.

For Edmond residents, there is a candlelight vigil for Bicycle Bob tonight at 8 at Festival Marketplace. Feel free to leave your memories of him in the comments.

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A Lost Ogle Q & A: The Manny Ramirez High Five Guy

Friday, May 16th, 2008
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If you spend even a small amount of time watching sports highlights, you saw Manny Ramirez high five a fan in the outfield BETWEEN catching a fly ball and assisting on a double play. It was a hilarious “Manny being Manny” play that will be the part of Best Damn Top 50 countdowns for years to come. Fortunately, there is even a local aspect to this story, as the fan who got high-fived was an Edmond resident by the name of Randy Dunning. He was nice enough to answer a few questions for us. For that, we are willing to forgive his being a Red Sox fan. You can read the Q & A after the jump.

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The Dark Side Of Gary England

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008


photo from flickr user *CA*

You might have figured out by now that we are fans of Gary England. He uses his folksy charm to bring us the weather in an unparalleled manner, and when angered, his justice — in the form of severe weather — is carried out swiftly, fairly and precisely. We are great admirers of his work.

Which is why it was with great horror that the following story was related to us by one of our loyal readers. She describes it as “a sad story about the heartbreak of an 8 year old girl and a pompous weather man.”

Jump back! Yes, folks, there may be a dark side to Gary England. A side that probably only rears it’s head when provoked by little girls that deserve it, but a dark side nonetheless. We present it in the interest of being fair and balanced.

After the jump, the story of one girl, one weather man, and a relationship that could never be repaired.

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Hot Girl A Day In The Month Of May: Candy Loving

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Today we go retro, with January 1979 Playboy Playmate of the month (and University of Oklahoma grad) Candy Loving, who led the way for such local heroes as Ashlynn Brooke and Jesse Jane. This is, alas, the only safe for work picture we could find.

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Happy Birthday To Us.

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

It’s hard to believe, since it feels like only seventeen years ao, but today The Lost Ogle turns one year old. It’s been an interesting year, as we’ve gone from humble beginnings being read by about six people per day to becoming a kinda sorta well known blog being written about in publications such as the Gazette and, well, the Gazette.

A year ago when we decided to try this project, we started by kicking around a few names. Among those considered:

GolfballsizeHail.com
DownedPowerlines.com
LookingforLynnHickey.com
WhatWouldLindaCavanaughDo.com
SorryAboutTobyKeith.com
OutWithTheGout.com
JamesHalesBurgerKing.com

In the end, much to James Hale’s relief, we ended up with TheLostOgle.com, and now it’s hard to imagine the site being known as anything else. We’ve been flattered to learn that the site is read in newsrooms, schoolrooms, and Justice League headquarters.

This is The Lost Ogle’s 400th post, and to date there have been over 5400 reader comments on our site. Roughly 3/4 of those have been dedicated to extolling the virtues of Gary England, but occasionally we also like to poke fun at the Mathis Brothers. That’s just the kind of hard-hitting journalism we know our readers look for.

As we enter our second year, we hope you’ll continue to stop by and help us enjoy the lighter side of Oklahoma City.

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