I hope everyone is safe and warm on this most monochromatic of weekends. I'm sure most of you have looked out a window this morning and saw nothing but white. Here in the west OK we had some defrosting on Saturday, but that's been stopped dead in its tracks. Now everything is frozen again. Hard. I know this for certain because when I took our dog Widget out for a walk this morning, and I promptly slipped on the curb and fell on my ass. Now pride aside I'm fine, but at least I gave Widget a good laugh.

In The News:
Some of the latest headlines from the Oklahoma blog-o-sphere and the main street media.

• Red Dirt Ramblings shows the dangerous beauty of ice
• Urban Garden Hoe has some tips for growing strawberries from a seed kit
• Retro Housewife Goes Green shares her experiences during the 2010 ice storm
• Caddo, My Home Town shows in 1911 they had some perty unrealistic expectations
• Carless in Tulsa got a little case of cabin fever and went for a walk
• Mama Foodie is being sneaky with some mashed "no potatoes"
• Sherri Blossoms journeys through the wardrobe into something that's starting to look like a book
• Brits n' Bobs starts a topic on familiar strangers
• BlogOklahoma.us reminds us about The Great Backyard Bird Count coming February 12th.
• And Adoptive Momma of Two loves the snow

Links mentioned in this episode:

• 2009 Okie Blog Awards
• Weather.gov/norman
• Twitter #OKICE

Music:

• Baby its Cold Outside by Daniel Link w/ Chelle Murrey
• Impossible Dream by Adrina Thorpe

Just get back into the swing of things and what happens? Tax season. The entire family is impatiently waiting for all our W-forms and other tax information to come in so we can file our taxes. This year it's doubly important we get ahead of things, because we get to fill out, for the first time, financial aid forms necessary for our son's high educational needs coming this fall. And I have come to the conclusion that former military bureaucrats are running financial aid offices. It's all hurry up and wait. They all want you to file early, but you can't file early until you get all your tax information in. And many organizations are in no hurry to send it to you. It's enough to make you pull your hair out. Luckily I've taken the philosophy of it'll get done when it’s done. You can't do anything about it until you get everything in. So there’s no point worrying about it. Now if I could just convince my wife and son of this, I think we'll have a more relaxed household. So how's your week been?

In The News:
Some of the latest headlines from the Oklahoma blog-o-sphere and the main street media.

• Sherry Ball Schoenfeldt designs a key to her heart
• Letters to C.B. Preston takes you back to 1956
• Dirtshoe Blog shares a recipe for Pasilla-Expresso Rub for Steaks or Burgers
• MissQOKC hears one small click
• From chaos to Grace is not a fan of rollercoasters
• Five Years shares images from one long Saturday
• Tea with Dee wonders if our seemingly small actions really make a difference
• RedDirt Woman does some remodeling
• 51313 Harbor Street shares 10 funny quotes
• Kayak Oklahoma Blog's buddy sneaks in a little winter paddling

Links mentioned in this episode:

• 2009 Okie Blog Awards
• Blog Oklahoma Help Desk
• tumblr.com
• blogoklahoma.tumblr.com

Music:

• The Way I Am by Ingrid Michaelson
• In A Long Time by 46bliss

It's 2010, and here's the first real podcast of the year. I hope everyone had a great holiday season, I know we did. But it's time to get back into the swing of things. Alright.. Now how do you do this podcast thing again? #teamconan

In the News:
Some of the latest headlines from the Oklahoma blog-o-sphere and the main street media.

• Joe's Burger Search eats at the Palace Cafe
• Freckled All Over is decorating her home office
• Oklahoma Rock News is listing the Top 100 Oklahoma Albums of the 2000s
• Journey in Words-Journey Inwards reads up on Okie labyrinths
• Another Chance Ranch asks you to beware of the guardian of the beef
• AdBrad designs for a Healthy Union
• Ada Regional United Way discusses 2-1-1 of Southeastern Oklahoma
• Dishin and Dishes makes Bourbon Chicken
• The Napkin Dad Daily comments on "The discover of a new recipe does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star"
• ElmoFromOK tells us "All I need to know about life I learned from Dungeons and Dragons."

Links mentioned in this episode:

• 2009 Okie Blog Awards
• The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
• dailywav.com: Johnny Carson (wav)
• facebook.com/imwithcoco

Music:

• Shambala (Authorized Cover) by Joe Colledge
• Our Truth by Lacuna Coil

The goal of my 2009 A Picture A Day project was to take one picture for every day in 2009 and post it to Flickr.

Video:

YouTube - 2009 - A Picture A Day

Music:

• It's been a while by Ehren Starks (Magnatune.com)

Links mentioned in this episode:

• 2009 - A Picture A Day Flickr Set

Notes:

• Had a slight rendering issue with Windows Movie Maker so the slide show wasn't smooth in some places.
• What did I learn from this year's project? The iPhone camera shouldn't be used for a project like this. The iPhone is good for quick candid pictures, but for quality photography not so much. Even though my Kodak digital camera is now a few generations old, it took way better pictures.

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