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My picks for #sundayread for Jan. 25, 2015:

• MSNBC features Mountain Brook Chamber’s Live Local program
• How much my novel cost me, by @EmilyGould
• Y’all Connect: A template for storytelling
• Taylor Radig, undercover investigator on factory farms, answers questions on Reddit
• Better event marketing: the basics
• How to Fail at Self-Publishing (& How to Succeed) from @crollwagen & @SeeJaneWriteBhm
• Media of Birmingham: Mental Floss nominated for National Magazine Award
• Dear Kate: Living with Grief, by Nancy Comiskey
• Books: Excerpt from @Thomaspencer’s “Five-Star Trails: Birmingham”
• Why a Generation of Adoptees Is Returning to South Korea by @MaggiePJones (via @CAAM)
• Bamboo-Ceiling TV, by @MrEddieHuang
• The shame of poor teeth in a rich world, by @Sarah_Smarsh
• My Vassar College Faculty ID Makes Everything OK, by @KieseLaymon
• The Empathy Exams: A Medical Actor Writes Her Own Script, by @LSJamison

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: Clips from causes
• Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

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May this day bring peace and understanding to everyone.

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My picks for #sundayread for Jan. 18, 2015:

• The $1 billion question: Can UAB afford to keep Watts as president?
• Reddit: What do the poor buy, that others know nothing about? And: http://wapo.st/15mLwRs
• Photographer Spent 3 Years Capturing New Yorkers Reading on Subway, by @AislingBrennan9
• My LinkedIn pet peeves
• @james_hibberd of Entertainment Weekly talks with Parents Television Council @ThePTC
• Do we experience time at different rates? By @ivan_amato (RT @ChampionCSX)
• Flashback: Project Bulk – Day 140: The end of snack time
• Finished “I Am America (and So Can You!)” http://amzn.to/1Bml604 [aff. link] by @StephenatHome.
• Now reading @crollwagen’s #TheLocalist http://amzn.to/1sPfuZl, @CarmineGallo’s Talk Like TED http://amzn.to/1AveAyv [aff. links]
• Y’all Connect: Kary Delaria on navigating corporate waters
• Up on the Sun, Q&A with Man or Astro-Man? @astrohq, by @partycrasheraz
• Rape in Utah: 1 in 8 women raped, but few will ever see justice, by @StephenPDark
• Ivy League meritocracy lie: Harvard et al cook books for 1% by Lani Guinier (RT @Samwyri)
• Talking with author Michael Bond on Paddington movie, by Roslyn Suclas (RT @BooksLIVESA)

More posts from Wade this week:

• BrickFair to rebuild universe in Lego form
• The Birmingham channel: The long climb

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My picks for #sundayread for Jan. 11, 2015:

• Two timely notes on LinkedIn
• Birmingham’s @Amber_Benson answers questions on Reddit
• For Sale: “Your Name Here” in Prestigious Science Journal, by @cgseife (via @marovdan)
• Flashback: Project Bulk – Day 133: Hands and arms
• The Long, Strange, Impossible Journey That Brought “Archer” to TV, by @SamThielman
• Ai Weiwei @aiww is Living in Our Future, by @HansdeZwart
• Y’all Connect: Erika Napoletano on brutal honesty, bold results
• How to Email with Old Friend After Falling Out of Touch, by @ftrain (via @jehawbaker)
• How the Death of Mid-Budget Cinema Left Iconic Filmmakers MIA, by @jasondashbailey
• “Warhol: Fabricated” exhibit at AEIVA through end of February
• “Star Trek: The Next Generation” in 40 Hours, by @MaxTemkin (RT @bmbufalo)
• CIA, on Path to Torture, Chose Haste Over Analysis (via @BuzzFeedAndrew)
• Do police interrogation techniques produce false confessions? By @DouglasStarr
• How to Write, by Heather Havrilesky @hhavrilesky

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: Peak performers

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My picks for #sundayread for Jan. 4, 2015:

• Birmingham Blogging Academy: Five more urgently needed blog topics for Birmingham
• The Strange Tale of the North Pond Hermit, by @MikeFinkel
• How UnderArmour CEO built multibillion co. from scratch, by @JD_Harrison (RT @cjlew23)
• The 2015 Birmingham food and drink preview
• A detailed look at how Fox is buuuuuungling remastering of “Buffy” (RT @jowrotethis)
• Books: Excerpt from @MarieaSutton’s “The A.G. Gaston Motel in Birmingham”
• Project Bulk: Month 28: The end of numbers
• @aGypsyGene on surviving 2004 tsunami in Thailand: http://bit.ly/1BjDPaX | http://bit.ly/1zLejqP | http://bit.ly/1BjDWn1
• Alternative newsweekly editors, reporters share best 2014 work, compiled by @jzaragoza1
• Y’all Connect: Whitney Breaux shows the way on social media storytelling
• A collection of weird things I accomplished in 2014
• King of Clickbait: @EmersonSpartz built empire by repackaging memes, by @AndrewMarantz
• @CaitlinMoran on the Working Class, Masturbation and Writing a Novel, by @JessicaGross
• “That Joke Has Everything”: David Letterman, Before “Late Night,” by Peter W. Kaplan

More posts from Wade this week:

• Emmylou Harris, the tribute concert
• Happy 2015!
• The 2015 Birmingham sports preview
• Birmingham’s Amber Benson to face Reddit on Jan. 5
• The Birmingham channel: The sporting life

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Happy New Year! Blessings to all y’all …

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My picks for #sundayread for Dec. 28, 2014, highlighting the year’s best reads:

• Social trumped corporate in story of Atlanta, by @ChuckReece:
• Great piece on myth of 3-act screenplay structure, by @filmcrithulk
• Green and gold and black and blue: On the murder of UAB sports #freeuab
• Learning From Legos, by Thomas de @Monchaux
• Invisible Child: a 5-part series, by @AndreaFElliott
• Gambling in Alabama: A game of political intrigue, by @Josh_Moon
• How to stop giving a F@$% what people think, by @heyseankim
• How poor Mississippi got left behind by Obamacare, by @SarahVarney
• Revolution on Sorority Row: Discrimination at U of Alabama’s Rush by @KaylaWebley
• Secrets of the Creative Brain, by Nancy Andreasen
• How Mich’s Greed Alienated Fans: Warning for College Football by @JohnuBacon
• The Secret Life of Passwords, by @ian_urbina
• The Case for Reparations, by @TaNehisiCoates
• Frozen-mania: How Elsa, Anna and Olaf conquered the world, by @DorianLynskey

More posts from Wade this week:

• Y’all Connect: Blue Christmas: Blue Cross returning as three-time sponsor
• Birmingham Blogging Academy: The 2014 index to posts
• Internal debate: Does Birmingham benefit from cheap gas?
• Merry Christmas!
• Get free passes to preview of ‘Selma’
• The Birmingham channel: Super deluxe Christmastime special!

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Merry, Merry Christmas!

Vanity Fair has the charming story of this annual ritual on the “Late Show with David Letterman,” as told by singer Darlene Love and band leader Paul Shaffer.

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My picks for #sundayread for Dec. 21, 2014, highlighting the year’s best reads:

• Louisiana Loses Its Boot, by Brett Anderson @BrettEats
• Pixel & Dimed: @SarahFKessler spent month hustling for gig economy
• Giving up crimson: A farewell to football
• Quest for the Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie, by @DavidLeite
• Love People, Not Pleasure, by @ArthurBrooks
• Project Bulk – Month 20: Achievement unlocked
• How Anonymous incited vigilantism from Tunisia to Ferguson, by @DavidKushner
• 10 Life Lessons From a Navy SEAL, by Adm. William H. McRaven
• In Alabama, Judges Play God, by @williams_paige
• Myth vs. Fact: Violence and Mental Health, by @LoisBeckett
• Be more skeptical: 20 tips for interpreting scientific claims
• Resegregation of America’s Schools, with look at Tuscaloosa, by @nhannahjones
• The $9 Billion Witness: JPMorgan Chase’s Worst Nightmare by @mtaibbi
• Big in Japan: An author discovers his surprise fame overseas. By @DavidGordonX

More posts from Wade this week:

• Sundayread 2014: the complete list
• Kwanzaa 2014: events around Birmingham
• Oprah to interview Julie from ‘Real World’ and Natalee Holloway’s mom
• PBS World to show ‘Our Mockingbird’ documentary
• Scouts raise more than $15,000 for KIND fund
• The Birmingham channel: Hearts of Dixie
• Y’all Connect: Christmastime in the Magic City
• Birmingham Blogging Academy: The power of Facebook groups

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My picks for #sundayread for Dec. 14, 2014:

• Eight ways to celebrate Hanukkah 2014
• J.K. Rowling Releasing 12 New Harry Potter Stories for Christmas, by @bfishbfish
• “Access w/o understanding & facts w/o context have become daily diet.” (RT @cloudspark)
• Y’all Connect: If your most important asset is people, invest in them now
• Actor/author @Nick_Offerman answers Reddit questions
• The rise & fall of the Columbia House record club — and how we learned to steal music
• I’m sorry for breaking the Internet
• “I haven’t gone w/ anyone on Tinder, bc I don’t want to be murdered.” -@AmbermRitchie
• Eating Well at the End of the Road, by @julia_omalley
• Flashback: Project Bulk – Day 105: Eat like it’s your job
• @TheAVClub picks 35 best TV shows of 2014: http://avc.lu/1321DCq / http://avc.lu/1soAVjM
• 50 yrs ago today, SCOTUS ruled against Ollie’s BBQ in desegregation: http://bit.ly/1321Ohc / http://n.pr/1soBytS
• Rise of online vigilantism replaces “citizen” journalism, by @cwarzel (RT @ajkeen)
• An Oral History of “Boogie Nights,” by @frenchalexm and @howiekahn_

More posts from Wade this week:

• Birmingham-area Christmas restaurant options 2014
• Snow and Christmas coming Saturday to Railroad Park
• ‘Dean and Company Christmas Special’: 35 years on track
• The Birmingham channel: Keep the Ham weird
• Alabama to face Ohio State in Sugar Bowl

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My picks for #sundayread for Dec. 7, 2014:

• Green and gold and black and blue: On the murder of UAB sports
• New York Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2014
• You’re not special. Blog anyway.
• The Rise and Fall of Comedian Bob Hope, an interview with @rzoglin, plus excerpt
• Flashback: Y’all Connect – As you assemble your editorial calendar for next year …
• Longreads Best of 2014 weekly picks
• Books: Excerpt from Carla Jean Whitley’s ‘Muscle Shoals Sound Studio’
• How textbooks become toilet paper, by @JonDReed
• Flashback: Project Bulk – Day 99: For whom the kettlebell tolls
• How I Built a Big Email List Just About Books I Liked by @RyanHoliday (RT @tferriss)
• @ChrisRock on Ferguson, Cosby and Obama, by @frankrichny
• In Alabama, Judges Play God, by @williams_paige #alpolitics
• Aliens in the Valley: The complete history of Reddit, by @sfiegerman
• How @CamMiPham Hacked Tinder

More posts from Wade this week:

• “The 12 Days of Christmas,” Birmingham 2014 edition
• Alabama Theatre 2014 Holiday Film Series: the ultimate guide
• German Christmas market coming Saturday to downtown
• The Birmingham channel: Culture after culture after culture

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My picks for #sundayread for Nov. 30, 2014:

• Monkey business: MailChimp to sponsor Y’all Connect 2015
• A girl denied the chance to grow up: The Real Lolita, by @sarahw (RT @BooksLIVESA)
• Books: Excerpt from @ChelseaBerler’s ‘The Curious One’
• How a Honolulu Noodle Factory Fueled America’s Ramen Boom by @MarthaCheng (via @CAAM)
• Wade’s 101: Haiku retrospective 33
• Best of 2014 Book Lists, compiled by @largeheartedboy
• Thankful for …
• Compendium by Awesome Librarians of Awful Books, by @MessyNessyChic (RT @mitterista)
• Flashback: Project Bulk – Month 15: What I eat
• How a schoolteacher helped create 1st black Peanuts character, by @ChristErickson
• The Definitive Ranking of Every Episode of “The Wonder Years,” by @LouisPeitzman
• Babysitting the Bomb, by @ReidCherlin (RT @DanielinPDX)
• The Astonishing Rise of Angela Merkel, world’s most powerful woman, by George Packer
• The Whiskey Wars That Left Brooklyn in Ruins, by Rebecca Dalzell (RT @auroberjo)

More posts from Wade this week:

• Four Birmingham teams headed to state championships in Auburn
• Christmas 2014: parades and tree lightings across Birmingham
• Happy Thanksgiving!
• Q&A with UAB’s Rhodes Scholar Ameen Barghi
• The Birmingham channel: making it in the Magic City

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Video: A tiny hamster shares Thanksgiving with friends.

Happy Thanksgiving! May your day be shared with loved ones in special hats.

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My picks for #sundayread for Nov. 23, 2014:

• Books: Excerpt from Carrie Rollwagen’s ‘The Localist’
• Program to aid ppl harmed by vaccines fails, keeps claimants waiting (via @Jay_Reeves)
• Y’all Connect: Nichole Kelly talks social media and business strategy
• Librarians pick favorite books of 2014, compiled by Lily McLemore (RT @WeKnowBooksETC)
• Thread alert: Best Birmingham T-shirts
• Why People Keep Trying to Erase the Hollywood Sign From Google Maps, by @awalkerinla
• Review: “Fed Up” @fedupmovie: http://itswa.de/1C04qMT
• Top Books of 2014 – Little Professor Edition, compiled by @medusasmirror
• Everything I would fix about your terrible restaurant website right now
• How far Uber will go to silence journalists, attack women, by @sarahcuda (via @csledzik)
• Oral History of the Poop Emoji (Or How Google Brought Poop to America) by @LaurSchwar
• A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault & Struggle for Justice at UVA, by @SabrinaRErdely
• The Secret Life of Passwords, by @ian_urbina
• “Science … For Her!” excerpt + interview with @meganamram

More posts from Wade this week:

• ‘Muscle Shoals’ documentary returns to PBS
• Three-and-a-half Nutcrackers
• Friday’s Fall Festivale pouring it on at Regions Field
• Movie bargains in Birmingham: 3 ways to save big
• The Birmingham channel: The downtown scene

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My picks for #sundayread for Nov. 16, 2014:

• Internal debate: Should UAB football continue?
• New Orleans police didn’t investigate 1,100+ sex crimes in 3-yr period (h/t @Jezebel)
• @annietravel, @artmeripol visited 75+ restaurants in 50+ cities for new Ala. BBQ book
• Jenny Schmitt dissects millennials (figuratively)
• How to Gather 100,000 Emails in One Week, by @JeffreyRaider (RT @SurvivalPlanKit)
• A Birth Story, by Meaghan O’Connell @meaghano
• Boost your confidence with body language
• Why won’t journalists ask Bill Cosby the tough questions? By @hitsville
• How chicken went from rarely eaten backyard bird to huge food source (RT @legalnomads)
• Flashback: Project Bulk – Day 76: Steady on
• “Supernatural” at 200: The Road So Far, An Oral History, compiled by @lauinla
• Gambling in Alabama: A game of political intrigue, by @Josh_Moon (via @WarOnDumb)
• The Sex-Abuse Scandal Plaguing USA Swimming, by @resturtz (via @legalnomads)
• Jon Stewart answers Reddit’s questions

More posts from Wade this week:

• Trussville’s Art Show and Tasting Event to raise scholarship money
• Birmingham-area Thanksgiving restaurant options 2014
• St. Paul and the Broken Bones, a virtual concert
• Happy Veterans Day!
• The Birmingham channel: Wonders of fall, out at night, on the set

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