The satisfaction
from a well-cooked gourmet meal,
but mostly fullness.

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It’s the second week
of school, and they’re already
out of chalk and milk.

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The big dinner needs
sliced and diced vegetables and
meats at the ready.

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Fields of cotton, lush
forests, manmade lakes, kind hearts
in Alabama.

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The coach yells at the
team. The players run their drills.
Practice never ends.

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The more you get to
know people, the more you want
to crawl back in bed.

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A look at Birmingham in videos …

The City of Birmingham demolished the first of hundreds of abandoned houses, this one at 1917 Fulton Ave. SW in West End. From al.com.

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Black Lives Matter-Birmingham tribute to Ferguson 1 year later. From Avee-Ashanti Shabazz.

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Cycling across Birmingham in August. From Jeff McCord.

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Highlights from Secret Stages 2015 downtown. From XXRK Films.

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A look at Good People Brewing Company on Southside. From Elev8ed Photo.

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Jessica in the fountain in front of the Birmingham Water Works in North Avondale. From JBEPhoto.

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Drone footage over Birmingham at sunset. From Blu Sky Pix Aerial Imaging.

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Music video for “Poison” from Nashville rock band Jet Black Alley Cat, shot on location at LightRails downtown in spring 2014. From Jason Berg.

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Bluff Park United Methodist Church’s women’s ministry holds a forum in Hoover on human trafficking and domestic violence, featuring Birmingham Police deputy chief Henry Irby and Hoover Police Det. Ryan Smith. From Starnes Publishing.

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Ranting at the Walmart parking lot in Eastwood (our vertical video of the week). From JazmyneLove Angel.

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Music video for “Lullaby” from Birmingham artist Soloe tha Blackknight, featuring Queen. From Stanley Parrish.

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Inside look at Lakeview restaurant BYOB Rocks. From NAVE Media USA.

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Arguing with a cabbie (our other vertical video of the week). From JazmyneLove Angel.

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Watching the Birmingham police. From DeffMind Film Production.

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Kamtek unveils $530 million Birmingham expansion plans. From Alabama NewsCenter.

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Birmingham band Slick Lilly performs in 2009 at WorkPlay in Lakeview. From Chad Pullins.

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Massive haul from the Birmingham Record Show! A report from a Nashville visitor. From Rodger Coleman.

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Touring the South, including the Barber Motorsports Museum in Leeds, plus Huntsville, Nashville and more. From Chris Lonsberry.

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A profile of Rev. Thomas E. Gilmore, an icon of the civil rights movement and the first black sheriff of Greene County. From Roy Khalil.

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Family night at Chick-Fil-A in Inverness. From Carron Bullard.

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New York singer Max Schneider performs a cover of “Billie Jean” earlier this month at the Rare Martini in Lakeview. From jessicasanriox.

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The Birmingham Blue Devils take on Triple Threat in June. From Twin Sports TV.

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Singer-songwriter Christina Perri performs “The Lonely” earlier this month at Iron City on Southside. From Taylor Sanderson.

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He made a deal with
the devil, then acted shocked
at the devil’s scam.

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Photo: Bobby McKay (CC)

My picks for #sundayread for Aug. 23, 2015:

• Y’all Connect: Bloggers share lessons from 2015 conference, part 1
• The Singular Mind of Terry Tao, by Gareth Cook @GarethIdeas (RT @luthermarius)
• A Birmingham Reading List
• How I’m listening to improve my communication: An update
• Writers: Stop reading, start writing.
• Why Does the National Enquirer Suck at the Internet? By @MikeLeePearl
• Flashback: Adding video easily into WordPress posts (and pages)
• Trades, movement hard on baseball families, by Zach Buchanan @azc_zachb
• The Lions of Street Food, by Matt Goulding @mdgoulding (RT @robertgor17)
• Flashback: Tuscaloosa’s Deontay Wilder wins bronze medal in boxing at 2008 Olympics
• How the Muppets created Generation X, by @ElizHydeStevens
• Exclusion of Blacks From Juries Raises Renewed Scrutiny by @AdamLiptak (RT @vsisson13)
• River of Booze: Inside college town’s embrace of drinking, by @karinfischer & @erichoov
• When Two Decide to Live Together and Combine Bookshelves, by @AlexanderChee

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: The heat is on

The latest #sundayread tweets

#sundayread Tweets

• More #sundayread recommendations from me

Put down the empty
glass and slip out the back door
with hoarded brownies.

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It comes with something …
let me ask my manager
and not call you back.

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I’ll be ready to
conquer the world as soon as
I wash the dishes.

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We started out with
Shakespeare and ended with a
suggestive eggplant.

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Ladies choose to be
objectors, objectified,
their bodies their selves.

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The lyrics rolled by
on monitors for us to
belt out tipsily.

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