Wit, Wisdom, and Sheer Balderdash in Approximately Equal Measure from Prof. Oates
06 September 2022
05 September 2022
Sweet Gum Seed Ball Bombing
I’m being “bombed” by a squirrel who’s evidently unhappy with me for sitting on the porch under HIS tree. He won’t show himself, but I hear him scampering from branch to branch, and I CAN see the hail of sweet gum seed balls raining down. Hmm, maybe “he” is a “she”, come to think of it.
Squirrelly’s tree …
Some of Squirrelly’s ammunition …
03 September 2022
02 September 2022
01 September 2022
Now They’re Trying to Revoke the Teaching Certificate of the Fired Norman Teacher Who Handed Out the Brooklyn Library’s QR Link
(See posting _Unbanned_, below.) What’s the Oklahoma flag doing without its Osage war shield and calumet? What’s that odd looking cross with the bent arms they’ve replaced it with?
*Everybody* Will Want to Teach in Norman Now
BTW, what does “sieg heil” mean in Cherokee? Oh, “hail (to) victory” in *German*, is it? I see, but I wish I didn’t.








