by The Observer Staff | Jul 26, 2013 | Column
One day in first grade, I ran up to my teacher, Ms. Perry, and said, “M-M-M…M-M-M…M-M-M Ms. PPP.” “Jody, stop, slow down, and start over,” she said. So, I did. “M……M……M……Ms. P…P…P” I said, slowly. I was an exceptional child, only I didn’t know it at the...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 26, 2013 | Column
I look with envy, but, I stress, total admiration, at all the retired military people we have around here, retired colonels and lieutenant colonels all over the place. I say to myself, “You stupid idiot,” (we’re on a first-name basis) why didn’t you stay in the army...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 26, 2013 | Column
Many of the mosquitos bothering Lee County residents are breeding in pools of standing water, also known as isolated wetlands, resulting from rainfall. I read not long ago that the city of Opelika was planning to activate its insecticidal “fogging machines” and would...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 26, 2013 | Column
The phrase Potemkin village is defined in Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary- Encyclopedia as a “pretentious showy or imposing facade intended to mask or divert attention from an embarrassing or shabby fact or condition.” The name Potemkin is from Prince Potemkin who...
by The Observer Staff | Jul 26, 2013 | Column
One of the many joys of working here at the “Double O” usually happens a few times during each school year, when Editor Fred Woods will pop his head into my office and say those wonderful words: “You wanna go read at Darden with us tomorrow?” For years now, Fred and...