the knot to be tied
Monday, February 8th, 2016It starts with a ring
and a question. And maybe
a few happy tears.
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Archive for February, 2016
#sundayread for Feb. 7, 2016
Sunday, February 7th, 2016
Photo: Georgie Pauwels (CC)
My picks for #sundayread for Feb. 7, 2016:
- Y’all Connect: Ike Pigott on sizing up blog posts
- What moving from polls to data science means for democracy by Jill Lepore (RT @COdendahl)
- Who Should Pay for the Arts in America? By Andy Horwitz @amhnyc (RT @DaveMehling)
- The state of the blogosphere: Constant flux
- Google Research Dir. Peter Norvig on Being Wrong, by @kathrynschulz (RT @IBLearning)
- The Most Misread Poem in America, by David Orr
- Flashback: Y’all Connect – New books from speakers: The real you, plus zombies
- What Is Disruptive Innovation? (RT @hapeeg)
- Freedom from Fries: Can fast food be good for you? By @specterm (RT @kickpointinc)
- Flashback: What’s your biggest fear in blogging?
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know on Making “Mork & Mindy,” by @CharlieJane Anders
- What Went Wrong in Flint, by @AnnaBarryJester (RT @RobSSF)
- Meet the attorney suing Uber, Lyft, GrubHub, by @TraceyLien (via @LSSOnt)
- Great Artists Write, by @PaulJun_ (RT @karine_andree)
More posts from Wade this week:
The latest #sundayread tweets
- More #sundayread recommendations from me
will write for clicks
Sunday, February 7th, 2016Writers plentiful
in age of cyberpundits
and snap reviewers.
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a souvenir of less-vigorous times
Saturday, February 6th, 2016The cold came and went,
but the cough persists in the
dry nook of the throat.
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x’s and y’s
Friday, February 5th, 2016The sport of math needs
players on an infinite
field of equations.
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who will be the next internet gertrude stein?
Thursday, February 4th, 2016In search of the bright
Tumblr that inspires, the
blog that blares bon mots.
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in like a line of squalls
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016It was a time of
great flooding, of violent storms
and unceasing gales.
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off to the races
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016Many horses cross
the starting line, but 9 months
till one staggers home.
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The Birmingham channel: Valley of the doll
Monday, February 1st, 2016A look at Birmingham in videos …
Free-running at Crestwood Park. From Jared Dobbs.
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JRT performs at the Straight Outta Birmingham Artist Showcase in November at Zydeco on Southside. From Justtin Curry.
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Promo reel for Birmingham-based Kilzo Films. From Kilzo Films.
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Time-lapse footage of the Lyric Theatre renovation. From Michael Panepento.
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Music video for “Birmingham (Pop That)” by HidNTrackz featuring Ben Trexel. From HidN Trackz.
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Primus performs “Moron TV” in 2014 at Iron City on Southside. From treser62.
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Under the direction of the Chaffin Carousel Carving School in Five Points South, Amber Hawk Swanson will produce a full-size wooden carousel mount in the likeness of Dottie, a 9-year-old RealDoll originally owned by a Disney World Imagineer and “doll husband” Nagus. Dottie is now in the shared custody of two doll owners Incred and Camp, who met online, discovered they live only 19 miles apart. From Amber Hawk Swanson.
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How to make cornbread. From Hamilton Young Ward.
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A look at the 19th annual Pig Iron BBQ Challenge at the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in October. From Children’s Harbor.
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Birmingham saxophonist Vann Burchfield performs in 2011 at Jazz in the Park in East Lake Park. From Vann Burchfield.
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The Birmingham Boys Choir performs “Deep River” in January at Samford University. From Birmingham Boys Choir.
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Nashville country singer Chris Stapleton performs “Tennessee Whiskey” in June at Iron City on Southside (our other vertical video of the week). From Crystal Russell.
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Mastodon performs in November at Iron City. From Mark Frost.
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Southern Performance vs. Atlanta’s Keba Phipps Volleyball Academy in January at a Nashville tournament. From Ty Thomas.
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A December ride through Southside and downtown on the Vespa. From Dakota Kelly.
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New Jersey jam band Railroad Earth performs “Walk Beside Me” in March at Iron City. From zmanatl.
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Promo for the Game Zone Mobile. From Fernando Doyle II.
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Birmingham’s Guitar Hero, a multimedia group project for the fall 2015 semester. From Chromacraft.
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Promo for State Fair Coney Island in East Lake. From Phreal Innovations.
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First stop on the Bank Innovators Road Show, a series of small workshops where bankers work through research and case studies of the world’s most innovative banks to implement ideas. From Bank Innovators Council.
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FunkNation sound check at Iron City (our other other vertical video of the week). From backbeat3721.
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A discussion on the Returning to the Roots Of Civil Rights Tour, which includes Birmingham. From John Stanko.
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Cheap Trick performs in 2014 at Iron City. From Lee Moore Sr.
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Birmingham Lotus Project phase 1, post-performance improv with bilateral symmetry. From Julie Watters.
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victory party at the coffeehouse
Monday, February 1st, 2016Instead of pizza,
take the team to celebrate
with lattes and scones.
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