For the first time in nearly two weeks, the Tulsa 66ers return home for a pair of games at the Tulsa Convention Center. The 66ers fared well on what was originally planned as a three-game road stretch, coming away with two-straight wins. They will tip-off their two-game home series with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants tonight at 7 p.m. The two squads will then battle again at the same time Friday night before Tulsa closes out the weekend home-stand against the Iowa Energy on Sunday at 4 p.m.
The 66ers opened their most recent road swing on December 10 with a 120-102 win over the Sioux Falls Skyforce. Byron Mullens, who was assigned the same day by the Oklahoma City Thunder, teamed with Zabian Dowdell to lead all scorers with 19 points. Tulsa had six players score in double-digits as they shot 54-percent from the field and forced 30 turnovers while posting what was then their highest point total of the season.
A re-match that was scheduled for the following night was postponed due to blizzard conditions in the Sioux Falls area. The game has been rescheduled for Wednesday, February 16.
Tulsa traveled to Frisco, Texas on Tuesday night to take on the Texas Legends who handed them a 110-99 loss just ten days earlier. This time, the results would be different, as the 66ers smashed their season-high point total and defeated the Legends 130-116.
Dowdell led seven double-digit scorers with 22 points, as the 66ers shot an incredible 62-percent from the field and 56-percent from behind the three-point line. Elijah Millsap contributed 19 points and seven rebounds while connecting on seven-of-eight shots from the field. Larry Owens and Jerome Dyson each added 18 points as the 66ers handed the Legends their first ever home loss in the NBA D-League.
Mullens was absent from the game on Tuesday after being recalled by the Thunder on Monday. Mullens is the second player to be assigned and recalled by the Thunder this season. University of Kansas product Cole Aldrich spent just under two weeks with the 66ers earlier this season, posting 39 points and 36 rebounds in five games before being recalled by the Thunder on December 6. Mullens had 19 points, four rebounds, three assists, two steals and one block in 33 minutes of playing time.
Tonight’s game, billed as Cub Scout night, will feature performances by the Jenks High School cheer and pom squad. Fans will also enjoy $2 beer during the night. Friday night the 66ers and the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma are teaming up for a holiday food drive. Fans that donate non-perishable food items will be entered into a raffle for prizes that will be awarded throughout the night. Friday night also sees the return of the popular offer of a lower level ticket, hotdog and soda for $10.
Tickets for all 66ers home games are available online, or by calling 918-585-8444.
Visiting media professionals have said it is the best television picture they have ever seen. To me, it perfectly fit my objective of finding the highest value video per dollar spent. That was my request to the audio video pros at 
Walking in their showroom, I have never seen so many televisions in one place anywhere. They also have a special room set aside to view projection units. I could not bring myself to consider a furniture retailer that sells televisions on the side or a big box retailer. I wanted advice from people who really knew what they were talking about. 
1080p is the shorthand identification for a set of HDTV video modes that are characterized by 1,080 lines of vertical resolution (1,080 horizontal scan lines) and progressive scan (meaning the image is not interlaced). The term usually assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a horizontal resolution of 1920 pixels. This resolution is similar to that of 2K digital cinema technology. 
My usage is also for business and Video Revolution is an advertiser both on Tulsa Today and The David Arnett Show on KRMG. In web production and training meetings for Tulsa Today and other commercial web projects, the 92” screen provides a view that can be seen by everyone in the room. We use a laser pointer and each of our developers can see clearly rather than crowding around a computer in the writing office. For this usage, our main computer is hard wired to the projector and operated during presentations by a remote keyboard and mouse. 
It may be old-fashioned, but I don’t mind paying people to do what they do best so I can concentrate on what I do best. The team did say that most customers purchasing this system install it in a theatre room specially designed for movie viewing. They have installed similar units throughout northeastern Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri. My usage is more common and the environment more brutal.
I purchased an additional lamp after about a year and a half. It is the most expensive single bulb I have ever purchased, but I worked the old one more than the rated 3000 hours at low power and 2000 hours a full lamp power. I run at full power and it operated over 3500 hours or about a year and a half. This in context is remarkable as the loft with 100 year old brick and a bachelor’s housekeeping gets a little dusty. 
With my limited budget, I utilized my existing audio equipment. Video Revolution didn’t try to twist my arm on audio. They did recommend an upgrade, but I was able to compensate to my initial satisfaction for poor speakers and an old receiver using my 16-channel PA. With RCA output from the video system to the PA, I didn’t really notice how badly my old speakers were working. When the PA was temporarily unavailable, the receiver showed its age in how it divided sound to the speakers and the poor speakers themselves made the need for an upgrade clear. At first, I wondered if something was broken. 
They really are good at what they do and what Video Revolution does keeps expanding. 
Oklahomans looking to hire a household moving company and those offering moving services in the state should carefully note changes in the law that give the consumer more information and protection, and require companies to get the necessary authority for the protection of both the company and its customers according to a news release today from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. 
Among the items of note in the new regulations:
TULSA, OK– On Tuesday night, the Tulsa Oilers just ran out of time.
Edit Note: As Congress debates raising taxes and hidden spending, Dr. Coburn (R-OK) recently delivered a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate expressing his concerns and a challenge to make hard choices in light of our growing debt and deficits. A condensed version of that speech follows and it should be considered by every thinking American: 
The fact is, we already have a debt commission. It is called the U.S. Congress … We are the debt commission. We have to have a plan to avert the catastrophe that is in front of us … 
Cutting spending should be the easy part of our solution. We can document hundreds of billions of dollars a year that are wasted, defrauded, or duplicated in the Federal Government … I often hear my colleagues assert the power of the purse when it comes to earmarking, but I never hear the same thing when we talk about trying to cut spending. The bias is to spend, not to cut spending. We are either going to do it or outside financial forces are going to force us. 
If we think about what is required and how we would achieve real change, we have two truths in tension: One, we have a government we tolerate; two, the American people have the power to change that government. 
This gentleman just ignored the magnitude, severity, and urgency of the problems that face America. 
Economists worldwide and some of the brightest people at Harvard and MIT, the University of Texas, Pennsylvania, they don’t sleep at night right now. They know we are on the razor-thin edge of falling over a cliff. 
I challenge my colleagues to go to Gettysburg or Philadelphia or visit ground zero and ask: What went through the minds of the brave young Americans when the doors of their landing craft opened on Omaha Beach? What motivated the heroes on flight 93 on 9/11 when they stormed a cockpit occupied by terrorists? What did our Founders think when they signed the Declaration of Independence, knowing their lives and fortunes were on the line? They were thinking about the future. They were making that critical decision to have courage in the face of adversity and take with it what may come. But they knew doing the correct and honorable and right thing was more important than their reputation or any other thing they had.