Around Town

As a lifelong English teacher and coach of numerous academic bowl teams, I’m always on the lookout for proper English usage. We ran across this once while studying for an academic bowl and I have used it ever since. Someone out there either has too much spare time or is deadly at Scrabble.

I haven’t had a real vacation in years so you can imagine how much I enjoyed a couple of days as guests of the Manek family as we took in the College Basketball Playoffs in Fort Worth. After four years at OU, Brady is finishing his college career in the basketball-rich tradition at North Carolina.

One of the things I miss most about being retired from the classroom is that it has been 5 years since I have had a “Kick Me” sign mysteriously taped onto my back.1 . Believe nothing, and trust no one this April Fools’ Day: So it’s just like any other day.2.

Need a quick blessing or some inspiration during these troubled times?Read on. I’ve used this before but I think appropriate again considering the state of affairs.I envy Kevin (not his real name). He thinks God lives under his bed.

A robber breaks into an old couple’s house at night. The couple confronts him and he pulls out his gun.“I was gonna just get away, but now I have to kill ua. What’s your name?” he asks the lady.She replies, “Linda.” “That was my moth“That was my mother’s name. Now I can’t kill ya.

Some of us have time during when “…there’s nothing to do.” Maybe this little group of suggested activities might help fill the idle spaces.Bread is like the Sun. It rises in the yeast and sets in the waist.Why do French people eat snails?

One of the more popular expressions knocked around by people in my age group (OLD!!) is “used to be.”That is certainly true of our mothers, past and present.

By John Bill Martin Staff Writer johnbillmartin44@gmail.comThe following story is another life lesson I have learned from my long association with the Oklahoma Memorial.At the prodding of my friends, I am writing this story.

BIG TROUBLE. A man walks in through the front door after work. … and his wife immediately starts smacking him, left and right across the face, cursing.“Wait! Stop it! Whoa, there, what gives?!,” the man says.The smacking intensifies briefly, and then she lets up.

The time for New Year’s Resolutions is past, but it is never too late to share some thoughts about how to improve the quality of our lives, no matter which birthday we have or will celebrate.I can’t even keep up with what I am supposed to do TODAY, much less maintain order for an entire year.