To quote Tom Keifer, “You don’t know what you got ‘till it’s gone…” It takes a few years of living outside Oklahoma (or, of course, Texas) to fully appreciate the gratuitous nuances the...
According to that Liberal rag Raw Story, Tulsan Republican gubernatorial candidate Christopher Barnett—I’ve never heard of him either—is finding himself in hot amitriptyline after posting a...
Norman seems pretty laid-back, I guess. The few times I’ve been, I’ve definitely admired the “sun’s out, guns out” vibe the city does a decent job of playing up, a developmentally arrested...
While many lame duck politicians are happy to let the senioritis bite them hard and deep as they coast out the rest of their tour of duty, it seems as though Governor Mary Fallin is determined to not...
With Mother’s Day around corner, you’re probably frantically searching for the right gift for Mom. Instead of the standard gift of flowers, chocolates or Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman DVD box...
Tacoville seems a little too cool to be in Oklahoma City, doesn’t it? Ran out of a crumbling strip-mall in a bleak part of town where S.W. 29th crosses with Newcastle Road, this mostly modest...
Perhaps more than most other flyover states, Oklahoma is home to quite a few successful homegrown fast-food chains that, while many of us proudly frequent on a daily basis, we tend to do so while...
Yes, I know I’m the pendejo that’s late to the Abel’s game. Buried deep within the sprawling buffets, apartment complexes and recycled Wal-Marts that make up the flat beige enigma that is Warr...
True to their name, the reason why Fat Guy’s Burger Bar, 140 N. Greenwood in Tulsa, is so popular is they honestly don’t give a big fat… well… you know. We are continually inundated...
Many times, when my Caucasian amigos go for a night out at the movies with me, I tend to slightly embarrass them by going full Latino and pulling out a spare crying baby about 15 minutes into the...
Oklahoma City may not have as many superheroes as Metropolis, vigilantes as Gotham or mythological goddesses as Themiscyria, but when it comes to comic book writers, artists and creators, the Big...
Whenever most people wistfully think back about their grandmothers and in particular, her cooking, as the angelic harps of memory play and the silvery clouds of memory part, they are usually left...
So… the Great Oklahoma Teachers Walkout of 2018 is over? I guess if you believe the Oklahoma Education Association it is. With OEA President Alicia Priest claiming a “victory,” teachers have...
“What can we do to just sort of help bring a little bit of goodness to the music business in Oklahoma? And, more importantly, why is there not a better music business in Oklahoma?” These were the...
Living in a state that wears its pulse-pounding corpulence like a triple-XL badge of honor, many times it seems as though starving Okies will often end up choosing quantity over quality and, in these...
Whenever I have to buy someone I barely know a present, yes, I am that jerk that usually ponies up a few dollars for a wholly unisex and mutually inoffensive tin of flavored popcorn, oftentimes...
We knew this teacher’s walkout felt a bit too genuine and inspirational. Yesterday afternoon, State Rep John Enns confirmed what wacko authoritarian conspiracy theorists have long feared –...
A couple of weeks ago in this very spot, we lamented that with all Oklahoma teachers have had to deal with over the past few years—bureaucratically, financially and psychologically—seemingly the...
Cruising down historic Route 66, it’s somewhat heartwrenching to see the last architectural remnants of Oklahoma’s rollicking past slowly fade away into a distant memory, with every new year...
Moving from a small redneck town in Texas to the relatively bigger and far more diverse town of Oklahoma City, it was not so much a rude awakening as it was one of those confused rousings where you...
“Now ya’ll muthaf@#$as need to quit that f@#$in’ cussin’ or take it outside ‘cause I’m the only muthaf@#$a allowed to cuss in here…” the older man behind the counter warned a couple...
Howdy folks, and welcome to Fowler on Fowler, where I, Louis Fowler, will do whatever I can to see you in a new or used automobile from Fowler Volkswagen of Norman. I guess it’s about time...
Even though I am now a card-carrying Christian, while I was vaguely aware of the CCM chart-topper “I Can Only Imagine,” I had never actually heard it. Growing up in a brutally sequestered...
Starting tonight, Oklahoma-based pizza chain Mazzio’s will begin offering all underpaid, overworked and underfed Oklahoma educators (with a current school ID, of course) a complimentary Tuesday...
Over the past week, school districts from all over Oklahoma have been calling emergency meetings with parents to not only put them on notice about the possibility of an upcoming teacher’s strike...