Wade on Birmingham » Grab Bag http://wadeonbirmingham.com News, features and essays about Birmingham and Alabama Fri, 25 May 2012 06:43:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Happy Easter! http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2012/04/08/happy-easter-2012/ http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2012/04/08/happy-easter-2012/#comments Sun, 08 Apr 2012 05:05:47 +0000 Wade http://wadeonbirmingham.com/?p=14538

Video: the winner of Peeps Show VI, Occupeep DC

Happy Easter, y’all!

See the finalists and runners-up in the Washington Post Peeps Show VI contest.

Video: “Alien: The Easter Edition”

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Video: One of my favorites, summing up all
my views on Valentine’s Day

Happy Valentine’s Day, y’all!

Aw, but if you want a romantic song …

Video: Charlie Puth and Emily Luther sing
“Someone Like You” by Adele

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A look at the life of Martin Luther King Jr.

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Happy New Year!

Keep fighting for the Birmingham you believe in in 2012.

Photo: Paul Sableman (CC)
]]> http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2012/01/01/happy-2012/feed/ 0 Merry Christmas! http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2011/12/25/merry-christmas-2011-video/ http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2011/12/25/merry-christmas-2011-video/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:05:09 +0000 Wade http://wadeonbirmingham.com/2011/12/25/merry-christmas-2011-video/

Merry Christmas!

Here’s Tori Amos’ cover of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.”

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Video: a hot Thanksgiving cooking tip

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

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Video: Ramsay High School marching band at the Veterans
Day parade in Birmingham

Thanks to all the men and women who have served in our armed forces to protect our freedom!

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Video: The secret to a successful horror movie is …

Happy Halloween! And beware of flying cats …

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Video: “Imagine,” performed by Neil Young

Take a moment to remember the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives 10 years ago today in the worst terrorist attack on American soil.

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Video: Then-gubernatorial candidate Robert Bentley
participates in the annual Labor Day Moon Pie
eating contest at Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park.

Happy Labor Day! Check out the annual Moon Pie eating contest and other holiday activities at Magic City Post.

 

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Video: “America the Beautiful,” by Ray Charles

Have a fun-filled Independence Day!

 

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Today, remember.

Photo: Carl Wycoff (CC)

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Happy Easter, y’all!

Photo: Terren (CC)

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Video: A “Peanuts” double feature: “Be My Valentine,
Charlie Brown” and “A Charlie Brown Valentine.”

Happy Valentine’s Day, y’all!

Remember: Tomorrow, half-price chocolates …

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This was the final speech of Martin Luther King Jr., on April 3, 1968, in Memphis.

Go in peace on this day.

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Happy New Year!

May 2011 bring you all the blessings life can offer, Birmingham.

Thanks for reading us these past 5 years. We look forward to more great stories to share in the coming days.

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Have a Merry Christmas, filled with glee and light and wonder!

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Enjoy the Hanukkah Channel …

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A little statistical perspective:

  • It took 561 days to reach 1,000 posts.
  • Another 722 days to reach 2,000 posts.
  • And then another 594 days to reach this 3,000 posts.

I’m proud of the quantity and quality of posts on this site, the first of my blogs. I have lots of ideas for posts, but never enough time to get them all out there. That’s right: I could crank out another 3,000, if only I were a bit faster.

In any case, a quick rundown of the state of the blogs.

Wade Kwon

• Wade on Birmingham — A successful 2010 so far, with great political coverage (even if the candidates weren’t always so great), an outstanding series of guest posts on the local food scene, three(!) reality shows and more. Plus, daily haiku, lively guest essays and an unflinching look at life in Birmingham. And the same dull look since 2006. (That last one is unintentional.)

• Wade Kwon.com — A terrific repository for my thousands of tweets. And not much else. Easily the most neglected of my blogs.

• Media of Birmingham — Not mine, per se, but one that I created for the organization. Also dangerously neglected, though I have some good stories that need writing and posting. I’ll have my byline on those stories from now on as others join in the site maintenance.

• Birmingham Blogging Academy — Ever since I returned from BlogWorld in October, nothing. Nada. I have a great one just two steps away from publishing, and a never-ending supply of ideas. Notice a recurring theme?

But wait, this should help explain my neglect …

• Magic City Post — More than an hundred posts in little more than a month. All about Birmingham. All focused on the positive. Meet my newest baby. We launched it on Oct. 18, and if I haven’t mentioned it here before, we’re still getting it just so. But do check it out: I’m proud of my work there and invest much of my time and energy in getting this new project moving quickly.

Thank you, my friends, for continuing to read my posts on this and many other sites. It’s truly an honor to write for you every day.

Wade Kwon is a Birmingham native and publisher of Wade on Birmingham.

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What did you expect, a turkey card?

Happy Thanksgiving!

Also:

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