I’m not the target for these movies, as I do not find the mere sight and/or mention of someone toking up to be funny. Nor do I get why it’s supposed to be. As with any joke, there’s got to be a payoff. Perhaps the sky-high are much forgiving. I thought the first movie, 2004’s […]
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Earth power
“The house did not catch on fire, but that was a minor miracle,” she said. While making the home repairs, Caldwell (pictured right), who was elected to Edmond’s City Council this spring, became intrigued with the idea of replacing her conventional HVAC system with a residential geothermal heat pump, which utilizes the Earth’s constant subterranean […]
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Curve ball
What Urban Outfitters was to my college years, Anthropologie is to my young-adult years. It’s like a clothing, accessory and decor wonderland full of high-priced, delightfully quirky/pretty pieces that I totally don’t need, yet covet all the same. For those living under a discount bin at Walmart (smells like Aqua Net and Doritos), Anthropologie opens […]
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End of session grades
Let’s get to my end-of-session grades: —State Senate Pro Tem Brian Bingman (Republican leader): B-plus. It is hard to steer entire pieces of legislation and issues when you are one third of the process (House, Senate and governor), but Sen. Bingman held true to his convictions. Despite going against House Speaker Kris Steele and Gov. […]
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Cannabis crackdown
Authored by Rep. Sue Tibbs, R-Tulsa, the measure extends the same harsh penalties currently imposed on cannabis cultivators to the industrious individuals who make hashish, the compressed resin excreted by marijuana buds. According to the Tulsa World, there has not been a surge in hashish manufacturing, yet a spokesman for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics […]
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Chamber antics
The tiff started when Democratic Rep. Mike Shelton began asking questions about Republican Rep. Dennis Johnson’s bill, which increases penalties for gang recruitment and activity. Shelton was pressing Johnson about what he thought a gang member looked like — a line of questioning we’re sure was bound to produce all sorts of delightful conversation. When […]
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A pretty house is like a Symphony
Now, it has been newly renovated for the 38th annual Symphony Show House and Gardens event, benefiting the Oklahoma City Philharmonic and its music-education programs. The roughly 15,000-square-foot Nichols Hills home will be open to the public for tours starting Sunday and ending May 22. The house is decorated with some of the most innovative […]
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Auditions
Matt White, an Oklahoma City resident, read about the service in a newsletter that came with his bill. He decided to call to schedule an appointment. “The house was built in 1931,” White said, “so I’d already been doing some remodeling and fixing up. I had spent some time educating myself about energy efficiency and […]
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Better than ever
“We’ve gone through three generations of management,” said David Egan of Cattlemen’s Steakhouse, 1309 S. Agnew in the historic Stockyard City area of Oklahoma City. Among the first dining establishments in the metro, the remarkable Cattlemen’s is the granddaddy of all historic restaurants in Oklahoma, with a solid heritage of 101 years under its belt. […]
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Play nice, y’all!
With an impending legislative deadline upon it, the state House took some time out on March 14 to express formal disapproval of two members of that chamber. The first was against Rep. Mike Reynolds, R-Oklahoma City, who was compelled to interrupt a preacher’s sermon, which included a discussion on healthy lifestyles. Reynolds apparently thought the […]