Oh boy, here we go, again. In classic Microsoft fashion, without any demonstrated need or desire from their end users, yet another version of the Windows operating system has been released, this time imaginatively named Windows 11.
The sky grew darker and a light rain began falling Friday morning as attorneys delivered closing arguments in a trial that played out this week in District Judge Thad Balkman’s courtroom.
“911, what’s your emergency?”
A brief advertisement on the Cotton Bowl marquee this past Saturday afternoon got me thinking about one magical night in Norman two dozen years ago this month.
A wail of bagpipes was the introduction to the graduation and commissioning ceremony for members of the 59th Norman Police Academy, held on Oct. 7.
Mailman Preston Tolson likely tired of the two scruffy youngsters waiting for his daily deliveries in June 1967. Our country home was near the end of his route. On hot days, we put a jelly jar full of ice water on the porch for him just to help his disposition.
If Mark Zuckerberg seems irritable, he has good reason. His Facebook empire is facing a digital scandal provoked by a former employee turned whistleblower.
Before moving here (I left upon graduation from the University of Oklahoma, a long time ago), I lived and worked in the Washington, D.C. area.
T-shirts are to a person what graffiti is to a building wall.
The Public Safety Sales Tax (of one-half of 1%) passed by a vote of citizens as a temporary measure in 2008, and was made permanent by another vote in 2014.
Several years ago, former NFL quarterback-turned commentator John Brodie answered a colleague’s on-air question about University of Oklahoma football with the misinformed response, “I think it is a wagon.”
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Oh boy, here we go, again. In classic Microsoft fashion, without any demonstrated need or desire from their end users, yet another version of the Windows operating system has been released, this time imaginatively named Windows 11.
The sky grew darker and a light rain began falling Friday morning as attorneys delivered closing arguments in a trial that played out this week in District Judge Thad Balkman’s courtroom.
“911, what’s your emergency?”
A brief advertisement on the Cotton Bowl marquee this past Saturday afternoon got me thinking about one magical night in Norman two dozen years ago this month.
A wail of bagpipes was the introduction to the graduation and commissioning ceremony for members of the 59th Norman Police Academy, held on Oct. 7.
Mailman Preston Tolson likely tired of the two scruffy youngsters waiting for his daily deliveries in June 1967. Our country home was near the end of his route. On hot days, we put a jelly jar full of ice water on the porch for him just to help his disposition.
If Mark Zuckerberg seems irritable, he has good reason. His Facebook empire is facing a digital scandal provoked by a former employee turned whistleblower.
Before moving here (I left upon graduation from the University of Oklahoma, a long time ago), I lived and worked in the Washington, D.C. area.
T-shirts are to a person what graffiti is to a building wall.
The Public Safety Sales Tax (of one-half of 1%) passed by a vote of citizens as a temporary measure in 2008, and was made permanent by another vote in 2014.
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Obituaries
Myrna Joyce Brown, (81) of Lexington passed away on October 9th at her home. The family will hold a private service at a later date.. Cremation Serices by McMahans Funeral Service.
David Monroe Hartless, (78) of Noble passed away on October 25th at the Norman Regional Hospital. Services are pending with McMahans Funeral Home.
Nancy Dominguez, 71 of Norman, passed away on October 21, 2021. Memorial services are scheduled for Saturday, October 30, 2021 at 2:00 pm at Primrose Funeral Service Chapel. Arrangements are under the direction of Primrose Funeral Service.
