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My wife and I were talking about our grandpas the other day and how much change they must have seen in their lifetime. I thought about it and I believe the last 50 years may have given us more change than the 50 years before that 10 things I use every day that weren't around then: Zenith Space Commander 300 TV Remote GPS (Can you imagine telling a 20-something to read a map?) TV Remote control (My dad used to call his “Burk”) Intermittent windshield wipers. (Before this, they were either on or off) Smoke detectors (before these, people just died) Digital Cameras (you had to go to the drug store to see your pictures) Microwave (maybe if you were rich in 1975) Electronic payments /ATM’s (cash, what a novel idea) Cell Phones Personal Computers THE INTERNET (Probably the biggest game changer)

I normally don’t do food reviews. Mainly because I love all things food, so what’s the point? Today I made my 10 th trip to the Empire Slice House in the Plaza District of Oklahoma City with a great friend of mine. He bought, so that’s why he is a GREAT friend, not just a GOOD friend. There are lots of new trendy hipster restaurants popping up all over OKC and, frankly, this is one of them. But what makes Empire Slice House different? They got it right ! Yes, they are in the trendy part of town with trendy wait staff (aka awesome wait staff) but the main reason is they got it right . They serve pizza, really good pizza and beer. That’s it! Oh sure, they have the obligatory salad or something like that for all the healthy eaters out there. But mainly they serve really good pizza at a really good price, and beer The one non-pizza/beer item that is a must-try is the garlic knots; garlic bread dripping in butter with marinara sauce.  If you are here, you are probably ...