Lost in OK

Firefighters: Flaming Squirrel To Blame In Jones Wildfire

Via: KOCO Oklahoma City

Thanks to Andy for spotting this one.

I know it’s hard to imagine after yesterday’s beautiful weather, but we will get colder again.  Bike Hugger has some good tips about riding in the cold.  After the extremely cold weather last week, I’ve started taking some of these tips to heart.

Smurfette

To satisfy Russell’s curiosity.

An Offical Red Ryder

It took me 20 years, but I finally got a Red Ryder bb gun. Time to shoot an eye out.

I don’t even want to think about the patience it took to put together this routine . . .

Serge Huercio - Artistic Cycling

A nice story appeared in this Sunday’s paper about the Buck$ 4 Bikes program going on here in Oklahoma City:

There’s just something about a shiny new bike under the tree.

There’s the freedom it symbolizes.

There’s the knowledge that time spent gripping handlebars means time away from video game controllers. Advertisement

And for the sleepy-eyed children who wake to find that their Christmas wish has come true, there’s the magic.

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It’s been a slow start to this site.  I’ve been caught up a bit too much at work to really work on it, but I haven’t given up.  Before I can get the local content up, I thought I would pass along some external stuff I find out there in the blogosphere.  I have to say that cycling in Oklahoma City seems much safer and easier than it was before I went to college back in 95.  I think drivers here are finally getting used to seeing cyclists around town.  However, I think there are still some areas for improvement including stop signs.  I wanted to pass on this letter to motorists about 4-way stop signs:

There’s a cool photography collection over at the New York Times by Michelle V. Agins featuring photographs of night workers.

I’m glad to see that the Courts have decided that the 4th Amendment is a geographic privilege and not an actual right.

A federal appeals court in Manhattan upheld the convictions on Monday of three Al Qaeda operatives in a ruling that bolsters the government’s power to investigate terrorism by holding that a key Constitutional protection afforded to Americans does not apply overseas.

The unanimous decision by a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit holds for the first time that government agents may obtain admissible evidence against United States citizens through warrantless searches abroad.

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