Wade on Birmingham

the meteor

Saturday, August 3, 2013 by Wade Kwon

A meteor struck
wiping out the humans to
make way for the crabs.

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‘Bizarre Foods America’ on Birmingham

Friday, August 2, 2013 by Wade Kwon

Chef Andrew Zimmern featured the Birmingham food scene in the most recent episode of “Bizarre Foods America.” It premiered Monday on the Travel Channel.

Zimmern visited the city in January to visit restaurants, a UAB lab and a pig farm, as seen in the clips below.

Video: Andrew Zimmern’s Top Five favorite Birmingham eats

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Video: Visiting the Peanut Depot on Morris Avenue
in downtown Birmingham

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Video: A pig farm just outside Birmingham

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Video: Checking out Shindigs Food Truck and Hot and
Hot Fish Club with chef Chris Hastings

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Video: Researchers at the University of Alabama at
Birmingham develop sea urchins in the lab.

archimedes’ seesaw

Friday, August 2, 2013 by Wade Kwon

It is not that the
world expects too little, but
that we heed the world.

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lost connection

Thursday, August 1, 2013 by Wade Kwon

We were once joined at
the hip. You and I share mild
indifference now.

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humid on the inside

Wednesday, July 31, 2013 by Wade Kwon

Two minutes in the
car showed in the sweat patches
up and down his shirt.

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seat of tranquility

Wednesday, July 31, 2013 by Wade Kwon

The worn bench made for
a resting spot during laps
around the town square.

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the bro code

Monday, July 29, 2013 by Wade Kwon

Even bros who mock
bro behavior are, at heart,
still bros underneath.

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diamond status

Sunday, July 28, 2013 by Wade Kwon

Shortstop scratches. The
pitcher glances for movement.
The bat arises.

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the merchants of new venice

Saturday, July 27, 2013 by Wade Kwon

Storms would bring nasty
tides to Main Street. Shopkeepers
watched cars float away.

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the completist hell

Friday, July 26, 2013 by Wade Kwon

No collection was
ever full, no task ever
without improvement.

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the usual plots

Thursday, July 25, 2013 by Wade Kwon

Love, greed, revenge, quest,
jealousy, coming of age,
death, good and evil.

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the villain who isn’t the villain

Wednesday, July 24, 2013 by Wade Kwon

The misunderstood
villain, a figure who takes
the blame every time.

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oh the stories they’ll tell

Wednesday, July 24, 2013 by Wade Kwon

Each story has a
hero and a challenge, and
sometimes they’re the same.

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the promised land

Monday, July 22, 2013 by Wade Kwon

They did not let floods
and storms stop their journey to
the Valley of Jones.

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weed wars

Sunday, July 21, 2013 by Wade Kwon

Neither neighbor would
mow the middle ground, leaving
a thin wall of weeds.

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