Category: Observations
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Mein Kampf at a police station
When I went to the Newnan Police Department yesterday to look for crime and story ideas, I found Mein Kampf on my favorite detective’s bookshelf. As I was glancing at the books on the shelf, I laughed aloud. “Shooting, How to Talk to Your Teens about Drinking, and Mein Kampf. Nice.” He admitted that the…
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Broke my employer’s car…
Today I was actually asked to go take pictures of a Career Day at the local elementary school. Of course I didn’t have the car with me and gave my camera to my mom today of all days so she could take pictures of her classroom. So my editor let me borrow her car… I…
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Cozy downtown coffee
To add on to comments about the daily coffee excursions this week… Yesterday I ordered a coffee and the nice British lady who worked there asked if I was going to stay. When I said I would, she poured it from the to-go cup into a nice mug and placed it onto a saucer. I…
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Famous in Coweta County?
So before I went to the office today I walked to the local coffee shop down the street. A man sitting on a random bench shouted out, “Hey do you work at the paper?” Me–“Uh…yeah.” Him–“Yeah, I thought so. I was sitting here thinking, ‘Hey, that looks like the girl who’s interning at the paper…
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Undercover police work?
Okay so I went to the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office yesterday with the county crime and courts reporter and visited a few people I knew from last year. I’m really surprised that exciting crimes are down in the county right now… 🙂 It’s all DUIs and minor marijuana charges. Where are the prostitution spas and…
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The life of a young journalist
Okay after a few months of letting the blog die, I think I will pick it back up again. The entries before these were pretty sad, so let’s see if I can find a niche and hold on to it. I’m interning at the local newspaper in Newnan, Ga., this summer, and I run across…
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Hello world!
I’m finishing up my freshman year at the University of Georgia, and it certainly seems like I can add to the insights I gained in high school. You know how your teachers tell you high school is going to be so much harder than middle school, and it really isn’t? And then they tell you…
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New trend not fo’ the po’
Now get this one: pole dancing parties. The Times ran a story about one lady in particular (42 years old!) who teaches mothers and even grandmothers the art of pole dancing. I’ve gotten mixed reactions from friends, but I’m all for it. If the old ladies want to act sexy for thier husbands while exercising…
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Right-door awareness
Stealing the phrase from my boyfriend, I’d like to back up the seriousness of right-door awareness. How many times have you tried to walk through a set of double doors, only after stepping aside for someone to walk in the other way? How many times have you done the awkward right-left-right shift on the sidewalk…
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Long Oscars laughable but let down Leo
Deemed the Super Bowl for women, the Oscars ran until 12:30 and left me unsatisfied. I failed my womanly duty to watch the first bit, but I returned to my room around 11 p.m. and was told the results by my roommate. Although I missed Will Ferrell and Jack Black’s duet, I was there to…
Carolyn Crist 