Merry Christmas!

Enjoy this holiday tale of mischief from Tiffany Robinson and Arc Stories.

Video: “Holiday Horror” from “Stories from the Stage”

Dare we remember
the reason for the season,
thinking of others.

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Part 1: My picks for #sundayread for December 24, 2017, highlighting the year’s best reads:

• Gov. Bentley resigns in disgrace
• A 20-year toll: 368 gymnasts allege sexual exploitation
• The immortal Harold Bloom, the greatest literary critic on the planet, by @andymartinink
• @NCRP Report: Rural Alabama/Mississippi struggles for philanthropic investment
• The Blood of the Horseshoe Crab, by Caren Chesler @TheDancingEgg
• Adventures of a cop in Bagaha, India, by Vikas Vaibhav @vaibhav_iitk
• Blue is the coldest color
• I’m an adult carer, and it’s jeopardizing my business, by @JaneBinnion
• The great nutrient collapse, by Helena Bottemiller Evich @hbottemiller
• Taming the Mammoth: Why You Should Stop Caring What Others Think, by @waitbutwhy
• The Rise of Roxane Gay, by Molly McArdle @mollitudo
• VA hides shoddy care, health workers’ errors by @DonovanSlack, @MikeSallah7
• The Twilight of the Indoor Mall, by Mike Nagel
• Swan, Late: The unexpected joys of adult beginner ballet, by Irina Dumitrescu @irinibus

All my #sundayread picks for 2017. And look for Part 2 on Dec. 31.

More posts from Wade this week:

• The Birmingham channel: The toy brigade

The latest #sundayread tweets:

#sundayread Tweets

• More #sundayread recommendations from me

A big bucket of
hot cocoa with marshmallows
the size of a fist.

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He gets a little
wound up getting ready for
a lap around Earth.

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Ashamed and brittle,
the passenger belted out
insult after insult.

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Dreary visitor
settles in for a long un-
welcome appointment.

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The run-down town with
the run-down park and run-down
school and run-down kids.

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The writer seeks an
adventure while strolling, a
hero while snooping.

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A look at Birmingham in videos …

Basketball: UAB at Brigham Young in the first round of the 2016 National Invitation Tournament. From Erisi Sewi.

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Dashcam footage of driving from I-20/59 through Malfunction Junction to downtown. From Real Karma.

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Warrior college student Loren Murphree discusses her autoimmune skin disease alopecia areata with Karen Lamb Pierce of Birmingham T-shirt retailer She Is Strong. From She is Strong/Karen Lamb Pierce.

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Please enjoy this rap (our vertical video of the week). From Big E.

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Birmingham hip-hop artist Jice performs at Aqua (our other vertical video of the week). From Jice Muzik.

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Birmingham Mortgage Group owner Turenne Newell discusses lending limits (our other other vertical video of the week). From Turenne Newell.

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Fidencio Moctezuma takes part in the Hispanic congregation at the Church of Brook Hills in North Shelby County. From Brook Hills Hispana.

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World traveler Abhishek Kumar Sharma talks with a journalist with WBRC-6 in November. From Abhi: Around the World.

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Preview of high school football semifinal playoffs earlier this month. From Starnes Publishing.

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Yonkers death metal band Immolation performs “Swarm of Terror” in November at Saturn in Avondale. From Edward Unlikely.

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An interview with new Birmingham mayor Randall Woodfin in November. From al.com.

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A family visit to the Birmingham Museum of Art downtown. From Family Adventures TV.

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Feature on the Masonic Temple Building downtown. From This Is Alabama.

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A Southwest flight takes off at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. From En9ineer81 the Plane Kid.

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Salvation Army 2017 Red Kettle Ambassador Chris Strub stops in Birmingham as part of his Eastern U.S. fund-raising tour. In November, he spent the night at the new Center of Hope in North Birmingham. From Chris Strub.

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Singer-actress Tamar Braxton surprises students in November at Parker High School in Smithfield (our other other other vertical video of the week). From Tamar Chronicles.

Braxton performs in November at Legacy Arena downtown. From Tamar Chronicles.

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Buffalo travel bloggers Phil and Shelly stop in Birmingham on their yearlong roadtrip across the country. Their visit includes the Birmingham Botanical Gardens and the Statue of Liberty. From Cheese Crackers and a Jeep.

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Riding through downtown (our other other other other vertical video of the week). From Disco Ricky.

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Norwegian black metal band Mayhem performs “Pagan Fears” in November at Saturn in Avondale. From NoleCore.

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Driving from Hueytown to Vulcan Park. From La Palmada Guerrero.

Hanging out at Vulcan. From La Palmada Guerrero.

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Birmingham jazz guitarist Eric Essix and friends perform on a city bus. From University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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Another visit to Hobby Lobby ruined (our other other other other other vertical video of the week). From Large Marge.

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Touring a foreclosed house ready for flipping. From Boom Box 256.

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Atlanta R&B group Xscape performs “Who Can I Run to” at Legacy Arena downtown. From LyfeGoalz TV.

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Family Thanksgiving get-together in Mount Olive. From Grant Reynolds.

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Fight! (Our final vertical video of the week.) From Detrick Wilson.

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Members of New Pilgrim Baptist Church in South Titusville hit the streets for a procession. From Lamar Johnson.

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Drone footage of the Acipco-Finley rail yard. From Jesse Bohn.

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Highlight reel for junior guard Devin Ross. From Hoop Brothers.

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Children from Independent Presbyterian Church on Southside deliver donated Christmas toys in 2016 to First Light homeless shelter downtown. From IPC Birmingham.

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It ain’t over till
the Wookiee growls and the droids
beep at each other.

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My picks for #sundayread for December 17, 2017:

• Y’all Connect: Building a storytelling dream team
• To the Lady Who Mistook @PatrickRosal for the Help at the National Book Awards
• The war against Pope Francis
  By Andrew Brown @seatrout
• Vote 2017: Alabama Senate special election results
• The Big Squeeze: How Compression Threatens Old Industries
  By @OmarAbbosh, @PaulNunes, Vedrana Savic and Michael Moore
  (RT @AWSPeacey)
• What does “how you draw a circle” say about your culture and perspective?
  By @ThuHuongHa and Nikhil Sonnad @nkl
  (RT @narrative4)
• The little social network that couldn’t
• What Will Our Lives Be Like as Cyborgs?
  By @TimOReilly
  (via @BaxterSally)
• The Golden Age of Restaurants Is Stranger Than It Seems
  By Derek Thompson @DKThomp
• Wade’s 101: Haiku retrospective 44
• The Oral History of @RuPaul
  Compiled by @MarcSnetiker
• Harvey Weinstein and the Economics of Consent
  By @BritMarling
• Our problem isn’t “fake news.” Our problems are trust and manipulation.
  By @JeffJarvis
  (RT @kikiochieng)
• @Largeheartedboy’s Best of 2017 Book Lists

More posts from Wade this week:

• Vote 2017: Jones, Moore and a rapt nation awaits
• The Birmingham channel: Ballers and brawlers

The latest #sundayread tweets:

#sundayread Tweets

• More #sundayread recommendations from me

To wreck our right to
privacy, Elf on the Shelf
can’t beat Alexa.

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The mall is dying
a death by a thousand clicks
for online shopping.

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Santa’s workers bled
and toiled while breathing in
sawdust and benzene.

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