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I am happy to announce that Uncovering Oklahoma’s 2013 Date Idea Book is now available! This edition has undergone some major changes as the book has leaped from digital to print. The 48 page book features suggestions for over 100 date ideas throughout the state of Oklahoma.

Some of the changes include:
– New vertical page layout for print
– Guthrie date ideas
– Moore date ideas
– Route 66 date ideas
– Medicine Park & Wichita Mountains
– Plus more ideas for Oklahoma City, Bricktown, Tulsa, Norman, and Elsewhere

The book went a slight name change from date “guide” to date “idea” because during my travels when telling people about the book, they thought it was a guide book on how to date, which is not the case. Although, it will make you more attractive and fun with the knowledge of such great date ideas.

Interested? Download this free 10 page sample featuring Oklahoma City.

The 2013 Date Idea Book is available to buy through online retailers such as Amazon and will be in local shops soon. Whether you need creative first date ideas or date night ideas for married couples, buy a copy of the 2013 edition for love and adventure all year round. It’s the perfect Valentine’s Day Gift and it’s great for birthdays and anniversaries too!

Some facts about the book: If it wasn’t for Leslie, I don’t think the book would be as awesome so a huge thanks to her! It took me an extra week just to get the formatting right so it could be printed. Another thanks to Jaclyn Cosgrove who wrote some articles for it on some places I’ve never heard of before.

In 2012, I traveled over 2,221 miles for business. Most of those were for Uncovering Oklahoma and the date book. Another chuck was for the [Wild] Improv Challenge. For 2013, I may end up traveling even more for the show to reach the far corners of the state. The next edition of the date idea book won’t be out for a long time – either December or January 2014 – as in order to add more content, I’ll have to travel to more places outside of the Oklahoma City metro.

I’ve dug Ego’s Street Magic Show out from my archives.

Ego’s Street Magic Show was an on going interactive sprite comic series that was started in the SoaH City forums. Follow SoaH City’s Mayor who puts on a street magic where anything could go wrong or awesome. Not even the creator of the series knows what’s going to happen because people keep adding to the story! People have raved such comments as, “for the win,” “I actually lol’d,” and “this topic was great, we need more of these.” But why listen to what they’ve said when you can read it for yourself!

Although it’s a sprite comic, it’s in with the short stories.

In my interactive urban fantasy adventure book, follow librarian, Lessa, in a typical night of closing the library. As usual, the characters have come unbound from their books to roam the library at night. But this time one of the characters wants to be free of the library and will do anything to guarantee his freedom. Enjoy multiple story paths with four different endings!

Get the eBook now for $0.99 for Amazon’s Kindle and Barns & Noble’s Nook and over time the story will be updated with new adventures! The book will soon be available for the iBookstore.

The book is only available in digital right now as I can update it with new sections over time. This book was written as a Christmas gift for a friend and I had a few copies of it printed for the occasion.

I hope you enjoy this book!

On the 22nd I decorated a gingerbread TARDIS that my most fantastic S.O. baked just for me. I haven’t actually eaten it yet, but some things are just too pretty to eat. Although, I did eat some of the candies while decorating it and S.O. finished off the gumdrops yesterday.

If you want to make your own Gingerbread TARDIS, here are some helpful tips:

– If baking your own TARDIS, make sure the dough is well chilled (overnight is best) before you cut out the pieces.
– We used a picture of the TARDIS that we cut out and laid on top of the rolled-out cookie dough as a template. We then used a knife to cut out four of these sides.
– Bake according to the recipe! (Don’t exterminate it.)
– Use two people when frosting the TARDIS sides together. We used Betty Crocker Decorating Cookie Icing (Cream Cheese) because it hardens fast.
For the Doctor and companions, we used Ninja Cookie Cutters.
– We found a recipe for the angels, but the site I linked to is no longer around, so check out this place instead.

Have yourself a tasty Christmas!

Despite being busy with several projects, I’ve made time to see some great Christmas lights this year. The Markwell Neighborhood Lights and the Downs Family Lights were the most spectacular free displays. I posted sample videos on Uncovering Oklahoma’s Facebook page, which I’ve embedded below.

Markwell Lights:
Tune your car radio to 102.3 and watch a neighborhood of lights syned to music. To get to this amazing display, from highway I-40 in Oklahoma City, exit onto N. Council Rd. and head north to 23rd Street. The intersection will have a stop light. Turn left heading west on 23rd street. Turn left heading south on Graham (it’s the second intersection) and follow the lights!

Downs Family:
A short sample of the Downs Family Christmas Light Show. At 2900 72nd Avenue, about one-half mile south of Highway 9 in Norman, you’ll find the Downs Family Christmas lighting display. Park on the large field, turn your radio to 107.1 FM, and watch the 20 minute light show. Afterwards, donate some canned food for charity.