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The Cliff Rules: The McCollumn - 12/27: "Bah humbug for a reason"
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A series of conversations with the resident of McCollum Cottage. Tuesday, December 24, 2013. The McCollumn - 12/27: "Bah humbug for a reason". Often get accused of being a “Scrooge” this time of year, and I can’t say that reputation is undeserved. The Christmas season does tend to bring out my worst side, but, as a veteran of the War on Christmas, you’ll forgive me if I occasionally lapse into PTHSD (post traumatic holiday stress disorder). Due to Steele’s impassioned response, the SGA later formed...
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The Cliff Rules: September 2013
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A series of conversations with the resident of McCollum Cottage. Friday, September 6, 2013. The McCollumn - 9/6: "Life lessons from a drive-thru window". A few years ago, I was inadvertently introduced to a series of sentence fragments that would forever alter the course of my life. I was going through the drive-thru at the Burger King in Opelika with my friend Bobby, eagerly awaiting our order of fries and Coke-flavored Icees. 8220;What did she just say? I hardly knew where to begin. When presented with...
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The Cliff Rules: August 2013
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A series of conversations with the resident of McCollum Cottage. Friday, August 23, 2013. The McCollumn - 8/23: "Runaway ring: a tale of how wedded bliss almost wasn't". W eddings are always exceedingly interesting affairs, especially from the standpoint of a dedicated people watcher like yours truly. And, when given a prime vantage point for such viewing, say as the officiating minister, one could automatically expect some sort of hilarity to occur. As if worrying about being mauled by Cujo and Cujette ...
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The Cliff Rules: The McCollumn - 9/6: "Life lessons from a drive-thru window"
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A series of conversations with the resident of McCollum Cottage. Friday, September 6, 2013. The McCollumn - 9/6: "Life lessons from a drive-thru window". A few years ago, I was inadvertently introduced to a series of sentence fragments that would forever alter the course of my life. I was going through the drive-thru at the Burger King in Opelika with my friend Bobby, eagerly awaiting our order of fries and Coke-flavored Icees. 8220;What did she just say? I hardly knew where to begin. When presented with...
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The Cliff Rules: February 2014
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A series of conversations with the resident of McCollum Cottage. Thursday, February 27, 2014. The McCollumn - 2/28: "Lord, save us from ourselves". A fter an interesting period of debate last week, the Alabama House of Representatives approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow voters a say in whether the Ten Commandments should be displayed in schools or other places. For a group of people who claim to love and support the “word of God” as much as Alabama’s politician...Surely one of t...
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The Cliff Rules: The McCollumn - 2/28: "Lord, save us from ourselves"
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A series of conversations with the resident of McCollum Cottage. Thursday, February 27, 2014. The McCollumn - 2/28: "Lord, save us from ourselves". A fter an interesting period of debate last week, the Alabama House of Representatives approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow voters a say in whether the Ten Commandments should be displayed in schools or other places. For a group of people who claim to love and support the “word of God” as much as Alabama’s politician...Surely one of t...
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The Cliff Rules: July 2013
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A series of conversations with the resident of McCollum Cottage. Friday, July 26, 2013. The McCollumn - 7/26: "Finding 'love' between pages". 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:. 8220;You wanna go read at Darden with us tomorrow? Then, we’ll split into groups and read the books with the kids, asking them to help us along as we read. Case II: Cliff ...
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The Cliff Rules: June 2013
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A series of conversations with the resident of McCollum Cottage. Thursday, June 20, 2013. The McCollumn - 6/21: "Eligible, but not ready". I checked my mail the other morning, and had my interest piqued by a letter from the First Baptist Church of Opelika. Inside, a letter addressed “Dear Friend” informed me I was allegedly now eligible to serve as a member of the church’s deacon board, should I choose to stand for election. I am not “the husband of one wife,” “sensible,” or ̶...I’m fairly cert...
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The Cliff Rules: May 2013
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A series of conversations with the resident of McCollum Cottage. Friday, May 3, 2013. The McCollumn - 5/3: "Ed Williams, -30-". A chapter of the history of Alabama journalism comes to a close this week, as longtime journalism professor and former Auburn Plainsman adviser Ed Williams’ retirement became official this week. Those who passed moved on to bigger and better things within the department; those who didn’t found themselves searching for other, less strenuous majors. Every “Who he? Like his dear fr...
