the future of health care
Monday, February 6, 2017 by Wade Kwon
Laughter is the best
medicine available
to uninsured groups.
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#sundayread for February 5, 2017
Sunday, February 5, 2017 by Wade Kwon
Photo: Thekirbster (CC)
My picks for #sundayread for February 5, 2017:
- How to find your blog’s focus
- Fast Fashion Is Creating an Environmental Crisis, by @AldenWicker (via @Project_JUST)
- Millennials Are Actually Workaholics, According to Research, by @skgreen (via @metavallon)
- Y’all Connect: Where do you need help with digital marketing? Tell us.
- How White Kids Stole House Music from Black Aunties, by CJG Ghanny (RT @TicketSellers)
- An OS 9 odyssey: Why these Mac users won’t abandon 16-year-old software, by @MossRC
- Flashback: The state of the blogosphere: Constant flux
- 14 Books by African Writers to Look Forward to in 2017 by @bookshybooks (via @_SKProject)
- Inside Quebec’s Multi-Million-Dollar Maple Syrup Heist, by @RichCohen2003 (via @off2paradise)
- Y’all Connect – Freebie: Magic City Sticker Pack
- @RollingStone’s 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, compiled by Rob Sheffield @robsheff
- A Law Professor Explains Why You Should Never Talk to Police, by Harry Cheadle @HCheadle
- Longreads Best of 2016
- E-Mail from Bill, by John Seabrook @jmseabrook
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catlike reflexes
Sunday, February 5, 2017 by Wade Kwon
Go to the party
or stay in? Go out or stay
in? Go or stay? Hmm …
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paperback stall
Saturday, February 4, 2017 by Wade Kwon
The faded bookmark
patiently waits for progress
amidst the pages.
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a hasty virtual retreat
Friday, February 3, 2017 by Wade Kwon
I am leaving this
group text message, and I am
never coming back.
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actions, not words
Thursday, February 2, 2017 by Wade Kwon
Don’t argue. Do. Don’t
simmer. Do. Don’t hesitate.
Do. Don’t matter? Do.
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ready, aim, splatter
Wednesday, February 1, 2017 by Wade Kwon
Paint on my floor, my
clothes, my hands, my toes, my hair
and some on the walls.
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a piteous domain
Tuesday, January 31, 2017 by Wade Kwon
And when he saw the
breadth, he wept for there were no
more worlds to ruin.
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The Birmingham channel: Up in the air
Monday, January 30, 2017 by Wade Kwon
A look at Birmingham in videos …
UAB’s Sarah Parcak on GlobalXplorer, an online platform that enables anyone to discover and protect unknown sites. From TED.
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Fall evening tennis. From the Hen Men.
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State representative Patricia Todd speaks at the Women’s March earlier this month at Kelly Ingram Park downtown. From Michael Carpick.
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NCAA Football 14 simulation of the 2016 Birmingham Bowl featuring South Carolina vs. South Florida. From TruSportsSims.
Birmingham Bowl players visit patients in December at Children’s of Alabama on Southside. From Birmingham Bowl.
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On the patio at Chuy’s at the Summit. From Oscar Briones.
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Highlight reel from the recent season of high school football show “Fox 6 Sideline.” From Josh Walker.
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Members of Israel United in Christ preach on the street. The Southern Poverty Law Center includes the group on its list of “Active Hate Groups in the United States.” From IUIC Alabama.
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Music video for “My City” by Alabama Bino. From Alabama Bino T.V.
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Young actresses discuss Shakespeare plays, eat cobbler. From Bards of Birmingham.
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Alexis McGraw of Touchdown Alabama Magazine talks with former Alabama defensive back Robby Green at his 2016 summer skills camp at Huffman High School. From Touchdown Alabama Magazine.
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Real estate agent Jason Secor on hiring a home inspector. From Jason Secor.
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Los Angeles alternative band LANY performs in October at Saturn in Avondale. From Sophia Theresa.
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Allstate Insurance agency owner Nathan Marcus’ message for young adults. From Allstate Insurance: Nathan Marcus.
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Mazda RX-7 with “four rotors, big turbo, full cage, carbon fiber gauge pod, racepack gauges, bride seats.” From Garrett Bowling.
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Hunter Kimball runs his first 800m indoor race last week at the CrossPlex in Five Points West. From Hunter Kimball.
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Climbing at Birmingham Boulders in the Oxmoor neighborhood (our vertical video of the week). From Blake Humphrey.
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Blue Diamond Dance Team rehearsal (our other vertical video of the week). From Antonio Woody.
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AmSouth Bank commercial from 1989. From Analog Indulgence.
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A look at Birmingham Fashion Week 2016. From Alabama NewsCenter.
And behind the scenes with designer Alice and Trixie. From Alice and Trixie.
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Chasing a train of the Alabama and Tennessee River Railway from Irondale to Birmingham. From Mbmars01.
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Climbing at Moss Rock Preserve in Hoover. From Parker Satterfield.
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Family Dollar: “The music being played in the store totally unacceptable. People are in this store with their children. Y’all just lost a customer behind this, and I will post this on my Facebook page.” (Our other other vertical video of the week.) From Pissed Consumer.
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Painter Jürgen Tarrasch restores the crown molding at the Thomas Jefferson Tower downtown. From This Is Alabama.
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Highlights from the Warped Horizon underground bass music party in December at Old Car Heaven on Southside. From Hunter Lee.
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A look at the exhibits at BrickFair earlier this month at the BJCC Exhibition Halls downtown. From Alanhm2000.
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Driving south along I-459 to I-65 south. From Oscar Briones.
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Nova Scotia’s Frankie MacDonald on an impending winter storm in early January in Birmingham. From Frankie MacDonald.
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Birmingham food distributor Wood Fruitticher and its custom app SalesPal. From FileMaker Inc.
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Birmingham rock band Kate and the Howlers rehearses “Pass it On!” From Shane McMinn.
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Birmingham rapper Cov Raw Af performs in December at Zydeco on Southside. From Rocavelli Video Productions.
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Velocity Accelerator names its inaugural class. From Alabama NewsCenter.
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At the annual Rickwood Classic. From This Is Alabama.
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Heart performs “Crazy on You” in September at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre in Pelham. From Janie Martin.
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Snow and ice hit earlier this month in Birmingham. From ViableNutria7972.
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Harry “Traveling Shoes Preacher” Turner dance at Kelly Ingram Park. From MenAce.
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Sharon Hester, prayer chaplain at Unity of Birmingham in Highland Park, on peace during Advent. From Unity of Birmingham.
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Leaving the interstate at night to climb a hill on an ATV. From Quad Squad.
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Driving around Birmingham at night. From RyNea Soul.
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“Part of Your World” from “The Little Mermaid” number for Disney on Ice in October at Legacy Arena downtown. From Cody Allen Shelby.
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Scanning the downtown skyline and the alley (our other other other vertical video of the week). From Jamie Williams.
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Talking with Adrienne Whitehurst with Marriott International at August’s Soho Bridal Show in Homewood. From Main Street Productions.
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The first meeting of Camille and Simba at the Greater Birmingham Humane Society (our other other other other vertical video of the week). From Jules H.
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Hanging out around Legacy Arena downtown. From Anna Khristoforova.
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Speakers at the March for Life Rally earlier this month at Brother Bryan Park in Five Points South. From Mary Ann Vann.
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Nashville singer-songwriter Ben Rector performs “Brand New” in July at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre. From Austin Bryant.
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UAB lab tech Divyank Saini donated a kidney in 2016, becoming a part of UAB Hospital’s record kidney chain. From UAB News.
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The Wake Up Choir of Light Mission Pentecostal Church performs at November’s Mwakasege Conference at the Birmingham Marriott. From Light Mission Pentecoas Church.
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Tattoos by Kawmane the Artiztic. From Acres Vision.
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Trains earlier this month in Irondale, downtown Birmingham and Bessemer. From CSXQ614.
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Nightlife after the 2016 Magic City Classic. From the Whip Paparazzi.
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Driving through Five Points West Mobile Home Park. From Alabama Real Estate Investor Association.
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Rick Maki on the shooting range at the Steel Challenge, November at Brock’s Gap Training Center in Hoover. From Sidlarrie2.
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The Laurel Taylor Taunton Band performs in October at the Forum Theater downtown. From Jerry W. Henry.
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Birmingham band Clutch performs in December at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover. From Timothy Huffman.
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Drone footage of downtown at night, plus a vlog entry from Rogers. From MrIwillFlyThere.
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A train rolls through in 1995. From Bmztrain.
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were all those harry potter books for naught?
Monday, January 30, 2017 by Wade Kwon
World of magic to
guide us against fear and hate.
Rowling is brassed off.
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#sundayread for January 29, 2017
Sunday, January 29, 2017 by Wade Kwon
Photo: Sheila Sund (CC)
My picks for #sundayread for January 29, 2017:
- Y’all Connect: Meet our new Salesperson, Laura
- Michael Goodwin @Economixcomix uses his comics to illustrate how not to fix Obamacare
- “1984” Isn’t the Only Book Enjoying a Revival, by Sophie Gilbert @sophieGG
- On the diminishing importance of headlines
- Highbrow Hoarder, by @DougCoupland (via @___thisKID)
- Bibliomania, Dark Desire That Infected Europe in 1800s by @LaurenJYoung617 (via @BaxterSally)
- How social networks divide us
- A creative writing lesson from @mckeestory, the “God of Story,” by @timlottwriter (RT @ronyd)
- Why Placebos Really Work: Latest Science, by Sumathi Reddy @rddysum (via @LillyTrials)
- Y’all Connect – Greenery for 2017: A prouder shade of okra
- Mike Sager @therealsager on the Secret Life of Ugly Hollywood
- A 20-year toll: 368 gymnasts allege sexual exploitation (via @atompkins)
- The New Arms Race: Quantum Communication (via @EvyCoul)
- When every moment can be recorded, what happens to childhood? By @MJContrera (RT @kdwashburn)
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america the dutiful
Sunday, January 29, 2017 by Wade Kwon
We are a young and
sometimes foolish country, but
we may just yet shine.
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the newer colossus
Saturday, January 28, 2017 by Wade Kwon
I come from a pair
of immigrant parents. Born
here, waving in more.
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shortcuts to shortcuts
Friday, January 27, 2017 by Wade Kwon
Soon, we will be so
efficient that pushing a
button is too much.
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make love, smoke kush, try to laugh hard and live long
Thursday, January 26, 2017 by Wade Kwon
That’s the antidote.
You defeat the devil when
you hold on to hope.
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