What’s more refreshing:
ice cream on a scorching day
or tea in winter?

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The blacktop hid a
thin sheet of death, commonly
referred to as ice.

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Cupcakes and doughnuts
rain from the sky into my
smiling hollow belly.

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The sun goes down, the
lights come up, the stars shine on
the luminous screen.

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A look at Birmingham in videos …

Performing three-position cleans at CrossFit Birmingham in Inverness. From Rigorous Media.

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Time-lapse video of the 2015 Challenger Hellcat, World of Wheels at the BJCC Exhibition Hall. From jeffscot26.

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Baton Rouge rapper Boosie Badazz performing Feb. 15 at Platinum of Birmingham downtown. From Platinum of Birmingham.

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A look back at the drive home during Snowpocalypse 2014. From cheesellama.

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Interviews from “Separate and Unequal in 1963: How Can We Create a Fair Society?” From APT IQ Learning Network.

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Making the most of a soggy snow day. From WIAT 42.

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Firefighter graduation ceremonies from 1965 to 1968 on 16mm film from the Birmingham Fire Department. From Kevin Mcgough.

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The role of Birmingham’s Fred Shuttlesworth during the civil rights movement. From History Classroom.

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The Birmingham Neurofibromatosis Walk on May 10 raises more than $52,000 with some 400 participants at Railroad Park. From Children’s Tumor Foundation.

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Bouncing around at the AirWalk Trampoline Arena in North Shelby. From Hayden Marbut.

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Kids of Birmingham 1963. From Freda Potter.

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Snow! From Krystal M. Swain.
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He picks nuggets and
she picks tater tots and they
pick chocolate milk.

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Photo: Steven Guzzardi (CC)

My picks for #sundayread for March 1, 2015:

• Y’all Connect: All you need to know for 2015
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has No Interest in Retiring, by @nytimescollins (via @vsisson13)
• Amazon won the book war. What’s next? By @CaseyNewton (via @BooksLIVESA)
• Workshop on March 25, but what to discuss?
• What is dark is not empty; a True Picture of Black Skin, by @TejuCole (RT @KateBomz)
• @PeterLik’s Road to Success: Sell Prints. Print $$. By David Segal (via @WorldPhotoOrg)
• Flashback: Project Bulk – Month 18: Paint by numbers
• 14 Books on Psychology, Philosophy and How to Live Meaningfully, by @brainpicker
• Tilapia, cheap to farm, not nearly as healthy as other fish: by @nytrosenthal
• How blogger @MrMoneyMustache retired at 30, by Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka
• What Really Happened To The Cars From “Pimp My Ride,” by @ToddVanLuling
• Hunting the silent killer, Hepatitis C, by @PatrickStrud (RT @mosaicscience)
• Prison rape and the risk to teenage cons, by @MauriceChammah (via @sdmattpotter)
• @JulienneGrey on loving and losing her mother (RT @BinderCon)

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: On their toes
• Y’all Connect 2015: The date, the place, the tickets

The latest #sundayread tweets

#sundayread Tweets

• More #sundayread recommendations from me

Coming around the
bend, a young woman brings her
fresh spirit. It’s spring.

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Snow and ice warnings,
bread and milk fights and canceled
plans and frozen pipes.

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Easily the most
pointless debates we have are
Internet debates.

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Cable outage, long
lines, parking meters, ringing
phones, loud neighbors, dust.

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Here’s to ego, the
cause of, and solution to,
all of life’s problems.

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Children pray for snow.
Parents pray for sanity.
Grocers pray for fear.

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A look at Birmingham in videos …

The Flaming Lips performs “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1” Wednesday at Iron City on Southside. From treser62.

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Birmingham Fire and Rescue Heavy Rescue 1 responding. From BFRSFAN.

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Dark Star Orchestra performs “He’s Gone” Feb. 16 at Iron City. From treser62.

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Navy P-8 touch-and-go at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. From John’s Flying Channel.

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Friday’s Primitive Talk show at WorkPlay in Lakeview. From the Primitive Talk.

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A look at the Chinese New Year Festival on Feb. 14 at Boutwell Auditorium downtown. From Jasmine Roper.

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A 2014 aerial demo reel. From Pitts Media.

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The East Lake Initiative’s 25-year commitment to the community. From Christ Church Birmingham.

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John Lyda and Tori Caltagirone win the People’s Choice Award for “Singing in the Rain” at the Dancing with Our Stars Feb. 12 fund-raiser at the Bessemer Civic Center. Proceeds went to the Clay House Children’s Center. From Cam Video Productions.

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Saturday’s Birmingham Blaze pre-season game against the Alabama Blackhawks at Carver High School. From T4Films.

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The parties fade and
the talk shows take over once
the trophies go home.

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