https://jim-stafford.com/2026/03/26/how-a-tiny-black-white-tv-created-a-lasting-memory-of-1983-texas-rangers-season-opener/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/rangers-box-1983.jpgScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/rangers-stadium-1983.jpgScreenshotThe late Arlington Stadium as it appeared in 19832026-03-27T20:33:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2026/03/20/heaven-bound-on-the-branson-scenic-railway/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_5721.jpgIMG_5721About the board the Branson Scenic Railwayhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/img_5729.jpgIMG_5729Aboard the Branson Scenic Railway2026-03-21T21:09:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/09/15/still-an-apple-fanboy-after-all-these-years/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/hackers-screen.jpghackers screenhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/apple-e-screen.jpgapple ::e screenThe Apple IIe with two 5-1/4 inch floppy disks, just like my first setup2026-03-12T15:58:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2026/03/09/myriad-memories-so-thick-we-have-to-brush-them-away-from-our-faces/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/alice-cooper-nightmare.jpgScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/myriad-1972.jpgScreenshotAerial view of the brand new Myriad Convention Center in 1972.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/myriad-gone.jpegmyriad goneThe site of the former Myriad Convention Center is empty as it awaits construction on new arena.2026-03-09T23:04:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2026/02/20/no-robo-umps-are-not-taking-over-baseball/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/freedman-tweet.jpgScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/robo-ump-headlines.jpgScreenshot A sample of 'robo ump' returns from a Google searchhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/robo-up-graphic.jpgrobo up graphic2026-02-20T15:58:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/03/20/in-search-of-senior-hour-grocery-shopping/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/crest-2.jpgCrest 2https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/crest.jpgCrestShoppers stand in line at 7 am this morning to check out at Crest in Edmond2026-02-14T15:25:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/03/27/this-is-a-fantastic-tremendous-incredible-betting-line/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/trump-briefing.jpgVirus Outbreak Trump, Washington, United States - 19 Mar 2020Donald Trump providing a fantastic Coronavirus briefing. Photo by Evan Vucci/AP/Shutterstock (10588345az) President Donald Trump speaks during press briefing with the coronavirus task force, at the White House, in Washington. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn, at left, and Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, at right listen Virus Outbreak Trump, Washington, United States - 19 Mar 20202026-02-14T15:23:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2018/12/31/setting-it-straight-digital-newspaper-subscriber-responds/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/oklahoman-circulaiton.pngoklahoman circulaiton2026-02-14T15:22:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2019/03/06/when-oklahoma-city-invested-in-itself/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/maps-vote.jpgmaps vote2026-02-14T15:21:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2019/07/01/a-typo-and-a-confederacy-of-dunces-2019/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/rejected.pngrejected2026-02-14T15:19:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2018/11/08/fondly-recalling-my-first-love-in-computing-an-apple-e/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/appleii-system.jpgappleii-systemThe original Apple //e, released in 19832026-02-14T15:15:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2018/11/03/a-cup-of-joe-with-the-new-mayor-of-fort-smith/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/george-mcgill_edited-1.jpgGeorge McGill_edited-1Whenever I drive over to my hometown of Fort Smith, Ark., to visit my widowed mother, I manage to squeeze in a visit to my favorite local coffee shop, Fort Smith Coffee Co. Located just off downtown’s Garrison Ave., Fort Smith Coffee Co. has a great vibe with a mix of young hipsters and older folks like me (who skew the demographics of the place!). But it has good coffee, good background music, plenty of sun and is a great place to hang. So, I grabbed a cup of coffee and sat on a stool with the sun at my back watching people come and go. Suddenly, a handsome African-American man in a suit came through the door and seemed to know everyone. He laughed and joked with other patrons as he ordered his coffee. As I started to depart a few minutes later, its occurred to me that this was George McGill, Fort Smith’s newly elected Mayor. He was seated near the exit reading the newspaper as I headed to the door, so I walked up and said “you look like you could be the Mayor.” He laughed, stood up and shook my hand as we introduced ourselves. We talked for a few minutes, and he touted the city for all the good things that are happening like a recent music festival and a downtown public art project called “The Unexpected.” Then he told me that his election as Mayor says a lot about the city because “African-Americans make up only 8 percent of the population.” I agree. I’m proud of Fort Smith for electing George McGill as its Mayor, and for the exciting things going on like construction of the new U.S. Marshall’s museum along the Arkansas River. My friend Ed told me that I drove a long way to get a cup of coffee. Yeah, but I get to see my Mom and all the positive changes going on in Fort Smith, so it’s always worth it.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/george-mcgill1.jpgGeorge McGillFort Smith Mayor George McGill chatted with me for a few minutes before posing for this photo.2026-02-14T15:14:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2016/07/17/paul-mccartney-knows-just-how-okc-feels/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/kd-pix.jpgkd pix2026-02-14T15:12:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2019/09/24/what-is-blockchain-for-business-okc-conference-provides-some-context/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/blockchain-dickman-web.jpgblockchain dickman webAlan Dickman, IBM Blockchain Architect, delivers a primer on Blockchain for Business to an audience of OKC business leaders.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/blockchain-dickman.jpgblockchain dickmanAlan Dickman, IBM Blockchain Architect, delivers a primer on Blockchain to an audience of OKC business leaders.2026-02-14T15:11:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2026/02/12/ai-impact-well-the-world-needs-ditch-diggers-too/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/si-ai-copy.jpgScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/headline-generator.jpgScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/newsroom-1980s.jpegnewsroom 1980sThe Daily Oklahoman newsroom in the 1980s. Then Sports Editor Jerry McConnell is on the far right.2026-02-12T19:49:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2026/01/24/lyrics-from-across-the-decades-that-still-speak-to-me/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/wontgetfooledagain.jpegScreenshotThe Who on stage performing Won't Get Fooled Again2026-01-27T22:08:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/02/27/cancelled-why-dilbert-had-to-go/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/scott-adams-death.jpgScreenshotScott Adams and his Dilbert characterhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/headlines1.jpgheadlines1https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cancelled.jpegCancelled2026-01-13T16:17:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2026/01/07/the-great-grape-nehi-mystery/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/blake-washington.jpgScreenshotBlake Jordan, the guilty party in the Grape Nehi mystery.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/grape-nehi.jpeggrape nehiThis four-pack of Grape Nehi was delivered to me by a mysterious sender2026-01-10T04:38:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/12/28/best-of-blogokc-in-2025/2025-12-28T18:48:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/12/16/meet-the-international-man-of-mystery-from-stigler-ok/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/hershel-turkey.jpegHershel TurkeyHershel Prentice at the Dardenelles Strait in Turkey in 2024.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/hershel-thunder.jpegHershel ThunderHershel Prentice at recent OKC Thunder game2025-12-16T20:01:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/12/06/the-old-double-reverse-jinx-does-it-again/2025-12-08T21:39:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/11/19/why-im-living-the-hallmark-channel-lifestyle/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/hallmark3.jpgScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/hallmark1.jpgScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mancard.jpgScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/hallmark2.jpgScreenshot2025-11-20T02:48:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/10/14/drivers-beware-speed-traps-live-on/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/muldrow-map.jpegScreenshot2025-11-10T18:00:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/11/07/everything-changes-but-theodoras-elegante-wigs/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/wig-shop-exterior.jpegWig shop exteriorThe exterior to Theodora's Elegante Wigs in Fort Smith, Ark.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/linda-shop.jpegLinda shopLinda (Faubus) Lewis is surrounded by wig-covered mannequin heads at her Theodora's Elegante Wigs shop.2025-11-08T02:42:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/10/26/aging-well-3-old-geezers-podcast-returns/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/geezers-ai-graphic.jpegScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/remote-pod-screen.jpgScreenshotA screenshot from the 3 Old Geezers recent podcast recording session2025-10-27T10:04:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/06/28/the-65-mustang-was-my-aunt-dees-ride-or-die/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/65-mustang.jpegScreenshotA black '65 Mustang that looks exactly as I remember the one driven by my Aunt Dee.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/67-mustang.jpgScreenshotA '67 Mustang similar to that owned by my dad, although his was more of a burnt orange in color.2025-10-06T08:31:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2008/11/10/theres-a-novel-in-here-somewhere/2025-10-03T15:26:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2008/11/08/first-things-first/2025-10-03T15:26:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2018/12/17/i-wish-i-had-a-magic-potion-to-restore-fading-newspaper-glory/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/extra-extra2.jpgextra extra2https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/extra-extra.jpgextra extra2025-10-03T15:24:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2018/10/23/watch-ocast-interview-with-nextthought-co-founder-ken-parker/2025-10-03T15:23:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2019/12/03/ou-showcases-stephenson-cancer-center-at-end2cancer-conference/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/end2cancer.jpegend2cancerA scientists presents his findings at the End2Cancer conference at the Samis Education Center on the OU Health Center campus2025-10-03T15:21:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2019/12/06/tin-soldiers-and-nixon-coming/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/nixon-visit.jpgNixon visitAir Force One sits on the tarmac at the Fort Smith Municipal Airport on December 6, 1969; Winthrop Rockefeller (white hat in left photo), and Richard Nixon shook hands with the crowd before departing for Fayetteville.2025-10-03T15:20:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/01/18/the-peoples-choice-in-convenience-store-poll-reflects-shifting-okc-market/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/7-eleven-store.jpeg7-Eleven storehttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/7-eleven-poll.jpeg7-Eleven pollhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/new-oncue.jpegnew oncueOnCue store under construction at Western and Edmond Road2025-10-03T15:19:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/03/05/tulsas-aaaon-makes-it-rain-and-snow-in-high-tech-norman-asbjornson-innovation-center/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aaon-2.jpgAAON 2https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aaon1.jpgAAON1Mark Fly with AAON takes us through a tour of the company's manufacturing and warehouse floor2025-10-03T15:19:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/04/14/precious-memories-in-black-and-white/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/jim-and-dad-okinawa.jpgJim and Dad Okinawahttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/fortsmith-airport-okinawa.jpgfortsmith airport okinawa2025-10-03T15:17:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/10/01/could-robotics-help-apple-make-iphones-in-the-usa/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/robotic-arm.jpegrobotic armA robotic arm working on the floor of a Shawnee manufacturer in roughly 2017.2025-10-01T22:58:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/09/22/sec-shorts-mean-appointment-viewing-for-me/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/gundy-sec-shorts2.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/sec-shorts-screen-1.jpgScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/gundy-sec-short1.jpgScreenshotA Mike Gundy-like OSU character was welcomed to SEC Shorts this week.2025-09-23T03:08:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/09/14/one-more-thing-theres-no-more-surprises-in-apple-product-events/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/snell-response.jpgScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/jobs-one-more-thing.jpgScreenshotSteve Jobs makes a 'one more thing' announcement at a live Apple product event.2025-09-19T16:30:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/04/28/be-careful-out-there-its-a-deep-fake-future/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/colin-torbett-1.jpegColin TorbettA cyber security major at OU's Polytechnic Institute campus in Tulsa, Colin Torbett is researching the deep fake phenomenonhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pope-screenshot.jpgScreenshotScreenshot from Threads of deep fake video of Pope Francis taking a swing at VP JD Vancehttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ja-deep-fake-screen.jpgScreenshotScreenshot taken from deep fake video of Ja Morant post-game interview2025-09-15T19:54:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/08/31/breaking-news-grape-nehi-lives-in-2025/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/grape-nehi.jpeggrape nehiI discovered this bottle of grape Nehi during a recent visit to an OKC Cracker Barrel store.2025-09-02T02:52:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/08/16/frank-days-labor-of-love-honors-the-dying-art-of-quilting/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/quilt2.jpegQuilt2https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/frank-quilting1-1.jpegFrank quilting1 (1)https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/quilt1.jpegquilt1https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/frank-quilt-dog-1.jpegFrank quilt dog (1)Frank Day works on a hand-stitched quilt, accompanied by one of his favorite pets.2025-08-17T16:37:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/08/01/oklahoma-history-repeats-itself-in-law-enforcement-jurisdiction-dispute/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/scoundrels-small.jpgScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/oklahoma-scoundrels2-screen.jpegScreenshotBottom half of Oklahoma Scoundrels book coverhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/oklahoma-scoundrels1-screen-1.jpegCover of the Oklahoma Scoundrels book that described law enforcement dispute from the 1800s.2025-07-31T06:19:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/02/21/the-best-of-the-best-top-10-episodes-of-the-andy-griffith-show/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/andydon-book.jpgScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/andy-barney.jpegScreenshotAndy Griffith and Don Knotts from an episode of The Andy Griffith Show2025-07-29T18:56:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/07/21/why-the-man-in-blacks-music-impact-endures/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/reading-light.jpgScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/johnny-cash2.jpgScreenshotJohnny Cash early in his careerhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/johnny-cash1.jpgJohnny Cash, aka 'The Man in Black'2025-11-09T21:43:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/05/24/best-of-barney-quoting-the-greatest-sitcom-character-in-television-history/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/miss-elly-and-barney.jpgScreenshotBarney Fife and Miss Ellyhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/barney-hear-on-the-mend.jpgBarney consoles Andy with a heart-to-heart talkhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/barney-flag.jpgScreenshotDon Knotts as Barney Fife from the Andy Griffith Show2025-07-29T18:53:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/07/07/technology-evolves-but-paul-mccartney-and-his-music-live-on/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/turnable-kmart.jpgScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/sgt-peppers-screen.jpgScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/turntable-console.jpgScreenshotA turntable console with reel-to-reel tape much like my parents had in the 1960s.2025-07-07T19:41:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2019/11/12/dont-criticize-me-steve-jobs-shows-how-to-respond-to-criticism/2025-06-20T13:26:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/06/17/a-white-ford-bronco-a-slow-chase-on-an-la-freeway-and-a-memory-that-cant-be-erased/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/oj-chase1-1.jpgScreenshotOJ Simpson car chase as seen on an LA freeway on June 17, 1994. LA Times photo2025-06-21T02:22:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/03/19/ranking-the-grandesst-cathedrals-of-major-league-baseball/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pnc-2.jpgScreenshotPNC Parkhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/oakland.jpgScreenshotOakland Coliseum https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/wrigley4.jpgScreenshotWrigley Fieldhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/camden-yards3.jpgScreenshotCamden Yardshttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/arlingnton-stadium.jpgScreenshotArlington Stadiumhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/wrigley3.jpgScreenshotWrigley Fieldhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/camden-yards2.jpgScreenshotCamden Yardshttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pnc.jpgScreenshotPNC Parkhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/globelife.jpgScreenshotGlobe Life Fieldhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/petco2.jpgScreenshotPetco Park2025-06-09T02:09:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/06/04/dunning-kruger-effect-i-knew-it-all-until-i-realized-i-didnt/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dunning-kruger2.jpgScreenshot2025-06-06T16:34:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/05/10/gov-stitt-lets-value-lives-over-dollars/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/stitt-veto-1.jpgScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/stitt-veto.jpgStitt vetoGov. Kevin Stitt's Twitter/X post about his veto.2025-05-11T19:43:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/04/16/friends-colleagues-honor-michael-mcnutt-in-retirement-celebration/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/me-steve-mcnutt.jpegMe Steve McNuttFrom left, Jim Stafford, Steven Buck, Michael McNutthttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/mcnutt-speak2.jpegMcNutt Speak2Michael McNutt speaking as Tres Savage, Nondoc's Editor-in-Chief, looks on.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/fallin-steve.jpegFallin SteveFormer Gov. Mary Fallin shared the stage with Steven Buck, former administrator of the Oklahoma Office of Juvenille Affairs.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/mcnutt-hinton.jpegMcNutt HintonMichael McNutt with Mick Hinton, a former colleague at The Oklahoman.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/mcnutt-speak1.jpegMcNutt speak1Michael McNutt tells a story as he addresses the audience at his Nondoc retirement ceremony2025-04-17T14:43:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/04/02/london-homesick-blues-puts-me-back-in-that-place/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/viva-terlinnqua.jpegViva Terlingua2026-02-26T19:04:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/03/07/mlbs-existential-dilemma-why-sharing-the-wealth-for-the-greater-good-can-save-the-game/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/manfred.jpgScreenshotMLB commissioner Rob Manfredhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/shohei-ohtani-pic.jpgScreenshotMLB's brightest star, Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers 2025-03-10T01:18:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/02/09/a-golden-memory-on-super-bowl-sunday/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/the-gold-sheet.jpgScreenshotA screenshot of The Gold Sheet taken from a Chicago Sun Times article.2025-03-10T01:01:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/02/02/34-years-later-article-stirs-memories-of-arkansas-stunning-exit-from-swc/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/magazine-lead-page-1.jpegMagazine lead page (1)https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/magazine-cover.jpegScreenshotFort Smith Etc. magazine cover from 19912025-02-02T21:26:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2019/10/08/oklahomas-saab-story-a-prophecy-fulfilled/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/busey-mug.pngBusey mugPhil Buseyhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/saab-story.pngSaab Story2025-01-20T13:53:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/01/18/customer-service-without-the-service/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/american-tail.jpgScreenshotThe tail of an American Airlines jet2025-01-22T23:00:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/01/13/apple-draws-the-line-on-altered-reality-in-photos/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/doug-screenshot.jpgScreenshotDoug Hoke from his profile image on Facebook.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/federighi-screen.jpgScreenshotThe Wall Street Journal's Joanna Stern takes a selfie with Apple software chief Craig Federighi2025-01-18T19:50:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2025/01/03/apples-airpods-pro-2-hearing-is-believing/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/airpods-pro2-headline.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/jim-airpods2.jpegJim Airpods2https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/airpods-pro-screen2.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/airpod-prof-screen1.jpgScreenshotScreenshot2025-01-11T15:25:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/12/28/looking-back-at-my-blogokc-favs-of-2024/2024-12-26T03:56:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/12/11/major-league-baseballs-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-idea/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/rob-manfred.jpgScreenshotMajor League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said the 'Golden At-Bat' is being discussedhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/aaron-judge.jpgScreenshotA 'Golden At-Bat' in future for New York Yankees star Aaron Judge?2024-12-12T19:22:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/12/09/homeless-and-unwanted-in-america/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/fealey-photo.jpgScreenshotA portrait of Patrick Fealey, who wrote about his plight as a homeless person for Esquire magazine.2024-12-09T18:58:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/12/01/were-going-to-miss-our-old-newsprint-when-its-gone/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/newsprint.jpegnewsprint2024-12-04T03:48:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/11/20/a-critique-of-the-okc-thunder-city-edition-uniforms-through-the-years/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/city-2024.jpegScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/city-2023.jpegScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/city-2022.jpegScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/city-2021.jpeghttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/city-2020.jpegScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/city-2019.jpegScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/city-2018.jpeghttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/city-2017-1.jpegScreenshot2024-11-21T06:36:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/11/11/clickbait-always-reels-me-in/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/brook-lopez.jpgScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/giannis-screen-1.jpegScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/kd-screen-1.jpgScreenshot2024-11-12T19:55:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/10/28/whats-in-a-name-apparently-a-lot-in-okc-baseball-club-rebrand-to-comets-or-not-much/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/whitley-take.jpgScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/comets-reax2.jpgScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/comets-scorebard.jpegComets scorebardThe Bricktown Ballpark scoreboard shows the team's new name at reveal event.2024-10-28T19:00:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/10/22/acu-hall-of-fame-recognition-for-my-friend-ron-hadfield-and-a-grand-reunion/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/acu-group.jpegacu groupFrom left, Scott Kirk, Jim Stafford, Peggy Marler, Ron Hadfield, Corliss Hudson Englert, Brad Englert, Cheryl Mann Baconhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/hadfield-speaks.jpeghadfield speaksRon Hadfield adjusts the mic as he speaks to the ACU Hall of Fame audience.2024-10-22T20:08:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/10/08/shining-a-light-on-mental-illness/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/nami-tulsa.jpegNAMI TulsaNAMI-Tulsa's clever 'psychiatric help' display caught a lot of attention and photographers at the NAMI Oklahoma conference.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/kunzweiler.jpegKunzweilerKeynote speaker Dr. Christine Kunzweiler, shares how her family was challenged by the mental health condition of her daughter.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/preston.jpegPrestonPreston Northcraft offers hope to those suffering from mental illness by his own experience.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/neal-speaks.jpegNeal speaksNeal Nordlinger leads session at NAMI Oklahoma conference on finding the right rehab.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/img_6418.jpegIMG_6418The 'Inspiration Board' at the NAMI Oklahoma conference was filled with notes of encouragement2024-10-08T15:17:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/09/27/down-the-internet-rabbit-hole-to-a-worthy-discovery/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/christy-fine-pic.jpgScreenshotChristy Finehttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/community-orchestra3.jpegScreenshotTommy Shaw (front left) performs with the Contemporary Youth Orchestra in Cleveland.2024-09-28T19:04:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/09/17/the-populous-impact-on-okc-sports-venues-my-friend-brady-spencer/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/populous-ranking.jpegScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/brady-and-john.jpegBrady and JohnBrady Spencer with his son, John, outside Kansas City's Union Station during the 2023 NFL draft.2024-09-19T03:28:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/09/12/she-answered-the-call-to-serve-as-volunteer-in-wake-of-9-11/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/mema1.jpgMema1Ella Jean Staffordhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/redcross2.jpgRedcross2Red Cross van at the Red Cross Service Center in New York City after the attack on September 11, 2001.2024-09-11T14:59:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/09/06/billy-carter-and-his-15-minutes-of-fame/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/billy-beer-newsweek.jpgScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/switzer-brew.jpgScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/milwaukee-billy.jpgScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/billy-beer-pic.jpegScreenshotA six-pack of Billy Beer from 1977-'782024-09-06T22:21:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/09/02/a-big-hello-to-music-lovers/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/cash-art-folsom-prison.jpgScreenshotJohnny Cash performs at Folsom Prison in the 1960s. 2024-09-03T02:45:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/08/16/sidexside-works-under-the-radar-to-life-people-up/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/sidexside-chad.jpegSidexSide ChadChad Jordan, SidexSide's founder and Chief Executive Officerhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/sideside-door.jpegSideSide doorhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/jobfair3.jpegjobfair3Participants in SidexSide's latest job skills cohort meet with prospective employees at a recent job fair.2024-08-16T19:17:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/08/02/an-ode-to-the-word-flavor-of-the-month-derecho/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/sandstorm-guymon.jpgScreenshotA sandstorm rolls into Guymon back on 'Black Sunday,' April 14, 1935https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/derecho.jpegScreenshotA 'derecho,' disguised as a big thunderstorm, is about to roll in. (National Weather Service photo)2024-08-03T17:37:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/07/19/okcs-convergence-project-showcases-groundbreaking-potential-in-walking-tour/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/jeff-seymour.jpegJeff SeymourJeff Seymour, executive vice president of the Greater OKC Chamber, welcomes guests to the recent networking event and Convergence project walking tour.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/buildings.jpegBuildingsWalking between buildings on a tour of the rising Convergence project in OKC.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/innovation-events.jpegInnovation EventsEvent space in the Innovation Hallhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/downtown-view.jpegDowntown viewView of downtown OKC from second floor of the Convergence Towerhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/biotc.jpegBioTCKoey Keylon, executive director of BioTC, shows off the educational space in the Innovation Hallhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/stiles-park.jpegStiles parkStiles Park holds its ground as part of the Convergence projecthttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/convergence-floor.jpegConvergence floorSecond floor of the Convergence tower under development in OKC's Innovation District.2024-07-19T13:32:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/07/12/solomons-road-trip-to-okcs-omni-hotel/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/lounging.jpegloungingSolomon lounging in the lobby of OKC's downtown Omni Hotel.2024-07-13T01:23:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/06/19/another-loss-from-our-youth-as-time-marches-on/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/mays-card.jpghttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/the-catch-bw.jpgScreenshotWillie Mays makes The Catch in the 1954 World Series2024-06-21T10:52:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/06/08/misheard-mystery-lyrics-to-our-favorite-songs/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cant-buy-me-love.jpgScreenshot2024-06-09T12:43:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/05/25/show-me-the-radar-a-digital-tale-from-2004/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/color-radar.jpegScreenshot2024-05-26T00:06:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/05/22/okcs-golden-age-of-tweetups-openbeta/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/openbeta-logo-1.jpgScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/openbeta-crowd.jpgScreenshotNetworking at OpenBeta in roughly 2009.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/twitpic-founder.jpgScreenshotOklahoman and Twitpic founder Noah Everett discusses his venture at OpenBeta in 2009.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/nonna-tweetup.jpgScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jim-tweeup.jpgScreenshotScreenshot2024-05-22T17:17:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/05/13/a-passion-for-the-thunder-and-game-day-experience/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/paula-tv.jpegPaula TVPaula Stafford stands close to the television as the Thunder-Mavericks games plays ojn2024-05-14T16:03:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/05/05/exercising-my-rights-the-portico-has-got-to-go/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/fitness-center.jpegfitness centerThe treadmill at the fitness center is calling my name.2024-05-13T02:44:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/04/23/a-toy-story-3-experience-at-leonardos-childrens-museum/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sandbox.jpegSandboxhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/simulator.jpegSimulatorhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/legos.jpegLegoshttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/leonardo-field.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/entrance.jpegEntranceEntrance to Enid's Leonardo's Children's Museum2024-04-24T19:35:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/04/17/the-best-reunions-are-always-happenstance/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ripstell2.jpegRipStell2Photographer Rip Stell shoots my photo as we greet one another at a recent event in OKC.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ripstell1.jpegRipStell12024-04-17T19:20:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/04/07/back-to-the-future-original-1980s-dot-race-makes-2024-appearance/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/roboniner.jpegRoboNinerEven RoboNiner made a 2024 appearance at the ballpark on Dot Race night.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dot-race-winner.jpegDot Race winnerAnd the winner is...!https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/larry-stephanie.jpegLarry StephanieDot Race creator Larry Newman and his wife, Stephanie, at the Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark on Thursday night before the Dot Race.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/prerace-dots.jpegPreRace DotsThe Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark scoreboard says 'Pick the Winner' as it shows the dots and course before the Dot Race starts.2024-04-09T16:08:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/04/01/instant-karma-is-gonna-get-you/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/blue-silvereado.jpgSilveradoInstant Karma got the driver of the blue Silverado that cut us off on Penn. (not the actual vehicle)2024-04-02T01:11:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/03/23/apple-in-2024-nobody-likes-a-bully/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/two-steves1.jpgScreenshotAnother shot of the 'two Steves' in the 1970shttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/apple-hq-2024.jpgScreenshotApple's headquarters in Cupertino, Calif.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/david-albert.jpgScreenshotDr. David Alberthttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/tim-cook.jpgScreenshotApple CEO Tim Cook during a product announcement. (Wall Street Journal)https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/two-steves2.jpgScreenshotSteve Wozniak (left) and Steve Jobs together in the late 1970s.2024-03-25T04:38:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/03/11/like-a-good-neighbor/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/lincoln1.jpegLincoln1In the garage in all its 1970s beauty.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/lincoln4.jpegLincoln4My view from behind the wheel of the Lincolnhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/lincoln2.jpegLincoln2All 18 feet and 4,866 pounds of a 1970 Lincoln Continental Mark III are positioned in my neighbor's garage.2024-03-13T16:30:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/03/02/3-old-geezers-took-text-rants-to-podcast/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/geezerville.jpegGeezers in text exchange - 1xr:d:DAF-YtxfG1o:6,j:6322348423304482856,t:24030220https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cool-hand-luke.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/angrey-homer.jpegScreenshotScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/muscala.jpgScreenshotScreenshot2024-03-02T20:52:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/02/22/in-my-hometown-the-long-decline-of-a-fort-smith-institution/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/swtr.jpgScreenshothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/swtr-building.jpgScreenshotThe Southwest Times Record building in what appears to be the early 1960s. (Photo courtesy of Southwest Times Record former employees Facebook group)2024-02-25T19:19:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/02/16/why-evard-humphrey-remains-a-sprint-car-hero-to-this-child-of-the-60s/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/evard-in-car.jpgevard in carEvard in the Black Magic No. 12 super-modified dirt-track racer.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/everd-cash.jpgEverd cashLooks like Evard won the trophy dash. He might even have pulled off the rare "sweep," winning his heat race, trophy dash and the A feature.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/evard-pat.jpgevard patPat and Evard Humphreyhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/evard-and-car.jpgEvard and carEvard Humphrey and his No. 12 super-modified sprint car2024-09-18T04:20:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/02/02/fading-glory-bricktown-ballpark-need-upper-deck-rehab/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ballpark.jpegballparkBricktown Ballpark remains a beautiful venue.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/tarps1.jpegtarps1Advertising banners cover the entire upper deck seating area down the first base line of the Bricktown Ballpark.2024-02-03T22:32:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/01/27/confession-i-was-an-internet-domain-name-squatter-in-1976/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/bennett-sonics.jpgBennett SonicsNew Seattle Supersonics owner Clay Bennett showcases a Sonics jersey after purchasing the NBA franchise in 2006.2024-01-27T18:01:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/01/19/i-met-my-neighbor-dr-craig-shimasaki-at-a-conference-1600-miles-from-okc/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/shimasaki-bio1.jpgShimasaki BIO1Dr. Craig Shimasaki making a presentation at a past BIO show.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/shimasaki-bio5.jpegShimasaki BIO5Dr. Craig Shimasaki at OKBio booth on the floor of a past Biotechnology Industry Organization conference.2024-01-22T21:26:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/05/06/chatbot-comes-alive-for-okc-audience-in-demo/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/dodd-ai3.jpegDodd AI3Bucky Dodd, Ph.D., founder & CEO of technology firm ClearKinetic, demonstrates an AI Chatbot at a recent OKC meeting.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/dodd-ai2.jpegDodd AI2Bucky Dodd, Ph.D., writes commands to Chat GPT that are instantly carried out on the screen during his demo.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/dodd-ai1.jpegDodd AI1Bucky Dodd, Ph.D., founder & CEO of technology firm ClearKinetic, demonstrates an AI Chatbot at a recent OKC meeting.2024-01-18T17:32:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2024/01/05/my-college-pal-scott-kirk-brings-baseball-revival-to-abilene/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/bison-logo.jpgBison logohttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mid-america-screen.jpgmid america screenhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/pairie-dogs-logo.jpgpairie dogs logohttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/blue-sox-logo.jpgblue sox logohttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mid-america-citiers.jpgmid america citiershttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/scott-kirk-bison-intro.jpgScott Kirk Bison introScott Kirk, president of the Abilene Flying Bison, introduces the new development league team on Dec. 14.2024-01-07T13:28:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/12/31/the-best-of-blogokc-from-2023/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/best-of-blog-2023-1.jpegBest of BlogOKC - 12023-12-31T13:57:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/12/10/the-okc-origin-story-of-the-dot-race/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/dot-race-star-telegram.jpegDot Race Star Telegramhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/larry-newman.jpegLarry NewmanLarry Newman, creator of the Dot Race, in 2023 .https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/dot-race-live.jpegDot Race liveThe Dot Race as presented on the Texas Rangers scoreboard in the 1980s.2023-12-15T15:46:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/12/06/the-new-brt-line-is-a-ok-with-me/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/brt-3.jpegBRT 3The crowd waiting at a west-bound BRT line stop along NW Expressway on Monday morning.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/brt-2.jpegBRT 2Opening day strap hangers on OKC's new BRT bus route.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/brt1.jpegBRT1Our driver poses outside the BRT bus at the Lake Hefner park-and-ride stop along the Northwest Expressway.2023-12-06T17:44:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/11/29/3-old-geezers-and-the-pleasures-of-podcasting-disharmony/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/geezers-blog.jpegGeezers blogThe 3 Old Geezers are (from left) Steve Buck, Ed Godfrey, Jim Stafford2023-11-30T18:52:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/11/17/a-life-of-divine-coincidences/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/mike-chris.jpegmike chrisChris McAllister and Mike West stand in front of one of Keystone Labels small offset press units.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/keystone-labels.jpegkeystone labelsKeystone Labels sign along SW 29th Streethttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/mike-magazine.jpegmike magazineMike West with magazine opened to classified that advertised Keystone Labels for sale2023-11-19T19:19:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/11/11/these-crying-eyes/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/caleb-crying.jpegCaleb CryingCaleb Williams sobbing in his mother's arms after losing to Washington last week.2023-11-14T16:20:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/10/27/why-im-all-in-now-on-sellout-crowd/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sellout-crowd-jerseys.jpegSellout crowd jerseysSpecial Sellout Crowd jerseys were presented to investors and backers during the venture's Launch Partyhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sellout-crowd-koehler-couple.jpegSellout crowd Koehler coupleSellout Crowd founder Mike Koehler and his wife, Gayleehttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sellout-crowd-video.jpegSellout crowd videoBerry Tramel joined Sellout Crowd colleagues Bob Stoops (right) and Sam Mayes in a broadcast during the new venture's Launch Party at The Joinery in Bricktown.2024-06-27T04:55:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/10/21/the-baseball-100-fathers-and-sons/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/mantle-home.jpgmantle homehttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/baseball-100.jpegbaseball 1002023-10-22T12:36:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/10/06/damar-hamlin-we-dont-get-to-choose-our-calling/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/champ-damar1.jpegChamp Damar1Damar Hamlin shares the stage with News9's Robin Marsh during a 'fireside chat' at the Champions of Health Awards Presentations.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/damar-players.jpegDamar playersPlayers huddle in prayer for Buffalo Bills defensive back Damar Hamlin after he collapsed on the field in January. (New York Times photo)2023-10-06T17:34:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/09/23/family-reunion-for-me-at-i2e-anniversary-celebration/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/i2e-crowd.jpegi2E crowdCrowd shot during the i2E anniversary celebrationhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/i2e-rex.jpegi2E RexRex Smitherman addresses crowd at i2E 25th anniversary celebrationhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/i2e-group.jpegi2E groupFrom left, Jim Stafford, David Daviee, Rick Rainey and John Campbell. Photo by Cindy Henson2023-09-28T13:00:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/09/15/chicago-woes-part-2-cunning-as-a-savage-pitted-against-the-wilderness/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/apartment.jpgApartmentThe new place has great morning light.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/boxes-1.jpgBoxesAll packed up and nowhere to go.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/don-will-1.jpgDon WillDon and Will on the Blue Line before they learned that all their moving plans had turned to dust. 2023-09-16T11:07:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/09/10/my-first-nba-crush/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cp3-3.jpgcp3 3CP3 (right) with Deion Sanders (center) and the video directorhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cp3-1.jpegCP3 1https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cp3-hornets.jpegCP3 HornetsChris Paul as an OKC Hornet handles the ball vs. the Dallas Mavericks. (Oklahoman photo)2023-09-11T02:40:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/09/01/some-salve-for-your-soul/2023-09-01T19:22:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/08/25/hometown-hero-and-a-smile/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/pen-woods.jpgPen Woodshttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/starbucks.jpegStarbucksThe room where it happened.2023-08-27T17:37:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/08/18/say-it-aint-so/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/berry-jenni1.jpgBerry Jenni1https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/berry-taco-bell.jpgBerry Taco Bellhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sellout.jpgSellout2023-08-22T20:33:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/08/05/class-reunion-party-of-two/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/yearbook-ppic.jpegyearbook ppicA page of the 1971 Southside High School yearbook, 'Lifestyles'2023-08-07T14:45:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/08/01/the-wisdom-of-linus-be-nice-and-always-carry-a-blanket/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/its-a-me.jpegits-a-meDon Mecoyhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/chicago-ohare-airport.jpegchicago-ohare-airportThe floor is about the only place to stretch out at Chicago O'Hare International Airport.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/american-airlines-admirals-club-chicago-review-t3-hk-25-1.jpegAmerican-Airlines-Admirals-Club-Chicago-Review-T3-HK-25Seating in the American Airlines Admirals Club at Chicago O'Hare International Airport.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/no-flight.jpegno flight2023-08-01T13:09:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/07/16/a-short-thread-on-threads/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/threads-sample.jpegthreads samplehttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/threads-graphic.jpegUntitled design - 12023-07-16T23:55:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/07/07/the-walkable-city-on-my-mind/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/walk-score1.jpegWalk Score1https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/city-growth.jpegCity Growthhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/walk-score.jpegWalk Scorehttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/walk-score.pngWalk Scorehttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/walkable3.jpegWalkable3https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/walkable1.jpegWalkable1With the help of urban planner Jeff Speck, OKC's downtown became an inviting, walkable urban center.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/walkable2.jpegWalkable22023-07-07T12:46:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/06/30/for-ed-cardinals-baseball-a-lifelong-addiction/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ed-2.jpegEd 2Ed Godfreyhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ozzie-go-crazy.jpegOzzie Go CrazyOzzie Smith's St. Louis Cardinals teammates celebrate his game-winning home run vs. the Dodgers in the 1985 playoffshttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/console.jpegConsolehttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ed-mug.jpeged mug2023-07-01T22:24:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/06/04/steve-jobs-in-his-own-words/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/steve-jobs3.jpgSteve Jobs3Steve Jobs during 2005 Stanford Commencement speech.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/steve-jobs1.jpgSteve Jobs12023-06-05T03:16:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/05/21/bright-blue-skies-until-next-storm-hits/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/nami-walk2.jpegNAMI Walk2https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/nami-walks-top.jpegNAMI Walks topThe annual NAMI Walks Oklahoma event went off under a bright blue sky at Lower Scissortail Park2023-05-21T23:39:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/04/19/stick-it-to-the-man/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/officesp2.pngOfficeSp2https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/tennessee-man.jpegTennessee MANThe showdown recently in the Tennessee Legislature2023-04-19T18:25:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/04/07/why-iphone-is-swiss-army-knife-of-communications/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/jobes-stage1.jpgjobes stage1Steve Jobs introduces the iPhone in 2007https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/jobs-stage2.jpgjobs stage22023-04-10T22:29:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/04/03/dispensary-names-are-one-toke-over-the-line-sweet-jesus/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/buddies-truck.jpegBuddies truckhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/weed-dispensaries.pngweed dispensarieshttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/buddies-sign.jpegBuddies signSign atop the "Buddies Cannabis Co." dispensary along N. Western Ave.2023-04-04T18:00:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/05/05/a-playlist-to-take-you-back-in-time/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/pontiac-catalina.jpgPontiac Catalinahttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/album-covers-3.jpgAlbum covers2023-03-22T01:29:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/03/19/its-the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/hogs.jpgHogsArkansas coach Eric Musselman goes shirtless in celebration of victory over Kansas.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/fdu-1.jpgFDUFairleigh Dickinson became the second 16 seed in NCAA Tournament history to upend a No. 1 when it beat Purdue on Friday.2023-03-20T14:02:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/03/11/the-beatles-great-story-tellers-in-song/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/beatles-white-album.pngBeatles white albumhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/beatles-ny.pngBeatles NYThe Beatles from an early photo as they landed in New York City.2023-03-14T20:58:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/05/01/fun-at-the-ol-ballyard-with-a-pitch-clock/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/freedman.jpegFreedmanhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/bucks.jpegBucksSteve Buck, along with Kenzy and Isaiah Buck at the Dodgers game Friday.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/altuve.jpegAltuveThat's Houston Astros star Jose´ Altuve batting for Sugar Land against the OKC Dodgers on Friday night.2023-02-28T18:17:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/02/14/for-software-engineer-john-hassell-the-future-is-now-for-ai-chatbots/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/johnhassell2023.jpgJohnHassell2023Oklahoma-based software engineer John Hassell has embraced artificial intelligence chatbots as part of his daily workflow.2023-02-15T01:12:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/02/06/how-to-save-a-life/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/sarah-florida.jpegSarah FloridaSarah Stafford poses in her South Florida residence2023-02-12T20:06:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/01/30/the-teacher-who-nurtured-a-high-school-dreamer/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/tom-oliver-yearbook.jpegTom Oliver yearbookTom Oliver's (second from left) 1971 Southside High School yearbook photohttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/to-editing.jpegTO editingIn a 1971 yearbook photo, Tom Oliver is shown editing students' work as yearbook/newspaper advisor2023-01-31T01:22:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/01/14/chatbot-argues-both-sides-of-tanking-by-the-thunder/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/thunder-game.jpegThunder gamehttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/chatbot.jpegchatbothttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/rumble.jpegRumbleThunder mascot Rumble makes an appearance in the stands at a recent OKC game.2023-01-26T13:59:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/01/21/poultry-ruling-or-punchline-that-took-way-to-long/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/drew-edmondson.jpgdrew edmondsonDrew Edmondson at poultry hearing.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/poultry-ruling.jpgPoultry ruling2023-01-22T03:20:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2023/01/06/flight-delay-and-an-airport-reunion/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/mother-child2.jpegmother child2https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/delay-alert2.jpegdelay alert2https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/delay-alert1.jpegdelay alert1https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/mother-child1.jpgmother child1Our daughter, Sarah, is reunited with her son, Solomon, at DFW airport2023-01-08T13:31:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/12/31/my-favorite-blogokc-posts-from-2022/2023-01-01T19:12:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/12/23/saving-christmas-1983-version/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/okc-temps-1983.jpegOKC temps 1983https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/tundra.jpegtundraThe weather in OKC was a frightful 5 degrees as I stepped out to take this photo.2022-12-27T13:43:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/12/12/weve-joined-dolly-partons-book-club/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/dolly-quoter.pngDolly quoterhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/little-engine.jpegLittle EngineThe Little Engine That Could -- Imagination Library version2022-12-13T16:02:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/12/01/gaylord-perry/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/perry-line.jpegperry linehttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/rangers-1976.jpegrangers 1976https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/gaylord-perry.jpgGaylord PerryGaylord Perry pitching for the Seattle Mariners in 1982. (Associated Press photo)2022-12-02T19:38:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/11/28/a-message-of-hope-for-the-season/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ben-langford.jpegBen LangfordBen Langford delivers a message of "Hope" to The Springs CofC audience.2022-11-29T01:11:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/11/14/black-friday/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/walmart-inside.jpgwalmart-insidehttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/walmart-inside.pngwalmart-insidehttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2009-walmart.png2009-walmarthttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/walmart-2008.jpgwalmart-20082022-11-23T12:06:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/11/01/my-date-with-covid-finally-arrived/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/er-room-at-mercy.jpegER room at MercyIn the ER room at the Mercy Health Emergency Room along i-35 in Edmond.2022-11-01T20:36:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/10/25/an-nba-don-quixote-takes-on-tanking-again/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/adamsilver-draft.pngAdamSilver draftAdam Silver at NBA draft. (source: Associated Press)https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/draft-screen.pngdraft screenSource: nbadraftroom.comhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/img_6343.jpegIMG_6343Plenty of seats should be available this season at OKC Thunder home games2022-10-25T19:12:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/10/15/healthcare-for-all-needs-to-happen/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/clinic.jpegclinic2022-10-16T13:19:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/10/04/all-in-on-sam-presti-the-thunder-season/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/thunder-tip2021.jpegthunder tip2021Thunder tip off in an early 2021-22 season gamehttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/presti-screen.pngPresti screenOKC Thunder general manager Sam Presti speaks to the media in the weeks leading up to the 2022-23 season.2022-10-04T16:48:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/09/04/siri-has-a-hot-take-on-ou-game/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/siri-1.pngSirihttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/her-screen-1.pngHer screenScreen shot of the 'Her' trailer2022-10-04T00:25:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/09/24/farewell-to-the-edmond-okc-commuter-bus/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/edmlond-bus2.jpegEdmlond bus2https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/citylink-hearaing.jpegCitylink hearainghttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/edmond-bus1.jpegEdmond bus1The Edmond Citylink bus parked at the Festival Marketplace downtown.2022-09-25T02:13:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/08/25/hotwheels-fire-alarm/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/solomon1.jpegSolomon1The culprithttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/hotwheels.jpeghotwheelsAfter the smoke cleared in the microwave2022-08-25T18:34:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/08/22/phone-tracking-they-are-listening-maybe/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/hope-rising.jpegHope Risinghttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/the-springs.jpegThe SpringsA Sunday morning adult class at The Springs Church of Christ in Edmond2022-08-23T01:14:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/08/08/the-horse-is-here-to-stay/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ev-scams.jpegev scamshttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/negative-screen.pngnegative screen]https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/horseless-carriage.pnghorseless carriageA turn of the 20th-Century horseless carriage.2022-08-09T14:49:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/07/27/newspapers-on-quest-to-level-search-playing-field/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/newsad1.jpegnewsad1https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/brett-wesner.pngBrett WesnerBrett Wesnerhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/newsad2.jpegnewsad22022-07-28T03:03:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/02/02/february-28-days-of-yuck/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/winter-weather-1.jpegwinter weatherThis is cruel month of February, 28 forgettable days of cold and dark.2022-07-27T12:34:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/07/17/the-opportunity-cost-of-new-okc-thunder-arena/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/paycom2.jpegpaycom2https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/paycom1.pngpaycom1Paycom Center exterior (Oklahoman photo)https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/paycom-wide.jpegPaycom wideA wide shot of Paycom Center during a Thunder game early this past season.2022-07-18T01:18:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/07/10/the-first-video-game-pong-turns-50-this-summer/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/atari-system.pngAtari systemhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/bushnell.pngBushnellNolan Bushnell in 2006 (Oklahoman photo)https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/pong-screen.pngPong screenhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/atari-logo-screen.pngAtari logo screen2022-07-15T18:50:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/06/26/the-thunder-way/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/paula-group.jpegPaula groupThe NAMI Oklahoma "community draft picks" that attended the Thunder news conference on Saturday.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/thunder-cap.jpegThunder caphttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/paula-daigneault.jpegPaula DaigneaultThunder coach Mark Daigneault and Paula Stafford at introductory press conferencehttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/thunder-presser-1.jpegThunder presserThunder GM Sam Presti introduces the team's 2022 draft class to the OKC community as the players listen.2022-06-28T20:24:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/06/14/when-a-line-was-drawn-on-the-price-of-gas/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/gas-prices.jpeggas pricesThe sign shows gas prices at the OnCue at Western Ave. and Edmond Road on Tuesday morning.2022-06-15T13:22:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/06/02/dr-charlie-marler-the-divine-coincidence/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/optimist3.jpegOptimist3Me (front row, right) with colleagues from The Optimist in 1978https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/marler-office.jpegmarler officePortrait of Dr. Charlie Marler in his office/ACU photo2022-06-06T16:12:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/05/21/its-not-your-19th-nervous-breakdown/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/nami-walk2.jpegNAMI Walk2https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/nami-walk-3.jpegNAMI Walk 3https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/nami-walk1.jpegNAMI Walk1Walkers begin their trek around the Myriad Gardens this morning in the annual NAMI Walks event2022-05-21T20:46:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/05/08/an-oklahoma-legend-and-a-spelling-disaster/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/mike-turpen.jpegMike TurpenMike Turpen before leading an educational session at a convention last week in Norman.2022-05-09T12:25:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/04/23/cattlemens-a-birthday-tradition-like-no-other/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cattlemens-inside.jpegcattlemens insidePaula and Jim inside Cattlemen's Steakhousehttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cattlemens-sidewalk.jpegcattlemens sidewalkA sidewalk selfie outside of Cattlemen's Steakhouse on the occasion of my birthday.2023-12-22T04:22:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/04/12/an-infield-fly-and-the-archaic-rules-of-baseball/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/play-by-play-1.pngplay by playhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/casey.jpegcaseyOKC Dodgers season ticket holder Casey Harness at the April 9 game between the Dodgers and the Isotopes.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/double-shift.jpegdouble shiftAlbuquerque's infielders are playing a radical shift during Saturday's game with only one player between second and third base.2022-04-14T01:48:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/04/04/okcs-tokenex-draws-100-million-investment/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/tokenization-screen.pngTokenization screenhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/tokenex-logo.jpegTokenEx logohttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/alex1.jpegALEX1TokenEx co-founder Alex Pezold stands in front of a whiteboard in the company's Oklahoma City offices2022-04-08T19:58:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/03/29/spam-calls-have-to-be-stopped/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/stips-screen.pngStips screenhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/voicemail-screen.jpegvoicemail screenhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/fcc-screen.pngFCC screen2022-04-03T01:40:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/03/12/a-proposal-lets-destroy-the-process-in-the-nba/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/thunder-action.jpegThunder actionhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/thunder-arena.jpegThunder arenaPlenty of good seats available shortly before tipoff at a Thunder game in February this season.2022-03-12T16:29:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/03/05/coffee-shop-discovery-on-the-road-to-nowhere/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/strangebrew.jpegStrangeBrewhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sol-coffee.jpegSol CoffeeSolomon sits at the bar at Kingfisher's Strange Brew coffee shop as our barista, Trent, makes our drink in the background.2022-03-06T14:40:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/02/27/the-magic-words-and-sam-the-chihuahua/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/sam-blog.jpegSam blogSam the Chihuahua is always listening for the magic words.2022-02-27T23:39:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/02/16/perspective-paul-whitmire-the-urban-ministry-of-cross-crown/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/luke-whitmire.jpegLuke whitmireLuke Whitmire & familyhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/prayer-crosscrown-1.jpegprayer crosscrown (1)https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/biker.jpegbikerhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/outside-food.jpegoutside foodhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/inside-clothing.jpegInside clothinghttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/thewhitmires.jpegTheWhitmiresPaul and Suzanne Whitmirehttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/baptize250.jpegBaptize250https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/kidstudy250.jpegkidstudy250https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/whitmire-collage.001-1.jpegWhitmire collage.001 (1) Paul & Suzanne Whitmirehttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/crossncrown.jpegCrossnCrownThe 9th and McKinley location of the Cross & Crown Mission2022-02-17T02:51:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/01/27/facebook-wont-let-milestone-pass-unnoticed/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/fb-memory-1.jpegfb memoryhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/fb-screen.jpegFB screenFacebook founder Mark Zuckerberg2022-01-28T03:20:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/01/14/the-newspaper-visionary-and-the-skeptical-student/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/dick-tracy.jpgDick TracyDick Tracy using his two-way wrist communicator. https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/selectric.jpgSelectricThe 1970s vintage IBM Selectric typewriter2022-01-15T02:48:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/01/11/good-intentions-unmasked-by-peer-pressure/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/blurred-event.jpgblurred event2022-01-12T02:32:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2022/01/03/im-a-mac-fanboy-apple-ads-across-the-years/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/imamac.jpgImamacJohn Hodgman (left) as PC and Justin Long as Mac (Apple photo)2022-01-04T03:43:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/12/31/2021-the-year-in-blogokc-posts/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blog2.jpegblog2https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/booster.pngBoosterI received my milestone COVID booster shot September 282021-12-31T18:11:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/12/25/merry-christmas-from-the-family/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/stafford-xmas.jpgStafford xmasThe Stafford Christmas gathering in Fort Smith, Ark., December 20212021-12-26T05:51:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/12/09/traffic-stop-on-the-lake-road/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/lake-road.jpeglake roadThe Lake Hefner Parkway2021-12-10T21:42:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/12/02/oklahoma-we-have-all-been-here-before/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/russ-page.jpgRuss pagehttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/jenni.jpgJenni2021-12-02T01:21:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/11/28/drive-thru-rage-and-the-shame-of-it-all/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/michelle-millben.jpegmichelle millbenMichelle Millbenhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/drvie-thru.jpegdrvie thruThe scene of the crime2021-11-29T13:42:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/11/15/field-of-dreams/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/fieldofdreams.jpgfieldofdreamsA group of OKC adults turned the Northeast High School baseball field into their own 'Field of Dreams' for an afternoon2021-11-15T15:12:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/11/10/dont-let-your-facts-get-in-the-way-of-my-beliefs/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/scissortail-park1.jpgscissortail park1Scissortail Park in early Novemberhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/encyclopedia2.jpgencyclopedia2A set of Encyclopedia Americana from the 1960s.2021-11-11T03:48:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/05/11/okcs-technology-community-loses-innovator-in-phil-miller/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/phil-miller-screen.jpgPhil Miller screenPhil Miller as shown in July 14, 2004 article in The Oklahoman2021-11-09T03:42:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/11/04/dr-robert-floyd-a-thinker-and-seeker/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/floyd-book-1.jpgFloyd bookhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/robert-floyd.jpgRobert FloydDr. Robert Floyd, scientist and author of A Thinker and Seeker2021-12-10T13:44:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/10/20/fans-message-to-thunder-lets-play-to-win/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/tramel-predict.jpgTramel Predicthttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/thunder.jpgthunderThe Thunder's season-opening tipoff in 2015.2021-10-20T16:22:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/10/14/perspective-an-american-missionary-in-europe/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/paul-solwaster-liege-belgium.pngPaul Solwaster Liege BelgiumPaul and Carol Brazle with a group in Solwaster Liege, Belgiumhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/paul-and-carol.jpgPaul and CarolCarol and Paul Brazlehttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/paul-church-service.jpgpaul church servicePaul Brazle leads a church service in Belgium, where he has served as a missionary for more than 30 year.2021-10-15T16:50:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/09/29/booster-shot-rebellion/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/mercy-sign.jpgMercy sign'Walk Ins Welcome'https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/booster-shot.jpgBooster shotWaiting to receive COVID-19 'booster shot' this week at Mercy OKC.2021-09-29T22:13:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/09/16/baseball-cards/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ozzie.jpgozzieOzzie Smith Project 70 card from Toppshttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/si-cover-cards.jpgSI Cover CardsSports Illustrated covers as Topps baseball cards2021-09-16T23:57:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/09/01/okcs-tokenex-still-on-growth-spurt-as-inc-5000-list-shows/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/inc-list.jpginc list2021-09-01T18:23:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/08/24/another-big-win-for-stillwaters-xplosafe/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/space-suit.pngspace suithttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/explosafe-logos.pngExplosafe logos2021-08-26T23:47:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/08/18/baseball-road-trip-noodlers-rain-delay-theater-in-tulsa/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/game-winner.jpggame winnerTulsa Noodlers Ryan Noda greeted with Gatorade shower after hitting game winner.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/tarp.jpgtarpWe knew game was on when tarp crew began removing it.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/noodler1.jpgnoodler1Fans of the Tulsa Noodlers were treated to a live noodling demonstration before last weekend's game 2021-08-18T12:02:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/08/10/how-to-set-the-mood-for-a-wedding/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/the-couple.jpgthe coupleThe bride and groomhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/alpaca.jpgalpacaBefore the bride and the groom appeared, a pair of alpacas were marched down the aisle.2021-08-10T18:28:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/07/31/a-vintage-coffee-shop-idea-for-the-2020s/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/sanka.jpgSankahttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/bucks-shop2.jpgbucks shop2MentaliTEA and Coffee2021-08-26T15:40:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/12/12/okcs-sharina-perry-invents-a-sustainable-future-with-utopia-plastix/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/sharina-speaks.jpgsharina speaksSharina Perry addresses Oklahoma Innovation Model group.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bag1.jpgbag1A freshly produced Utopia Plastix bag after it came off the production line at OKC's Poly Films Inc.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/product2.jpgproduct2Materials used in Utopia Plastix production from resins developed by Sharina Perry.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/polyfilms4.jpgPolyFilms4Utopia Plastix material in production at OKC's Poly Films Inc.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/sharina-utopia.jpgSharina UtopiaSharina Perry (left) showcases bags made out of Utopia Plastix's plant-based alternative plastic material that she invented.2021-07-26T12:39:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/07/24/why-the-unvaccinated-are-taking-a-political-stand/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/oklahoma-vaxxed.jpgOklahoma vaxxedhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/unvaxxed.jpgUnvaxxed2021-07-25T17:52:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/07/14/guest-blog-post-from-steve-buck-thunder-up/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/buck-blog2.jpgBuck Blog2Guest blogger Steve Buck, with his wife Lisa, explains why he's enthusiastic about the Thunder's tanking strategy and its future.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/thunder-playoff.jpgThunder playoffThunder at home during 2016 playoffshttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/buck-blog.jpgBuck BlogGuest blogger Steve Buck, with Paula Stafford, left, and his wife, Lisa, uses this forum to explain why he's all in on the Thunder tanking strategy2021-07-14T18:39:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/07/09/im-officially-on-the-tulsa-noodlers-bandwagon/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/noodlers.-1.jpgNoodlers.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/rush-springs.jpgRush SpringsI'm loading up on cold, juicy watermelon at the Rush Springs Watermelon Festival back in 20162021-07-13T03:28:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/07/01/a-true-crime-story-driving-while-black/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/ryancar.jpgRyanCarRyan leans against his Honda as he poses for photo after being stopped & searched by police.2021-07-02T03:26:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/06/28/discovering-real-value-of-okc-streetcar/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/paula-streetcar1-1.jpgpaula streetcar1Paula and grandson Solomon Stafford at OKC Streetcar Library stophttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/aboard.jpgAboardAboard the OKC Streetcar, 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Series2021-06-07T20:44:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/05/24/we-need-a-streetcar-with-a-purpose/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/okc-streetcar.jpgOKC StreetcarOKC Streetcar at the Cox Center stop in December 20182021-05-25T03:22:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/05/14/fun-at-the-ol-ballyard-life-returns-to-normal/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/right-field.jpegright fieldhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/fireworks.pngfireworkshttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ballpark-pano-large.jpegballpark pano largehttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ballpark-pano-small.jpegballpark pano smallPanoramic shot of Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark on 2021 Opening Night2021-05-15T02:21:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/04/22/the-press-credential-a-story/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/weldon-ticket-1.jpgWeldon ticketTicket printed in Fort Smith, Ark., to 1934 college football game2021-04-22T23:17:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/03/27/a-night-to-remember-with-howard-schnellenberger/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/howard2.pngHoward2Howard Schnellenberger (Oklahoman photo)https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/howard-1.pngHoward 1Howard Schnellenberger on the OU sidelines in 1995. (Oklahoman photo) 2021-03-28T00:25:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/03/25/grateful-for-the-impact-of-jerry-mcconnell/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/jerry-obit.jpgJerry obithttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/jerry-book.pngJerry bookhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/jerry-obit-1.pngJerry obit2021-03-26T19:56:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/03/17/oklahoma-innovation-model-seeded-invention-of-socket-less-socket-for-prosthetics/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/martin-display.pngMartin displayProsthetics displayed at Martin Bionicshttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/jay-martin-3.pngJay Martin 3Jay Martin discusses his prosthetic invention during OCAST interview in 20182021-03-17T19:04:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/03/15/ten-minute-tour-of-okcs-grand-palace/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/convention1.jpgConvention1https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/convention-cemter.jpgConvention cemterThe new OKC convention center looks out over Scissortail Park.2021-03-17T17:08:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/03/11/march-11-and-life-as-we-knew-it/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/thunder-shutdown.jpgThunder shutdownThe scoreboard told the story on March 11, 20202021-03-11T14:41:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/03/10/a-covid-tale-is-there-is-power-in-the-blood/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/covid-virus.pngCOVID virushttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/covid-testing.jpgCOVID testingThe IMMY COVID test site at UCO back in November 20202021-03-10T22:01:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/03/03/why-i-read-the-obituaries/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/obitiuaries-pix.pngobitiuaries pixObituary page from March 3 edition of The Oklahoman2021-03-03T20:58:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/02/23/unwelcome-ch-ch-changes/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/thunder.jpegthunderThe Thunder tipoff in an early November 2015 game at Chesapeake Arena.2021-02-24T13:15:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2019/07/15/take-me-out-to-the-botball-game-robotics-competition-fuels-stem-interests/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/botballl-braden-mcdorman.jpgbotballl braden mcdormanBraden McDorman is an entrepreneur who learned coding from his Botball experiencehttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/botball-students.jpgbotball studentsA student team makes last-second adjustments to their robot before the Botball tournament begins.2021-02-10T21:56:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/02/09/random-encounter-with-the-stereotypical-voter/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/voting-precinct-1.jpgvoting precinctStonegate Cumberland Presbyterian Church serves as a voting precinct in far north OKC.2021-02-10T01:34:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/09/17/the-evangelistic-fervor-of-energy-industry-maverick-dirk-spiers/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/dirk-blog.jpgdirk blogSpiers New Technology founder Dirk Spiers in the foyer of his company's OKC headquarters.2021-02-08T19:00:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/02/06/culture-shock-and-a-hip-hop-happening-of-a-tweet/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/homeland-store.jpghomeland storeThe former Homeland Store at NW 122nd and May Ave. has been vacant for many yearshttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/homeland-tweet.pnghomeland tweethttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/homeland-store.pngFormer Homeland Store NW OKCThe former Homeland store at NW 122nd and May Ave. has sat empty for years.2021-02-06T20:29:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/01/30/the-second-dose/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/mercy-vaccine.jpgMercy vaccineThe scene at Mercy Hospital as I waited 15 minutes with others who had received the second dose before leaving the site.2021-01-30T23:19:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/01/23/where-were-you-when-you-heard-the-news/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/inauguration.pnginaugurationhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/capitol-line.pngcapitol linehttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/moonwalk2.jpgmoonwalk2https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/kennedy-death.jpgkennedy deathhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/henry-aaron-1.pngHenry AaronScreen shot from The Oklahoman Sports section reporting Henry Aaron's death2021-01-23T23:40:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/01/13/the-drones-are-coming-showcase-highlights-use-of-unmanned-vehicles-in-mapping-critical-watersheds/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/showcase3.jpgshowcase3https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/creek.jpgcreekhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/unmanned-vehicles.jpgunmanned vehiclesOSU students showcased their use of unmanned aerial vehicles and boats to map Oklahoma lakes2021-01-13T19:31:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2021/01/03/a-salute-to-1971-the-coolest-year-from-a-cool-kid-wannabe/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/wsj-screen.jpgWSJ screenhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/js-high-school-1.jpgjs high schoolFrom the cool year of 1971, a cool kid wannabe peers out from his high school yearbook2021-01-03T15:14:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/12/26/a-covid-protocol-wall-that-prevents-families-from-advocating-for-patients/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/the-wall.pngthe wall2020-12-26T22:42:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/12/05/catching-static-memories-of-listening-to-baseball-on-am-radio/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/radio-map.pngRadio Maphttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/koma-graphic.pngKOMA graphic2025-08-04T01:37:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/11/28/maxq-oklahoma-blood-institute-collaboration-born-during-the-pandemic/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/maxq-donor-box.jpgmaxq donor boxhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/maxq-graphic-1.jpgMaxQ graphic2020-11-28T23:56:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/11/16/tracking-the-growth-of-oklahomas-leading-public-companies/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/oklahoma-inc-cover.pngOklahoma Inc coverhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/paycom-screen.jpgpaycom screen2020-11-16T19:03:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/11/11/one-more-thing-apple-brings-back-totally-uncool-pc-and-its-awesome/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/tim-cook-event.jpgTim Cook eventApple CEO Tim Cookhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/pc-and-one-more-thing.jpgPC and One More ThingJohn Hodgman revives his take as the uncool "PC" at Apple's One More Thing event2020-11-11T03:28:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/10/31/oklahoma-innovators-nasa-awards-sbir-contract-to-stillwaters-xplosafe/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/xplosafe-nasa-logos.pngXplosafe nasa logos2020-11-02T01:46:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/10/28/an-october-ice-storm-and-an-unexpected-staycation/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/staycation.jpgstaycationA room at the Innhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/limbs-down.jpglimbs downTypical of trees with limbs down in our neighborhood because of the October ice storm.2020-10-28T12:36:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/10/23/the-covid-test-part-2-results/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/covid-result.jpegCovid result2020-10-23T23:29:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/10/16/c-is-for-cookie-thats-good-enough-for-me/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/crumbl-day-1.jpgCrumbl day 1Sarah Stafford outside Crumbl Cookies on opening dayhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/crumbl-logo.pngcrumbl logohttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/crumbl-outside.jpgCrumbl outsideThe crowd waits for cookies outside Crumbl Cookies on the recent Free Cookie Day2020-10-23T16:35:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/10/22/the-covid-test-dont-fear-the-reaper/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/swab-vehicle.jpgswab vehicleThe vehicle in front of us pauses for a quick swab test.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sarah-swab.jpgSarah SwabMy daughter, Sarah, reacts as a nurse inserts a swab into her sinus cavity for a COVID test.2020-10-22T22:53:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/10/14/baseball-deaths-and-the-passage-of-time/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/joe-morgan-reds.jpgJoe Morgan RedsJoe Morgan as a Cincinnati Redhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/colt-45-stadium.jpgColt 45 StadiumColt Stadium in Houston was the locale for my first Major League baseball experience2020-10-14T15:25:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/10/02/oka-institute-takes-2020-water-sustainability-conference-to-worldwide-audience-with-online-presentation/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/oka-2.pngoka 2Stillwater's XploSafe presents in a discussion moderated by Dia Ghosh with the Ada Jobs Foundtionhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/oka-1.pngOka 1Connor Cox, left, with OCAST, Tom Wavering with the Tom Love Innovation Hub at the University of Oklahoma, and James Eldridge with the Ada Jobs Foundation in a Zoom presentation during the Oka' Water Conference2020-10-03T16:18:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/10/01/lt-gov-pinnell-ocast-highlight-oklahoma-innovators-in-new-podcast/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/pinnell-kopke.jpgpinnell kopkeDr. Richard Kopke (left) with the Hough Ear Institute was the historic first guest on the Innovate That! podcast hosted by Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell2020-10-01T16:26:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/09/30/fellow-census-takers-weigh-in-with-their-perspective/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cyrus-screenshot.pngCyrus screenshot2020-09-30T21:55:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/09/29/629/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/medencentive.pngMedEncentive2020-09-29T17:36:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/09/22/confessions-of-a-former-u-s-census-taker/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/census-pic.jpgCensus picFirst-day-on-the-job pic taken by Paula Stafford as I hit the streets2020-09-23T00:18:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/09/19/oklahoma-manufacturing-alliance-unveils-career-pathways-tool-as-industry-occupational-roadmap/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/oma-workforce-1-for-blog.jpgOMA Workforce-1 for blogHelping launch the OMA’s Career Pathways online tool for manufacturing workers were (from left): Michael Grant, VP of operations for Ditch Witch and chairman of the Oklahoma Manufacturing Workforce Committee; Sharon Harrison, director of workforce development for the Oklahoma Manufacturing Alliance; Sarah Ashmore, deputy director for the Oklahoma Office of Workforce Development; and Dave Rowland, president of the Oklahoma Manufacturing Alliance.2020-09-19T18:42:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/09/15/561/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/jobs-iphone.jpegJobs iPhoneSteve Jobs holds an original iPhone at the Apple launch event in 2007.2020-09-15T16:30:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/09/08/masked-up-and-feeling-smug-during-the-pandemic/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/mask-wearer.jpgmask wearer2020-09-08T20:25:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/08/19/537/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ocast-meeting-screen.pngOCAST meeting screenA screen shot of the August meeting of the board that oversees the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology. 2020-08-19T22:02:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/07/13/stepping-out-of-my-comfort-zone/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/census-equipment.jpgCensus equipmentTools of the trade for 2020 Census enumerator2020-07-13T15:32:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/06/19/scenes-from-a-park/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/convention-center.jpgConvention centerConvention Center just east of the parkhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/skyline.jpgskylineOKC skyline seen from the footbridge across Scissortail Lake2020-06-19T14:18:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/05/30/take-me-out-to-the-ballpark-for-graduation/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/zeke-graduate.pngZeke graduateZeke Brewer accepts his diploma in graduation ceremony at Globe Life Field in Arlington, new home of the Texas Rangers2020-05-30T14:00:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/05/29/one-year-ago-breaking-news-in-capitola-my-grandson-has-arrived/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/holding-solomon.jpgholding solomonPapa holding Solomon soon after birth while he was still in the hospitalhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/solomon-day-1.jpgSolomon day 1While I was in California, Solomon Stafford was born 8 weeks premature on May 29, 2019. 2020-05-29T11:42:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/05/12/an-unexpected-gift-and-a-flight-to-remember/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/boston-flight.jpgBoston flight2020-05-12T13:06:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/05/06/pandemic-forces-unexpected-route-to-graduation-for-ocast-intern/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ella-luttbeg.jpgProcessed with VSCO with c1 presetElla Luttbeg2020-05-07T15:53:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/04/29/navigating-hazards-of-information-security-in-new-world-of-working-from-home/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/elliot-p.-anderson-crowe-dunlevy.jpgElliot P. Anderson Crowe & DunlevyElliot P. Andersonhttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/elliot-anderson-zoom.jpgElliot Anderson ZoomCrowe & Dunlevy attorney Elliot Anderson discusses the importance of protecting information while working remotely during a virtual interview with OCAST2020-04-30T14:13:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/04/22/419/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/governor-immy.pngGovernor IMMYGov. Stitt visits IMMY labs in Norman (photo from News9 video)https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/sean-bauman.jpgsean baumanSean Bauman, Ph.D., CEO of IMMY2020-04-26T16:19:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/03/23/osus-new-product-development-center-supports-oklahomas-innovators-with-prototyping-services/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/npdclab1.jpgnpdclab1As Debbie Cox from OCAST looks on, Evan Pratt displays a tray of 'bottle grabbers' designed and produced by OSU's New Product Development Center2020-03-24T14:53:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/03/09/women-in-stem-conference-highlights-career-possibilities-for-school-aged-participants/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/womeninstem-2.jpgWomeninSTEM 2The Women in STEM conference at NSU's Broken Arrow campus featured a demonstration of a working robotic arm.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/womeninstem-1.jpgWomeninSTEM 1Northeastern State University education student Destiny May shows a pair of middle school girls how to program a table to remotely operate a robot at the Oklahoma Women in STEM conference.2020-03-10T20:22:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/03/06/educational-consortium-designs-intern-program-to-help-turn-tulsa-into-bioscience-hub/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/kathleen-curtis-blog.jpgkathleen curtis blogKathleen Curtis, Ph.D., addresses audience at OCAST-sponsored Bioscience Networking Luncheon at the OSU Center for Health Sciences in Tulsa.2020-03-07T00:36:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2020/01/03/an-art-surprise-at-stillwaters-hostbridge-technology/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/teubner-art4.jpgTeubner art4Russ Teubner in the HostBridge Technology art spacehttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/teubner-art-2.jpgTeubner art 2Russ Teubner poses with Warhol print of Teddy Roosevelthttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/teubner-art1.jpgTeubner art1Warhol signed print collection in HostBridge Technology's special events space2020-01-03T21:26:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2019/11/18/gear-from-ada-plant-protects-oklahoma-city-firefighters-and-their-counterparts-across-the-globe/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/jannette-orr-okc-suit.jpgJannette Orr OKC suitGlobe Manufacturing plant manager Jannette Orr shows off a firefighters jacket under construction for the Oklahoma City Fire Department2019-11-18T13:21:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2019/11/11/a-salute-to-our-veterans-and-the-veterans-day-parade/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/mom-parade.jpgMom paradeMy Mom watches the Veteran's Day Parade.https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/parade-crowd.jpgParade crowdThe crowd lines the Veteran's Day Parade routehttps://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/parade-float.jpgparade floatThe Purple Heart float at the Fort Chaffee Veteran's Day parade2019-11-15T20:37:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/about/2019-10-23T23:00:26+00:00weekly0.6https://jim-stafford.com/2019/10/23/ocast-health-research-conference-puts-focus-on-negotiating-regulatory-pathway-to-market/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dan-clark-ocast.jpgdan clark ocastDan Clark, cofounder and president of Linear Health Sciences speaks to the recent OCAST Health Research Conference2019-10-23T20:23:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jim-stafford.com/2019/10/22/oka-water-sustainability-conference-explores-economic-value-of-h2o/https://jim-stafford.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/oka-water-panel-discussion.jpegOka Water panel discussionFrom left: Ken Wagner, State Environment Sec.; Speaker of the House Charles McCall; & Brent Kisling, Exec. 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