Sometimes we wonder just what in the hell our Oklahoma lawmakers are thinking. Maybe if we knew them better then their actions would make more sense? At the end of the day, they are regular people...
For those of you who have better things to do than stalk the twitter of a random Lost Ogle contributor and thus don’t know, in my day job I am an LPC-candidate mental health therapist. That is...
Miranda Lambert once sang “Everybody Dies Famous in a Small Town.” Having grown up in Elk City way out in Western Oklahoma, I think I could adopt that ballad as my theme song. I swear to God, to...
Sometimes I wonder what even qualifies as news anymore. Some headlines are as newsworthy as stating, “The Sky is Blue,” “Oklahoma City is the Capital of Oklahoma,” or “Hinder is a Terrible...
KFOR recently reported that Oklahoma’s capital gains tax break, which was created to stimulate the economy, has actually cost our state about $500 million while only stimulating about $9 million in...
Some guy really was horny in a metro store last week. But not in that way. Did you really think I was about to write about some guy’s libido? What the hell is wrong with you. My grandmother reads...
According to everyone on my Facebook feed, October 1 is the official first day of Oklahoma fall. Tis the season for pumpkin spice everything, Halloween pop-up shops, and sweating through your scarf...
Aside from Miss America 1981 and yours truly, nothing interesting ever comes out of Elk City, Oklahoma. It’s about time my hometown did something newsworthy. Late last week, the Elk City...
Like Christina Fallin to the last 50 amp travel trailer hookup at the KOA, millennials are flocking to start their new lives in the Oklahoma City metro. According to apartmentlist.com, Oklahoma City...
In my one of my past lives, part of my job was giving presentations to Oklahoma high school kids on safe dating, respect for partners, and consent. I did all of this not only to make sure I had...
According to Wikipedia, football is a sport that is played by kicking a ball with the foot across a field to score a goal. But according to the majority of Oklahomans, football is a sport lived...
Nearly 93% of people in Oklahoma are paid on a biweekly basis. I totally just made that statistic up. But the point is, many people have about two days out of the month when they feel rich. The other...
Thanks to my day job, I get a front row seat to watch the Oklahoma mental health funding crisis unfold. And plot twist! It’s only getting worse. This week, the University of Oklahoma...
I just want to start this article by apologizing to you, my dear, sweet Oklahoma. From your waving wheat and Red Dirt music, to your science-illiterate senators and closed liquors stores on Sundays...
Some days it is hard to get out of bed. The weather is too hot. The day is too long. Mary Fallin is still governor. So to make your work week a little more hopeful, I have compiled a list of...
In college, I took a wine and beer tasting course and made an A. Does that mean I have a beautifully refined palate capable of identifying the country of origin of the hops used to flavor your IPA...
Last week, a magnitude 4.2 earthquake rocked Edmond so much that Edmonites finally had something more to complain about than the price of locally sourced honey or that one neighbor’s house that...
It’s been another stellar couple of weeks for the Oklahoma education crisis. Things are so bad that we cannot afford to educate our educators. Last week over 900 emergency teaching...
The recent promotion of Abigail Ogle to the 6pm newscast on KOCO 5 is only one more sign that the prophecy of her world domination is being fulfilled and the world as we know it will soon end...
There has been a lot of talk lately about Oklahoma teachers having to choose between educating the children of our state and making enough money to live. I don’t know why teachers are complaining...
It’s no secret that Oklahoma politicians are awful when it comes to doing their jobs as lawmakers, but outside of the halls of the Oklahoma Capitol, many of them enjoy successful careers worth...
We are a month and two bottles of SPF 100+ sunscreen into summer vacation. You all know what that means for our metro area! White Water Bay is giving Oklahoma’s youth a medical history that...
My name is Hayley and for some reason Patrick thought it was a good idea to give me this assignment. Welcome to my first post for Friday Night in the Big Town. I still don’t feel cool enough to...