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J@cob 🧵🐟
@jacobolasombra.bsky.social
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Former journalist at The Clarion-Ledger and Oklahoma Gazette. “Semi-retired” sports, music and food writer.
Grizzlies fan | Thunder season ticket holder | home cooking 🍽️🍜
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I'm obsessed with the rad granny in the background of this scene in Blue Velvet

"She just showed up on set like this; just like Robert Blake in Lost Highway" -my imaginary commentary
Laura Dern and Kyle McLaughlin drinking Heineken at the first bar scene in "Blue Velvet." In the back ground, there is an old granny in a colorful shirt and headband tied around an afro of gray hair
October 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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We had our premiere for Awkward Gawker this weekend at Oklahoma Film Exchange! I felt fancy wearing two necklaces
Me and my wife mollie at the premiere of Awkward Gawker. I'm wearing part of my costume in the film, shiny pants and jacket. Awkward Gawker writer Jeremy Martin and director and star Lauren Thomas-Martin with me in the middle Jessie Kyle plays Beaverdome1776 in Awkward Gawker, she's with me in this photo at the premiere Poster for Awkward Gawker at Oklahoma Film Exchange
October 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Happy opening day! Thunder went extra with a gift to season-ticket owners #nba #okc #thunderup
Box with 2025 OKC NBA championship logo on top and replica of Paycom Center court. Thunder logo at center court and Thunder blue Inside the box with a thank you letter from Thunder owner Clay Bennett: "It's hard to believe we're heading into our 18th season of Thunder basketball. Last year was historic, but our relationship with our fans has been built on years of unique shared memories and experiences. As a valued Season Ticket Member, to us support means the world to us. Your loyalty fuels our team, and we need your passion and energy inside the arena to support our players and match their unparalleled energy every night. We can't wait to see you back on game nights, ready to Thunder Up!" There is also a drinker cooler and big mug thermos with Thunder champion logos
October 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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In a “kids are gonna be alright” moment, I’m very pleased to discover there is a Gfunk/rock-inspired hip-hop duo named Paris Texas, after the Wim Wenders classic starring Harry Dean Stanton #musicsky
Paris Texas album “they left me with a sword”
February 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Last night I made a black bean sauce fortified with five dried chilies and chipotles in adobo, and a roasted poblano/cilantro/avocado sauce for slow-cooked, pulled chicken. Enchiladas topped with Oaxaca cheese, using local tortillas #homecooking #cooking 🍽️🍜
Enchiladas with a black bean sauce, melted Oaxaca cheese in a casserole dish Enchiladas on a plate, with cross section of chicken in green poblano/avocado sauce. Black bean sauce in a container, pulled chicken in poblano avocado sauce, shredded Oaxaca cheese and local tortillas
February 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Interesting read on the Thunder from Patrick Redford at Defector #nba #skyhoops
defector.com/the-thunder-...
“You can chalk the collapse up to the Thunder missing shots, and you'd be mostly right, as most everything they saw in the final few minutes was open. You could also see the team's critical weakness: They don't really have a second guy who can reliably generate great shots when Gilgeous-Alexander gets this sort of attention or faces an adversarial whistle. Jalen Williams is great and smart and crafty, but he doesn't cook people as often as you'd like him to; I have a soft spot for Aaron Wiggins's driving game, but he's not quite physical enough to keep from being schemed out of the game by attentive defenses. Chet Holmgren missed the Monday game, and Oklahoma City could have used him, though his handle is not quite there.”
February 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Beef chow fun with homemade rice noodles from Nini Nguyen’s cookbook Dặc Biệt

So good, I love oyster sauce. #cooking 🍽️🍜
Home-made rice noodles, green onion, beans sprouts and sirloin marinated in oyster sauce Fresh-made rice noodles on top of charring onions Nini Nguyen’s cookbook Dặc Biệt
February 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Remember when Mr. Cooper got a contract with the Tim Hardaway/Chris Mullin Warriors???
From the tv show “Hanging with Mr Cooper,” Mr. Cooper (Marc Curry) holds a basketball in Warriors practice gear, talking to All-Star Tim Hardaway Sr.
February 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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I’m only here (our house) for the food

First time making buffalo chicken dip. I’ve had it once or twice butわthat’s an S-tier dip. Also made guacamole and black-eyed pea salad with roasted corn, cucumber, dill, and red pepper in red vinegar/olive oil dressing #cooking #SuperBowlEats 🍽️🍜
Buffalo chicken dip in casserole dish with scallions on top Buffalo chuckle. Casssrole with black-eyed pea salad (cucumber, red pepper, roasted corn, fresh dill and red onion in red wine vinegar/olive oil dressing) and raw celery, green pepper and broccoli for dipping.
February 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Text version of the recipe. My digital scale broke, so I used cup measurement conversions well enough
Ingredients: 120 ml whole milk 1tsp sugar 7 g active yeast 240 g bread flour 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 2 tsp vegetable oil, for greasing Step 1 In a large bowl, stir together milk, sugar. D yeast with 170ml warm (not boiling water), then rest for 10 minutes. Step 2 In a small bowl, combine flour and salt. Add this to the yeast mixture then, using whisk, beat until batter is free of lumps and smooth (a few minutes). Cover with a clean towel and rest in warm area. Step 3 In a small bowl, mix baking powder with baking soda. Add 1 tbsp of boiling water and pour mixture into batter, gently stirring as you do. Let mixture rest covered for at least 30 minutes. Step 4 Grease chef ring molds with vegetable oil, then lightly oil non-stick pan. Place the oiled rings into the pan and heat over medium heat for 1 minute. Carefully fill each ring halfway with batter. Cook until golden brown in one side, about 5 minutes. Tiny holes appear on top of the batter. Step 5 Using butter knife along edges of mold, loosen batter and use tongs to release the ring. Using spatula, flip crumpet to uncooked side, and continue until brown and cooked through, about 4 minutes.
February 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Here’s the recipe I used for the crumpets
February 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Adult McMuffin with homemade tarragon mayo, English muffins (crumpets), melted Swiss, dijon-balsamic ham, and eggs
#cooking #fromscratch #homecooking 🍽️🍜
Asparagus on the side of open-faced homemade McMuffin. One side with tarragon mayo, the other melted Swiss cheese, ham topped with eggs and hot sauce. There’s also a hash brown!
February 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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I made English muffins for the first time! I’ve wanted to make them for years since it was a technical challenge on #gbbo years ago. #baking #crumpets
Half of an English muffin in my hand. You can see the bubbles! Five golden English muffins on a cooling rack in the sunlight
February 6, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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I’ve learned a lot during the @blankcheck.bsky.social early Spielberg series.

1) He directed the first true episode of Columbo (after the pilot)!

2) He’s such an SNL fan that he was at every taping its first 5 seasons and is backstage “more times than he isn’t,” even to this day
Picture of John Belushi and Steven Spielberg both wearing sunglasses at a Saturday Night Live afterparty in 1978
February 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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I also got these two!
“How to draw anything in 3D” by Leia Bloom and “Drawing Dimension: Shading Techniques” by Catherine V Holmes.
January 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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It’s been a stressful few weeks. I started drawing again after I got a beginners book for Christmas. I got into it a few years ago because it helped with some PTSD, but fell off.

I added a fee books and upgraded my pencil/eraser/blending tools this month. Finding comfort where I can!
Been working my way through Warren Martin’s book “How to drawn and think like a true artist.” Pictures I’ve drawn in order (hopefully you can see I’m getting better) 1) open box 2) mug 3) shiny apple 4) banana 5) chair
January 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Japanese curry with chicken, potato, mushroom topped with cilantro rice and kale braised with miso, furikake, and black vinegar. #cooking 🍽️🍜
Brown Japanese Curry (used Vermont Curry brand medium-hot) with chicken, potatoes, mushrooms, onion and carrot. Topped on left of bowl in mound of green cilantro rice. A mound of dark green braised kale on right. Topped with scattered scallions and black sesame seeds
January 28, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Excited for the first football-free Saturday with a fun NBA slate starting with Paris game. Nuggets are playing great basketball. I wish wolves had Dante. I dunno how the Mavs have won a few of these games without Luka and Lively. It’s always funny to get Kyrie rematch against the Celtics #nba
Pacers and spurs at 11am real on ESPN. Nuggets at Timberwolves at 2pm central on ABC and Celtics at Mavs at 4:30 pm central on ABC
January 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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OKC is well-represented in the semifinalists for the Beard Award Best Chef Southwest.
Olivier Bouzerand, Fait Maison
Tahnee Francis, Naija Wife Kitchen
Kevin Lee, Birdie's
Eric Smith, The Crown Room
Zack Walters, Sedalia's

www.jamesbeard.org/blog/the-202...

#okc
Best Chef: Southwest (AZ, NM, NV, OK) Olivier Bouzerand, Fait Maison, Edmond, OK Jose Contreras, Amelia's Mexican Kitchen, Tucson, AZ DJ Flores, Milpa, Las Vegas, NV Tahnee Francis, Naija Wife Kitchen, Oklahoma City, OK Donald Hawk, Valentine, Phoenix, AZ Stephen Jones, The Larder & The Delta, Phoenix, AZ Bernie Kantak, Beginners Luck, Scottsdale, AZ Kevin Lee, Birdie's, Edmond, OK Yotaka Martin, Lom Wong, Phoenix, AZ Cory Oppold, COURSE, Scottsdale, AZ Cristian Pontiggia, Sassella, Santa Fe, NM Kattia Rojas, Buen Provecho, Albuquerque, NM Fernando Ruiz, Escondido, Santa Fe, NM Sean Sinclair, Level 5, Albuquerque, NM Eric Smith, The Crown, Oklahoma City, OK Sarah Thompson, Casa Playa, Las Vegas, NV Michael Vakneen, Double Zero Pie & Pub, Las Vegas, NV Eleazar Villanueva, Restaurant de Joël Robuchon, Las Vegas, NV Zack Walters, Sedalia's, Oklahoma City, OK Joseph Wrede, Joseph's Culinary Pub, Santa Fe, NM
January 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Zach Cherry singing “I’ve got a bone (to pick)” on Doughboys is my religion
January 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Having an extra cup of coffee this afternoon. Rest in Power
80s David Lynch in a black button up and messed up, but yet stylish hair and a cup of coffee
January 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Anora is getting a Criterion 4K release in April!! I got my preorder made

I’m also excited for Some Like it Hot. Two movies that i adore 📽️ #filmsky www.criterion.com/shop/browse?...
Criterion pre-order for 4K releases of Anora and Some Like it Hot
January 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Excuse me, what kind of edition Odyssey?
A Honda Odyssey that is a “let’s go Brandon” edition
January 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Stopped by Beet Box and had a lovely veggie sandwich with tons of sprouts 🌱 and black bean hummus. They’re known for their house made chick’less patties, but I wasn’t in the mood for fried food. I wanna go back for the burger

beetboxokc.com

#okc #vegan
Sandwich with black bean hummus, lettuce, tomato, pickle AND cucumber, red onion, sprouts. Menu along with picture of the black bean burger A mural of an anthropomorphic beet man holding a chick’less sandwich and the logo for The Beet Box Exterior of the Beet Box located at 7101 Northwest Expy #300 Oklahoma City, OK 73132
January 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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I’m concerned “we haven’t even seen Hartenstein and Chet together” might result in a missed opportunity for the Thunder

Assuming Chet or JDub can be a consistent no.2 scoring option in halfcourt offense of tense playoff games, might be too much to ask. Cup Final was a great example #nba #skyhoops
Oklahoma City Thunder Roster hole: Size, shot creation What they have to trade: They have up to 10 tradable firsts and 16 seconds. They have a host of young players and players on midsize contracts. They also have an $8 million trade exception and are $9.5 million below the luxury tax. Chances of a significant trade: Possible. They have all the capital in the world to do it even though they've indicated they prefer to avoid midseason changes after last year's deadline deal for Gordon Hayward didn't work out. They've yet to have their full roster together, which is a reason to push off a deal. But they have positioned themselves to outbid everyone else if they see a player they like.
January 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM