http://www.normantranscript.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:29:29 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_202002930 http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_202002930 The smell of fresh-cut hay, hot asphalt and the perspiration of nearly 600 cyclists filled the air on Norman's east side early Saturday morning.The 13th annual Norman Conquest went off without a hitch this year. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:29:56 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_201002957 http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_201002957 Being an adult stinks sometimes. It's a fact of life that we deal with day in, day out. We go to work, pay our bills and try to be responsible.Sure, there are a couple of perks to being an adult. I was reminded of that earlier in the week while sipping a margarita with one of my best girlfriends. Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:30:16 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_195003016 http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_195003016 There's an old joke about a confused driver who entered a traffic circle and was never heard from again. He couldn't figure out who yields and so he just kept driving around and around.Now that we've all mastered driving over the humps and around the calming devices, we're going to have to collectively learn how to navigate a roundabout, similar to a traffic circle. Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:30:28 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_194003031 http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_194003031 When the City of Norman's 2007 Consumer Confidence Report arrived in my mailbox, my first instinct was to toss it unopened into the recycle bin. This being an election year, I assumed it was just one more government entity spending thousands of dollars to mail the voters a slick, four-color brochure showing they're spending our tax money wisely, not wasting it on editors or proofreaders. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:51:39 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_188165139 http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_188165139 Once Fred Roy Harris was speaking to an overseas audience about the American electorate and made a casual reference to one of his own runs for the presidency. A hand went up from a young student in the crowd. Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:31:33 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_181003135 http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_181003135 Friday may be the start of the weekend but in my house growing up it was reserved for the boys' night on the town. Dad would take the three of us shopping for BBs, cap guns, fishing lures, baseballs and bicycle parts. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:41:36 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_180144140 http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_180144140 My husband, God bless him, would think something like an espadrille could be purchased at the home improvement store. He can't even begin to understand how important the brushes, hair products and beauty appliances I have in my daily routine. Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:33:55 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_173003355 http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_173003355 P articipation in this year's Dump the Pump Day surpassed my expectations, and I'm fairly sure it surpassed the expectations of CART officials. The bus I rode was down to extra large and bigger T-shirts and was nicely filled, with three people standing, max. Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:35 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_161122535 http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_161122535 NEW YORK -- Before suburbia's unwritten rules dictated stockade fences, in-ground sprinklers and shrubs aple... Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:25:19 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_161122519 http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_161122519 My parents raised me right. Mom taught me it was polite to always say "please" and "thank you." Dad educated... Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:45:00 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_160004808.html http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_160004808.html Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:45:00 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_159164555.html http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_159164555.html Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:22:05 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_153002205 http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_153002205 Marlen Kubanichbek, a Rotary foreign exchange student from Kyrgystan, will take home two enduring images of ... Sat, 31 May 2008 00:22:14 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_152002214 http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_152002214 Because I'm a regular bicycle commuter, people assume National Bike to Work Day is my day. Back when it was ... Sun, 25 May 2008 00:22:32 +0000 http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_146002232 http://www.normantranscript.com/columns/local_story_146002232 Imagine a summer camp where foster children can just be kids for a week. They'll swim and fish, celebrate ev...