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Happy Birthday To Us.

Published by
Tony
 at May 13, 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.

Category: The Lost Ogle. 2 Comments

Rodgers/Traber Is The New Lincoln/Douglas

Published by
Tony
 at May 8, 2008


photo from flickr user ~Aphrodite

Yesterday, Mark Rodgers and Jim Traber engaged in the world’s greatest only debate having to do with the University of Oklahoma baseball team. I’ll avoid keeping score, with the exception of grading the entire thing as FREAKING AWESOME AS HELL! Seriously, if the Sports Animal was like this all the time I would listen a lot more often.

You can find the audio here. It’s fifteen minutes long, but the good stuff really kicks in during the last 2-3 minutes or so.

Category: Jim Traber, Mark Rodgers and The Sports Animal. 17 Comments

Still An Obscure Local Social Blog…

Published by
Tony
 at May 7, 2008

So, about that Oklahoma Gazette article.

Yeah, that’s a cover story about our little web site. Yeah, the Gazette must be running out of things to write about. Needless to say, it is a little strange to see things we said in black and white print, and reading people like Kelly Ogle and Lauren Richardson (people we see on television!) talking about us is sufficiently freaky as hell.

We don’t have much to add, but frankly are pretty discouraged about the whole thing. Where are we at in society today? Are you kidding me? An article on The Lost Ogle? That’s why we don’t read the newspaper! Because it’s garbage. And the editor who let that come out is GARBAGE!

(please pick up your copy today)

Category: The Lost Ogle and The Oklahoma Gazette. 16 Comments

The Lost Ogle Mailbag

Published by
Tony
 at May 6, 2008

Last night Patrick and I went out to celebrate Cinco de Mayo at a local drinking establishment. Because we are super-cool people, we told everyone that we saw that we are bloggers, and that they should totally read our awesome blog. Most people rolled their eyes, threw glasses of beer in our face, or just started throwing punches, but one person did seem somewhat interested.

The conversation went like this:

Her: “So what are you writing about tomorrow?”
Us: “…”

We didn’t have anything. Not having things to write about is generally not a good way to build up an audience. It is also not a good way to impress girls. Fortunately, we had a few old e-mails that we hadn’t been able to respond to yet, so today we’re emptying the old Ogle Mailbag.

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Category: Mailbag. 8 Comments

David Payne’s Tornado Orgasm

Published by
Tony
 at May 2, 2008

Thanks to head Innerwebber SoonerDude for throwing this up on YouTube (and for the Houston Fiasco, for that matter).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgzfO3zGyGI

Category: Oklahoma City Weather. 16 Comments

We Are All Going To Die

Published by
Tony
 at May 2, 2008

I’ve been planning on taking a vacation this summer, so I decided to do some research beforehand. The last time I just got in my car and started driving. I’d rather not go into great detail, but let’s just say it didn’t turn out all that well (and that porcupines, tequila and snorkeling is not a good combination).

Anyway, while doing my research, I ran across this list on AOL.com of the Top 10 Places To Not Visit. When I saw this, I thought to myself, “This will be a very useful tool. When I think travel knowledge and competence in general, I think AOL.”

These places are known, according to the list, as “hells on earth.” I think you might surprised to find out that the #5 place in the world Not To Visit is our own Oklahoma City. To put this in some perspective, OKC is the only city in the States to make the list. We rank as a worse place to visit than Baghdad and Chernobyl. I mean, Doug Sauter’s mustache is as terrifying to me as the next guy, but I always thought we were at least in better shape than most warzones.

Here is what they said about us:

The weather is frighteningly unpredictable, with blizzards often descending on the city and winds that could knock a high rise clean off its feet. It is, after all, located in the direct path of “Tornado Alley.” The worst time to visit would be from March to August, when the severe weather season makes Dorothy’s Kansas look positively calm. One of the most powerful tornadoes on record — an F5 with wind speeds of 320 mph — devastated much of the city in 1999.

Oh. Maybe these people don’t exactly know what they’re talking about. Perhaps I should put Mogadishu back on my list of potential vacation spots after all.

UPDATE: I guess they removed us from their list. That takes all the fun out of it. Boo.

Category: Unusual. 21 Comments

Why We Don’t Let Clark Matthews Drive

Published by
Tony
 at May 1, 2008

This happened last week, and I had planned to post it sooner, but I never got around to it, what with being so busy working on my fledgling whaling business and everything.

I don’t know if the person behind the wheel was just out of it or if they had too much food at the Festival of the Arts or what, but someone managed to completely back all the way INTO the Oklahoma Tower last Thursday. The pics are from alert on-the-spot internet guy SoonerSteven. There are two more after the jump.

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Category: Unusual. 0 Comments

Wilson, Oklahoma Seems Super Exciting

Published by
Tony
 at April 30, 2008


photo from flickr user “zoomar”

Say what you want about the town of Wilson, Oklahoma, that won’t change the most important thing: I’ve never heard of it.

As of this writing, the lead story on NewsOK.com is about a crime that occurred in the Carter County town of Wilson this weekend. Basically, a lady died, and her dog got sent to the pound. So a few kids, fearing that it would be put to sleep, hatched a plan to bust the dog out of the slammer and let it attend it’s owner’s funeral.

Fortunately, the town of Wilson has a top-notch police chief named Felix Hernandez and his department was able to use their awesome detective skills to deduce what had happened:

“The door to the pound was wide open and there was a guy with the dog in his arms,” Hernandez said.

Now that is some incredible police work!

I don’t know about all of you, but I am glad this story is in the news. It brings some much-needed press to the small town of Wilson, and it also teaches kids that Crime Doesn’t Pay. Except when it does. Am I right, Hooker I Just Skipped Out On Without Paying? High Five!

Category: Unusual. 5 Comments

Bill Simonson Is Still A Douchebag.

Published by
Tony
 at April 28, 2008

The kiddos may not remember it — I barely do myself — but there used to be a guy named Bill Simonson who had a radio show in the Oklahoma City market. He made Jim Traber look humble. I mean, he actually called himself “Captain Huge.” It takes some world-class levels of self-loathing to be the kind of jerk this guy was. I was in, like, the 6th grade and could tell this guy had some serious issues. If ever there was a person who needed a hug from Angi Bruss, it was Bill Simonson.

Anyway, he never really caught on here, thank Gary England, and eventually moved on to Tulsa, where he ended up getting fired for making racist statements about John Blake. From there he moved on to Chicago, where he got beat up outside of Comiskey Park, and then I lost track of him…

…until a few weeks ago, when I heard him on a syndicated Sunday program on the Sports Animal. I almost drove off the road. The ghost of my childhood had returned, and hours with my shrink were needed to repair the damage. It was almost as traumatic as the time Mike Morgan showed up at my house in full Star Trek regalia, but that’s another story for another therapy session.

This is all a roundabout way of giving background to the following thing I ran across today on Deadspin: a blog entry, written by Simonson, that is possibly the stupidest thing I have read in my entire life. You can read it for yourself, but the crux of his argument is that a certain West Point grad is of poor character because he got drafted to play football and will not be going to Iraq.

I quote: “What is puzzling about Campbell’s story is that West Point is centered on building leadership qualities. Yes, the rules are there to help market the academy’s sports programs by giving good athletes the opt-out early parachute.

If Campbell was a leader and a man of the highest character, wouldn’t he turn down the Lions and honor his duty to this country?

Even before the Lions picked him, the Army had stooped to using him in uniform as a military mascot during the NFL draft.

Is this duty, honor, country?”

Seriously, read the whole thing, it’s hilarious (and be sure to check out the comments as well).

In celebration of this, after the jump, a trip down memory lane as Mel Bracht gets all righteous and calls (sort of) for Simonson to be fired.

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Category: Oklahoma City Radio. 38 Comments

Ogle Madness: We Have A Winner!

Published by
Tony
 at April 25, 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X99ci3PC2T0

The votes have been tallied, and the first annual Ogle Madness is in the books. The winner, by a margin of anywhere between 2 and 16 votes** is KOKH morning show reporter (?) Lauren Richardson.

**The exact count is a bit hazy. There were more than a couple enterprising people attempting to stuff the ballot box for both of the candidates (Amy McRee, for instance, has a big fan at the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Richardson at the United States Postal Service). In any event, we are fortunate that this is Clark Matthews’ specialty (surprisingly, he has one) and Lauren is the winner by a slim but clear margin.

Richardson’s rise to the top has been meteoric, as she wasn’t even known to any of us when we started this blog eleven months ago. Patrick in particular is proud of Richardson’s achievement, as he first brought her to the public consciousness last August. When informed of the results, Pat broke down into tears of pride. He also ate a burrito. But that was just because he was hungry. It didn’t have anything to do with Ogle Madness.

In recognition of Lauren Richardson’s victory, The Lost Ogle is excited to present her with these three prizes:

1. One free Lost Ogle t-shirt
2. One free pink bikini
3. Enshrinement in The Lost Ogle Hall of Fame

If you are Lauren Richardson and would like to collect these prizes, just shoot us an e-mail (thelostogle at gmail dot com) or a MySpace message. If you are not Lauren Richardson, better luck next year.

Category: Lauren Richardson and Ogle Madness. 13 Comments
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