Oklahoma has advanced to the College World Series Final for the 2nd time since 2022.
The Sooners have the most CWS final appearances IN THE COUNTRY over this timeframe.
They are the last team standing from THE BEST conference IN THE COUNTRY.
Risk UPGRADE! ⚠️
An enhanced risk (3/5) is now in place for central Oklahoma. Main risk upgrade came for LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. Hail up to 3.5”, softballs, is possible this afternoon. Tornadoes and strong winds are also a threat.
Be where you need to be by 5pm in OKC. #okwx
Tulsa carved 2,847 rumble strips into a bridge on Route 66.
Drive eastbound at exactly 35 mph and your tires play “This Land Is Your Land.”
Mechanical. No speakers.
Cost: $90,000 for 19 seconds of music.
About $4,700 per second.
Guthrie was born about 75 miles away in Okemah, Oklahoma. He wrote the song in 1940.
It came home.
A coworker died yesterday morning😭.
HR knew by 9 :00 AM, but they kept us working all day. They finally told us around 4 :30 PM, then had the nerve to say, "You can head home early if you need to"—knowing we all finish at 5: 00 PM anyway.
This morning, it’s back to "business as usual." Some of my friends are literally sobbing at their desks, but they’re expected to work and be productive. No time to grieve.
It’s a cold reality. Within a week, the company will have his job posted online. Within a month, someone else will be sitting in his chair.
But his family ,his children will still talk about him every day,they will ask where is daddy , His wife will mourn him for ages ,he was the love of her life .
At work, we are just a "resource" that can be replaced in a week. At home, we are the world. Stop giving your best energy to a desk that will forget you, and giving the "leftovers" to the people who never will.
Candidate: "I need 100,000 per month."
HR : Our budget is 60,000 per month.
Boss: "Pass. Too expensive."
HR almost moved on. Almost.
But HR asked one question: "What would make 60,000 not work for you?"
Candidate : "Honestly? Nothing. I have loans, rent just went up, and I'm tired of being underpaid because I'm 'still learning.' I know my worth now."
HR went back to his boss.
Showed them the cost of leaving the role open another 3 months. The lost productivity. The team burnout. The recruiter fees if we went external.
It was over 50,000.
The boss accepted.
Here's the part that still gives the HR chills: Six months later, she told HR she had another offer for 130,000 per month but turned it down because they were the only company that fought FOR her, not AGAINST her.
Candidates remember who believed in them. They remember who negotiated IN GOOD FAITH versus who played games.
Stop treating salary negotiations like a battle to win. Start treating them like the first test of your company culture.
Because if you can't advocate for someone BEFORE they join, why would they believe you'll advocate for them AFTER?
Jason Witten on being the new OU tight ends coach:
"I love football and I love teaching the game, and Oklahoma is as prestigious a college football program as there is in the country. So I'm thankful to Coach Venables for the opportunity to work together. It's been clear to me from the outset that he's one of the best leaders of men in football. And he has the pieces in place to compete for championships, so I'm excited to work under him and Coach (Ben) Arbuckle and with the rest of the staff. It's a tremendous opportunity and I'm proud to be a Sooner.
"I know what the expectations and standards of Oklahoma Football are and I'm excited to lean into and embrace those. But along the way, it's also a great privilege to positively impact young men – to help them become the best players they can be and the best men they can be. That's one of the things I respect the most about Coach Venables – that those things aren't mutually exclusive. You can take on the responsibility to lead men but also be highly competitive in your craft. I try to uphold those standards on and off the field.
"I'm excited to get in that tight ends room and work with OU's great staff and players."
Science says we need at least 4 basic elements to survive:
Water
Air
Food
Light
And look what the Bible tells us about Jesus:
I am the living water.
I am the breath of life.
I am the bread of life.
I am the light of the world.
Science was right, we need Jesus to live.