When long-time technology reporter Joanna Stern sat down for an interview with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg earlier this week, she kicked off the interview with perhaps the biggest question of our time…

If you’ve crossed the Arkansas River bridge from Oklahoma onto Garrison Ave. in Fort Smith, Ark., in the past decade, you may have noticed the unique, star-shaped building on the east side of…

The events of September 11, 2001, were seared into the collective minds of all Americans. Everyone who was alive when the twin towers fell can remember exactly where they were when they either hear…

In June 2025, I wrote a blog post about the Dunning-Kruger Effect and how I had experienced that across my life. You can read it here.  If you are not familiar with Dunning-Kruger Effect, it’…

When my friend, Ed Godfrey, and I walked into Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark on Saturday night, we could hear the distinctive sounds of a mariachi band playing somewhere on the concourse. It was Ciel…

‘Clowns to the left of me Jokers to the right Here I am, stuck in the middle with you’ — Stealers Wheel, ‘Stuck in the Middle With You’ There were plenty of clowns on …

Editor’s Note: My friend Jeremy Ball, along with his father and son, recently completed their annual baseball trip, an adventure that took them to Seattle, San Francisco and Sacramento. I ask…

I publish The Arkansas Times. We refused to sign an anti-B.D.S. law because it violates our First Amendment rights.

As we recorded the most recent edition of the 3 Old Geezers podcast, the subject turned to college football and the over/under for number of wins for OU and OSU in the coming season. So, as a life-…

Contrary to many people I know, I am not willing to lose relationships over this presidency. If I were, I’d have to say goodbye to many people I love, including much of my new husband’s…

When my wife and I planned a 3-day getaway in Santa Fe recently, we debated whether to put the miles on our vehicle or rent a car. It’s approximately 550 miles one way from OKC to Santa Fe, N…

It’s summer, so my grandson and I went to camp this week. But it’s not what you might expect. Solomon and I spent about an hour and half at Apple’s Penn Square store participating…

American Airlines Center in downtown Dallas In case you haven’t been scoring at home, the city of Dallas is reeling from some pretty big blows to its self-image. Big D’s downtown is los…

Through its Community Education Initiative, Apple has been working with OCU and Cherokee Nation to equip young learners with iPad and Mac.

Almost a decade ago, my family and I were visiting friends in Irving, Texas, when it was decided that we would all go to downtown Dallas to visit the Sixth Floor Museum. The most likely route would…

I’m a fan of the original Transformers movie in which Shia LaBeouf’s character buys his first car, a used yellow Camaro, which turns out to be an alien autobot-come-to-earth. He names t…

The recent death of long-time college football coach Lou Holtz on March 4 stirred a lot of memories for me. Not all of them happy. I’m ashamed to admit it was the biggest failure of my profes…

Automotive pioneer Henry Ford once said that a Ford customer could have a car in any color they chose as long as it was black. That’s a pretty funny quote and it rang true back in the 1930s. …

This past week, with a lot of illness-related downtime on my hands — I’m fine, now — I did some casual scrolling across Youtube and came upon the video of a young musician named J…

I stumbled across a post recently by John Gruber on his Daring Fireball  blog that shared some perspective on Apple Inc. from David Pogue, a well known tech reporter who has written about Appl…

Today is Opening Day for 22 Major League Baseball teams, including my Texas Rangers, who opened against Philadelphia this afternoon. Opening Day has always been one of my favorite days of the year,…

My family and I were riding rails on the Branson Scenic Railway this week with about 200 of our closest friends. We shared a nice table for 4 in an historic railcar from the 1950s that had b…

Sam Henri Gold is a product design engineer building playful, useful software.

David Pogue’s tour through the 50-year history of Apple lights on dozens of innovations along the way. Not all of them bore fruit.

A few weeks ago, my friend Ed and I had an appointment in Midtown OKC when we decided to go take a look at the site of the Incomparable Myriad to see the progress made on its demolition. As you pro…

The often-sedate world of curling has gotten heated at the Winter Olympics as cheating allegations and audible curse words overshadowed a feisty match between two of the best men's teams.

When I joined The Daily Oklahoman sports desk in the fall of 1983, it was a black and white world. Published photographs were all black and white. The newspaper pages themselves were black and whit…

The Who on stage performing Won’t Get Fooled Again I was listening recently to a playlist of mostly late 1960s, early ’70s music that is right in my wheelhouse.  I graduated high s…

Editor’s Note:  Scott Adams died this week from the effects of cancer.  I wrote the column below back in 2023 after he made several racist statements, and will leave it up on this blog.  Howe…

A few months back, I wrote a blog post about the joy of discovering Grape Nehi soda at a local Cracker Barrel restaurant. The bottle sparked warm memories from my youth and drinking Grape Nehi at m…

Editor’s note: As the curtain closes on 2025, I’ve gone through everything written on BlogOKC for the past year for my annual ‘best of’ column in which I select what I consi…

I’ve been everywhere, man I’ve been everywhere, man Crossed the desert’s bare, man I’ve breathed the mountain air, man Of travel I’ve a-had my share, man I’ve be…

OU receiver Isaiah Sategna races toward goal line in victory over LSU. When OU wide receiver Isaiah Sategna blew past LSU defensive backs in busted coverage last week to catch a game-sealing 58-yar…

When I saw the ‘Theodora’s Wigs” sign as I was driving past in Fort Smith, Ark., this week, it took me back more than 55 years into an earlier life. So, I veered off Towson Ave., …

Along with my friends Steve Buck and Ed Godfrey, I will celebrate a special anniversary on Nov. 6. Two years ago we launched the 3 Old Geezers podcast, which took years of sport debate via group te…

Podcast Episode · 3 Old Geezers · 10/17/2025 · 33m

One day in the summer of 2017, I toured the GF Central Plastics plant in Shawnee on an assignment with the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST). The visit was an ey…

There was a time in my life when watching Saturday Night Live was one of my most important weekly routines. Sadly, age and the long ago retirement of the Not Ready for Prime Time Players greatly di…

Amid concerns of AI replacing jobs, OU expert reassures that AI is a tool for enhancement, not elimination. Technology prompts shifts in certain sectors like radiology or software development, but can...

This past Tuesday, Apple Inc. introduced its latest line of iPhones in a special pre-recorded event that showcased iPhone 17 and an extra thin iPhone Air. Along with showcasing the latest Apple Wat…