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Archive for March, 2008

mentally junked

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Cluttered room nothing
compared to cluttered mind. Maid
should sweep brain’s cobwebs.

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Heads up: Circus of the czars

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

tv camera If “quarterlife” can make the jump from the Internet to NBC basic cable, surely the Birmingham city council can jump from basic cable to the Internet. Council meetings will now stream live Tuesdays, with past sessions archived on the city’s site. Hurry, councilors will start at 9 this morning. Also included, searchable minutes and agendas, along with electronic voting, because — and we kid you not — voice votes were too confusing.

[For those who love RSS feeds: agendas and minutes.]

The hilarity will still be carried tape-delayed on Bright House public access at 7 tonight. But if you have four-plus hours to kill at work, why not see how your tax dollars are being wisely spent on trolleys and domes and private smoking decks?
• Birmingham Business Journal: Birmingham Council meetings will be available online

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waiting room habitat

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

The weary patient
lugs his belongings on a
wobbly cart in tow.

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Heads up: Blogs by Acme

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

wild west Should your company set up and run a blog? Is it like the Wild West? Our pal Jimmy DeButts explores these topics in a special report in this week’s Birmingham Business Journal. And yes, yours truly snags a quote and a mention. The link takes you to the online snippet (full access comes only with a year’s subscription at $85). Or head to your favorite newsstand this week and slap down $2 for a print edition.
• Birmingham Business Journal: Blogging: The new frontier

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lion’s march

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Light changes as fresh
days spring to life. Welcome the
warmth, savor the sun.

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Weight and See: Pride goeth

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

‘The Biggest Loser: Couples’ recap, episode 9

biggestloser.wadeonbirmingham.com
By Ginny

The blue team hits Vegas. Will Enterprise’s Roger Shultz come up aces or snake eyes? Jackpot or bust? Royal flush or craps? “The Biggest Loser,” where it’s always a gamble.

Tattoos for everyone, after the jump …

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cardiac cramp

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

Feeling of dread starts
somewhere inside, expanding
to swallow hope whole.

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trapped in the atl

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

The flight is delayed
two hours. Even cattle
cars keep to schedule.

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