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Like most kids who grew up in the 1980’s, I hold a romanticized nostalgia for the cultural bastions of my youth. We love our G.I. Joe’s, and Transformers, Oregon Trail, and Nintendo, and we most certainly love the movies of our childhood, especially the litany that featured other kids, usually thrown into some larger than life circumstance like running from criminals through underground tunnels in search of One-eyed Willy’s gold, or befriending a malfunctioning talking robot,

This article was originally published in the Tulsa World in 2020 when I served as a member of the Tulsa World Editorial Advisory Committee. Nearly a decade ago I was a 30-year-old downtown business owner. We had enjoyed some success at Joe Momma’s Pizza, even appearing on national television. Our second and third businesses, The Max Retropub and Boomtown Tees, were also doing well. Downtown was coming to life more every month. It was a fun time to be an entrepreneur in Tulsa,

I wrote this article when I served on the Tulsa World Editorial Advisory Board in 2020. when Kobe Bryant and I were the same age. He entered the NBA league as a teenager when I, myself was entering adulthood. For much of my adult life, he was the best player on the best team, an iconic international superstar. He was as polarizing as anyone ever was in the NBA. His fans loved his commitment, his killer instinct, his acrobatic shots and his unmatched determination. His detrac

This article was originaly published in the Tulsa World Editorial section in 2020 when I served as a member of their Editorial Advisory Board and while I was working at OKPOP. - Blake In March, as we planned for St. Patrick’s Day, March Madness and spring break vacations, everything was canceled. No public gatherings. No sports. No vacations. Our kids never returned to their school buildings. Churches stopped holding services. Basketball practice was called off. Little did w