Author Archives: Granger Meador

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About Granger Meador

I enjoy reading, technology, day hikes, art museums, and photography. My wife Wendy and I work in the Bartlesville Public Schools in northeast Oklahoma, but this blog is outside the scope of our employment.

Shifting Partisanship in Oklahoma

Given the dominance of the Republican party, most of Oklahoma’s elections in November 2026 will effectively be determined in the closed Republican primaries in June and any runoff primaries in August. While over half of our registered voters are now … Continue reading

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Friends and Feeds

Do you find yourself spending too much time scrolling on Facebook past random nonsense? Does your inbox get clogged with emails of fresh posts from different online services? If so, here are a couple of strategies that might improve your … Continue reading

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The Rise & Fall of the Mass Market Paperback

The mass market paperback is dead. Not all paperback books, mind you, for the larger and more expensive trade paperbacks are still with us. But it shook me to realize that the pocket paperback, which was so important in my … Continue reading

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Did Not Finish? Start Anew!

When reading book reviews and blurbs, I bear in mind the disclaimer I often heard in 1970s car commercials: your mileage may vary. A few weeks ago I read Gary Shteyngart’s May 2024 article in The Atlantic: “Crying Myself to … Continue reading

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Free E-Books

For months I have been asked, “What are you going to do when you retire?” I usually answer flippantly, but an honest partial answer would be that I hope to whittle down my collection of unread books, including listening to … Continue reading

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