Voting is now open for the 2008 Okie Blog Awards. You have until February 7th to get your vote in. I'm happy to say The Blog Oklahoma Podcast was nominated for Best Audio Blog. It is an absolute honor to be nominated. Thank you so much.

In the News:
Some of the latest headlines from the Oklahoma blog-o-sphere and (Bum Bum Buuuum) the main stream media.

This is a special presentation of in the news, This week we'll look at the latest headlines from the nominees for best over all blog from the 2008 Okie Blog Awards.

• Batesline calls for the best overall blog award be renamed the Chazzie
• Confessions of a pioneer woman has an excelent and fair morning
• Dustbury links to ten reasons why stilettos will always be in style
• JenX67 shows off her wreck of a cake
• The Last Exit to Babylon's long wait for Lost to come back on is over
• Okie Funk comments on his nomination and on the Tulsa World lawsuit of Urban Tulsa Weekly and Michael Bates
• The Oklahoma Women's Network Blog reports on news from the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Advisory Council
• Rocks in my dryer shares with us, "She has a story"
• The Lost Ogel presents to us a 90's Music Video and something about Jessica Schambach
• Yet Another Small Town Moment lets us know even the best of us gets recalled now and then

This Week in Oklahoma History:

• January 27, 2001: Ten members of the Oklahoma State University basketball family lost their lives in a plane crash near Strasburg, Colorado.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• 2008 Okie Blog Awards
• The Oklahoma State University Basketball Memorial
• Oklahoma Dept of Public Saftey - Driver Licenses and ID Cards

Music:

• Maybe I'm Amazed (AUTHORIZED COVER) by Blake Morgan
• Internal Server Error by Beatnik Turtle (thesongoftheday.com)

Contact:

• www.blogoklahoma.com/contact

America will be witness to a historic event this Tuesday, January 20th, 2009, when Barack Obama will be sworn in as our next President. But before then I would like to thank President George W. Bush for his service and wish him the best in all his future endeavors. To President Obama, I also wish you all the best in your service to our country in the years to come. Oh and one more thing Mr. President...

In the News:
Some of the latest headlines from the Oklahoma blog-o-sphere and (Bum Bum Buuuum) the main stream media.

• The McCarville Report Online reports on the Tulsa World suing Urban Tulsa Weekly and columnist/blogger Michael Bates.
• Batesline lists web reactions to the Tulsa World lawsuit against him and Urban Tulsa Weekly.
• Year of Change 2009 is chronicling her experience in being more healthy
• Oklahoma Political News Service shows us a video of Senator Tom Coburn making good on a bet.
• Progress on the Prairie talks about Greenwashing.
• Simply Sassy shows us Banana Time.
• Yogi's Den does some geochaching at Mohawk Park
• Oklahoma Wine News lets us know about the Home Sweet Home Chocolate Festival in Muskogee on January 31st
• SOUTHern WRITEmares plays Bolt the game on her Nintendo DS
• Ramblin' Educat seriously, rocks at under 140 characters

This Week in Oklahoma History:

• Governor Henry S. Johnson was impeached and suspended from office this week in 1929.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Wikipedia: Barack Obama
• Wikipedia: Henry S. Johnston
• 2008 Okie Blog Awards

Music:

• Liars, Inc. by Freakhouse
• The Whiskey Never Lies by Sligo Rags

Contact:

• www.blogoklahoma.com/contact

So how many new years resolutions have you broken already? I can honestly say I've broken none. The reason? I didn't make any this year. There were times past when I make resolutions to lose weight, to exercise more, to even blog more, but most of these are something I should be doing anyway. So why make a new years resolution over it. No this year I'm doing something different. I'm not going to make any fleeting new years resolutions, I'm going to set some specific goals this year. And to prove this to myself mostly, I've added them to my "Remember The Milk" task list. So now I have to do them, their in my task list. And I'm happy to say, I've completed one, and you're listening to it.

In the News:
Some of the latest headlines from the Oklahoma blog-o-sphere and (Bum Bum Buuuum) the main stream media.

• The Lost Ogle answers some reader mail
• Small Biz Survival tells how they formed their own Business Advisers Group
• Rock Cafe on Route 66 posts a restoration update
• The Muskogee Phoenix reports a new self-image can help change
• Okie Funk puts a liberal spin on OU Football
• Batesline talks about the Tulsa Whirled layoffs
• Wander Radio talks with Jeffrey Adams of Icebox Radio Theater
• The Animal Rescue Foundation of Tulsa asks you to start the New Year right by making sure your pet's vaccinations are current
• Re-Ramblings doesn't get something
• The Last Exit to Babylon present to you the Bacon Explosion

This Week in Oklahoma History:

• The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation was created this week in 1925.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Remember The Milk
• Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
• 2008 Okie Blog Awards.

Music:

• Hello, I Love You by Program The Dead
• Say Hey ( I Love You) - by Michael Franti and Spearhead

Contact: www.blogoklahoma.com/contact