Yeesh, sorry about the drought in posting again. I do have some stories this time though ( Read more... )

I keep forgetting to do this but this is my facebook page for anyone that wants to add me...if you do send a request, maybe mention that you know me from LJ so that I know what is going on ( Read more... )

As usual, things have been quite hectic for me. Last weekend, I attended the Ethnohistory Conference in Eugene, Oregon. Experiencing some cooler weather and looking at all of the verdant landscapes was quite a change from what I normally see on my daily commute in Southern California. I returned home to find my region ablaze. My place was in no ( Read more... )

So, my birthday last Wednesday went pretty well. I had planned to have a b-day lunch over this past weekend but everyone was busy or out of town. Still, it worked out well since I went to Red Robin where I knew there would be a TV because I wanted to watch the Dodgers-Cubs game. The last time my Dodgers won a playoff series, I was in the second ( Read more... )

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I keep watching this...

I will go ahead and make a regular post soon but I wanted to put this up.

Another random question: why are there so many jaywalkers in Oklahoma City? I am not claiming California is without them but the number I have seen here in the past 3 weeks is ridiculous. I have even seen people standing in the middle of streets talking on their cell phones. Is there really a need for that ( Read more... )

1. Hideaway Pizza is really good...not sure why they are only in Oklahoma but it is good ( Read more... )

Will everyone do me a favor? Never and I repeat never watch the film The Cavern. I confess that I enjoy mocking bad movies--probably stems from my growing up on MST3K--but this film was just too much. It made films like Manos: the Hands of Fate and Red Zone Cuba look like cinematic classics.  If you take poor lighting, have the idiotic characters ( Read more... )

So, I am in OKC now. I have not found any outsanding bits of evidence in my research though I have found a few useful things. I have also found a few more additions that will join my odd advertisement collection. The Oklahoma History Center is pretty nice really. I am not sure they are used to out-of-state grad students descending on their facility ( Read more... )

This post comes to you from Amarillo, Texas, where I am spending the night before heading into Oklahoma for a month of dissertation research. The drive has gone pretty well for me. I really like the 75 mph speed limit in Arizona and New Mexico. Then again, for one used to the congestion found on so-called freeways such as the 5 and often the 405, ( Read more... )