{"id":1656,"date":"2013-06-19T21:43:29","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T02:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/backgroundprobability\/?p=1656"},"modified":"2013-06-27T09:50:46","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T14:50:46","slug":"almost-time-to-freeok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/backgroundprobability\/2013\/06\/19\/almost-time-to-freeok\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost Time to FreeOK!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week is the high point of the year in freethought for me and mine. I&#8217;m, like, this excited&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1657\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1657\" style=\"width: 819px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/backgroundprobability\/files\/2013\/06\/599742_404507259595697_1625795709_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1657\" alt=\"599742_404507259595697_1625795709_n\" src=\"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/backgroundprobability\/files\/2013\/06\/599742_404507259595697_1625795709_n.jpg\" width=\"819\" height=\"631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/backgroundprobability\/files\/2013\/06\/599742_404507259595697_1625795709_n.jpg 819w, https:\/\/skepticink.com\/backgroundprobability\/files\/2013\/06\/599742_404507259595697_1625795709_n-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Socializing at the FreeOK 2012 after-party<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CampQuestOK\/\" target=\"_blank\">Camp Quest Oklahoma<\/a> is in full swing, with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pyrojoe711\" target=\"_blank\">Joe<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/campquestok\" target=\"_blank\">Mary<\/a> keeping watch (along with loads of volunteers) over some of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newson6.com\/story\/22626731\/summer-camp-caters-to-non-religious-science-minded-kids\">most thoughtful children<\/a> in the state, including <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/D4M10N\/status\/347427289073610752\" target=\"_blank\">my firstborn<\/a>. I really couldn&#8217;t be any prouder.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, back here in OKC we&#8217;re gearing up for <a href=\"http:\/\/freeok.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">FreeOK<\/a>, our annual statewide freethought conference, which will be held in our city for the first time this coming Saturday. If you live in Oklahoma, or any of the states that border us, have a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/freeok.org\/downloadable-freeok-2013-event-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\">this years lineup<\/a> and then change your weekend plans.<\/p>\n<p>For your convenience, I&#8217;ve collected together a few media bits about FreeOK, for those who want to know more about the event and the people organizing it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okgazette.com\/oklahoma\/article-18572-be-reasonable.html\" target=\"_blank\">Oklahoma Gazette<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/okc.net\/2013\/06\/18\/okc-365-freeok-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\">OKC\u00a0dot net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/foundationbeyondbelief.org\/node\/1824\" target=\"_blank\">Foundation Beyond Belief<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/aronra\/2013\/06\/09\/atheist-goodwill-not-good-enough-for-some-oklahomans\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ace of Clades<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/friendlyatheist\/2013\/05\/30\/what-are-atheists-doing-for-the-victims-of-the-oklahoma-tornado\/\" target=\"_blank\">Friendly Atheist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.oklahomaatheists.com\/2013\/04\/get-to-know-freeok.html\" target=\"_blank\">Oklahoma Atheists Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hope to see some of you guys there! I&#8217;ll be manning the table for <a href=\"http:\/\/okau.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Americans United<\/a>, so please feel free drop by and say hello.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week is the high point of the year in freethought for me and mine. I&#8217;m, like, this excited&#8230; This&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-movement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/backgroundprobability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/backgroundprobability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/backgroundprobability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/backgroundprobability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/backgroundprobability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/backgroundprobability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/backgroundprobability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/backgroundprobability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/backgroundprobability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}