the year they stopped making magazines
Friday, May 11th, 2018About seven years
before I arrived at this
quiet waiting room.
• • •
Read more haiku.
Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.
Author Archive
The Birmingham channel: We will control the horizontal
Thursday, May 10th, 2018A look at Birmingham in videos …
Hopping a train in Irondale to Atlanta and Greenville, S.C. From John E. Ringo.
•
Training program Innovate Birmingham holds its April graduation ceremony at Alabama Power downtown. From Alabama NewsCenter.
•
Video announcements for New Life Birmingham church in Huffman. From New Life Bham.
•
Portland indie rock band Modest Mouse performs “Cowboy Dan” in April at Sloss Furances. From Rachael Tierney.
•
Louisiana high school student De’Jeune’ Richardson recites the poem “The Ballad of Birmingham” by Dudley Randall, her entry for April’s Poetry Out Loud national competition in Washington. From Nola.com.
•
DC power pop band Jukebox the Ghost performs “Colorful” in April at Seasick Records in Crestwood North. From ItisRael.
•
Kids perform a rap inspired by the book “The Watsons Go to Birmingham.” From Toucranium Inc.
•
Members of California State University – Bakersfield read Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” From the Runner.
•
David Traylor of City Hardwoods in Oxmoor discusses table saw safety. From City Hardwoods.
•
Birmingham hip-hop artist Bo the Great performs. From OTTV25 DA8TV.
•
Williamstown, Mass., band Misty Blues performs “Will My Blues” in April at the Nick on Southside. From Roger Stephenson.
•
Talking with James Lewis of Bettola Italian restaurant in Pepper Place in Lakeview. From Alabama NewsCenter.
•
Singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile performs “What Can I Say” in 2012 at the Alabama Theatre downtown. From Brent Huss.
•
Promo for the Greystone subdivision in Hoover. From Best of U.S. Homes Birmingham.
•
A 1964 report on civil rights struggles in Birmingham. From Hezakya Newz and Music.
•
Promo for New Birth Birmingham church in the Killbough Springs neighborhood. From Danny Kang Austin.
•
Matches from the 2018 Birmingham Open judo tournament in April at Spain Park High School in Hoover. From Charlie.
•
Birmingham attorney and state House candidate Jerome Dees on local TV show “Our Issues Birmingham.” From Our Issues Birmingham.
•
Curtis Manning, associate professor at Nunez Community College in New Orleans, discusses the civil rights movement in Birmingham and Albany, Ga. From Curtis Manning.
•
Memphis’ Team Thad plays in an April basketball tournament at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex downtown. From Ultimate Highlights.
•
A look at the 2018 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama in April at Barber Motorsports Park in Leeds. From IndyCar.
“One of the most gorgeous road courses in the country.” From Arpukiense.
Katie Hargitt reports on the Honda Indy Grand Prix. From IndyCar.
•
A return trip to Birmingham to visit Five Points South and Frank Fleming’s sculpture the Storyteller. From Tia M. Grubb.
•
Dining out at Ranch House Family Restaurant in Vestavia Hills. From Best of U.S. Homes Birmingham.
•
A virtual train in Birmingham from app “Trainz Simulator 2.” From Deep South Railfan.
•
Slow-motion footage in and around Railroad Park downtown. From Take It Digital.
•
Promo for the Comrade Challenge at Squad Fitness. From Squad Fitness.
•
Visiting Kelly Ingram Park, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and other places around town. From Romina.
•
Troy University students examine the Birmingham Pledge. From Troy TrojanVision.
•
Alabama’s GOP gubernatorial debate in April at the Lyric Theatre downtown. From American News.
•
Maureen McCann of Spartan Invest in Five Points South discusses turnkey rental properties on the Birmingham Real Estate Investors Association podcast. From AlaREIA.
•
Atlanta heavy metal band Mastodon performs in 2002 at the Boiler Room in Smithfield. From Adam Corso.
•
April launch party for Nexus Fitness in Homewood. From Nexus Fitness.
• • •
Send us links to your videos. | More videos on the Birmingham channel.
circumstances of our own making
Thursday, May 10th, 2018Trapped at a dinner
party. Painful swollen gums.
Stuck with bald tires.
• • •
Read more haiku.
Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.
dry heat is a myth
Wednesday, May 9th, 2018A furnace blast of
hell’s halitosis roasts skin
and ignites children.
• • •
Read more haiku.
Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.
gonna need you to go ahead come in tomorrow
Tuesday, May 8th, 2018The two most common
management styles are passive
and, well, aggressive.
• • •
Read more haiku.
Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.
the prat signal
Tuesday, May 8th, 2018And we shall know the
pious through their bright ribbons
and virtuous tweets.
• • •
Read more haiku.
Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.
#sundayread for May 6, 2018
Sunday, May 6th, 2018
Photo: David Burn (CC)
My picks for #sundayread for May 6, 2018:
- Flashback: The habit of writing
- The school beneath the wave: The unimaginable tragedy of Japan’s tsunami
By Richard Lloyd Parry @dicklp - The Turbulent Life of One of America’s Last Snake-Handling Preachers
By @JordanConn - Flashback: The post I’ll promote till the sun collapses
- It’s a “Premium Mediocre” world, and we’re all just living in it.
By Venkatesh Rao @vgr
(via @Evolving_Ego) - The Unabashed Beauty of Jason Brown @jasonbskates on Ice
By Pa @triciaLockwood - Flashback: From 10 years ago, Birmingham is ranked No. 1 for this unleaded mess
- From 1992: Richard Price’s Third Act
By @RonRosenbaum1 - On the road with Nigeria’s first mobile library
(via @kikiochieng) - Flashback: Book it: a scavenger hunt on social media
- Why Sorority Members Dress Alike
By Stephanie Talmadge @srtalmadge - The Girl Detectives: The University of Pittsburgh mostly female student club devoted to solving crimes
By @MarinCogan - Should we give up half of Earth to wildlife?
By Robin McKie - Alan Watts on Inner Sanity Amid Outer Chaos
By Maria Popova @brainpicker
(via @DrSteveMarshall)
More posts from Wade this week:
More #sundayread:
- All tweets for May 6 #sundayread
- The latest #sundayread tweets
- More #sundayread recommendations from me
the lost girl
Sunday, May 6th, 2018Tears in her eyes, she
stumbled round the playground to
find her missing mom.
• • •
Read more haiku.
Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.
on the sliver screen
Saturday, May 5th, 2018Take an Imax hit.
reduce it to 2-D, slap
it on a smartphone.
• • •
Read more haiku.
Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.
to-don’t list, heavily revised
Friday, May 4th, 2018Something something swear
off booze. Forget birthdays. Drive
really carefully.
• • •
Read more haiku.
Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.
The Birmingham channel: Mostly valuable players
Thursday, May 3rd, 2018A look at Birmingham in videos …
Promo video for the Birmingham 2021 World Games, shown at July’s closing ceremony in WrocÅ‚aw, Poland. From the World Games TV.
•
A night at Club Volcano in Ensley. From Louney G.
•
Exploring downtown. From Brian Burridge.
•
Brody Flack of the Birmingham Giants at bat. From Gottaluv48.
•
Real estate agent Jason Secor on myths about the market. From Jason Secor.
•
Rehabbing a house in the Wine Ridge subdivision of Hoover. From Denmark Properties LLC.
•
Blair Miller of 24 Communications downtown discusses landing pages. From 24 Communications.
•
Time-lapse footage of a match at April’s Icy Hot USTA Southern tournament at Highland Park Tennis Center. From Chika Williams.
•
Basketball: Blue Devils (Birmingham) vs. ECL (Atlanta) in March at the NGS Kelly Memorial Classic tournament in Atlanta. From Charles Williams. From Byron Henry.
•
Highlights from the 2017 Birmingham Bowl. From Birmingham Bowl.
•
Explainer on changes to Malfunction Junction. From al.com.
Aerial footage of the I-65/I-20/59 interchange. From Live Storms Media.
•
Mountain Brook country singer Sara Evans performs “Suds in the Bucket” in April at the Lyric Theatre downtown. From Team Timmons.
•
Driving I-20/59 at night through downtown. From Of the Dawn Patriot.
•
Promo for Birmingham Academy of Martial Arts in Trussville. From Birmingham Academy of Martial Arts.
•
Highlights from Elite Stars in April at the Southern Spring Invitational tournament inside the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex downtown. From Elite Hoops Daily.
•
A look at Violins of Hope in Birmingham. From Alabama NewsCenter.
•
“Mighty Times: The Children’s March,” a 2004 documentary about the Birmingham Children’s Crusade in 1963. From Jaime Dudash.
•
Softball: Ohio Hawks vs. Birmingham Thunderbolts in November in Chattanooga. From Hannah Hoverman.
•
Fairhope sophomore and Birmingham Bolts catcher Justice Palmer taking batting practice. From Joey Palmer.
•
Promo for T. Mills Realty Group in Inverness. From Stanley Parrish.
•
Makeup tutorial to become Electra, by Birmingham YouTuber Becca BYBeautiful From Becca BYBeautiful.
•
Visiting family in Birmingham. From Jordan the Alpha.
•
Birmingham Bulls in action at the Pelham Ice Arena (our vertical video of the week). From Matthew Merrifield.
•
Taking part in April’s Walk to End Lupus Now fund-raiser in Veterans Park in Hoover (our other vertical video of the week). From Tierra Shelton.
•
Drone footage of downtown, Southside, Vulcan and Sloss Furnaces. From Dunlap Productions.
•
The Muna Love Affair wedding show in April at Roots and Revelry downtown. From IA Film Group.
•
Sierreño singer-songwriter Christian Valle performs in April at El Potrero Night Club in Huffman (our other other vertical video of the week). From Christian Valle Oficial.
•
Wrestling match. From 2717watt.
More wrestling. From 2717watt.
•
Vlog from Fultondale on starting out in trucker training. From Fire Bug Doug.
•
Birmingham rappers Woody and Johnyboy. From Ray Themover.
•
Interviewing Birmingham artist Douglas Pierre Baulos. From Wiregrass Museum of Art.
•
Birmingham’s Jump Off Dance Crew performs. From Kobe Bryant.
•
Talking with minister and TEDxBirmingham speaker Van Moody. From Regions Bank.
•
A report on evangelization in the Latino community. From LLDM News Noticias de la Iglesia la Luz del Mundo.
•
Interviewing Birmingham artist Merrilee Challiss. From Wiregrass Museum of Art.
•
Dashcam footage of driving U.S. 280 and Rocky Ridge Road (our final vertical video of the week). From Joziel el de la Pauta Latin Music.
•
Graduating from Samford and visiting New Orleans in December. From Bila Nguyen Ngov.
•
Helmetcam footage of riding to and walking through Rickwood Field in Rising – West Princeton. From Hammereye 85.
•
A mural by Birmingham artist Marcus Fetch on the Waites apartment building on Southside celebrating the World Games in Birmingham in 2021. From the World Games TV.
• • •
Send us links to your videos. | More videos on the Birmingham channel.
a spoiler-free experience
Thursday, May 3rd, 2018Don’t read reviews that
reveal Rosebud is a sled
or Gwyneth’s boxed head.
• • •
Read more haiku.
Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.
holy wit
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018If only the staid
preachers were as funny as
the church signs outside.
• • •
Read more haiku.
Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.
kneeling friend
Tuesday, May 1st, 2018Arise, Sir Keeps Her
Under the Umbrella and
Kills All the Roaches.
• • •
Read more haiku.
Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.
every waiting room ever
Monday, April 30th, 2018A musty stack of
magazines no one reads yet
thoroughly perused.
• • •
Read more haiku.
Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.
