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Quote of the week
“You don’t earn nicknames like Wild Wild Westbrook and the Kate Moss of the NBA without dressing up like a Floral Samurai Nerd every now and then. Even when Russ is bad, he’s always kind of amazing.” — GQ magazine, March 2014 issue.
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Artisinal delight
Don’t ask when staff begins baking each morning at the Prairie Thunder Baking Co., 1114 Classen Drive. They’re always baking. As a supplier to Paseo Grill, Picasso Cafe, Kaiser’s American Bistro, Tucker’s Onion Burgers and other local restaurants, this bakery is popular indeed. “The most unusual of our breads is the Swiss Farmhouse bread. It […]
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Context-free CFN quote of the week
“It’s Wayne Coyne’s fault.” — Esquire, Feb. 2014 issue.
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Banned, but not in Oklahoma
The novel is told from the perspective of an African American man who opens the story by explaining that he is invisible “simply because people refuse to see [him].” It also contains commentary on social, intellectual and identity issues of African Americans in the twentieth century and explores contrasts in regional racism. It won the […]
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Still fighting
David Green The crafts retailer has until Oct. 21 to file a response to a 251-page appeal filed by U.S. Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli and other government attorneys who want the high court to hear more about why the chain should or should not include contraceptives in its required healthcare coverage to employees. Hobby […]
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Fashion, turn to the left!
His thick-framed glasses caught glasses caught our attention initially. In fact, it was such a craze that people went straight out and bought prescription-less frames just to be part of the fad. Now, just like any fashion savant who has topped the judge-y mountain that is high fashion, clout comes to the true sartorialist who […]
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CFN Quote of the Week
“I know I have a face like a model. But I’m actually just a goofy drama nerd underneath.” —Actor and Oklahoma City native James Marsden, in the Aug. 13 issue of Out magazine.
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CFn wherewas-I Quote of the week
“You can count on the fact that you won’t be alone. Your fellow citizens will be there for you. Just like we’ll be there for folks in Breezy Point and Staten Island, and obviously we’re going to be there for folks in Monroe, Okla.” —President Barack Obama, in a May 28 address to Hurricane Sandy […]
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CFN’s worst Considered tweet of the week
“This tornado is in Oklahoma, so clearly it has been ordered to only target conservatives.” —A May 20 tweet by Lizz Winstead, co-creator of TV’s The Daily Show. She apologized a short time later and said she hadn’t realized the magnitude of the disaster.