The cashier is too
cheerful. The phone rep is too
cheerful. Tone it down.

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They posed in front of
the alleyway mural with
their mischievous smiles.

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The curiously
cute scarecrow failed to ward off
vermin but scored stares.

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My picks for #sundayread for May 31, 2015:

• Y’all Connect: Our last two speakers are …
• Why an Oregon official leaked @GovKitz’s emails, by @NigelJaquiss
• “Click-clack the Rattlebag,” by Neil Gaiman @neilhimself
• The art of the brand [Rocket City Bloggers]
• Inside Walt Disney’s Failed City of Tomorrow, by Matt Patches @misterpatches
• Nikki Finke, Feared Hollywood Reporter, Turns to Fiction, by @RaviSomaiya
• Y’all Connect: Spotlight on 2015 speaker Taylor Robinson
• Fanboi @StephenFry talks with Apple’s chief design officer Jony Ive
• John Bohannon Fooled Millions Into Thinking Chocolate Helps Weight Loss. Here’s How
• Flashback: Project Bulk – Day 273: End of the third trimester
• Did your favorite TV show get canceled? 7 possible reasons by Todd VanDerWerff @tvoti
• A Choice for Recovering Addicts: Relapse or Homelessness, by @Kim_Barker
• Escape or Die, by James Verini (RT @thehiphopswami)
• Dunham, Schumer, Ellie Kemper, Kate McKinnon, Gina Rodriguez, Tracee Ellis Ross comedy roundtable

More posts from Wade this week:

• Y’all Connect: Video: Wade visits “Talk of Alabama”
• The Birmingham channel: Making tracks
• Happy Memorial Day

The latest #sundayread tweets

#sundayread Tweets

• More #sundayread recommendations from me

She would tell a joke.
Her audience would laugh, then
giggle thoughtfully.

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Get in front of the
story, and keep the players
eligible first.

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It trickled. It poured.
It seemed to never stop. The
ground soaked it all in.

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Why are you hitting
yourself? Why are you hitting
yourself? To improve.

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Each lazy day brings
the ripe collegian closer
to new surroundings.

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Enough jabs and tweaks
at the hide make it callous
to compliments, too.

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A look at Birmingham in videos …

Rethink 20/59 video on proposed overhaul of interstate stretch through downtown. From James Clark.

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Time-lapse video of artist Michael Fischler injecting paint into bubble wrap to create a portrait of Birmingham native and singer Beth Thornley. From Michael Fischler.

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Birmingham mayor William Bell interviewed on business news site TheStreet about downtown’s building boom. From TheStreet.

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Rock band the Pixies performs “Dead” earlier this month at Iron City on Southside. From treser62.

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Challenger Hellcat parade lap at Barber Motorsports Park in Leeds. From jeffscot26.

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Service project by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta-Birmingham branch to add playground mulch at Mitchell’s Place in Irondale. From skipdidit.

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The Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham presents a proposal for a bus rapid transit system. From South East Lake Neighborhood Association.

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Skateboarding on First Avenue South downtown. From David Sheetz.

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The “Ballad of Birmingham,” as told through Minecraft. From istone111.

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Narrating a drive through Birmingham. From the Jade and John Show.

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A promo for “Sweet Home Railroad,” one man’s journey to becoming a train engineer. From Daniel Hill.

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“Heads,” a weekend spent in eight downtown barber shops. From Dillon Hayes.

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Preparing for the Summer Flash Mob at the June 4 Birmingham Art Crawl. From Sanspointe Dance.

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Christian Hill highlight reel, Holy Family Cristo Rey High School basketball. From Street Light Recruiting.

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Scott Douglas, executive director of Greater Birmingham Ministries, on elevating the quality of life for working-class residents. From Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation.

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See Noah Galloway in the “Dancing with the Stars” finals.

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Send us links to your videos. | More videos on the Birmingham channel.

Video: Gen. Colin Powell on the meaning of Memorial Day.

Happy Memorial Day!

Honor our war dead
by taking proper care of
their grieving loved ones.

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My picks for #sundayread for May 24, 2015:

• Y’all Connect: Our next, next three speakers are …
• Dangerous Bites: Cultural Implications of Food Allergies, by @HapaMamaGrace
• Last steps for Noah Galloway in “Dancing with the Stars” finals
• Hacker @Sidragon1’s Tweet Reignites Ugly Battle Over Security Holes, by @KimZetter
• The art of the brand
• The war on big food, by @BethKowitt
• Flashback: Project Bulk – Day 266: The days go by so fast
• The Watchdog, the Whistleblower, and the Secret CIA Torture Report, by @JasonLeopold
• Fall of the Hipster Brands: Decline of American Apparel, Urban Outfitters, by @LizSegran
• I Can’t Just Look at the Grand Canyon, by @ethicalthinker (RT @FamilyNature)

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: What we do in our off-hours

The latest #sundayread tweets

#sundayread Tweets

• More #sundayread recommendations from me

Let us honor the
fallen without piety
or such idol worship.

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