Jim Stafford
@jamesstafford.bsky.social
Newspaper retiree with interests in Oklahoma startup community, Apple Inc , OKC Thunder, OKC Baseball Club & Texas Rangers. GET OFF MY LAWN
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Jim Stafford
@jamesstafford.bsky.social
· Aug 19
I've learned that today is World Photography Day, so I'm happy to publish this awesome photo my son, Ryan, shot at Mt. Magazine State Park in June. Ryan has a real eye for photography. Enjoy!
Friends, this podcast had me laughing out loud at several points, including this segment when Geezer Ed questions my driving ability. Listen, & when you finish laughing, tune into the entire 3 Old Geezers podcast.
SPOTIFY:
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SPOTIFY:
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APPLE:
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November 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Friends, this podcast had me laughing out loud at several points, including this segment when Geezer Ed questions my driving ability. Listen, & when you finish laughing, tune into the entire 3 Old Geezers podcast.
SPOTIFY:
open.spotify.com/episode/3dxf...
APPLE:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3...
SPOTIFY:
open.spotify.com/episode/3dxf...
APPLE:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3...
I stopped in at Fort Smith, AR’s Theodora Wigs and took a trip down memory lane. jim-stafford.com/2025/11/07/e...
Theodora’s Elegante Wigs thrives amid generational ch-ch-changes
When I saw the ‘Theodora’s Wigs” sign as I was driving past in Fort Smith, Ark., this week, it took me back more than 55 years into an earlier life. So, I veered off Towson Ave., …
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November 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I stopped in at Fort Smith, AR’s Theodora Wigs and took a trip down memory lane. jim-stafford.com/2025/11/07/e...
My fellow Geezers and I recently resumed our 3 Old Geezers podcast after taking a summer break. In this blog post, we all weigh in on why we enjoy making it. Plus, links to our 2 most recent episodes. #ThunderUp READ:
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Aging well: 3 Old Geezers podcast returns
Along with my friends Steve Buck and Ed Godfrey, I will celebrate a special anniversary on Nov. 6. Two years ago we launched the 3 Old Geezers podcast, which took years of sport debate via group te…
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October 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
My fellow Geezers and I recently resumed our 3 Old Geezers podcast after taking a summer break. In this blog post, we all weigh in on why we enjoy making it. Plus, links to our 2 most recent episodes. #ThunderUp READ:
jim-stafford.com/2025/10/26/a...
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FRESH PODCAST ALERT!
The 3 Old Geezers — Steve, Jim & Ed — are BACK in the pod studio. First session since May! Grumpy Ed kicks things off with a classic huff 💢, then the crew dives into the Thunder’s NBA 🏀 title.
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1WyK...
The 3 Old Geezers — Steve, Jim & Ed — are BACK in the pod studio. First session since May! Grumpy Ed kicks things off with a classic huff 💢, then the crew dives into the Thunder’s NBA 🏀 title.
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1WyK...
Episode 44, The Boys are Back!
Podcast Episode · 3 Old Geezers · 10/17/2025 · 33m
podcasts.apple.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
FRESH PODCAST ALERT!
The 3 Old Geezers — Steve, Jim & Ed — are BACK in the pod studio. First session since May! Grumpy Ed kicks things off with a classic huff 💢, then the crew dives into the Thunder’s NBA 🏀 title.
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1WyK...
The 3 Old Geezers — Steve, Jim & Ed — are BACK in the pod studio. First session since May! Grumpy Ed kicks things off with a classic huff 💢, then the crew dives into the Thunder’s NBA 🏀 title.
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1WyK...
Could robotics lead Apple to make (some) iPhones in the USA? Here are my thoughts on why it could happen. @snell.zone @mikehurley.bsky.social @leolaporte.me @gruber.foo
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Could robotics lead Apple to make iPhones in the USA?
One day in the summer of 2017, I toured the GF Central Plastics plant in Shawnee on an assignment with the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST). The visit was an ey…
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October 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Could robotics lead Apple to make (some) iPhones in the USA? Here are my thoughts on why it could happen. @snell.zone @mikehurley.bsky.social @leolaporte.me @gruber.foo
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Why @SECShorts is must see viewing for me every week during football season. If you are a college football fan, it should be for you too. jim-stafford.com/2025/09/22/s...
SEC Shorts means appointment viewing for me
There was a time in my life when watching Saturday Night Live was one of my most important weekly routines. Sadly, age and the long ago retirement of the Not Ready for Prime Time Players greatly di…
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September 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Why @SECShorts is must see viewing for me every week during football season. If you are a college football fan, it should be for you too. jim-stafford.com/2025/09/22/s...
Concerned that AI is coming after your job? Read what my friend Dr. John Hassell at University of Oklahoma Polytechnic Institute has to say on the subject. Spoiler alert: It's not likely! www.news9.com/story/68c731...
Is AI coming for your job? OU professor weighs in on widespread fear
Amid concerns of AI replacing jobs, OU expert reassures that AI is a tool for enhancement, not elimination. Technology prompts shifts in certain sectors like radiology or software development, but can...
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September 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Concerned that AI is coming after your job? Read what my friend Dr. John Hassell at University of Oklahoma Polytechnic Institute has to say on the subject. Spoiler alert: It's not likely! www.news9.com/story/68c731...
Here's what's wrong with Apple's product events. @snell.zone @twit.tv @leolaporte.me @dmoren.com
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One more thing: there’s no more surprises in Apple product events
This past Tuesday, Apple Inc. introduced its latest line of iPhones in a special pre-recorded event that showcased iPhone 17 and an extra thin iPhone Air. Along with showcasing the latest Apple Wat…
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September 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Here's what's wrong with Apple's product events. @snell.zone @twit.tv @leolaporte.me @dmoren.com
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Who remembers Nehi grape soda? It was a favorite of my grandmother -- and me -- when I was a kid. I thought it was gone, but recently discovered that grape Nehi lives! It brought me joy. jim-stafford.com/2025/08/31/b...
Breaking news: Grape Nehi lives in 2025!
If you are a fan of the long-running television comedy — dramady? — series, M*A*S*H, which aired from 1972-’83, then you are well aware that Radar O’Reilly’s favorite …
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September 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Who remembers Nehi grape soda? It was a favorite of my grandmother -- and me -- when I was a kid. I thought it was gone, but recently discovered that grape Nehi lives! It brought me joy. jim-stafford.com/2025/08/31/b...
I've learned that today is World Photography Day, so I'm happy to publish this awesome photo my son, Ryan, shot at Mt. Magazine State Park in June. Ryan has a real eye for photography. Enjoy!
August 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I've learned that today is World Photography Day, so I'm happy to publish this awesome photo my son, Ryan, shot at Mt. Magazine State Park in June. Ryan has a real eye for photography. Enjoy!
I recently learned that my friend Frank Day is a long-time quilter. I asked him how it happened, and I'm happy to share his story. jim-stafford.com/2025/08/16/f...
Frank Day’s labor of love honors the ‘dying art’ of quilting
Let me tell you about my friend Frank Day of Roland, OK, whom I have known since approximately 1971 when we both worked for Hunt’s Department Store in Fort Smith, Ark. Frank was a recent grad…
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August 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I recently learned that my friend Frank Day is a long-time quilter. I asked him how it happened, and I'm happy to share his story. jim-stafford.com/2025/08/16/f...
Love it, but think maybe the designer of Apple Park deserves a royalty commission. @okcthunder @stevelackmeyer #thunderup #NEWARENA #THUNDERUP
July 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Love it, but think maybe the designer of Apple Park deserves a royalty commission. @okcthunder @stevelackmeyer #thunderup #NEWARENA #THUNDERUP
I've heard so much angst over Apple's delay of Siri AI that I've tried to make a list of Apple's most overblown 'crises.' This is just going on memory, so..
Delay of AI for Siri
Antenna-gate
Bendy-gate
iPad ad crushing instruments
F1 ad in Wallet (1/2)
@leolaporte.me @snell.zone @gruber.foo
Delay of AI for Siri
Antenna-gate
Bendy-gate
iPad ad crushing instruments
F1 ad in Wallet (1/2)
@leolaporte.me @snell.zone @gruber.foo
July 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I've heard so much angst over Apple's delay of Siri AI that I've tried to make a list of Apple's most overblown 'crises.' This is just going on memory, so..
Delay of AI for Siri
Antenna-gate
Bendy-gate
iPad ad crushing instruments
F1 ad in Wallet (1/2)
@leolaporte.me @snell.zone @gruber.foo
Delay of AI for Siri
Antenna-gate
Bendy-gate
iPad ad crushing instruments
F1 ad in Wallet (1/2)
@leolaporte.me @snell.zone @gruber.foo
A giant console with a turntable and reel-to-reel tape player. That's how we rolled in 1969. #technology #digitalmusic jim-stafford.com/2025/07/07/t...
Technology evolves, but Paul McCartney — and his music — live on
When the Paul-is-Dead rumors began floating around in the late 1960s, I was devastated. There was evidence everywhere that Paul McCartney had died in a car crash and The Beatles went on with a look…
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July 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
A giant console with a turntable and reel-to-reel tape player. That's how we rolled in 1969. #technology #digitalmusic jim-stafford.com/2025/07/07/t...
Once upon a time, I thought I knew everything ... until I realized I didn't. Read about my journey along the Dunning-Kruger Effect continuum. jim-stafford.com/2025/06/04/d...
Dunning-Kruger Effect: I knew it all … until I realized I didn’t
When I graduated high school in 1971 — in the bottom half of my class academically — I plunged into my future thinking I pretty much knew everything I needed to know and could handle an…
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June 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Once upon a time, I thought I knew everything ... until I realized I didn't. Read about my journey along the Dunning-Kruger Effect continuum. jim-stafford.com/2025/06/04/d...
More insanity from our would-be dictator. Makes delusional threat against Apple. 'I know, let's kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.'
May 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
More insanity from our would-be dictator. Makes delusional threat against Apple. 'I know, let's kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.'
Just got home from 2025 NAMI Walks event. Great day, big crowd, music, pets, selfies and the actual walk, all to support NAMI’s efforts to end the stigma of mental illness. #NAMIWalks #namiok
May 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Just got home from 2025 NAMI Walks event. Great day, big crowd, music, pets, selfies and the actual walk, all to support NAMI’s efforts to end the stigma of mental illness. #NAMIWalks #namiok
@leolaporte.me Macbreak Weekly highlighted Apple's legal woes & how it has acted like a monopolist. I've been Apple fanboy since 1970s, but last year was inspired to write post about how it was acting like a bully. Your discussion inspired me to share it with you. jim-stafford.com/2024/03/23/a...
Apple in 2024: Nobody likes a bully
I read a magazine article when I was in college in the 1970s about a scrappy startup called Apple Computer, founded by two guys named Steve who built their first computers in the garage at the home…
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May 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
@leolaporte.me Macbreak Weekly highlighted Apple's legal woes & how it has acted like a monopolist. I've been Apple fanboy since 1970s, but last year was inspired to write post about how it was acting like a bully. Your discussion inspired me to share it with you. jim-stafford.com/2024/03/23/a...
We're back, baby!
🏀 The 3 Old Geezers are back on the mics, fired up about the Thunder’s epic Game 5 win over Denver! ⚡️“That was NBA basketball at its finest:” -- Geezer Steve. 🎙️ Tune in as we relive the series 🎧🔥
APPLE:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3...
SPOTIFY:
open.spotify.com/episode/7dy2...
🏀 The 3 Old Geezers are back on the mics, fired up about the Thunder’s epic Game 5 win over Denver! ⚡️“That was NBA basketball at its finest:” -- Geezer Steve. 🎙️ Tune in as we relive the series 🎧🔥
APPLE:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3...
SPOTIFY:
open.spotify.com/episode/7dy2...
Episode 43, Playoff mania!
Podcast Episode · 3 Old Geezers · 05/15/2025 · 40m
podcasts.apple.com
May 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
We're back, baby!
🏀 The 3 Old Geezers are back on the mics, fired up about the Thunder’s epic Game 5 win over Denver! ⚡️“That was NBA basketball at its finest:” -- Geezer Steve. 🎙️ Tune in as we relive the series 🎧🔥
APPLE:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3...
SPOTIFY:
open.spotify.com/episode/7dy2...
🏀 The 3 Old Geezers are back on the mics, fired up about the Thunder’s epic Game 5 win over Denver! ⚡️“That was NBA basketball at its finest:” -- Geezer Steve. 🎙️ Tune in as we relive the series 🎧🔥
APPLE:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3...
SPOTIFY:
open.spotify.com/episode/7dy2...
Cue The Godfather music
May 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Cue The Godfather music
Gov. Stitt vetoed a bill designed to expand access to breast cancer diagnostics to more women. So, my wife, a breast cancer survivor, & I both did something we've never done before. We called our state legislators. You should, too. #override #GovStitt
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Gov. Stitt, let’s value lives over dollars
I took a step this week that I’ve never taken before. I called my legislators urging them to help overturn Gov. Stitt’s veto of legislation that expands access for women to imaging tech…
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May 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Gov. Stitt vetoed a bill designed to expand access to breast cancer diagnostics to more women. So, my wife, a breast cancer survivor, & I both did something we've never done before. We called our state legislators. You should, too. #override #GovStitt
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I was happy to call Michael McNutt a friend & colleague when I worked at @theoklahoman.bsky.social. So, it was awesome to see him honored as he retired from @nondoc.bsky.social, the nonprofit online news organization. Here's what I took away from the celebration. jim-stafford.com/2025/04/16/f...
Friends, colleagues honor Michael McNutt in NonDoc retirement celebration
Michael McNutt’s retirement celebration from the NonDoc online news organization was under way earlier this week when he shared a story with me from almost 30 years ago and said I played a ro…
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April 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I was happy to call Michael McNutt a friend & colleague when I worked at @theoklahoman.bsky.social. So, it was awesome to see him honored as he retired from @nondoc.bsky.social, the nonprofit online news organization. Here's what I took away from the celebration. jim-stafford.com/2025/04/16/f...
A tiny bit of sanity.
April 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A tiny bit of sanity.
Interesting WIRED story: OKC man jumped through all the hoops & imported tiny Chinese EV. www.wired.com/story/this-i...
This Is How You Get a Chinese EV Into the United States
While almost no Chinese EVs are legally sold in the US, these are the workarounds that could allow eager enthusiasts to get them onto American roads—at a price.
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April 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Interesting WIRED story: OKC man jumped through all the hoops & imported tiny Chinese EV. www.wired.com/story/this-i...
Ever hear a song that instantly transports you back in time, flooding you with nostalgia? That’s what Jerry Jeff Walker’s London Homesick Blues does for me. Find out why in this blog post! jim-stafford.com/2025/04/02/l...
‘London Homesick Blues’ puts me back in that place
‘Gotta put myself back in that place again’ Those are the first words in Jerry Jeff Walker’s live version of “London Homesick Blues,” which I consider as the soundtrac…
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April 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Ever hear a song that instantly transports you back in time, flooding you with nostalgia? That’s what Jerry Jeff Walker’s London Homesick Blues does for me. Find out why in this blog post! jim-stafford.com/2025/04/02/l...