The weekend looked like it was going to be a down until the OU football team pulled off a win over Alabama in the last couple of minutes of the game on Saturday. OU had let Alabama come back from 21 down to take a 1-point lead. It looked bad but with a minute or two to go OU piled on 10 points. This was good because when OU loses, there's a rash of shootings, domestic violence, and car crashes as disappointed Sooner fans work out their frustrations. Fortunately, OU hardly ever loses. I love Oklahoma and the OU football games are the only bigtime TV event where Oklahomans can see their team crush other states. Of course, the best of all times are those very frequent defeats of hapless Texas teams. They outlawed armed border skermishes so football's all we have.

Dropped in at St. Louis Bread Company today for soup. What odd folks they have at their 15th Street location in Tulsa! They took their sweet time about helping me. The manager asked me how my day was but then stood there behind the cash register and did nothing. After a minute he told a guy to mop the floor and the kid told him it wasn't his area. The manager did nothing. No wonder these people can't make a baguette that even remotely resembles the real French thing. Hey, SLBC! If you can't really make a baguette don't call it a baguette! Call it an "Oversized and Tasteless Bread Thingee that Hardens in 30-minutes".