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  • An Oklahoma Treasure!


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    Today we celebrate the birthday of one of America’s great humorist, Will Rogers. Rogers was born on November 4, 1879, at Oologah, Oklahoma. Some quick facts: he traveled around the world three times, made 71 movies (50 silent films and 21 with sound), wrote more than 4,000 nationally-syndicated newspaper columns, ...
    1 week ago
  • Stars of Vaudeville #73: Will Rogers


    TravalancheAuthority Authority: 124
      Will Rogers’ place in the hearts and minds of Americans transcended the limits of mere show business. He was regarded as a kind of American Saint, a sort of cross between Mark Twain, Abraham Lincoln and George Bernard Shaw. A “cowboy philosopher” who expressed harsh and amusing truths in a bluntly honest way ...
    1 week ago
  • BREEDERS’ CUP OR BUST: HORSING AROUND IN OKLAHOMA


    Paulick ReportAuthority Authority: 516
    By Ray Paulick Please click here to donate to Breeders’ Cup Charities benefiting the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund and V Foundation for Cancer Research. Give a minimum of one penny per mile and you will be eligible for a drawing to win one of 10 Breeders’ Cup caps to be signed by the winning jockeys of ...
    1 week ago
  • Masterpiece: Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables


    dk presents...Authority Authority: 126
    [Today: Jello Biafra pokes the fat cats...]“I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts,” was how social satirist Will Rogers summed up his line of work. Rogers was a master of one-line barbs that often called out the buffoons and clowns running America. In spite of his pointed ...
    2 weeks ago
  • All That Glisters Is Not Gold


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    Having barbarized the English language, we now prefer to say that, “All that glitters isn’t gold,” instead of using Shakespeare’s “glisters.” The meaning is about the same: Gold and the pursuit thereof, whether for investment, speculation, jewelry, or its sheer gut attraction has its pitfalls and the ...
    2 weeks ago
  • All That Glisters Is Not Gold


    Gene's BlogAuthority Authority: 476
    Having barbarized the English language, we now prefer to say that, “All that glitters isn’t gold,” instead of using Shakespeare’s “glisters.” The meaning is about the same: Gold and the pursuit thereof, whether for investment, speculation, jewelry, or its sheer gut attraction has its pitfalls and the ...
    2 weeks ago
  • “Agreeable friends—they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.” ~ George Eliot on Dogs


    Lola's Curmudgeonly Musings on Life, Love & Other TriflesAuthority Authority: 122
    Wegman’s World Poster featuring Fey Rey, by William Wegman “They (dogs) offer, if we are wise enough or simple enough to take it, a model for what it means to give your heart with little thought of return.”~ Marjorie Garber“Both powerfully imaginary and comfortingly real, dogs act as mirrors for our own ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Rich Runyon Canyon


    Simply MagicAuthority Authority: 115
    Runyon Canyon has a haunting past and a rich & glamorous history. American Indians once hunted here. In 1919, Carmen Runyon bought the land and sold it to famed Irish tenor John McCormack, who built a mansion called San Patrizio. Friends like Will Rogers & John Barrymore came to visit. It looks very different ...
    3 weeks ago
  • "Im not a member of any organized party, Im a Democrat"


    Cold Fusion GuyAuthority Authority: 139
    Discord among Dems par for the course, experts say Excerpt: [After] nearly a year after the election, Democrats have little to show for this legislative session, despite holding a majority in both chambers of Congress. The Democratic leadership, most recently, has butted heads over health care, and, throughout ...
    4 weeks ago

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