Steven E. Wedel

Dear God, thank you for sending Adrian Peterson to the University of Oklahoma. Amen. OU 31. Tulsa 15. That’s still closer than it should have been, but we were in real danger of losing until Peterson broke the game open. Also, many thanks to Walt Hicks of Hellbound Books. I’ve been working with Walt for…

Well, I wrote about 2,000 words yesterday, but it was all newspaper articles. I did three of them. There’s my FenCon money. I also went to Alex’s football game. The Highland West Panthers kicked some butt and are now 1-1. Here are the word meters I promised a few days ago: Ulrik 11,600 / 100,000(11.0%)…

Wasn’t that supposed to be a long weekend back there a few days ago? Why didn’t it seem that way? Not that much of anything happened, but still … I did go to the Oklahoma Writers Federation, Inc. board meeting on Sunday. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz  That was three hours I’d like to have back. Nobody but nobody will argue over…

University of Oklahoma Sooners – 10 Texas Christian University Horned Frogs – 17 Jason White, we miss you.

I saw Erik’s message on Shocklines last night. I got Marcy’s text message. I read Nick’s () blog about his conversation with Marcy last night. But of course it wasn’t enough. I just got off the phone with both Marcy and G and damn … I can’t remember a time I was so glad to…

The search is over. A million thanks to Erik Alk, who sucked it up and began calling strangers with Marcy’s maiden name up there in Ontario. At this moment Marcy and G are on a bus to Houston. Please give thanks to the deity of your choice.

Seriously. I have yet to have any dealings with a Canadian I haven’t liked. I’m sure there are some bad ones, but I haven’t found them yet. The most recent entry in the Good Canadian list is Andrea Bailey, editor of the Waterloo Chronicle newspaper. I let Ms. Bailey know about the Italiano search and…

This e-mail message just came in from the Louisiana Department of Public Safety’s public affairs office: Currently, we are unable to provide information on a particular location in that area. A phone number has been set up as a clearing house of information regarding friends and loved ones. Please contact 866-GET-INFO. (866-438-4636) Obviously, they’re getting…

Still no word on Marcy and G Italiano. Today I talked with a lady at Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs’ Emergency Operations Centre in Ottawa. The only thing I learned is that Marcy’s mom has already contacted them. They don’t know where G and Marcy are. Still no connection on the cell phone, so they likely have…

If anyone has information about The Frenchman Hotel in New Orleans, please send me an e-mail, respond here … something. Marcy and G Italiano were staying there and nobody’s had any communication with them for a while. Lots of folks are worried. Were people evacuated from the hotel? To where? Are they staying? Any information…