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Logic Fragments: Spending a Day with Satoshi Kon's 'Paranoia Agent'
True to my word, I took notes like a madman all throughout watching all 13 episodes and boy was I not disappointed.
E very summer, the state's most talented literary, visual and performing arts high school students take up residence at the Quartz Mountain Arts and Conference Center for two weeks of intense study under ...
Railroads can't supply cars, farmers complain
Stung by complaints of an Oklahoma grain elevator operator, officials with BNSF Railway and Farmrail System Inc.
Heavy winds leave path of destruction [8 mins ago]
Emergency management officials, insurance agents, and rural residents took inventory Friday of the widespread storm damage that cut a swath through western Oklahoma Thursday night.
Gotebo evacuated due to wildfire [50 mins ago]
Pamilea Medley clung to her straw sun hat Thursday as she watched her son's uninsured house go up in flames from a fire that caused the evacuation of some 75 town residents from their homes and destroyed ...
"Click It, Or Ticket" campaign kicks off
Lawton_Oklahoma and Texas law enforcement agencies are teaming up for the annual "Click It, Or Ticket" safety campaign.
Five die in weekend accidents [1 min ago]
Five people were killed in traffic accidents on state roads Saturday night and Sunday morning, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. via KWTV Oklahoma City
“The institute is a really good place to meet friends and study in an environment where you can devote yourself to what you're studying”
Thirty-five Norman teenagers will get the chance to learn from award-winning artists in nine disciplines when they attend the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute this summer at Quartz Mountain Arts and Conference ... via The Norman Transcript
Honoring Our Past, Celebrating Our Future Parade a Success
The "Honoring Our Past ~ Celebrating Our Future" Parade began at the corner of Reno and Hudson and swelled to at least 250 participants by the end of the route at SW 2nd and Centennial Parkway on Saturday, ... via Native American Times
Lone Wolf man is injured in rollover near Mooreland
A Lone Wolf man was injured Tuesday when his truck rolled on a county road north of Mooreland. via The Enid News
Film: 'Street Kings' is a cop-out
“Do the department a favor and wash your mouth out with buckshot.”
Such loose cannons, these movie cops. When they're not double- and triple-crossing each other, they're grabbing their rival cops by the shirt collars and slamming them against walls. via Grand Rapids Press
Traveling at 'half a cent a mile' [35 mins ago]
“You can't hardly find one. I tried to buy a Model A truck off of a fellow, and I never could get him to even price that truck.”
' Alva "Dobber" Cook doesn't restore old Model A cars to save money, but $3 or more at the pump makes his hobby especially satisfying. via NewsOK.com
“I came here in 1974 as assistant manager”
' Have you ever been driving along and had an odd combination business catch your attention? For example, a sign I saw years ago read "Herbs - ' Vitamins" and below that "Lawnmower Parts." Or maybe you noticed ... via NewsOK.com
“Obviously, what we were doing wasn't working, so why not try something different?”
For more: Read part 1 of the series, listen to Michael Overall read excerpts and watch a slide show. via TulsaWorld.com - Local
BancFirst sponsors local teachers for fall arts institute
“We are excited to do our part to help further arts education in Shawnee, and we fell that the OFAI workshops are a wonderful way to do that”
With help from a BancFirst scholarship, two area educators were able to attend 2007 Oklahoma Fall Arts Institute professional development workshops. via The Shawnee News-Star
“Even for well-known movie directors and writers, getting the green light on a Hollywood production can be an ordeal”
If you can't make a movie with your story, why not write a graphic novel? Ryan Gilbey on how films and comic books are transforming each other Friday November 23, 2007 The Guardian Graphic violence ... Tom ... via Guardian Unlimited
America's Manga Mentor Lectures on Astro Boy
“Schodt's lecture focused on how Tezuka's passionate humanism and pacifism came through much more clearly in the comic books than in the animated versions of Astro Boy ”
Back in the mid-1980s, when English-language translations of classic Japanese manga first started appearing in American comic book shops, Frederik L. Schodt 's Manga! Manga!: The World of Japanese Comics was a ... via GalleyCat
In this weeks edition: Enrique Morones disses Jim Gilchrist, walking out on a planned debate like the coward he is. via The Dumb Ox
Town Hall to address tribal, non-tribal alliances
“As the title indicates, the 2007 Town Hall will focus on how we in Oklahoma can build alliances among and between tribal governments and our state and local governments and the private sector to everyone's benefit”
For The Transcript LONE WOLF - The Oklahoma Academy will hold its 2007 Town Hall Conference to explore how best to build alliances and partnerships with tribal governments, municipalities and private sector ... via The Norman Transcript