Apparently reporter Mike Baldwin from "The Oklahoman" thinks he's pretty smart. When he made up an idea that thunder.com was a domain that the new basketball team in town might want, he started calling and e-mailing us for weeks. And all that for nothing, since it was a figment of his imagination. We really did mean it when we posted in July, "There's no news here."

A note for Baldwin: Just because you made up a story, it's no excuse to try to breach any citizens' privacy. We're not obligated to return your calls. Your speculation just made you and your editors look like idiots when it turned out to be all wrong. Tough luck dude! It's your own fault. You'll find no sympathy here!!

Everyone who has a domain which is a word in the dictionary gets something off-the-wall once in a while. We don't return those types of calls. But Baldwin does get the title of the most annoying of them. So we'll tell our friends to avoid buying products from Oklahoma for a while.

A reporter from "The Oklahoman" mistakenly reported that Thunder.com is expiring soon. That came out of the blue. As far as we can tell, when we didn't return his calls, he followed his imagination wherever it might take him. He apparently looked up the date but failed to note the year of the expiration before writing his report. Don't worry - it will be renewed before its due date which is still several years away. Thanks for your concern.

There is no news here. See the Thunder.Net Frequently-Asked Questions page if you have a question.

We hope and expect that "The Oklahoman" will retract their story when they realize their goof. It would be the professional thing to do.