Cade Posner

 Love of the Game  Being perfect is living in a moment with clear eyes and love in your heart. If you can do that, then you're perfect.  A Sooner  What is a Sooner? It's more than a word. It's more than a mascot.  It's a philosophy.  A culture.  A nation.  A Sooner is a champion, through Norman and far beyond.  A Sooner's cheer can be heard loud and strong.  Norman, our home where legends are honored and stars are born.  Adrian Peterson, Baker Mayfield, Sam Bradford, Steve Owens, Kyler Murray, Ed Harris, James Garner, Blake Griffin, Mark Shultz, Jon Gray, Garrett Richards.  All Sooners, all champions.  And so what is a Sooner?  We are Sooners, We are an army of champions.  Thousands strong. United, powerful.  Bleeding crimson and cream.  Steadfast in our commitment to be great, never quit, to be champions.  To be..... Sooners

 Italian Popular Tales by Thomas Frederick Crane (1885). The Cock That Wished to Become Pope This story was somewhat boring to read, but I thought it had a hidden message in it most would not see. In this tale a Cock decides he wants to become Pope. He journeys to Rome to accomplish this. Along the way he meets four different animals, a hen, a cat, and a weasel. They journey to Rome spending one night in a witches house until they are kicked out. At this point the weasel and cat decide the journey is not for them. The hen and cock continue to Rome eventually showing up to announce he will be Pope. At this point a sexton directs them into the sacristy, he locks them in. He caught them both twisted their necks and cooked them for dinner. Thats simply the story.  Though this may be a little dry and direct there is a message I feel most readers overlooked. Just because you think you can do something and have a crowd with you does not mean it is the best idea. Often times when many...

  Italian Popular Tales by Thomas Frederick Crane (1885). Water and Salt When I first began to read this story I thought it would be much like other kings and daughter tales. Though this one took a very interesting turn. Within this Italian tale a king asks his three daughters how much they love him. One replies as much as her eyes, the next as much as her heart, and the last as much as water and salt. He was furious with the last daughters answer and ordered for her to be killed. Though her sisters spared her telling the executioners to kill a dog instead and bring back her clothes. They did this, but her father over the years felt guilty. During those years the daughter lived with a magician, where she found a prince to marry. The day before her wedding she agreed to kill the magician, which left her house covered in gold. The next day at her wedding her father was in attendance. She ordered everyone to have water and salt except her father. He would not eat without those tw...