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Clowns are scary enough without the bling
On May 11, the Tulsa Convention Center Exhibit Hall presents Insane Clown Posse, featuring Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope, two rappers who wear clown makeup while performing.
Tickets are $30, but admission to the after-show parking lot riot is free and open to the public.
And, for the men, from 3:30-3:45 p.m.: “Beyond Baldness: How to Get Ahead When There’s Nothing on Your Head”
This month’s Women Empowering Women Summit encouraged participants “to tackle their personal and professional challenges, be FEARLESS and plant their feet firmly on the path to success.”
Fair enough, so what’s with the 12:30-1:15 p.m. “How to Shed the Weight and Keep it off for Good” seminar?
Why are organizers peddling the clichéd and antiquated notion that professional women should worry about their weight?
And, worse, why are they talking about it after lunch?
That’s just cruel.
OK, we get it. He’s from Oklahoma.
In a story about Nicollette Sheridan’s firing from “Desperate Housewives” and her subsequent lawsuit against producer Marc Cherry, the Associated Press mentioned where Cherry was born … three times.
First in the headline:
Nicollette Sheridan sues ‘Housewives’ creator, Okie-raised Cherry
… then in the second paragraph:
The British-born actress claims producer Marc Cherry, who was raised in Oklahoma, hit her in the face on the Wisteria Lane set in September 2008.
… and then again in the fourth paragraph:
According to multiple websites, Cherry was raised in Oklahoma, though he graduated high school in California after his family relocated.
Did we do something to annoy the AP?
Other than the Tyson reference, does anyone know what the hell the paper was talking about?
Announcing next season’s Tulsa Town Hall Lecture Series — featuring Clark Howard, money guy; Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist; Azar Nafisi, novelist; Greg Gumbel, ESPN host; and Jon Meacham, Newsweek editor — the Tulsa World’s headline proclaimed: Series to explore earth, sky.
Eavesdroppings
At 4 a.m. downtown, after the fourth one rumbled by, the girl in the oversized T-shirt pleaded, “Enough already with the trains.”
Pass the Sweet’N Low. And a breath mint.
Researchers at OU discovered that American Indians who drank more than 12 cups of coffee per day were less likely to develop Type 2 diabetes.
But, damn, were they jittery!
Why, Lord, why?
Tulsa Transit has a Twitter account.
Rule No. 189:
A criminal is 94 percent more likely to have his or her middle name used by the Tulsa press than a law-abiding citizen.
I’m just saying that if I’m the driver and traffic’s not moving and I-44 is down to one lane, I can see leaving the truck at the side of the road and thinking, “Corridor … my ass! I’m walking.”
Commenting on the 1,500 pounds of marijuana found in an abandoned Ford F-350 near the highway, Tulsa Police spokesman Jason Willingham said Interstates 44 and 244 are often part of a corridor for transporting drugs across the nation.
No suspects were arrested.
Religion and modernity: A constant accommodation
Last month, the message board at a local church read …
Jesus:
Death on the Cross
Chili Cook-Off
Ups and downs
UP Bill Martinson, former District 5 councilor. In our “Year in Review,” we mocked your inability to be gracious when you lost to Chris Trail last fall. Now we see why. But, really, how did you lose to this guy?
UP Drew Edmondson, for having what few Democrats have these days, a backbone, and telling the state GOP, which is acting like spoiled 2-year-olds in need of a nap, that he wouldn’t file a lawsuit against the federal government over health care legislation.
DOWN Owasso’s own, Republican state Sen. Randy Brogdon. You’re encouraging Oklahomans to form a militia!? We just celebrated the anniversary of the horrific death of 168 people, remember, because Timothy McVeigh, another proponent of such lunacy, thought we needed protection from the federal government. Senator, you want to be governor? Act like it.
P.S. Nice job on CNN. (No wonder the national media pick on us.)
UP A group of TU advertising students for placing fifth in the region in the National Student Advertising Competition. Of the 18 universities entered — and TU was by far the smallest — the students won “best promotion” and something called “best plansbook.”
