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		<title>Best of OKC: Best Social Media Fanatic</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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Yesterday we took a look at the “Best Website” category in the Best of OKC.  Today we take a look at best Tweet Bag, or as the Gazette puts it, Best Social Media Fanatic.  If you don’t do anything else today, go vote for us now.
Anyway, I’m not sure if it’s a good or bad thing that we are nominated in this category.  We have about 3,500 followers on Twitter, so I guess we’re qualified.  The thing is that we really don’t tweet too much compared to the other finalists, and when we do, it’s usually just me saying what comes to mind while I’m drunk at a bar.
But regardless, we’ll take the nomination.  I also hope we win, because it will piss of all the annoying people on Twitter who just post links to boring social media articles, name their businesses after emoticons and consider their day a success if they make the Lamar billboard.
Check out our breakdown of the other 4 finalists are after the jump.
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Casey Cornett
Yes, Casey is Mayor Cornett’s favorite son. And yes, we’ve made fun of him before. None of that matters, though.  What matters is this Tweet he sent out last night:
I planted strawberry seeds 11 days ago and the first little signs of life are starting to show: http://yfrog.com/n7dimj
If you’re a heterosexual man and you’re tweeting about the “little signs of life” that your strawberries are showing, you don’t deserve to win any type of social media award.  You deserve to have random people punch you in the stomach.  Seriously, posting pictures of baby strawberries?  That’s gayer than Jim Roth sucking on a popsicle.   At least do what I do and post a picture of a your small dog with a book about magic.
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Ryan Parrott
Ryan Parrott is the chef/owner of Iguana Mexican Grill. Iguana is my favorite Tex-Mex restaurant in town (well, it&#8217;s my favorite when the food finally arrives), and they are kind enough to sponsor many of our contests.
There are a lot of things to like about Ryan, but perhaps the best thing about him is that he is a very modest and humble man.  You’ll never hear any bragging out of him.  He’s humble, hates all attention and avoids the spotlight.  If anything, Ryan needs to gain some self confidence.  He also likes cilantro.  Who doesn’t like cilantro?
What I don’t like about Ryan is the price of his Chile Rellenos.  They are amazing, but way too expensive.  Kind of like a good midget.
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Dan Gordon
Dan Gordon is the manager of Samuel Gordon Jewelers on North Penn.  Samuel Gordon Jewelers just happened to be the premier sponsor of our Snuggie Pub Crawl, and provided the grand door prize of a $1,500 diamond.  The diamond was a cool prize, but what sucked was that it was won by a girl named Amanda McClendon Gaylord Kirkpatrick Naifeh Matthews or something like that.  In fact, I think she sent her butler to pick the diamond up.
Anyway, were not going to say anything mean about Dan Gordon, except that he tweets way too much.  Dude, put down the cell phone for three hours.  That’s all we ask.  Three simple hours.
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Dr. Harvey Jenkins
Who knows.

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Anyway, those are the finalists.  Remember to go vote for us and not them.  If we win both categories, Marisa or Chad will take off their top.  And we’ll let you decide which one.
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		<title>Best of OKC: Best Website</title>
		<link>http://www.thelostogle.com/2010/07/19/best-of-okc-best-website/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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I know Lord Gary has nothing to do with this, but The Lost Ogle is a finalist for two awards in this year’s “Best of OKC.” The categories we are up for are “Best Website” and “Best Social Media Fanatic.”  Do yourself a favor and go vote for us in both categories. If you really like us, create some fake email address and vote multiple times.   You’ll feel dirty doing it and you’ll like it, kind of like when you sneak some Diet Dr. Pepper in your water cup as you leave City Bites.
Anyway, today we are going to take a look at the websites we are up against in the Best Website categories.  Tomorrow we’ll take a look at the Tweet Bags who are in the running for Best Social Media Fanatic.  Check it out after the jump.
4StarBlog.com:
4StarBlog.com appears to be some sort of movie and music review blog.  Until I started writing this post I had never heard of or visited the site.  In all honesty, it’s not too bad.  My only question is how many ballots did the blog’s author have to stuff to get the nomination.  My guess is 20.  I guess that hard work has paid off.
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NewsOK.com:
This is kind of funny.  I was checking out the Alexa Rank of NewsOK.com (it’s 8,632) and came across a description of the site.  This is how Alexa describes the typical NewsOK reader:
Compared with all internet users, this site&#8217;s (NewsOK) users are disproportionately Caucasian, and they are disproportionately moderately educated, childless women earning over $30,000 who browse (the internet) from work.
Out of curiosity, I then checked  our Alexa bio.  Here is what it said:
Relative to the overall population of internet users, the site appeals more to users who are between the ages of 25 and 45; its audience also tends to consist of childless college graduates earning over $100,000 who browse from work.
So let me get this straight.  Our site visitors tend to be well-paid educated professionals between the ages of 25 and 45 who have expendable incomes of over $100,000 a year, while NewsOK’s audience tends to be childless women who earn over $30,000 a year.  Yeah…to advertise on The Lost Ogle, send us an email today!
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OklahomaRock:
If you don’t vote for us, please vote for OklahomaRock.com.  The blog’s founder, Ryan, is an Honorary Ogle and an Ogle Mole.  He’s one of only 6 people to hold that honor, and other than Brent Skarky, the only one who really likes porn.  He also has a radio show on The Spy and collects kaleidoscopes.  Other than that he’s pretty boring.
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Wimgo:
Find me a person who thinks Wimgo is the best website in Oklahoma City and I’ll find you a sorority girl who doesn’t like to have tickle fights in her panties with her house sisters.  Deal?
In my opinion, Wimgo is nothing but an excuse for OPUBCO to milk advertisers out of money.   Although it looks fancy and elaborate, it really doesn’t serve a specific purpose.  It’s basically just a directory of Oklahoma businesses and a place to search for local events, which thanks to sites like Google and Facebook, isn’t as useful as they make it sound.
None of that matters, though, because as long as OPBUCO has the pockets and resources to over promote Wimgo, local businesses will still advertise on it and Wimgo employees will still make sure it’s nominated in the Best of OKC.   And that’s actually kind of good for us, because it will give us a pointless, boring, silly corporate website to make fun of.
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Anyway, that&#8217;s a breakdown of the competition.  If you gt bored, check out these other websites that should be a finalist instead if Wimgo:
DailyThunder.com
Dustbury.com
AbandonedOK.com
ClarkMatthewsLikesBigHooters.com
OkieFunk.com
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		<title>Vote for us as the “Best Blog” in Oklahoma City</title>
		<link>http://www.thelostogle.com/2010/06/16/vote-for-us-as-the-%e2%80%9cbest-blog%e2%80%9d-in-oklahoma-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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Uhm&#8230;ignore that headline.
Last year, The Lost Ogle was named the “Best Local Blog” in the Oklahoma Gazette’s “Best of OKC.”  In the competition, we beat local blogging giants such as Dustbury, OKCcentral and even BittBox.
Actually, that’s kind of lie.  We didn’t beat any of the popular blogs above.  We beat blogs that were more obscure than a metal slime on Dragon Warrior.  Probably because of that – and maybe because blogs don’t have large advertising budgets – the Gazette has removed the blog category.
That kind of sucks, but we’ll get over it.  If anything, at least we still get to claim that we are “The Reigning ‘Best Blog in Oklahoma   City’ according to the Gazette.”  In fact, that’s how we  will now chose to be introduced at all the wet t-shirt contests that we want to judge.
Anyway, you can nominate us for plenty of other categories in the &#8220;Best of OKC.&#8220;  Categories like: “Best Website,” “Best Social Media Fanatic (should have been “Biggest Tweetbag),” “Best Place to Cool Off,” and our favorite, “Best local thing that would give Sally Kern nightmares.”  Throughout this week, we may even overly promote the categories in separate post.
So go vote for us and go vote often.  We will love you for it.  And by love, I mean a like type of love.  Not like-like love.
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		<title>You Disappoint Me OKC</title>
		<link>http://www.thelostogle.com/2007/08/13/you-disappoint-me-okc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clark Matthews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although we have put them on notice, we at TheLostOgle.com love The Gazette. (Sure, the primary reason is that it is not The Oklahoman, but really what more do you need?) Related to that love, we were all excited to see the results of their &#8220;Best of OKC&#8221; poll when they were released recently. Let&#8217;s just say we were less than impressed.
Upon further review, it is not The Gazette which deserves our scorn. No, it is the people of OKC who voted to bestow awards on Carrie Underwood, Chili&#8217;s, and radio personalities at Wild 104.9. Bad OKC!
The editors of this fine website, which was not up for an award, have chosen to vent about the most egregious award winners (which you will find after the jump). Feel free to do your own chastising of the results in the comments section.
Best Cookie
Winner: City Bites
Seriously? What came in second; Pillsbury Cookies from your grocer&#8217;s freezer? Apparently the voters thought the award was for biggest cookie, because nothing else about the baked goods served at City Bites screams for recognition of elite status. Take my advice Oklahoma City: Take a look around your neighborhood and there is probably a real bakery nearby. Go inside, buy a cookie and odds are its taste and consistency will be infinitely better than anything you buy at a chain delicatessen. Once you have learned what a real cookie tastes like, go get a good cookie. Best bet: chocolate chewy at Ingrid&#8217;s Kitchen on NW 36th &#38; Youngs.
Patrick wanted me to add that while the cookie award was a travesty, he will defend City Bites to the death on behalf of the California Sub on Tomato Basil Bread.
Best Way to Get Cool People to Stay or Move to Oklahoma City
Winner: Higher wages, better jobs, and reduced taxes
I was not aware that The Gazette voters were running for mayor. Could the answer be more vague? Next time, I want the voters on this poll to think outside the box&#8230;just off the top of my head, free beer.
Best Cheap Eats
Winner: Sonic
Everyone loves the Sonic ice, but since when has Sonic been cheap? We are talking about a fast food place that makes their money by charging exorbitant prices for soda pop and, unlike most fast food restaurants, offers no free refills. Then, they have the audacity to charge $3 for a, let&#8217;s be honest, sub par burger.
Best TV Personality Hairdo
Winner: Amy McRee
Obviously, we have a bit of an obsession with Mrs. McRee, but very little, if any, of that obsession is related to her hair. Unless he has been retired from this category by a lifetime achievement award, this has to go to Dean Blevins&#8230;because, really, the man is nothing more than a head of hair. If he cannot win this award, why does he still have a job?
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		<title>Top 100 Oklahoma Embarrassments: 100-91</title>
		<link>http://www.thelostogle.com/2007/07/16/top-100-oklahoma-embarrassments-100-91/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the eight of you out there who didn&#8217;t realize it, 2007 marks the 100th anniversary of the state of Oklahoma. To mark this, various publications around the state have been featuring all sorts of Top 100 lists that have provoked virtually no controversy and have not been talked about at the water cooler. In fact, we&#8217;ve heard so little discussion about these lists that we wonder if anyone is actually reading them. We sure don&#8217;t.
It does seem, though, that the focus has been on the more positive elements of Oklahoma. While we celebrate those things just like the rest of the world, it seems wrong to ignore the more humiliating aspects of the state of Oklahoma. Naturally, we&#8217;re here to fill that void, in this ten-part series that will run every Monday. Today, numbers 91 through 100 of Oklahoma&#8217;s Biggest Embarrassments..
100. Dean Blevins

We&#8217;d hate to imply Dean Blevins was the inspiration for this site, but lets just say that when we were bantering around ideas for the site&#8217;s name, the early favorite was PleaseSomeoneFireDeano.com. He&#8217;s a terrible writer who doesn&#8217;t know much about national sports and frankly, appears to be pretty lazy at his job. It seems every time we hear him on the Sports Animal he&#8217;s on the golf course. Also, he&#8217;s the type of journalist who refers to teams and athletes as &#8220;sexy.&#8221; As in, &#8220;Sure, he&#8217;s not what you think of as the sexy pick, but&#8230;&#8221; That&#8217;s really annoying.

99. Mat Hoffman

We actually don&#8217;t find Mat Hoffman all that offensive, but the man is a BMX biker, and it&#8217;s simply unacceptable that one of our state&#8217;s most famous athletes just rides around and goes over jumps on his bicycle. It&#8217;s not a sport, despite what ESPN is trying to make us believe. Also, we&#8217;re told that women find him attractive, and that poses a threat to us. So we must bring him down.
98. Countess Vaughn

Prediction: You don&#8217;t know who this person is. Yeah, we didn&#8217;t either. The only reason she appears here is because we came across her on a list of people from Oklahoma on Wikipedia. She&#8217;s from Idabel, and appeared on one television show we&#8217;ve never heard of called The Parkers and another we&#8217;ve never seen, Moesha, which we only know of because it starred Kobe Bryant&#8217;s prom date. We&#8217;re guessing they were really bad.
97. Bo Gritz

After serving a decorated military career, this obviously sane Enid native has spent the last thirty years: taking bizarre private trips to Vietnam in a search for missing POWs, accusing Richard Armitage and various Reagan officials of drug trafficking, running for president, writing books offering crackpot conspiracy theories, joining the Mormon church, getting kicked out of the Mormon church, offering course on survivalist skills (SPIKE: Specially Prepared Individuals for Key Events) and protesting the removal of Terri Schiavo&#8217;s feeding tube. He sounds like a real fun guy to hang out with. He&#8217;s rank higher on this list, but we&#8217;re afraid he&#8217;ll kick the living crap out of us.
96. Buster Rhymes

Buster was a great football player; earning All-American status as a wide receiver at OU during the wishbone era was not easy, after all. Off the field, he had a few anger management problems, which included an incident in which he responded to getting hit with a snowball by grabbing an automatic weapon and firing it into the air.
Still, we wish OU football would return to the less embarrassing days when the program was known not for Toby Keith being a fan, but for football players firing Uzi&#8217;s out of the Bud Wilkinson House.
95. Reba McEntire

We&#8217;ve never heard any of her songs, so we don&#8217;t know if she belongs on this list for that. But she does qualify for two other reasons. The first is the campaign she did years ago for KWTV &#8220;Newsline 9,&#8221; which proclaimed to be the &#8220;Spirit of Oklahoma.&#8221; While Gary England can claim anything he wants with a great degree of validity, we find it difficult to believe that the Spirit of Oklahoma is anything like channel 9. The second reason McEntire qualifies for this list is her mercifully now-canceled eponymous television show &#8220;Reba,&#8221; which somehow managed to last six seasons, an enormous feat for a show that no one actually knew existed.
94. Doug Gottlieb

We kinda sorta don&#8217;t mind Doug Gottlieb as a sports radio host, which is the highest compliment we give. But when it comes to his college basketball career, we cannot be so kind. Amazingly, it is not his arrest when he was at Notre Dame nor wearing his shorts backwards in Lawrence that stick out as the defining things about Gottlieb&#8217;s career. What we think of is the basketball player completely incapable of doing anything resembling shooting a basketball competently, and the bizarre sight of defenses completely ignoring one of the five players on the court. To this day, we&#8217;ve seen nothing like that again.
93. Bobbie Burbridge Lane

Those commercials for the Burbridge foundation are possibly the most annoying thing on local radio, which is saying something. When listening to Burbridge Lane lecture us about pornography or religion being taken out of public schools or whatever the pet issue of the day is, we&#8217;re convinced that Burbridge Lane wants to return the United States to the 1950&#8217;s, which probably sucked really bad.
92. Yahweh ben Yahweh

Slightly more embarrassing than Bobbie Burbridge Lane is Kingfisher native Yahweh ben Yahweh, who served more than a decade in prison after the murders of more than a dozen people. After spending time in the military and studying psychology, Yahweh ben Yahweh did what any good entrepreneur looking to make a quick buck should do: he invented his own religion and named himself leader. His group started to make headlines when body parts of various white people in the city of Miami started showing up. Yahweh ben Yahweh did not like white people, and demanded his followers kill them and bring ears and toes and feet as proof. Real likable fellow, this guy.
91. Les Miles

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		<title>Remember The Original Varsity!  Screw the Oklahoman!</title>
		<link>http://www.thelostogle.com/2007/06/15/remember-the-original-varsity-screw-the-oklahoman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, while reading the Oklahoma Gazette, I noticed a buried blurb that mentioned The Original Varsity Sports Grill on NW63rd and Western is closed.  This sucks, because The Original Varsity was pretty much the best sports bar in Oklahoma City.  For the last 6-years, a group of friends and I would gather at its doors at 10:30am on the first day of March Madness to secure a prime spot in the TV pit.  We&#8217;d then drink a ton a beer, eat too many nachos (you could add spicy chicken at no charge) and watch basketball all afternoon and evening.  They even had an Elk Hunter game.  Now those happy days are gone!
I, as an astute and gracious individual, can think of no better way to honor The Original Varsity than by voting it as &#8220;Best Sports Bar&#8221; in the Oklahoman&#8217;s Reader&#8217;s Choice Awards.   Think of how great this would be!  Oklahoma&#8217;s most read and most horrible newspaper would have to honor a closed restaurant in one of its Reader&#8217;s Choice categories!
Maybe next year, instead of trying to rig the Oklahoma Gazette&#8217;s Best of OKC publication, we should focus on destroying the Oklahoman&#8217;s Reader&#8217;s Choice Awards.  Everyone hates the Oklahoman, so getting participation from the entire Oklahoma City web community (including theinnerwebs.com) should be easy.   Of course, when you look at some of the categories and their choices (AOL makes an appearance as the &#8220;Best Internet Provider&#8221;, Parasite Turner Falls is a choice for &#8220;Best Tourist Attrraction&#8221;), you have to wonder if the thing is already rigged.   Maybe Ed Kelly, Jenni Carlson (or even the Oklahoman&#8217;s Ass Pub) can tell us.
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		<title>The Oklahoma Gazette is on notice</title>
		<link>http://www.thelostogle.com/2007/06/08/the-oklahoma-gazette-is-on-notice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Oklahoma Gazette has long been among my favorite reading materials.  For one thing, anything looks good in comparison to the Oklahoman.  And really, where else can you find a publication that provides commentary on current events, reviews of local bands, and advertisements for prostitutes escort services?
But it seems the Gazette has not moved forward with the times.  They opened nominations for their annual &#8220;Best of OKC&#8221; survey this week, and we here at The Lost Ogle were shocked and saddened to see that there is no category for &#8220;Best New Web Site.&#8221;  With that in mind, we really wanted to teach the Gazette a lesson.  Unfortunately, it&#8217;s pretty short notice and we&#8217;re really lazy.  Next year, however, there must be a category for &#8220;Best New Web Site.&#8221;  Actually, it should probably be &#8220;Best Web Site,&#8221; or, even better for us &#8220;Best Second Year Web Site.&#8221;  If the Gazette does not include one of these categories next year, we will incite the entire local web community to rig the &#8220;Best of OKC&#8221; survey.  And believe me, you don&#8217;t want to get the folks over at The Innerwebs upset.  That&#8217;ll get ugly.
Consider yourself warned, Oklahoma Gazette.  Add a &#8220;Best Web Site&#8221; category to your survey next year, or face hundreds (thousands? millions?  dozens?) of people sending in the answers you see after the jump.

People and Places:
1. Best Politician:
Carrol Fisher
2. Best Radio Personality or Team:
James Hale and Bob Barry Jr.
3. Best TV Personality Hairdo:
Kelly Ogle
5. Best Waiter
Jenny, Applebee’s
6. Best Bartender
John, Chili’s
7. Best Chef
Manuel Hernandez, Chelino’s
8. Best Romantic Hotel
Habana Inn
9. Best Place for a First Date
Night Trips
10. Best Place for a Last Date
Night Trips
11. Best Spot to Scope out Hotties
Braums
12. Best Hippie Hang Out:
Bank of Oklahoma
13. Best Place to have a spiritual encounter
Mathis Brothers
14. Best Historic Landmark
Walgreens, 50th and May
Arts &#38; Entertainment:
15. Best Dance Club:

Shamrock’s
16. Best Place to see a Concert:
Diamond Ball Room
18. Best Gay or Lesbian Bar
Baker’s Street
19. Best Neighborhood Bar
Booger Reds
20. Best Jukebox
The Electro Lounge
21. Best Casino
74th &#38; S. Santa Fe Quick-E-Mart
23. Best Tourist Attraction
Bass Pro Shops
24. Best Weekend Getaway within Oklahoma
Del City
25. Best Festival or Annual Event
OETA Festival
29. Best Kid Friendly Restaurant
Henry Hudson’s
Food and Drink:
27. Best Upscale Restaurant
Johnnie’s
30. Best Cheap Eats
Boulevard Steakhouse
31: Best After-Hours Dining:
Taco Bell
34. Best Chain Restaurant:
Fire Mountain
37. Best European Restaurant:
Zorba’s
43. Best Steaks
Cimarron Steak House
46. Best Pizza
Pizza House
49. Best Signature Drink
“The Suicide”, all Little League Baseball, Soccer and Football facilities
52. Best Women’s Clothing
Lane Bryant
53. Best Men’s Clothing
Neighborhood Thrift
57. Best Boutique Gift Shop
Ziggy’s
60. Best Place to Buy Artwork
Hobby Lobby
62. Best Place to Buy Antiques
Super Pawn
64. Best Music Store
I-Tunes
71. Best Hair Salon
Super Cuts
73: Best Yoga, Pilate’s or Fitness Center
Bethany YMCA
74. Best Dentist
Dental Depot
75. Best Bank:
HSBC
Other:
80. Best Restaurant/Club Restroom
Hawaiian Don’s (10th street)
82. Best Change in Oklahoma City this Year:
The new and improved NewsOK.com
83. Best way to Get Cool People to Stay in or move to OK?
Amy Mcree’s Pink Bikini
84. Best Category for next year’s Best of OKC?
BEST WEBSITE!
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		<title>Memorial Day Countdown: Top 5 Oklahoma Commercial Songs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2007 20:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pink Floyd fans rejoice!  This weekend, classic rock radio stations from throughout the country are airing their &#8220;Top 500 Classic Rock Songs of All Time&#8221; countdown.   If you&#8217;re like me, you can only tolerate so much Rolling Stones and late Beatles stuff.  That&#8217;s why I&#8217;ve created my own massive and controversial &#8220;best of&#8221; music countdown, complete with one YouTube clip and some inaccurate lyrics.  So here we go, the &#8220;Top 5 Oklahoma Commercial Songs of All Time&#8221;:
Number 5:  Brad Henry for Governor (2002)
I&#8217;m not sure why, but some people think that Brad Henry&#8217;s 2002 radio commercial and Barry Switzer&#8217;s endorsement is what got him the Governor&#8217;s office.  I think it was a guy named Steve Largent.  Anyway, if some people think that a song repeating &#8220;Brad Henry&#8221; 5,000 times got a guy elected governor, it probably belongs in the top 5.
Number 4: &#8220;Taco Mayo Me Baby&#8221;
Remember this one?  Some hillbilly cowboy singing a country tune about what Taco Mayo items he orders on different days of the week, and then bellowing out &#8220;Taco Mayo Me Baby?&#8221;  For some reason, I think this cowboy is a real person, and he is single-handedly keeping all Taco Mayo stores in business.  Seriously.  When is the last time you had Taco Mayo?
Number 3: BC Clark Anniversary Sale

 
This song seems to be the obvious number one, but it&#8217;s not.  Sure, we all know the words.  And when we see it for the first time in December, we all get little Goosebumps.  But the song has become almost too popular, and BC Clark never shows the old commercial.  They&#8217;ll now either brag about how popular the song is, or show customers singing the song.  Plus, it has the line &#8220;Jewelry is the gift to give, because it is the gift that will live and live.&#8221;  Trust me.  I&#8217;m learning that&#8217;s not very accurate.
Number 2: Don&#8217;t Lay that Trash on Oklahoma
This commercial ran non-stop in the late 80s during afternoon cartoons, and for some reason, I think it worked.  I rarely, if ever, litter, and now keep all trash piled high in my car.  Thank you the State of Oklahoma and Ackerman-McQueen for keeping our state (and not my car) beautiful.
Number 1: Paul Meade Insurance:
I&#8217;m pretty sure it goes:
&#8220;Protecting everything you own,
like cars and trucks and mobile homes,
accidents or tickets, too,
call and we&#8217;ll take care of you&#8230;
524-1541.&#8221;
If you were singing along, we just connected.  If you weren&#8217;t, you are probably at the wrong website.
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