The Gadfly On The Wall

Oklahoma County Commission Race: Five Democrats, two Republicans want to replace Jim Roth. On the Democratic side, my money's on Councilwoman Ann Simank and former State Rep. Debbie Blackburn. Should be a real shootout. And remember: It's a winner-take-the-nomination primary. There is no runoff. On the GOP side, I'm with friend of 51 years Forrest Claunch.

Hat Tip: To The Libery Sphere, a blog I find of increasing interest. Somewhat Libertarian in view, the blog by D. Martyn Lloyd-Morgan covers the waterfront of the day's current issues with verve, intellect and good writing. Recommend it to you.

Big Cousin: Distant cousin Janel McCarville of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, who is now playing with the WNBA's New York Liberty, had her best game of the 2007 season on June 12th when she scored 11 points despite seeing only eleven minutes and forty seconds of actual playing time against the Washington Mystics. Image courtesy the New York Liberty.

Take That: So, for 10 months now I've been blogging away, carrying my HP laptop hither and yon on the premises, my wireless router working like a charm. Then came Tuesday night's lightning display. Zap! Wednesday morning, no Internet connection. Three hours and several HELP calls later, it was determined my wireless router was the block, and not being exactly a computer whiz, I had to make yet another HELP call, this one to Netgear (maker of the router). Seems something was blocking the Netgear connection. Still don't know what it was, but we're up and running, wireless once again. Image courtesy KFOR-TV, Channel 4.

Who Said What? Senator Jim Inhofe all over the blogosphere the past 36 hours with his claim he heard Hillary Clinton and Barbara Boxer plotting a way for government control of conservative talk radio. They deny ever having a discussion, Inhofe sticks to his guns. Like to be a fly on the wall the first time he encounters either one of them!

Trent Less: Actually, his name is Trent Lott...but he has less skin today because this week, conservative radio talk show hosts have taking his hide off one piece at a time. Republican Lott criticized the talkers this week, saying they seem to be running things. He's ticked off because of all the criticism over the immigration bill. A word to the senator: Get outside The Beltway and stand in a grocery store check-out line for about five minutes, then tell me how ordinary citizens feel about it.

Slice Of Life: I don't know his name, or where in Oklahoma he lives, but "OKDad," who posts on his blog "Yet Another Small Town Moment," has done it again. I've just read his post of June 12 entitled, "Is Man Dog's Best Friend?" and got a great chuckle out of it. Entertain yourself.

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