Archive for August 2012
Say It- Quote of the week
Dollars and Cents “Every time I turn around I catch my dog eating dollar bills.” “I can relate,” his friend sighs and shakes his head. “My wife inhales fifties and hundreds.” Two seniors swapping stories in the teller line at the Bank of Oklahoma, Tulsa.
Read MoreFlag Ship Glam
T-minus twenty minutes from departure. The air is sweltering. Hot and dry. Tarmac even hotter. Over a hundred degrees registers on the ramp at Tulsa’s Riverside Airport. We stand still. Soles of our feet steaming. No sudden movements. Sweat and wait for the rare opportunity to ride on the majestic “Flagship Detroit”. Fifteen of…
Read MoreQuote of the week: Air Dynamics
“There is a fee for stupid questions, dumb looks, however, are still free.” My ever reliable air conditioning repairman. One hundred and thirteen degrees in Tulsa and my units are still running. Long live the HVAC king.
Read MoreSprint Car Racing and the Honor Code
picture compliments of google images Oh the places I go. Saturday night. A stone’s throw over the northern Oklahoma border. Caney Kansas. Sprint Car racing, 2012. There I sit. Perched like a hawk on sun-stressed bleachers, analyzing the quarter mile dirt oval course wondering how in the world did I get here. (And I’m not…
Read MoreQuote of the week…
“I’m worried Doc. Anytime I go to turn off coverage of the Olympics, my cat complains, meows non-stop until I change the channel back to NBC. Twenty-four seven, he’s glued to the tube. But that’s just the beginning. During the commercials, he springs from the couch, hot laps the first floor, tackles the area rugs,…
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