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In case you've been busy, here's a selection of what's been posted this week.

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<strong>BASS ACKWARDS</strong>: We've been up to our gills in fish and anglers this week. Ever since we heard <a href="http://www.bassmaster.com/tournaments/2013-bassmaster-classic" target="_blank">the Bassmaster Classic was headed for Tulsa</a>, we began gathering the best stories, video, and audio to help make sense of what's being called the largest outdoor sporting event ever to come to northeast Oklahoma.
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	<li>Starting at 7 a.m. this morning, the boats of 53 of the world’s best anglers took to the waters of Grand Lake, kicking off the 43rd-annual Bassmaster Classic, this year held here in Tulsa. Here, Classic competitor and Oklahoma native Tommy Biffle talks strategy and life as a professional fisherman:<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/59524935?byline=0&amp;color=48c1c7" frameborder="0" width="500" height="281"></iframe></li>
And here's the article to go with it.
	<li><strong>GO FISH</strong>: "You don't have to find a fish. It'll come and get you." In this audio piece by Abby Wendle, fourth-generation noodler Gary Altizer describes <a href="https://soundcloud.com/thislandpress/okie-dish-noodling-and-fat" target="_blank">the perils of finding and grabbing Oklahoma-river catfish with his bare hands</a>.</li>
	<li><strong>SNOW FISHING</strong>: We've had some wintry precipitation to welcome the competitors. But by the looks of what's in <a href="http://thislandpress.com/02/11/2012/bassmaster-classic-and-downtown-tulsa-guide/" target="_blank">this guide to the Bassmaster event</a>—which includes the when and where of the competition itself, along with things to do while you're downtown—the week is about to heat up, and fast.</li>
	<li><strong>HANDFISHERY</strong>: Holly Wall tries her hand at noodling at Keystone Lake.</li>
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<strong>KISS AND TELL</strong>: From the archives of "Me Head"—it was a free-press zine you might have seen around Tulsa in the early 2000s, and it featured early works from several writers who have since contributed to This Land—saliva-swapping expert Dr. Gene Fitzgerald has <a href="http://thislandpress.com/02/21/2013/me-head-dr-genes-french-kissing-faqs/" target="_blank">all the answers to your frequently asked questions about French kissing</a>.

<strong>MYTH HAPPENS</strong>: Possible <a href="http://thislandpress.com/roundups/spontaneous-combustion-and-a-chupacabra-and-snow/" target="_blank">spontaneous combustion, Chupacabra sighting, and thundersnow</a> in the same week in Oklahoma.

<strong>BREAD FOR BOPPA</strong>: Check out this video by musician, filmmaker and Oklahoma native <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LDmusicetc" target="_blank">Luke Dick / Music</a>, etc., about a Tulsan transplanted to New York City who sends bread home to her "Boppa" in Bartlesville every week:

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<strong>THE RIDDLE OF NOWHERE</strong>: This Land Press News Editor Holly Wall on <a href="http://bit.ly/YAkUmR" target="_blank">how a group of young Republicans are navigating Oklahoma's shifting political landscape</a>—and maybe changing it forever.

<strong>GIRL POWER</strong>: Joshua Kline profiles the talented-beyond-their-years <a href="http://bit.ly/rFwELh" target="_blank">OKC punk duo Skating Polly</a>.

<strong>GET YER HOUSEWARES</strong>: From now through the end of the month, <a href="http://www.thislandpress.com/store" target="_blank">take 25 percent off all This Land merchandise in our Art &amp; Housewares category</a> (including posters, mugs, bags, and more). Use promo code ARTHOUSE25.

What have you been reading/watching/listening to this week?