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So This is The New Year

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January 5, 2012

My new friend Angie and I are walking past the library downtown, watching as the red steel elevators carry workers up the side of the Devon World Headquarters downtown. “Shit man, shit, I got vertigo, can’t do that shit, man!” she says. The Crystal Bridge puts on an LED light show in the distance, and [...]


Everybody Knows, This Is Somewhere.

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July 18, 2011
Crystal Bridge, all gussied up.

    Everywhere I go, people are having the same conversation. What’s happening is rather remarkable. Everyone is starting to reflect on Oklahoma City, and not just specific parts of it – they’re looking at the whole and thinking about it abstractly. When addressing the symbolic Oklahoma City in their imaginations, it becomes clear that [...]


Why I’m here, why I’m doing this, and why you should stay.

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February 28, 2011

    I remember I was in the TV lounge of my dorm in Richmond, VA in 2001, watching Enter The Dragon. We didn’t have cable in our dorm rooms (or air conditioning, or heat), and I didn’t have many friends yet, so I spent a lot of my off time in the TV lounge. [...]


Why We Do What We Do: An okc.net Story.

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February 17, 2011

This past summer, I learned that I had what it takes to beat the pants off my friends in the game Monopoly. This was not completely welcome news for me. I do have the desire to excel at whatever I put my hands to, which has taken me all over the map with the crazy [...]


the okc.net employee handbook

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January 11, 2011

I wrote this as a joke for the other okc.net people, but I thought I would share it here as well, mostly because my printer is out of ink so I can’t print enough for everyone. -Colin Congratulations on your employment with okc.net! You were selected for this position because you exemplify the traits that [...]


Advertise with us!

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November 19, 2010

Ever since I briefly worked in the telemarketing industrial complex (“Hi, this is Colin calling with AT&T, may I speak with the decision maker in your office?”) I’ve had a problem selling people things. I deeply dislike doing it. I tell you this because the fact that I am now doing it again of my [...]


Call for Submissions!

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July 31, 2010

As you can see, quite a few of our categories are still empty. If you want to write about something you’re passionate about and get it posted where tens of hundreds of people will see it, give me a shout and we’ll see what we can do. Also, I’ve decided to have a contest for [...]


okc.net: we want to be your happy place.

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July 30, 2010

Hi, Oklahoma City. How’s it going? New shoes? They look good. Have you lost weight? You might be wondering why I decided to start a website. (You probably aren’t wondering that, but humor me). Like everyone on the internet, I just like to hear myself talk…but I also hope to provide a valuable service. Come [...]


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Okie Quotes

“I’ve been Governor four times: more than twice as many times as any other Governor. It doesn’t make a lot of sense, but it looks good in numbers.” — George Nigh (born 1927), two-time Governor of Oklahoma


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