Since I’m now 27, I find myself being more mindful, knowledgeable, and mature when it comes to discussing family planning for myself and my loved ones. For example, now if a friend tells me...
With schools across the metro starting back up this week, I find myself reminiscing about my days as an Oklahoma public school student. Though the textbooks probably haven’t changed much since my...
This weekend we were reminded that our nation is facing a crisis. With shootings in El Paso, Chicago, and Dayton killing 33 and harming dozens more within a matter of hours from each other, Oklahoma...
There are two reasons I love ride sharing apps, 1. Because as a millennial, I am contractually obligated to use any application that both employs other millennials and confuses the hell out of my...
As someone who once spent three hours teaching a class of 9th grade boys before every shred of confidence built over the last two decades of life was destroyed, I have a lot of respect for what...
July may be coming to an end and Walmart may have school supplies well stocked, but the Oklahoma summer is far from over. With highs being expected to creep into the temperature of Satan’s armpit...
With the recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids occurring in our state and a chance that Fort Sill may still be used as a concentration camp for kids, many Oklahomans have been...
There’s something about hot July days in Oklahoma that make me feel nostalgic. I don’t know if it is because the summertime reminds me of the sweet, carefree memories of my youth or the heat is...
As I have written about in the past, Oklahoma doesn’t seem to be the safest place for women. And though all genders, ages, and sexual orientations can be victims of domestic violence, women in our...
Whether it is a rugged desire for self-reliance ingrained in all native Oklahomans or an unhealthy obsession and idolization of the Pioneer Woman, for some reason women in our state love to craft...
Growing up catholic, I had a lot of mixed feelings about the church. Yeah, I got a lot of neat presents and money for my confirmation. Plus, my Baptist friends in high school were always jealous of...
Every time I stumble across some news article or cousin-in-law’s Facebook post involving redneck shenanigans, I am alarmed and impressed by A) the weird phenomena that occur when you mix rednecks...
Happy July, my fellow Oklahomans! We are mere hours away from Independence Day– the birthday of America and yet another excuse for Oklahomans to day-drink in a boat on a weekday. Though it sure...
This weekend while I was rummaging through a second-hand store in the metro, I came across a gently used copy of “OKC-opoly.” For those of you who are either new to the state or flat-out...
Having a decade or so of customer service experience under my belt, I understand the frustration that comes when you’ve worked a long, taxing day and a customer, generally of the...
With Summer “officially” starting later this week, teens, adults and drifters staying at the Biltmore Hotel on S. Meridian will be flocking to White Water Bay for some summertime fun...
Every time I turn around, Oklahoma seems to be rising from its Western Sizzlin-induced slumber to do something stupid enough to make the news and remind the rest of the country why the Human Rights...
With all the hoopla about Team America World Police star Matt Damon making his rounds around Oklahoma last week, it’s easy to forget that we just passed the ten-year anniversary of another weird...
When I first moved to Edmond, I assumed I would be living in a safe, low-crime city with both a Chili’s and an Outback Steakhouse. Five years later, not only has the Outback Steakhouse closed...
The older my sister and I become, the closer we get in our relationship. Maybe age has matured us or no longer living under the same roof keeps us from wanting to kill each other. Either way, I am...
From the films Golden Eye and Red Sparrow, to Tom Clancy novels and same tirades my great-uncle has been repeating since 1984, we Americans have always seemed to romanticize the intrigue, deception...
Small town Oklahoma is no stranger to drugs, bigotry, and institutionalized unethical behavior. So to say Achille seems to be the most screwed up, back ass wards town in Oklahoma is a pretty bold...
Even though the average Oklahoman is more likely to take the rumor of a Bigfoot sighting more seriously than we do a tornado warning, we all have our meteorologist we prefer to tune into for the...
For being one of the cheapest states to live in, Oklahoma sure has a real knack for finding ways to make its citizens submerge into crippling debt. Theoretically speaking, fees and fines in the court...
Since college graduation two years ago, I think I’ve come a long way financially. In 2017, I never would have dreamed that I could afford canned cat food, student loan payments, and my very own...
