Category: Within The Realm

The First Rule of Newtonian Physics and Wrestling

by Steve Garrett, posted in Within The Realm

One of the best physicists I have ever known was my first wrestling coach, T. A. Shell. Never athletic enough to apply his lessons toward any success on the wrestling mat, I have used them in other aspects of my life.

T. A. was my coach, yes, but he was also a member of a family with which my family has maintained a generations-long friendship. But it was as a coach he had an opportunity to impart lasting wisdom that has taken me far from the wrestling room.

He did it with the help of, I suppose, a couple of old wrestling coaches, Archimedes and Ike Newton.


A Reflection On Scrooginess

by Steve Garrett, posted in Within The Realm

A Christmas Open House at my new friend Opal’s place got me to thinking…it got me to thinking about my feelings and attitude toward Christmas, described by some as Grinch-y or Scrooge-y. There’s a reason for my jaundiced eye cast on this winter holiday, but not because I dislike the good tidings it creates. It’s the real lesson of Chuck Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” one we ought to look at again!

Eight’s The Place: Tulsa TV, Promotion and Community

by Steve Garrett, posted in Within The Realm

Back when I was a kid, there was Channel 8, Tulsa’s KTUL. Channel 8 embraced the concept of local content for working stiffs, housewives, kids, lovers of moster movies…you get the idea.The news anchors and characters on these local shows were out in the small towns in their viewing area, in parades,at county fairs, whereever a crowd might gather. It built a strong between the station and its viewers. 

It was about as interactive as broadcast television could be

The executives in the corner offices have decided to shutter the once lively studios and offices of KTUL, to operate the station remotely from Oklahoma City. A sign of the times, but there are still lessons to learn from the heyday of KTUL.

Try Storyteller’s Roast

by Steve Garrett, posted in Within The Realm

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Two Nickels At The Eagle

by Steve Garrett, posted in Within The Realm

I’ve been running into a certain subject in my research, one that will make a few appearances in episodes to follow. It reminded me of the first time I really encountered the subject, while standing in line at the Eagle Theater waiting for my chance at an Orange Fanta.