Red River Rivalry
>From a new CNNSI article: "For texas, attempting to reverse a 63-14 score from a year ago, this may have been the worst thing that could happen. OU was taken to the limit and survived. Practice begins again Monday, and if there’s any chance the Sooners were getting complacent, that chance is gone."

Just remind me to take my glycerin tablets to next week's watch party. I almost joined 'Lizabeth today!
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Starschmucks
When I read this (from Jo's blog) I couldn't believe it! We don't drink coffee, and the one time we got hot chocolate there it resembled oily sludge more than anything cocoa-like -- but I will never EVER give Starbucks my money again after Urban Legends confirmed this story is TRUE -- and I hope you'll feel the same and pass this around! Screw you guys...we're goin' to Tweaks...
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Fuh-gly!
FUH-GLY: That one word pretty much describes OU's win today. The press is being more than kind, and I guess we really are our own worst critics, but that was one of the most painful games I think I've ever sat (or rather rocked back and forth nervously in my chair) through. I did see one of the best fake punts of my life when OU's receiver Antwone Savage (former HS quarterback) threw a pass to our third string quarterback. We needed 3 yards. We got a touchdown. From CNNSI: "Third-string quarterback Hunter Wall lined up as the up back in punt formation. He took the snap, then threw a long lateral pass to Savage. Savage, who played some quarterback in high school, threw it back to Wall, who had a line of blockers to lead him to the end zone." That said... The headline on CNNSI right now reads "Sooners Squeak One Out" (click here for the linked article). Yep, we did. Any win is a "W", but 38-37 -- after a three touchdown lead -- is just a wee too bit close for comfort! We've now won 17 in a row (the longest streak in the nation), but all that don't mean nuthin' with texas coming up next week! It's time to sit in the whirlpool, work those bruises out, and get back on the practice field and in the film room. Go OU -- beat the hell out of texas!
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When I die I'll be a Sooner dead
FINALLY...OU takes the field again tomorrow against K-State at home. The game will be televised on ABC at 12:00 p.m. EDT, and ESPN's College Game Day will be in Norman before the game tomorrow morning. I must say that I'm just a little nervous about this one. Besides K-State always being a grudge-match (Stoops used to coach there and took a few of the assistant coaches with him when he went to Norman) -- and every team that comes into town itching to knock-off the undefeated "16-game winning streak" national champ -- OU hasn't been on the playing field since September 8th (postponed game and then a bye-week). But I'm ready for some fooooootball! Good luck tomorrow Sooners! And in other Sooner news...the womens basketball team was just ranked #1 in the pre-season poll. Congrats ladies -- and best wishes for a great year ahead!
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Cooties!
Ok...please no rants about not being patriotic...I needed a good laugh and I found one! While reading yet another local story about gestapo neighborhood assocations ordering flags and flag poles removed, I noticed it said the couple were members of the Military Order of the Cootie. So I looked it up, and sho' nuff, there is a Military Order of the Cootie! How could you get inducted into an organization named that and not seriously burst out into fits of laughter... Too funny!
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Lizard Cam
I've seen a lot of blogs that have "through my viewfinder" on them, so I thought I'd head off into the great outdoors with my webcam in tow, and show everyone a small sampling of what I see through my "viewfinder" each day. I give to you...Lizard Cam!
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There she is...your ideal...
This is friggin' hysterical -- "Are you smarter than Miss America"? Guess that History degree finally paid off -- I got 8 out of 8! I'd like to thank the little people as I envision whirlled peas... (Link thanks to Susannah!)
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I don't wanna go to school today, mom...
When I got up this morning, I could not get Claire out of bed. I was up and around for about 30 minutes before she finally stumbled out, streching and groggy-eyed. Too much late-night partying, I guess... And she's already back to sleep and snoring again -- such a cutie!
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Aren't you glad you use Dial?
Do they really think the best way to draw viewers to the next season of Survivor is to tout it as "stinkier" with "tubby guys"? Survivor III - brought to you in HDTV and Smellivision!
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Are you ready for some football?
For those of you that follow my site via the Florida Suncoast Sooner Club, Steve just selected this week's meeting place/time and it's up at the site...
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Happy birthday Gma!
Today is my Gma's 69th birthday! Happy birthday Gma -- wish we could be there to help celebrate -- we miss and love you!
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I scream, you scream, we all scream...
I have such a great husband! Not only did he bring Checkers in so I wouldn't have to cook during the first Friends, he also just walked in with Ben & Jerry's so we can officially "veg" on the couch. Whadda guy!
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Stop the insanity!
Ok, it's getting to the point that when I go to "add an entry", nine times out of ten it will give me a "500 server error". It's not Greymatter's fault -- it's my host's. (Oddly enough, the entry posts anyway even when the response screen shows an error!) Well this afternoon was the final straw...when I hit the back button to go to the main menu (which usually just auto-corrects the problem), it told me my index files were gone... Gone. All of 'em. There were no old entries to edit. There were no past entries, period. I backed up all my archive files and did some quick fixin'. Amazingly enough -- all entries and comments seem to be here after republishing -- thank goodness. But that's the final straw. I'm sick of addr.com. I now know why people gripe and complain about them non-stop -- and can't believe they were actually recommended to me once upon a time. It must have been a very different company way back when -- and one that really outgrew their britches and lost all the things that made them "great" in the process. I guess I really am getting what I paid for. So the question is this... Who do you use for hosting? Are you happy with them? How long have you been there? What do you get for what they charge? Does their tech support take 3-4 days (or more) to send a reply like my current host? I hate the thought of changing hosts after I've just changed domain names (and finally got it pointed in this direction)...but I can't take it anymore. I'm tired of the hour-plus downtime each day. I'm tired of the errors. I'm tired of them writing back 4 days later going "well everything seems to be fine now..." (Duh! I had the problem over NINETY-SIX HOURS ago!) Any and all of your recommendations will be greatly appreciated -- thanks!
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Sooner born
It's an OU blogger...an an OU blogger....whoo hoo!
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Wilted Sunflowers
>From pie in the sky: "An Italian art journal claims Van Gogh's Sunflowers is a fake - and was actually done by his friend Gauguin. If this is true, the art community will be shocked - but none more than the current owners of the painting who paid over $36 million for it."
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Who's your daddy?
The "Who Shot J.R." question of our time goes under the microscope tonight -- who's the father of Rachel's baby?! My personal money is on Ross...but I guess we'll just have to (impatiently) wait and see... Who do you think it is?
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You say it's your birthday?
Just wanted to leave HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES here for Christine tomorrow! May you get all your heart desires...and then some! Happy birthday to yooooooooou...
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Bitchin' Camaro
Since Chel's blog is down right now, I'll post this for her. General Motors announced today that it will quit making the Camaro and Firebird after the 2002 model. So the question arises... What will teens back home get knocked up in after 2002? And from Chel: "I wonder what car will go best next to a trailer home now?" And if you own either of these cars -- "not that there's anything wrong with that"!

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How do you prepare for THIS?
Just saw this at little green footballs: "If you're still not convinced that radical Islamic groups are planning chemical/biological attacks (and I have seen several people on the news say we 'shouldn't panic' about it), read this article at the Washington Post: Chemical Weapons Training Revealed."
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Have their hamburgers and eat them, too
This quote came from a really good article ("Why do they [the Arab world] hate America?") linked in Susannah's blog: "...How strange, I thought, even then. They wore Levi jeans, drank Coke, watched American television and listened to American music. Something inside them loved America, even as something outside them hated her. They were like fish that hated the very sea in which they swam - the whisky, in Samuel Beckett's words, that bore a grudge against the decanter. Like the Beirut elite, they wanted to have their hamburgers and eat them, to bite the Yankee hand that fed them..."
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Buh-bye! No, no -- buh-bye!
Big shocker here... I had this waiting for me from Todd when I got online today. The 'Skins cut Jeff George. I'm...stunned...not! Monday night's game was about the most pathetic excuse for an offense that I've seen in a long, long time.
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Tobynopoly
URL change...again! But the good kind this time -- I promise! We went ahead and got a domain for our blogs and such, so in case we move in the future (and those of you have or had addr.com know what I mean) our domain will move with us. The new address for my blog is: http://www.tobynopoly.com/blog/ Please update your links ASAP -- this one will stick! I'll probably be setting up Greymatter for Todd's blog soon, although he may hold out for Moveable Type (link thanks to Dawn). I'll post his new URL when the change for his becomes official. If you're sitting there going "tobynopoly"? Huh? Well then, go here... And if you're looking for reeeeally cheap domain registration -- we got it here for $9.95/1 year! I highly recommend them. We bought the domain on Saturday night, and they had it ready by Sunday night. The only reason it took so long to go live is that I switched the DNS info to addr.com since I didn't want a redirect URL. But their customer service during the process was great -- and very prompt. Two snaps in a circle for them!
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Mmmm...mmmm...good!
I've had quite a few requests for my chicken soup recipe(s), so I just put both versions up online here!
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I ain't afraida no ghosts...
The new InStyle Magazine has a cool "tools for ghouls" section. Some of the spooky, scary, downright creepy links the article included are: 1) Printable pumpkin carving patterns 2) Artificial pumpkins you can carve or have custom-carved 3) Professional and kid-safe make-up, prosthetics, and hair dyes 4) Haunted attraction database by state 5) Party planning - yucky recipes, spooky games, and ghost stories 6) Links sites offering decorating, entertaining, and shopping tips 7) Over 6000 vintage costumes & clothing patterns from 1940s-80s 8) Candy store with nostalgic classics and gourmet items 9) More than 50,000 hair-to-go-styles 10) Costumes, props, and accessories
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These little town blues
I was just walking by my favorite snowglobe and stopped dead in my tracks. Sometimes I wonder if it will ever really sink in? It's hard to imagine it was 2 weeks ago. I feel like I've lived 2 lifetimes since then.
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Leapin' lizards!
I think one of the best things about living in central Florida is going outside and seeing a family of teeny-tiny baby lizards go by. They're such a part of our daily life now, I can't imagine living anywhere else anymore! There are lizards on the screens, lizards by the pond, lizards on the fence, lizards on the ground -- they're everywhere each time you open the door! And seeing Claire take off at 150 mph thinking maybe, just maybe this time she'll catch one is priceless...
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Stump the blonde
Things that make me go 'hmmmmm...' So if you're Penelope Cruz and you end up marrying Tom Cruise, does it matter if you do or don't keep your maiden name?
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I'm only happy when it rains
It has POURED here all day -- almost 4" in some areas! In fact, I think it's rained harder through parts of the afternoon than it did during our tropical storm on the 14th. The only downside of this is that our DirecTV never can find a signal during rain. Kind of makes that local-TV package we pay extra for seem worthless when we have to go flip to antenna... Can't complain too much though -- thank goodness our lawn is coming back from the dead!
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Down-home cookin'
I've been kinda quiet today because I've spent most of the day in the kitchen making homemade chicken noodle soup in the slow-cooker. It smells soooooo good in here -- wish I could share with everyone!
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My boooo-tee-ful baby
I spent most of the afternoon grooming Claire, and just had to share how beautiful she is!
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Sicko!
This local story breaks my heart on so many levels, I just don't know where to begin... I was in tears right along with the detective watching it on the news. A NINE MONTH OLD baby girl was raped, strangled, and left for dead. There just isn't a punishment harsh enough for a whack-job like that. Even the chair seems too humane! Reading the story, that poor family has been through more in the last couple of years than anyone should ever have to go through in a lifetime.
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Copycat Sunday
Swiped from Kristine who swiped it from Leesa: I want... a CD-recorder and a new scanner I have... natural blonde hair I wish... I felt better this week I crave... chocolate chip cookie dough I regret... not being able to see my Gma more often I love... my wonderful husband and family I hate... paying the bills I miss... our family and friends back in Oklahoma I fear... what September 11th unleashed I see... football on the television again...finally... I hear... the dishwasher, washing machine, and the game on TV I wonder... when will it finally start to cool down again here I know... I'm very blessed to have my marriage, my family, my friends, and my home
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Oops...I meant to say...
Thanks to Christine and Michele: What Falwell Really Meant
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Wish you were here
The current main image on the Village Voice website. Sadly beautiful.
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Psalms 10
Terry Bradshaw just recommended reading Psalms 10 on FOX NFL Sunday, regardless of your faith. I haven't read that passage in awhile...it is very fitting and appropriate in these times.
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I wanna be a princess
Well spank my arse again and call me Your Highness... I really can be a princess now -- and not just by wearing a tiara when I dust! The same fine folks at FOX that brought us quality, ground-breaking programming like Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire, have lined up the sequel Who Wants to be a Princess. ("30 young women from across the United States vie for the favor of a dashing young Eurpoean prince...on the once-in-a-lifetime pageant combining glamour, mystery, fantasy and a royal twist".) We've got another Darva Conger in the works folks. Buckle up!
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