Letters From A Nut #7

This one was sent in anticipation of the Oscars last night - but it didn't make it into the newspaper - I guess it was too controversial to publish!

Dear Editor,

The American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards (“The Oscars")ceremonies are coming up February 26. Included among the nominees this year are movies like “The Artist", “The Descendants", “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" and “The Tree of Life." Has anyone ever even heard of these movies before, much less actually watched any of them? Nominees for best actors and actresses are people like Michelle Williams, Rooney Mara, Demian Bichir, Jean Dujardin and Gary Oldman. I think some of these are made up names. I've never heard of these people!

Give me the good old fashioned Acadamy Awards where movies we actually saw got awards like “Ben Hur" and “Lord of the Rings". And people we actually know get nominated like Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt and Gary Oldman!

Thank you,

Tim Duncan
A concerned citizen

Letter Writing Challenge!

In case you were wondering about the letter writing challenge I've been referring to here and on Facebook here's the 411. I've taken up the task of mailing at least one item through the post every day it runs in the month of February. And writing back to everyone who writes to me! Month month is quickly waning but I challenge everyone to do the same for a week. It's been quite a challenge, since I didn't want to just send a plain old letter. I wanted to put some creativity into it, so if you were on my list you got a drawing, craft or something silly in the mail. For more info here's where I found out about it!

Letters From A Nut #6

It's been a while since we've posted anything here and it's been a while since I've written a letter to the editor! So in the spirit of the letter writing challenge I've taken for the month of February there will be 2, I repeat, 2 letters to the editor this month! The first is in response to a previous letter published earlier this month:

Dear Editor,

I am writing in response to Jack P. Smith's letter of February 16.

No offense to Mr. Smith, I do not know him personally, though I do know many Smiths in the area and they could be related, it seems to me that our local economy could use more alcohol and coffee consumption, bars, casinos, tattoo parlors and other locally owned businesses. And university football, though a thorn in the side of local motorists during the hours prior and after game time, seems to be a boon for economic growth in Norman. Particularly from traffic and parking tickets.

Eliminating iPods and electronic games would be like eliminating televisions and radios. As for Blackberries, I don't think anyone really uses them nowadays anyway.

If we were to eliminate these things from our lives, how could we look in the mirror in the morning and call ourselves Americans? I personally challenge Mr. Smith to get out there today, get himself a tattoo and season tickets and stop by the liquor store on the way home to play on his electronic games. Help get this great city of ours back on its feet!


Thank you,

Tim Duncan
A concerned citizen

Published link at Norman Transcript