Last week I read a headline in the Tulsa World that stated that Chinese dictator Xi Jinping stated he would (and I quote) " like to see Chinese role models for young men be more manly and less limp wristed" end quote. I never pictured myself agreeing with a foreign dictator, yet here we are. Gender bending as I see it is a thing right now, because let's be honest it's cool and in style. After this madness falls out of favor it will be something else. It has become a way to ge

Tommy Lee Jones who to me will always be Woodro F Call from the movie Lonesome Dove has been quoted saying this about Texas: " The thing that gets under your skin and truly makes you a Texan is not in the wind; it's in the dirt." Texans and Okies often think alike, that is until it comes time for the Red River shootout. However, in Oklahoma it IS the wind, possibly because there is so much of it. People here in Northeastern Oklahoma once they find out I am from the western

Men who exude assuredness about who they are seem more attractive to women. But those that feel their lives are a work in progress are dang near irresistible. In going over these human attributes I have figured out why so many ladies are attracted to the many and varied roles of Kevin Costner. I am uncertain if even he realizes it, but this is a theme that runs through all of his movies. Chances are, he does, he seems pretty self-aware of what he projects onscreen. From the n

I have always loved to read, but I'll be honest, five minutes in I'm usually fast asleep. The process relaxes me to the point where I...

Consider for a moment the problems a simple shopping cart creates, I'm mean besides most of them needing a front-end alignment or having a mop string stuck in a wheel. The shopping cart is likely in the top five inventions in the world. I would dole them out in this order, man-made flight, the creation of the internal combustion engine, Scotch Tape, the shopping cart, and Sunday morning breakfast in bed with your loved one and a newspaper. You might notice that I didn't list

I have always been a large man. I am 6' 3" and somewhere around 250 to 275 depending on the time of year and the number of donuts I am allotting myself. In addition, at age twelve I was roughly the same size I am now, which could be frightening when put in the wrong hands. Although, in my case it's not, I am a huge but harmless little fuzzball in every manner of the word. This is to say that I have never given a second thought about holding my own in a fight when I had to. Bu

As we travel through time we are blessed with one convenience after another. However, the word blessed can be a double-edged sword. We...

Gentleman, we have all heard our wives use the term "ugly cry." It's not the first time nor will it be the last time a woman will use an...

We would all like to deny it, but it seems death is a growth industry. That's sounds like a contradiction in terms because, (let's be...

Yesterday I was taking a load of junk to the dump, but on the way, I stopped off at the ever-evil Mc Donalds . Advertising that came to...

I think it was Jeff Foxworthy that once said, " you don't have to be from the south to be a redneck... but it helps." Which brings to...

ASMR stands for Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. Like everything else in this touchy, feely new world it begins and ends with...

Have you ever noticed that when it comes to advice dad's and grandpas often develop a reputation of spreading around what we Okies refer as bull? Often that reputation is well earned. Some claim you cannot be injured by flying bull but that's up for debate. Grandpa once told me, " Young man, it's not how deep you fish, it's how you wiggle your worm." Now, in my defense, we WERE fishing at the time, and I was only SIX years old. Most of the advice the old man gave me for life

Anytime we wish to stick our fingers in the eye of a big box store we have to be careful, don't we? These are the times we should refer...

I rarely fly, mainly because everything I need can be found in the four corners of Oklahoma. This place is home, and I love it here....

Are the happenings of life just a nonstop string of events that are not within our power to change? Let's whittle that question down just...

Dad had one of those extraordinary lives, not unlike a cat he also had nine. By the time he turned thirty I think he had already used...

Grandma had a few sayings she used while I was growing up that are hard to forget. She said things like, " the cow will always wait until...

There seems to be a lot of confusion these days about what makes a quality restaurant. As a man who has never managed a restaurant but...

Have you ever seen those medical case studies they do on people who are addicted to heroin? Any time a person partakes in that drug their brain lights up like a kid's Lite Brite. I suppose you cannot blame a people with such a troubled pasts to figure out a way to dull their pain, but to what end? Are we really going to tell them it's okay if they end up on a ventilator and all three of their kids, with three different daddies (who are BTW all MIA) are all going to become w